R3 Counseling Group was born from a deep conviction that no one should have to stay bound by their past.

Our Founder and CEO, Dr. Donna Ferguson, has always been a helper at heart. Even as a child, she was known as the one who would pause everything to comfort the hurting, whether physically or emotionally. Raised in a lineage of compassionate, faith-filled women, she watched her mother and grandmother model what it meant to see people, value them, and stand in the gap for those who had forgotten their worth.

That legacy lives on in her.

As Dr. Ferguson matured, she noticed something profound: many people were not living freely; not because of prison walls, but because of emotional chains, unhealed trauma, and mental clutter. She realized that living in the past is psychologically and emotionally illegal because it robs people of the peace and joy available in the present.

She began helping people rewrite their internal stories, integrating their pain into purpose and guiding them to new meaning, self-worth, and emotional freedom.

“At any moment, you can change your mind about what you believe and change your life. That’s where freedom begins.”           — Dr. Donna Ferguson

Knowing that true transformation also requires clinical excellence, Dr. Ferguson pursued advanced education in counseling and mental health to combine science with soul. With more than three decades of experience, she founded R3 Counseling Group– a place where lives are restored, revived, and recovered.