SERVICE PROVIDERS
Psychiatrist
- Natarajan (Bob) Laks is
a board Certified adolescent and adult psychiatrist with extensive
clinical experience. He provides psychiatric evaluations, therapy and
medication management at the Chesterfield and Sunset Hill offices.
Services can be accessed through private insurance.
Psychologists
Services
available through CTS, Medicaid and Private Insurance.
- Warren A. Kass is
a doctoral level Licensed Psychologist who has years of experience
providing psychological and educational evaluations and therapy to
diverse clinical population. Since receiving his doctorate in 1973,
he has worked extensively with children, adolescents and adults involved
with the Division of
Family Services, Juvenile Justice System, Special Education and in the general
population for over thirty (30) years. He specializes in the assessment and
treatment of ADHD and Oppositional Children and Adolescents. Dr. Kass provides
therapy services at both the West and South County offices. He provides Educational
Evaluations and advocacy for the educationally handicapped.
- Robert Schnidman is
a doctoral level Licensed Psychologist who has years of experience
providing psychological evaluations and therapy to a diverse clinical
population. He has worked extensively with children, adolescents, and
families since receiving his doctorate in 1979. He is thoroughly familiar
with the issues of those involved with the Children’s Division,
the Juvenile Justice System and with educational diagnosis and special
education concerns. Dr. Schnidman conducts psychological evaluations
at the West County office various hospitals and at the Children’s
Division office as well as therapy services at the West County office.
- Scott Schaeffer is
a doctoral level Licensed Psychologist who has extensive experience
working with children and adolescents. In addition to his position
as a School Psychologist with the Special School district of St. Louis
County, Dr. Schaeffer provides
individual and family therapy to children, adolescents and adults.
Dr. Schaffer also provides couples therapy. His specialties include
educational evaluations and treatment for AD/HD, anxiety and depressive
disorders. Dr. Schaeffer is available to provide educational, AD/HD
and general psychological
evaluations. He provides therapy services to children, adolescents and adults
and he is available to assist parents with appropriate 504 plans and IEP's.
Counselors
Services
available through CTS, Medicaid and Private Insurance.
- Dawn Bergman is a
Licensed Professional Counselor and the Executive Director for Family Care Center. She has extensive experience with adolescents and adults
with mental health and substance abuse issues. Dawn has had specialized
training in substance abuse, cognitive behavioral therapy, and marriage
and family therapy. Dawn uses a cognitive behavioral, solution focused
approach to counseling focusing on goal oriented treatment. Dawn has
worked in hospital settings, intensive outpatient treatment, and EAP
assessment and referral. Dawn has experience with the Children’s
Division, Juvenile Justice System and provides counseling at the West
County office as well as in home.
- Bridget Thomas is
a Licensed Professional Counselor. Bridget has experience with children, adolescents and
families who have been abused and neglected. She provides in office
counseling at our West County office. She has worked for the Division
of Family Services, and at Marygrove. She is also in charge of Adoption
Services at Family Care Center which includes training other staff,
planning and speaking at seminars on international adoption and overseeing
the program. Bridget has supervised several provisionally licensed
counselors until they were licensed.
- Wincel Tomlinson is
a Licensed Clinical Social worker who has extensive experience with
culturally diverse populations. He completed a two year training program
in Marriage and Family therapy through the Karl Manager School of Psychiatry
and Mental Health Sciences. Additionally, he completed an extensive
training program in advanced clinical trauma treatment. Wincel has
provided clinical services to children, adolescents and families in
a wife variety of settings over the past twenty –five years.
He is familiar with and comprehensively understands the issues involved
with people who receive services from the Children’s Division
and the criminal justice system. Wincel also holds the position of
Qualified Substance Abuse Professional.
- Debbie Green-Gegg is
a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has extensive experience as
a school social worker in the St. Louis City and County Public Schools.
She has experience with crisis intervention, home visits, parent education,
collaboration with other professionals and individual counseling. She
has presented workshops on the topics of child abuse, effects of divorce
on children, absenteeism from school and poverty.
- Amy Murphy
is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has experience working with
a wide variety of populations especially individuals with disabilities.
She has provided individual and group therapy sessions. She has been
an evaluation coordinator who worked with evaluations to determine
aptitude, achievement, intelligence and diagnosis. She has also provided
counseling to children and adolescents in the foster care system.
- Lisa McCulloch is
a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has experience working with
individuals and families with emotional disturbances, behavior problems,
relationship issues and mental illness. Lisa provides therapy in the
Chesterfield office to individuals, couples and families. Specific
issues common to Lisa’s practice include anxiety, depression,
marital discord, and people seeking parenting advice, stress and anger
management skills.
- Rhonda Collins is
a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has experience in crisis intervention,
assessment, and the educational environment.
She is knowledgable about the special needs of foster children and
has developed and presented at many training sessions regarding abuse
and neglect issues. She provides individual and family counseling
services.
- Brenda Lee Casey,
MSW,
LCSW. Ms. Casey has a Master Degree in Clinical Social Work from Washington
University and basis her practice on the use of
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She has a strong background in crisis
intervention, at-risk adolescents, and DSMIV Diagnosis, such as depression,
bipolar, and adjustment disorders. Ms. Casey provides individual, couples
and family therapy. Most recently, Ms. Casey has been focusing her
practice on major issues women face in life; emotionally, physically
and environmentally and encouraging life coping skills to deal with
these issues in a productive manner.
- Becky Sidwell-Douglas is
a Licensed Professional Counselor. Becky has worked with Life Skills
Foundation for several years and has experience
with adolescents with developmental disabilities and behavioral issues.
Becky has a unique understanding of behavioral interventions and provides
client centered counseling. Becky provides in home and in office counseling
services.
- James Carroll is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has extensive experience working with culturally diverse populations. He has worked in a variety of settings, such as inpatient, outpatient and residential, with children, adolescents and adults. Jamie has experience with the juvenile justice system, substance abuse issues and mental health issues and takes a cognitive-behavioral approach to counseling. He provides in-home and in-office individual and family counseling.
- Courtney Schaffner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has utilized a strength-based approach in her extensive work with children and families involved with the Children’s Division. She has provided intensive crisis intervention and treatment planning for youth with mental health issues and has worked with schools and family court. Courtney has experience providing individual, group, and family therapy and has specialized in children and families dealing with divorce.
- Ellie Poulis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been working with children and families for 16 years. Ellie's experience includes providing services within in-patient hospitals, residential treatment centers, school-based, and in-home settings. Ellie has specialized in clinical services with children, youths, and families, child abuse and neglect, trauma work, family and marital therapy, and play therapy. Ellie works with clients from strengths-based, solution-focused, and cognitive behavioral therapy approaches. Ellis also is experienced in providing parenting education, consultation with issues surrounding special education services, home visits, and crisis prevention. Ellie also has a great deal of experience with working with children, youths and families handling social and peer interaction concerns, relationship issues, Bi-Polar Disorder, ADHD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, PTSD, Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Ellie is available for in-home and in-office therapy sessions.
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