
We are a Nonprofit Christian Counseling and Resource Center Offering Hope and Healing to God’s Beloved Children.
As the founder of After the Rain, I would like to tell you a little about myself... I’m a Child of God who has been set free through the power of the cross. For many years as a Christian, I was in bondage feeling as though there was no way out of my circumstance or freedom from the pain within. The Lord heard my prayers and systematically took me through a process of healing to set me free! He then gave me a heart to walk others, into His arms and freedom! John 8:32 “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
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After the Rain was established to create a safe place to be honest and vulnerable, allowing God’s people an opportunity to open their hearts to be touched by the Lord; resulting in healed hearts and transformed lives. Teaching and leading God’s children to get from where they are, to their ultimate God given destination; so that they are able to live life to the fullest! After many years of counseling and teaching, God commissioned me to raise up a team of Christian soldiers who have the same heart, to serve the Lord and God’s people as biblical counselors.
My team and I have had the privilege to come along side God’s broken children who were struggling and witness their lives be radically changed and set free by power of the Cross. God allows us to see His hand of healing upon the lives of His children daily and we hope You will be the next one to receive all He desires for you. He paid the highest price for you to receive healing as His child (1 John3:1) An abundant life, that He paid just for you to have.
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We pray you would allow us the privilege to work with you, by walking out of the darkness and into the light. Through a counseling process of taking the time to look at pains of the past and to apply biblical truths to the wounded places within. We work with our clients helping them to apply biblical principles as well as clinical education to accomplish lasting healing in your life. Jesus is at the door offering you freedom from your pain and struggle. We would love the honor and opportunity to walk with you on your journey of healing.


MEET THE TEAM
THERESA DION
Theresa is the Founder and Director of After the Rain Ministries where God has commissioned her to raise up an army by equipping the saints to know who God truly is, to know who they are in Him and to know what they are fighting for; empowering the warriors of God to take back ground the enemy stole and FIGHT TO WIN!
She is a Licensed Counselor, Ordained Minister that holds a Master’s degree in both Behavioral Health and Divinity in Pastoral Counseling. She is a State Certified Codependence & Addiction Specialist, Certified Marriage and Family Specialist, Life Education Instructor, and Conference Speaker. She has had the privilege in the last 15 years to work one-on-one with hundreds who were struggling and witness their lives be radically changed and set free. She has taught hundreds of men and women how to overcome life’s challenges and has had the joy of equipping and training leaders to be biblical counselors and ministers of the gospel who effectively now counsel with the Word of God that sets us free! With over 25 years of ministry serving the body of Christ, Theresa truly believes the best gift is to see victory and freedom in those she has been able to help.
She teaches the Word of God with all her heart and passion that comes from knowing the Lord personally with reverence and awe. Her drive to serve the body of Christ and see the church rise up comes from many years of being a Christian in bondage feeling as though there was no way out of her circumstance or freedom from the pain within. But God!!! He heard her cry, and systematically took her through a process of healing and Set Her Free! He then gave her the heart of a warrior to walk others into His arms, freedom and empowerment!
She believes, “IT’S TIME for the body of Christ to walk out of the darkness of their pain and into the light of the freedom and empowerment found only in Jesus, and to KNOW that we are loved beyond measure and created with a divine purpose to fulfill.”
Her mission is to reach as many people as possible with the power of God’s truth that brings lasting transformation to set the captives free. Isaiah 61:1
She is convinced that, “Broken hearts create broken lives ~ But God.”
Psalm 147:3 - He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
LAADC, M.Div., CATC, RAS, CCC, CMFS
Director of Counseling, Education and
Resource Services of After The Rain,
Licensed Advanced Addictions Counselor-
non- governmental, Codependent Specialist,
Registered Addiction Specialist,
Certified Marriage & Family Specialist
VICTORIA GIACONE
Victoria is a Certified Biblical Counselor with After the Rain Ministries, and the Founder of Deep Soils Discipleship Program where one on one intimacy is established to host people into a greater revelation of their intimacy with Jesus, how to walk in their full inheritance of heaven here on earth, and how to live a life commissioned to give heaven away. She is also the Founder of Garden Girls Women’s Ministry where women have a safe place to be “Fully Exposed and Fully Known” to therefore enter into the Garden of Intimacy of His Heart with each other in Him.
She is currently 29 years old and by the might and grace of God’s love, her eyes have remained on her Father since the age of 5, pursuing wholehearted intimacy with Him that is unshakable. Her name means “Victoriously Pure” and this is the POWER of her testimony in Christ Jesus.
Jesus is her absolute everything. She is convinced that if she had nothing else, He would be enough! She proclaims, “I have an everyday and every moment intimacy with Jesus that causes me to understand my freedom in Him in every circumstance and detail of my life. It is my heart's longing for people to experience the same heavenly reality of freedom that I do and give it away to all the world”.
Isaiah 6:8 - Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Board Certified Christian Counselor (BCCC),
Licensed Women’s Minister,
Certified Christian Women’s Life Coach (CCWLC),
Certified Co-dependence Specialist (CCS),
3yr. Intercultural Studies major Biola University,
Founder and Leader of Garden Girls,
Our Young Women’s Bible Study and Support Group
Brenda Alonso
Brenda U. Alonso is a Counselor at After the Rain Ministries. She is a Bilingual (English, Spanish) Board Certified Christian Counselor and Certified Life Coach. Holds an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts and Liberal Studies, Led homeless ministry for a non profit for 6 years, Leader of Women’s Bible Study and Young Adults Ministry.
The power of her testimony has been the foundation for her heart to see people fully healed and restored. She comes from a broken family, has overcome relational issues, codependency behaviors, depression and isolation. Brenda has persevered to received healing and overcome any obstacle that prevented her from fulfilling her role as a commissioner of the gospel to see people break free and fully healed.
It is through the power of her testimony that doors have been opened for people to be willing to receive from her story. As the first christian in her family she has witness first hand the power of the gospel by seeing family members encountered the power of the living God being healed and transformed walking in freedom and operating in their full God giving purpose. She has met many broken families along the way and couldn’t stand on the sidelines knowing there was so much she could share with them. This birth the passion to learn and get equipped to get certified as a Christian Counselor and Discipleship coach. She believes we are called to be disciples and it takes time, commitment and discipline and her heart is filled with expectation to walk a long side many people.
She has recently joined the After the Rain Team and expects to see many come from all the nations to receive healing and freedom as she comes along side with counseling, teaching, disciple and training.
Board Certified Christian Counselor (BCCC),
Certified Christian Women's Life Coach (CCWLC),
Certified Co-dependence Specialist (CCS),
Michelle Gray
Michelle Gray is a Board-Certified Christian Counselor with over 40 years of experience as a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse. She brings deep clinical insight and compassion to her role as a counselor for ATR. Her work is grounded in a multidisciplinary, family-centered approach to mental, emotional, and spiritual health.
Michelle specializes in supporting women facing a range of challenges, including infant and fetal loss, trauma, substance abuse, domestic violence, and complex mental health needs. Her experience spans diverse and multicultural communities, with a commitment to care that transcends age, race, socioeconomic background, or immigration status.
A mother of four and grandmother of thirteen, Michelle and her husband also lead an outreach in Georgia, serving their community through programs that address food insecurity, offer educational support, and provide prenatal care and counseling.
Motivated by her own journey through personal grief and healing, Michelle is passionate about offering the same Christ-centered peace and freedom she has experienced to others through counseling and spiritual mentorship.
Board Certified Christian Counselor (BCCC),
Certified Christian Women's Life Coach (CCWLC),
Certified Co-dependence Specialist (CCS),
Registered Nurse (RN)



