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Team
Amanda Burns, M.S.W., QMHS
Medicaid ID 0005007
Child and Family Therapist
382 Arch Street ("The Brick")
Amanda earned her M.S.W. from Saint Mary's University in 2021. She completed her graduate internship at Mid-Ohio Psychological Services and worked last year as a Pre-K Class Aid at Bishop Flaget Catholic School.
Jeff Burns, B.A., QMHS
Medicaid ID 0010604
Child and Family Therapist
382 Arch Street ("The Brick")
Jeff is deaf, fluent in ASL, and received a Bachelor's degree in recreation management. He has worked for the Ross County Board of Developmental Disabilities and Deaf Services Center, and assists clients of all ages.
Pati Byers
Receptionist
263 Delano Avenue
Pati greets new and existing clients served at our three Arch Street locations. She collects copays, assists new clients in completing intake paperwork, updates client insurance information, and helps answer our billing line.
Stacey Cartee, M.Ed., QMHS
Medicaid ID 0005269
Child and Family Therapist
263 Delano Avenue
Stacey is a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider with over 20 years' experience in corrections where she has worked with both youth and adult offenders.
Rick Clark
Groundskeeper
263 Delano Avenue
Rick maintains the grounds and landscaping at Arch Street and Commanche Road offices. He also cleans carpets and furnishings, stocks office supplies, and helps maintain our asphault parking lots at Arch Street and Dun Road.
Sara Flowers, A.A., QMHS
Medicaid ID 0005282
Youth and Adult Therapist
628 Commanche Road
Sara has been Trish's Executive Assistant since 2015. She is a BSW student at Ohio University's Chillicothe Campus, and utilizes Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in her individual and group work primarily with adults.
Hannah Fry, M.A.T.
Operations Manager
263 Delano Avenue
Hannah has thirteen years of experience working with youth and communities. She oversees development, efficiency, finance, marketing, and HR elements of business operations.
Jillian Gebhardt, M.S.W., QMHS
Medicaid ID 0005108
Youth and Adult Therapist
10 Dun Road
Jillian earned her MSW degree from Ohio University in 2016. She works with school-aged youth, adolescents, adults, couples and families.
Amber Gillispie, M.S.W., QMHS
Medicaid ID 0005247
Youth and Adult Therapist
10 Dun Road
Amber earned her MSW degree from Ohio University in 2016. She works with both youth and adults, couples and families.
Kyla Ida, M.A., QMHS
Child and Family Therapist
628 Commanche Road
Kyla is an M.Ed. student at Liberty University. She works mostly with children and adolescents.
Maggie Lambert, M.Ed., LPC
Ohio License C.2304820 * Medicaid ID 0005125
Child and Family Therapist
382 Arch Street ("The Brick")
Maggie graduated from the Ohio University Master's in Counselor Education program at Ohio University in 2022 and mostly with school aged-youth and adolescents.
Alvin Mares, Ph.D., LISW-S
Ohio License I.1600682-SUPV * Medicaid ID 0256993
Adult and Couples Therapist
263 Delano Avenue
Alvin works with adults and couples. He also is experienced in divorce mediation and is a certified parenting coordinator in Ross County.
Patricia Mares, M.Ed., LPCC-S
Ohio License E.0900309-SUPV * Medicaid ID 0155117
Child and Family Therapist
628 Commanche Road
Trish works with children and adolescents. She has extensive experience working with foster and adoptive youth and successfully treating reactive attachment disorder
Thomas Mays
IT Specialist
263 Delano Avenue
Thomas manages PC hardware and software for all staff, assists in running payroll, and develops reports to help monitor both administrative and clinical performance of our staff and practice as a whole.
Talia Salyer, A.A., CDCA
Ohio License CDCA.178007 * Medicaid ID 0005342
Parenting Educator; Adolescent and Adult Therapist; Billing Specialist
263 Delano Avenue
Talia is a BSW student at Ohio University. She works mostly with adults in recovery, teaches parenting classes, and oversees billing of commercial insurance.
Ciera Schoonover
Billing Specialist
263 Delano Avenue
Ciera assists with onboarding new clients, verifying insurance eligibility and benefits, estimating and collecting copays from all clients. She also answers our billing line and lead for billing self-pay clients.
Becky Smolinski, B.A., SWT
Ohio License S.2302834-TRNE * Medicaid ID 0006115
Adolescent, Adult and Couples Therapist
10 Dun Road
Becky is enrolled in the M.S.W. program at Ohio State University. She works with both adolescents and adults, couples and families.
Heather Sommers, B.A., LCDC III, SWT
Ohio License LCDCIII.162161 * S.2302993-TRNE * Medicaid ID 0345841
Adolescent and Adult Therapist; Medicaid Billing Specialist
382 Arch Street ("The Brick")
Heather is currently enrolled at the University of Kentucky where she is working to obtain her MSW. She works primarily with adults and couples. She also assists with Medicaid billing.
Kathryn Stevens, M.S.W., QMHS
Medicaid ID 0348756
Adolescent and Adult Therapist
10 Dun Road
Kathryn received her M.S.W. degree from Ohio University. She works with both youth and adults, and does a mix of individual, couples and family therapy.
Mackenna Stewart, B.A.
Operations Manager
263 Delano Avenue
Mackenna graduated from Denison University in 2005. Before joining us she worked for 8 years at The Buckeye Ranch. She oversees accreditation, billing, bookkeeping, buildings, communication, partnerships, records and HR.
Meghan Vinson, LCDCIII, LSW
Ohio License LCDCIII.162484 * S.2207939 * Medicaid ID 0493800
Adolescent and Adult Therapist
10 Dun Road
Meghan is currently enrolled in the M.S.W. program at Ohio University. She sees adolescents, adults and couples with mental health and/or alcohol or substance abuse problems.
Rev. Jessica Warth, M.S.W., QMHS
Medicaid ID 0006052
Adolescent, Adult and Couples Therapist
263 Delano Avenue
Jessica recently graduated from the M.S.W. program at Ohio State University. She counsels adults and couples, including those seeking greater intimacy and persons of faith seeking Christian counseling.