Beverly J. Oxley, Ph.D., RPT-S, Executive Director of Wellsprings is a Georgia Licensed Psychologist and Registered Play Therapist & Supervisor who has worked with children, adolescents, and families since 1970. Previous experience includes 16 years as a special education teacher specializing in learning and behavioral disorders, 17 years as a school psychologist, and 10 years as an associate professor of education and psychology at Emmanuel College. In 2003, she opened Wellsprings which has become a thriving counseling center serving several counties in northeast Georgia. Her primary work is with children, adolescents, women, and families.
Dr. Oxley holds memberships in the Georgia Psychological Association (GPA), Association for Play Therapy (APT), and Georgia Association for Play Therapy (GAPT). Over the years, she has led numerous short-term mission trips and currently, she is doing training in Ukraine and Kenya. If you want to see her eyes light up, ask about her grandchildren (two of her own and many other “adopted” ones).



In her spare time, Liz enjoys gardening, hiking, art, and spending time with her family.



Dr. Caldwell specializes in Dialectical Behavior Training and other cognitive behavioral therapies for mood, anxiety, and interpersonal functioning problems. He has an extensive background in addictions work, men’s issues, grief and trauma support counseling, parenting, and child and adolescent therapy. Dr. Caldwell loves most outdoor activities (including swimming year round in his outdoor pool), traveling with his wife, and biking.

Dr. Bird arrived in Georgia in 2016 from his home in Canada via a circuitous 20-year journey with stops in the Dominican Republic, Indiana, Georgia, and Virginia. Along the way, Dr. Bird has worked in residential care with at-risk youth (and their families), in outpatient psychiatric hospital, residential psychiatric hospital, in-home counseling, and outpatient settings.
On a personal level, Dr. Bird and his lovely wife (a Georgia Peach) were married in 2005 and together they are attempting to raise three fantastic children. Dr. Bird loves the country life and thoroughly enjoys the opportunities that exist in living and working in a small community.

Wanda is a member of the Georgia Psychological Association (GPA), the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), and the Georgia Association of School Psychologists (GASP).

