Evolving Fire Counseling

Evolving Fire Counseling Evolving Fire Counseling provides compassionate, affirmative, and trauma/feminist-informed mental health and substance use counseling for LGBTQ+ folkx.

I identity as a q***r, genderq***r person. I specialize in working with the LGBTQ+ population, including couples, and families, through a sex-positive, affirming perspective. As a therapist, I utilize a variety of techniques to help individuals, couples, and families work though a variety of concerns including religious trauma, attachment concerns, substance use, and shifts in identity. I draw fro

m dialectical behavioral therapy techniques, through feminist therapy to assist clients in treatment. Change is hard and I provide a safe space to make that change with compassion and accountability. I believe the difficulties gender expansive folkx experience are because of the societal binary gender system. You are not struggling with your gender identity, you are struggling in a world that does not validate your experience. I work with clients who are seeking medical transition and follow the WPATH Standards of Care. I provide clinical supervision for LCMHC-A, LCAS-A, and CSI credentials. Additionally, I am an ACEP provider through NBCC and can conduct CE trainings.

08/10/2026

Supervisor Spotlight:

Angela Brooks-Livingston LCMHCS, CCS, LCAS

I am a child of the Universe having a human experience. I am a Leo rising, Sagittarius sun, Cancer moon who loves deeply, feels intensely, and leads with love. I am a partner, mom, sister, best friend, daughter. I identify as White, q***r, genderq***r, non-disabled, neurodivergent person. I am a Spiritual Guide, Sacred Space holder, and ordained Minister. I am an activist, licensed counselor, and educator.

I approach counseling from a liberation, anti-oppression therapy perspective. I’m conscious of systems oppression and how this may be playing a role in your struggles. We do not live in a vacuum, the oppression in society has an impact on our mental health. I encourage mindfulness, skills development, and insight into your own healing.

​​As a therapist, I specialize in working with the LGBTGEQIAP+ community, particularly transgender and gender diverse clients. I work with many q***r folx who have experienced religious trauma. I found typical counseling approaches do not facilitate deep healing from religious trauma. I call upon my gifts as a Sacred Space Holder and spiritual practices to help folx heal from religious trauma. I have worked with trans/gender expansive clients for 14 years and provide continuing education trainings for counselors who want to be competent in working with trans/gender-diverse clients.

I hold licensure as a LCMHCS, LCAS, and CCS. My model of supervision is the Bernard Discrimination Model, which means throughout supervision I am evaluating my supervisees’ development, knowledge, skills, emotional response, and professional growth. Additionally, I also integrate anti-oppression and liberation psychology tenets into supervision. During a supervision sessions, I may provide emotional support, consultation, education, or skills building, depending on what arises in the supervision session. My goal is for supervision to be a safe space where supervisees can discuss anything affecting their work as a counselor.

To learn more about Angela Brooks-Livingston, please visit our directory of clinical supervisors at

www.ncclinicalsupervision.com

07/27/2026

NBCC and NCASPPB approved CE trainings

Hey y'all!
I'm offering 2 continuing education webinars coming up. Reach out if you have any questions.

Moving Through Addiction to Liberation: Liberation Psychology in Substance Use Treatment
Instructor will cover the tenets of liberation psychology, intersectionality, and ways to incorporate these tenets in substance use treatment. Instructor will invite participants to think critically about the current structure of substance use treatment and how liberation psychology can shift this structure. Participants will have the opportunity to practice integrating liberation psychology into their current practice.

Thursday, July 30, 2026 2pm-4pm (EST) Virtual

$100 Community Weaver
$130 Collaborative Builder
$175 Circle Sustainer Virtual

2 NBCC CE credits
NCASPPB 26-025-S Up to 2 hours SS

Link to register: https://forms.gle/ixE55yp6qq5tEui47

Snake in the Grass: How to Spot Conversion Therapy
This training will walk through the harms that can be caused by conversion therapy. Instructor will contrast conversion therapy with the evidence-based standard of gender affirming care. Instructor will highlight the differences between conversion therapy and gender affirming care. Participants will learn about the tenets of conversion therapy and gender affirming care, along with the research about both practices. This webinar is for anyone interested in learning about conversion therapy including counselors, teachers, parents, religious leaders, community leaders.

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 3-4:30pm (EST) Virtual

Prices for CE:
$100 Community Weaver
$130 Collaborative Builder
$175 Circle Sustainer

Prices without CE:
$30 Community Weaver
$40 Collaborative Builder
$50 Circle Sustainer
Link to register: https://forms.gle/n7PazFZTd9ZsYNJr6

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Check out my first article on Substack!
06/10/2026

Check out my first article on Substack!

Sometimes things of the past are relevant in a different way

06/08/2026
06/08/2026

What happens to a person’s mental health when they spend years feeling unheard, unsafe, dismissed, or forced to justify their basic humanity? One issue that continues to impact emotional wellbeing

05/12/2026

St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Wilkesboro is offering a film and discussion on the intersection of faith/religion and LGBTQ+ identity. Please join us for a guided, courageous conversation.

I'm proud to be part of this month's column!
05/05/2026

I'm proud to be part of this month's column!

Public awareness of gender-expansive identities has grown in recent years, yet understanding often lags. For many individuals and families, questions about gender identity are not abstract. They are deeply personal,

05/04/2026

🎉 Best of NC Block Party 🎉

We’re celebrating YOU — our team, participants, board, supporters, partners, and every single person who voted and stood behind us to make this possible. Being named Best of NC is an honor, but it only happens because of a community that shows up every day to do this work and believes in recovery.

To those who trust us on your recovery journey — thank you. You are the reason we do what we do. 💙

Join us for a fun, laid-back celebration:
🧊 Free Sunset Slush (first 100)
🍴 Light bites
📸 Group photo at 1:00 PM
🗓 Next Friday, May 8th | 12:00–2:00 PM
📍 RR Campus: 240 Jefferson Street, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

Come take a break, cool down, and celebrate what we’ve built together. We can’t wait to see you there!

04/13/2026

Hey y'all!
Happy Monday! I have 3 trainings coming up, all NBCC approved. I feel we are in a critical time as humans and as therapists. We have a great opportunity to make lasting change in the profession and guide our clients through deep healing. This is what I hope will come through in these trainings. Please reach out with any questions.
Take care,
Angela

Snake in the Grass: How to Spot Conversion
This is a very poignant topic because of the recent Supreme Court decision about conversion therapy. I am offering this training virtually on April 23 from 6:30-8pm. This training is for anyone interested in learning about conversion therapy. Please share with anyone you think might be interested, parents, clergy members, community leaders, school staff, teachers, etc. Below are the prices. Here is the link to register: https://forms.gle/qRwCL2mRt96MoUrd7
Prices for CE:
$60 Community Weaver
$125 Collaborative Builder
$180 Circle Sustainer

Prices without CE:
$25 Community Weaver
$35 Collaborative Builder
$45 Circle Sustainer

Oppressive Healing: Counselors and the 1619 Project
This training is on anti-oppressive psychology through the concepts within Nikole Hannah-Jones's 1619 Project. For each session, we will discuss 2 episodes of The 1619 Project documentary and connect it with anti-oppressive counseling. This training will happen over 4 meetings, the first two are April 24 and May 15 from 9-12:15pm at Thrive Therapy in Boone at 184 N Water St., Suite 2 (second floor). For the first session (April 24), we will discuss episodes 1 and 2 of the documentary, which is available on Disney+ and Hulu.
Each session is limited to 8 people. You do not have to commit to all 4 sessions, attend as many as you want/can. You will get 3 NBCC CE credits for each session. To foster community sustainment, I am offering a 3 tier fee option for each session. I can also do a payment plan if needed. Here is the link to register: https://forms.gle/wxCcT1EvHAp7wCTe9

Community Weaver (Tier 1) is for folx who are part of the Global majority, disabled, LGBTQGEIAP+, newly licensed, or who cannot afford a higher tier.
$150
Collaborative Builder (Tier 2) is for folx who have financial resources and understand the importance of wealth distribution to build community.
$250
Circle Sustainer (Tier 3) is for folx who are financially able to sustain this training and future trainings.
$350

Moving through Addiction to Liberation: Liberation Psychology in Substance Use Treatment
Objectives include: Discussing elements of liberation psychology, applying liberation psychology and intersectionality to substance use treatment, tangible interventions clinician can implement to incorporate liberation psychology into substance use therapy.
May 1, 2026
10am-12pm
Virtual
link to register: https://forms.gle/MeEoBYgxhg3FHk4E8
Prices for NBCC and NCASPPB CEs:
$100 Community Weaver
$130 Collaborative Builder
$175 Circle Sustainer

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North Wilkesboro, NC
28659

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+13364590542

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