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A True Story · One Practice · Eleven Years

EST. 2015 · LITTLE ROCK · ARKANSAS

One practice.
Eleven years.

Central Arkansas Group Counseling, PLLC began in 2015 with one office and one mission. Today the same practice operates as Arkansas Counseling and Wellness Services, three Arkansas offices, twenty-four clinicians, statewide telehealth, and an NBCC-approved continuing-education arm.

Five acts. One through-line.

Begin the story The current practice ↗

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◆ EST. 2015 ◆ FAYETTEVILLE ◆ BENTONVILLE ◆ NORTH LITTLE ROCK ◆ NBCC #7353 ◆ DBA 2026 ◆

The journey · Act by act

  1. North Little Rock, the founding territory
    NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS Act I · 2015
    SCENE 01 OF 05

    Act I

    2015

    Founded.

    A practice begins, in Central Arkansas.

    Central Arkansas Group Counseling, PLLC opens with one office and one mission, licensed clinical care that respects evidence and respects the client. The work starts small, by referral, and grows by reputation.

    NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS

  2. Fayetteville, the Northwest Arkansas chapter
    FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS Act II · 2018
    SCENE 02 OF 05

    Act II

    2018

    Across Arkansas.

    Growth through demand, not strategy decks.

    A Northwest Arkansas presence opens in response to repeated client requests. The clinical team grows. The infrastructure, billing, supervision, intake, grows with it.

    FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS

  3. Bentonville, the third office
    BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS Act III · 2021
    SCENE 03 OF 05

    Act III

    2021

    A second NWA office.

    Bentonville opens; the practice tightens its rural-AR roots.

    Bentonville joins Fayetteville and North Little Rock, three Arkansas offices, plus the start of HIPAA-compliant telehealth that lets the clinical team reach the rest of the state.

    BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS

  4. NBCC ACEP No. 7353
    NBCC · ACEP #7353 Act IV · 2023
    SCENE 04 OF 05

    Act IV

    2023

    NBCC accreditation.

    Hope Builders Clinical Training Collective is born.

    Approved Continuing Education Provider #7353. The training arm opens to teach what the practice has learned. Motivational Interviewing, ethics, supervision, trauma-informed care.

    NBCC · ACEP #7353

  5. Dr. Kristy Burton, the through-line
    STATEWIDE · ARKANSAS + MISSOURI Act V · 2026
    SCENE 05 OF 05

    Act V

    2026

    Arkansas Counseling and Wellness.

    A new name. The same practice.

    Central Arkansas Group Counseling, PLLC remains the legal entity. The brand evolves to Arkansas Counseling and Wellness Services to reflect the statewide reach and the broader scope of clinical work, three offices, twenty-four-person team, telehealth across Arkansas and Missouri.

    STATEWIDE · ARKANSAS + MISSOURI

, The Continuity ,

Same entity. Same standards.

Central Arkansas Group Counseling, PLLC is and remains the legal entity behind Arkansas Counseling and Wellness Services. Same owner-clinician (Dr. Kristy Burton, PhD, LPC-S), same liability coverage, same Arkansas Board licensure, same DOT SAP credentials, same NBCC ACEP #7353 continuing-education accreditation. The brand name evolved. The practice did not.

END OF ACT V · 2026

Continue at

Arkansas Counseling and Wellness Services.

Three Arkansas offices · 24 clinicians · Statewide telehealth · NBCC-approved CE · Most major insurance · Active intake. This is where the practice continues today.

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