Guidance Staff

Angela Liner joined Carmel Christian School in the fall of 2013. Previously, she served as the Middle School Counselor at Charlotte Christian School where she enjoyed partnering with families through the often tumultuous adolescent years. After starting a family of her own, she made the switch to working with high school students at Carmel Christian where she currently enjoys walking with juniors and seniors through the college application process. She loves helping students discover their calling and mapping out the next steps for life after high school whether that entails a gap year, college, or university. She loves researching colleges, meeting campus representatives and discovering college towns and traditions.
Angela earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.A. in Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2008 and she uses her counseling background daily as she guides students with career and college choices.

Patty Little began working with high school students in a school counseling role in 2009. She joined the Guidance Office at Carmel Christian School in 2016 and currently coaches families and students through the course selection process as they consider graduation requirements, college admission standards, and individual student goals. The best part of her job is spending time with families and getting to know students as they contemplate their next steps toward young adulthood.  In addition to academic counseling, she enjoys teaching life skills with an emphasis on the implications of a Biblical worldview. Other areas of her interest and training include attachment/trauma, solution-focused strategies, and redemptive discipline. Patty and her husband, Josh, have three elementary and preschool aged children.
Patty completed a B.S. in Business Administration/Finance from the University of Missouri and graduated from Liberty University with a Masters of Education in School Counseling.

Clay Kessler joined the guidance counseling team as the personal counselor in 2017.  Clay has experience working in hospital settings, residential programs, and private practice.  He has extensive experience working with adolescents and adults in emotional/behavioral issues, addiction issues, depression, anxiety, attachment issues and trauma. Clay meets with individual students and groups in a confidential setting to discuss any emotional, mental, spiritual, social, or academic concerns.  He is very passionate about helping students and parents navigate the trials and triumphs of life.
Clay earned his B.S. in Education from Appalachian State University and his M.A. from Regent University.