About the founder
Vanessa Cox, MA, LPC, CAMS-II, CAADC
Vanessa Cox is the Founder and CEO of Extensive Prevention Intervention Counseling Services (EPICS), LLC, a professional counseling practice, and the Founder and Board President of EPICS J.R. Foundation.
- Founder and CEO, Extensive Prevention Intervention Counseling Services (EPICS), LLC
- Founder and Board President, EPICS J.R. Foundation
- Founder, EPICS Keeping Your Cool Institute
- Author, EPICS Keeping Your Cool 16-Week Anger Management Curriculum
- Called and ordained minister
Her calling
Beginning with the end in mind.
She is also the author of the EPICS Keeping Your Cool 16-Week Anger Management Curriculum for urban youth ages 9–16 and the Founder of the EPICS Keeping Your Cool Institute, a biblically grounded emotional formation program designed to cultivate Christlike self-control, emotional maturity, personal responsibility, and spiritual growth.
As a called and ordained minister, Mrs. Cox is passionate about equipping individuals to break unhealthy cycles, steward their emotions biblically, and walk fully in their God-given identity, purpose, and destiny.
The driving force behind her life’s work has been a commitment to living with integrity, serving others, and helping individuals and families envision and pursue a healthier future.
Mrs. Cox retired from the mental health profession on March 1, 2023, to devote herself full-time to her private practice, entrepreneurial endeavors, ministry, and life’s purpose.
Mrs. Cox has built her life’s work around the principle of “beginning with the end in mind.” Her vision has been to help individuals and families affected by environmental stressors, unhealthy patterns, and challenging life circumstances envision a better future and develop the skills and support necessary to pursue it.
Drawing from both professional experience and personal life experiences, she was inspired to develop an anger management curriculum specifically designed to address the needs of urban youth.
- Education
- Master of Arts, Professional Counseling — Lindenwood University
- Master of Arts, Human Resource Agency Management — Lindenwood University
- Bachelor of Science, Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology — Southern University
- Licensure and certification
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri
- Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CAADC)
- SATOP professional
- Certified Anger Management Specialist II (CAMS-II), National Anger Management Association
- Member, American Counseling Association
Thirty years of practice
Who she has worked with.
With more than 30 years of clinical and administrative experience, Mrs. Cox has worked with diverse populations, including low-income families, individuals experiencing strained family systems, individuals involved with probation and parole, impaired drivers, couples, individuals living with persistent mental illness, individuals with co-occurring disorders, military veterans and their families, individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, adolescents, individuals living with HIV, single mothers and fathers, and individuals experiencing substance use and dependence.
Professional roles
- School-Based Therapist
- Treatment Program Director for a homeless shelter and residential substance use treatment program
- Clinical Supervisor for an adolescent residential substance use treatment program
- Clinical Coordinator for an inpatient detoxification program
- Clinical Case Manager for a community-based mental health provider
Family and foundation
The people behind the work.
Mrs. Cox also serves as Board Secretary of EPICS J.R. Foundation, an organization she established in 2018 in honor of the philanthropic legacy of her brother and sister-in-law.
She is married to her husband, Fred Cox, and enjoys traveling, volunteering, serving others, and spending time with her family, including her children, grandchildren, and parents, John and Rose Davis.
Her relationship with God and her Christian faith remain foundational to her life, calling, and commitment to serving others.
Scope of services
A licence, and what it covers.
Vanessa Cox is a Licensed Professional Counselor. The services offered through the Institute are educational, faith-based and formation-focused unless expressly identified as professional counseling services provided through EPICS Counseling Services.
EPICS Keeping Your Cool
Healing Hearts. Restoring Purpose. Releasing Destiny.
We equip believers to steward anger biblically, break unhealthy patterns, and grow in emotional wholeness, spiritual maturity, purpose, and destiny.