Daniel Kiser

Melissa Haas

Melissa Haas serves as the spouse-supporting therapist at HopeQuest. Melissa has a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and is a licensed professional counselor.  Passionate about spiritual community, healthy marriages, and intimacy with God, Melissa regularly facilitates small groups and teaches and speaks on these topics in order to help the Body of Christ grow relationally with God and each other.  

Daniel Kiser

Daniel Kiser

Daniel is a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist in the state of Tennessee. He has earned master degrees in Marital and Family Therapy and Biblical Studies from Lee University. Throughout his clinical experience, he has demonstrated clinical effectiveness working with adolescents and families through utilization of evidenced based approaches in his roles as a counselor, clinical supervisor, and behavioral health manager. He has worked with adolescents with severe suicidal behaviors, anxiety, depression, aggression, and high-risk behaviors in residential treatment. Addressed the relational distress within the parent-child relationship created by their child’s disruptive behavioral responses, helping parents through their despair, resentment, and disillusionment. He is invested in the integration of theology and psychology, believing that activation of human longings, desires, and vitality for life is based upon both disciplines. Aside from professional development, he also has experienced the profound impact of a transformative therapeutic relationship that provides accountability, exploration of underlying wounds and thoughts, and compassionate care. Counseling is oriented towards reclaiming, rediscovering, and restoring vital aspects of human development and he is eager to help others in their process as well. 

Recommended Reading: General

  • Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
    Daniel Amen
  • The Gifts of Imperfection
    Daring Greatly
    Braving the Wilderness
    Brene' Brown
  • Boundaries
    Safe People
    Henry Cloud, John Townsend
  • The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
    Ian Cron, Suzanne Stabile
  • The Voice of the Heart: A Call to Full Living
    Chip Dodd
  • The Narcissist Next Door
    Jeffrey Kluger
  • Addiction and Grace
    Gerald May
  • The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists
    Eleanor D. Payson
  • The Road Less Traveled
     M. Scott Peck
  • The Gift of Forgiveness
    Charles Stanley
  • Real Solutions for Forgiving the Unforgivable
    David Stoop
  • Anatomy of the Soul
    The Soul of Shame
    Curt Thompson
  • Relational Masks: Removing the Barriors That Keep Us Apart
    Russell Willingham