Glyndora Condon, LPC, CTMH, CCTP, CEMDRIA, CISTI, CIMHP, CBS-M, CHP, CPT, ACS
Glyndora S. Condon, LPC, CTMH, CCTP, CEMDRIA, CISTI, CIMHP, CBSP-M, CHP, CPTP, ACS is an accomplished licensed professional counselor and clinical supervisor with over three decades of multifaceted experience in healthcare, mental health, business, and education. She thrives in leadership roles, providing individual, family, couple, marriage, and parenting therapy, while also training and mentoring mental health professionals. Glyndora’s approach combines a deep sense of empathy with a broad array of life experiences, professional skills, and therapeutic tools, enabling her to guide clients effectively through life transitions, trauma, and personal growth.
Her professional background spans nursing, geriatric care, foster parenting for individuals with special needs, and over 30 years managing and owning rental and hotel businesses. Glyndora has also excelled in the creative arts as a musician, vocalist, composer of 37 original songs, and playwright, which she integrates into therapeutic approaches to enhance engagement and healing. She has consistently demonstrated resilience and adaptability while navigating personal challenges, including health issues, divorce, foster parenting, infertility, loss, and blended family dynamics, all of which inform her compassionate counseling style.
Glyndora holds a Master of Science in Professional Counseling from Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, graduating with highest honors, a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from University of Tennessee, Chattanooga with Magna Cum Laude honors, and an Associate of Science from Cleveland State Community College with Psi Chi honors. She has earned over 100 certifications in areas such as trauma, crisis intervention, play therapy, DBT, geriatric therapy, ethics, substance abuse prevention, and parenting, reflecting her commitment to professional growth and maintaining the highest standards in client care.
Since founding Heal and Hope Counseling Services, LLC in 2016, Glyndora has served as a professional counselor providing therapy across multiple modalities, including CBT, REBT, EFT, mindfulness, EMDR, IFS, sand tray play therapy, and more. She supervises students and interns, maintains compliance with ethical and statutory standards, and consults with insurance agencies to ensure comprehensive client care. Her extensive experience in both private practice and institutional settings has enabled her to develop effective, individualized treatment plans that address diverse client needs.
Outside her professional work, Glyndora is a devoted Christian, wife, and mother of five children, including two daughters, two stepsons, and one adopted adult daughter, with 12 grandchildren. She enjoys horseback riding, motorbike riding, camping, dancing, swimming, music, and the arts. Glyndora’s life and career reflect a harmonious blend of leadership, creativity, resilience, and service, making her a trusted counselor, mentor, and advocate for holistic mental health and personal development.
• Master of Science, Professional Counseling – Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona (Highest Honors, 2012)
• Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences – University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (Magna Cum Laude, Psychi Honors, Adult Scholar, National Collegiate Scholar Award, National Dean’s List)
• Associate of Science – Cleveland State Community College (Psi Chi Honors, Adult Scholar, National Collegiate Award & Publication)
• LPC, CTMH, CCTP, CEMDRIA, CISTI, CIMHP, CBSP-M, CHP, CPTP, ACS
• Certified in: Trauma Therapy, Play Therapy, Crisis Intervention, Substance Abuse, Human Growth & Development, Homebuilders Model, Ethics, Communication, Parenting, Diversity, Geriatric Therapy
HIPAA Certified
• CEU Training: Over 20 hours annually, including DBT, Integrative Sex & Couples Therapy, Play Therapy, Moral Injury & Trauma, Marriage & Family Counseling
• National President's List Award
• Highest Honors, MS Professional Counseling
• Magna Cum Laude, B.A. Social Sciences
• Psi Chi Honors, A.S., Cleveland State Community College
• National Collegiate Scholar Award
• Decatur's sheriff Department
• Cleveland Civitan Club
• Foster parenting for special needs children and adults
• Community mental health outreach and education
• Geriatric and Alzheimer’s activities programs
Glyndora Condon authored Research on a Child’s Sexual Understanding, published in The National Collegiate Award Album on January 1, 1985.
Good News-articles on various issues.
Heal and Hope Counseling Services, LLC (website)
Good Therapy
Composed 37 original songs and 5 plays (used therapeutically in counseling)
Contributions to mental health education through training seminars and CEU presentations
Areas of Specialization/Expertise
- Individual, Couple, Marriage, Family, and Parenting Therapy
- Trauma-informed care
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Play Therapy & Sand Tray Therapy
- Substance Abuse Prevention and Counseling
- Geriatric mental health and activities therapy
- Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention
- Special Needs Foster Parenting Support
- Life Transitions, Resilience, and Personal Development
What do you enjoy most about practicing medicine?
Helping others. I have worked 14 years as a nurse assistant, 4 years as a Director of Activities, 17 years in exercise coordination and nutrition, and now as a mental health counselor. In each, my biggest joy is the growth and healing of others.