Serving the Community Since 1992

Deerfield Township Family Counseling Center, LLC of Mason

Jennifer Back,  famcounse2@aol.com

7577 Central Parke Blvd., Suite 326, Mason, Ohio 45040, 513-770-3231, Fax 513-770-5541

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      We have a warm and professional counseling office with a team of seasoned professionals offering confidential, short term, solution oriented and fairly priced counseling to help you create the life you desire.

   

Therapists/Staff 

 

Kathleen Barnett, LISW-S is a Board Certified Diplomat, Certified Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, and has an Advanced Certificate in Family Therapy. Kathleen has over 15 years experience in working with clients on relationship issues, depression, anxiety and fears, divorce, life coaching, grief, parenting, spirituality, trauma and PTSD. She works with individuals, couples, and families. She collaborates with several psychiatrists for clients that also need medication as part of their treatment.

 

Emily Bart, LISW-S has been a mental health therapist for over 20 years. She has the training, experience, and sensitivity to help individuals and families effect change in their lives. Adults, couples, and families realize their goals through therapy tailored to their needs. Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Family/Couples therapy, and Psychodynamic approach may be utilized. While Emily’s style is relaxed and supportive, she is active in challenging the status quo, and assisting clients in thinking in new ways to create change and realizing their goals.

 

Amy Cohen, LISW-S has over 15 years of experience as a therapist. Amy enjoys working with clients on weight loss and maintenance, from a cognitive therapy perspective. This enables Amy’s clients to comply with their weight loss goals, medical recommendations, while improving their health and well-being. Amy has completed training at The Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research in Philadelphia to enhance her ability to work with clients in this area. Amy helps clients learn the skills necessary to make it much more likely that they will maintain the necessary lifestyle changes to keep the weight off. In addition to this focus, she also enjoys helping clients with many other mental health concerns.

 

Gary Key, LISW-S has been a licensed therapist for over thirty years. He specializes in working with adults, couples, and adolescents who have been wounded by drugs or alcohol, sexual issues, divorce depression, anxiety, and other difficulties. He enjoys giving respectful guidance to people and loves to see the hope treatment produces in their lives. His Christian faith has afforded him the humble opportunities to see God’s work in a therapeutic setting.

 

Melinda Sponseller, LPCC has 13 years experience working in the mental health field. Melinda has been trained in Parent Child Interaction Therapy to assist parents and child(ren) rebuild a broken bond. She has a wide array of experiences including working with families in the home, abuse and neglect issues. She has worked with children of all ages in groups and individual counseling, and individual and group adult counseling. Melinda creates a safe, supportive environment for her client’s self exploration.

 

Dana Springer, LISW-S is a Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist. Dana attended University of Kentucky for her graduate work and has been working with individuals and families for many years. Working in diverse settings and becoming proficient in various modalities of therapy Dana was the first independently licensed therapist at Mason High School and has a safe dating program for teens designed to help teens make good choices in dating. Dana has extensive training and experience working with combat veterans and their families and with the elderly suffering grief and bereavement along with life changes.

 

Angie Thorman-Grimsley is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor. She has over 30 years of clinical experience in treating adults, couples, families, adolescents, children, and groups. In addition, she provides chemical dependency evaluations and training. She has completed level III Healing Touch training and often incorporates energy work in her practice.

Russell Cruse, LPCC-S has been serving individuals, couples, families, children and adolescents in some capacity since 1988. Russell is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Ohio. As a Christian Counselor Russell can use Biblical principles in addressing issues that have become a challenge in the lives of individuals, couples and families. Area of competency include: personal issues, male related issues, family struggles, parenting, pre-marital, and marital issues, loss and grief, foster care/adoption.

Pamela P. Gerdes, LISW, earned a specialized mental health certificate at the graduate level and is certified in Reality Therapy, Change Management and Rational Living Therapy. Pam counsels people dealing with grief, anxiety, depression, managing anger, trauma, abuse issues, addiction, relationship problems, mental disorders and other serious issues. She connects with each client to gain an in-depth understanding of their frustrations and hopes. By working closely with each client and creating a safe environment for change, Pam helps clients grasp the problems they face and develop the wisdom and skills needed to enhance well-being and quality of life.

Lisa Sackett is a board certified Marriage and Family Therapist. Lisa earned her BA in Education and started her career as an Elementary School Teacher. She obtained her MS in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling in 2008. Lisa feels blessed to be starting her counseling career in the field which God has called her. Her life verse is Isaiah 50:4, “The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary.” She has experience in counseling for drug/alcohol addiction, family relationship issues, individual, couples and child therapy.

Faye H. Ross, LISW-S is a Board Certified Diplomat in Psychiatric Social Work with a focus on Family Therapy. Faye has over 30 years experience working with children, adolescents, adults, marital issues and families. She specializes in a wide array of problems including early childhood development, parenting issues, adolescent and young adult as well as women's issues. Her primary focus is the family and on relationship building and communication skills. Faye has had extensive experience with severe mental illness and works with many pediatric and adult psychiatrists in the community and is resourceful when the need for medication arises. Faye also has special certification in Trauma Focused DBT and has had advanced training in DBT. She is available for appointments in the evenings and on Saturdays.

 

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Deerfield Township Family Counseling Center, LLC of Mason

Jennifer Back,  famcounse2@aol.com

7577 Central Parke Blvd., Suite 326, Mason, Ohio 45040, 513-770-3231,  Fax 513-770-5541