Discover the BEST you!

Empowering Your Journey

Mission & Vision

Life can be hard and challenging. Each person is guaranteed to face struggles YET each person also has strengths and talents. Rise and Shine is driven to help everyone RISE up out of stressful seasons and recover their greatness in order to SHINE and reach their God-given potential.

Rise and Shine Education and Counseling Enterprise provides counseling and educational services to empower children, motivate adults, encourage couples, and to strengthen families.

Iesha Sylvester
M.Ed., CSC, LPC, EMDR Trained, Play Therapist
Founder

Counseling with Compassion

Life is an experience that has many highs and lows. This unique journey requires each person to navigate through unknowns, out of old patterns, and into new territory. Counseling offers professional support. Therapy as an alliance. Counselors are specialized and trained to help.

“I WILL join you where you are to help you go where YOU want to be! This process is remarkable because a client trusts ME to enter into their lives to offer my expertise, listening ear, and an empathetic heart. I get to journey with them to places of betterment and healing. It is such a privilege!” ~ Iesha Sylvester

Education:

M.Ed. in Counselor Education- University of St. Thomas

Texas LPC License #90982

B.S. in Biology- Dillard University, New Orleans

Experience:

As a professional helper, Iesha Sylvester has served as an educator and certified school counselor for over 2 decades. Iesha has educated and counseled individuals: children/adolescents/adults and families with a dedicated heart with the goal to help everyone be their best. She says, "It's a joy and privilege!"

Iesha sees every client as an individual who has a personal story. She has the ability to look forward past what others may deem as weaknesses and find the strong points in each person. With this mindset, she counsels using an integrative approach with solution focused brief therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, SSP, Mindfulness, Polyvagal Theory, EMDR, and adolescent & child centered play therapy. She offers a personalized approach for each client.

Trainings/Certification:

EMDR Basic Training with specialization in Toddlers, Children, Adolescents and Adults

EMDR Certification with specialization in Toddlers, Children, Adolescents and Adults (in progress)

Play Therapy with Neurodivergent Specialization

Sand Tray Therapy & Creative Counseling

Gottman Couples Training- Level 1 and 2 (in progress)

Safe Sound Protocol Certified

Polyvagal Theory Applications

Therapy Dog

Registered Play Therapist extensive training (in progress)

What I Offer

Feedback fuels my passion for helping others. Trusted by many, I invite you to explore the experiences of my valued clients. Discover what sets me apart.

Talk Therapy

Talk therapy extends beyond mere conversation about personal issues; it’s a proactive process aimed at finding solutions. In some therapeutic contexts, homework assignments may be assigned, such as monitoring your emotional states, journaling your thoughts, or engaging in social activities that have previously triggered anxiety. You may also be prompted to adopt alternative perspectives or acquire fresh strategies for responding to life events and interactions with others.

Talk Therapy alone can benefit many concerns, however, coupled with other modalities of therapy long-term healing is an option. It can benefit individuals with:

Anxiety/Depression

PTSD/CPTSD

Relational patterns

Personality disorders

Esteem

Inner Child Healing

Trauma Therapy- EMDR/SSP

Trauma therapists have many methods of treatment to help clients process and recover from life changing events and patterns. One of which is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). EMDR is a psychotherapeutic treatment originally formulated to alleviate the emotional distress linked with traumatic memories. Another treatment is Safe Sound Protocol (SSP). Trauma therapist provides specialized treatment for each client.

Trauma therapy is offered using integrative strategies for prescriptive treatment:

EMDR

Polyvagal Theory

SSP

Playful EMDR

CPT

Mindfulness and Yoga

Each strategy has its own benefits, but together clients benefit from whole health recovery and healing.

Offering trauma treatment to children, adolescents, and adults.

Play Therapy

Play therapists hold the belief that harnessing the therapeutic powers of play can enhance the therapeutic relationship with children. This approach builds a connection between the therapist and the young client through the enjoyment of shared play experiences. Furthermore, play serves as a medium for effective communication, predominantly through metaphorical expressions but also through direct verbal interactions. Through this dynamic interaction, play therapists can effectively support the exploration of the child’s beliefs concerning themselves, others, and the world.

Child and Adolescent Play Therapy can benefit minors with the following concerns:

Anxiety/Depression

Attachment issues

Academic/Behavioral Issues

Trauma

Social awareness / Self-Esteem

Neurodivergence

Suicidal ideations

Self harm

ODD

Emotional regulation

Bullying