Vitor Vilela is a Brazilian licensed minister and professional counselor with the State of Ohio and a member of Moriah’s counseling staff. He is also certified to teach inner healing ministry concerning area of spiritual deliverance and spiritual warfare from Freedom Encounters, Inc. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Kent State University in Molecular/Cellular Biology and his Master of Arts Degree from Ashland Theological Seminary in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He serves as Family Life Pastor at Faith Fellowship Church in Macedonia, OH.

Vitor has experience in mental health counseling since 2012 working with trauma, grief, and anxiety/depression related struggles ranging from individuals to families and teenagers to elderly populations. He has owned his own practice since 2013, practicing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Narrative Therapy combined with a specific form of guided prayer called “Formational Prayer.” Vitor also worked as staff counselor at CommQuest in Akron, OH and taught first year counseling students at Ashland Theological Seminary in 2016. He also recently offered lay counseling training in area of clinical referral and grief through Healing Care in Ashland, OH.

Personally, Vitor is married, 3.5 years, to his beautiful wife, Amanda, a Private Nanny and student of culinary Arts. They enjoy visiting their family in Brazil once a year and spending time at the beach.