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Corina Maria Teofilo Mattson Portrait
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist
  • EMDR Therapist

Corina Maria Teofilo Mattson

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

COO, Clinical Director, Bilingual Staff Psychotherapist, Training Team

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  • Leadership & Admin
  • Supervisor

Sarah Blaszczak

Clinical Supervisor

Keesha is an African American woman with dark brown, shoulder length locs, she is smiling, looking directly at the camera
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Therapist

Keesha Beasley

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor

Staff Psychotherapist, Accountability Coordinator

Nancy Tartt Portrait
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist

Nancy Tartt

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor

Jordan, a white agender Woman with short, curly, dark blonde hair smiles at the camera, wearing a black button up shirt, gold earrings, and round, gold-rimmed glasses
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist

Jordan Dunmead

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor, Training Mentor Coordinator, and Training Team Member

Kenya Naylor Portrait
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist

Kenya Naylor

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

Staff Psychotherapist, Accountability Coordinator, Clinical Supervisor

Andreina Phelan identifies as a cisgender woman, light complected Latine with shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes, smiles at the camera. She is wearing a long sleeve button up shirt with light blue and white stripes and gold color earings.
  • Leadership & Admin

Andreina Phelan

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

Training Operations and Development Manager

Sakina Levin Portrait
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Therapist
  • EMDR Therapist

Sakina Levin

Licensed Professional Counselor

Multilingual Staff Therapist, Hiring & Recruitment Manager

Blanca Cuyun is a light skinned cisgender Latina woman with shoulder-length straight brown hair, she is wearing a wine-colored blouse, siting with her legs crossed and fingers intertwined, smiling and looking directly into the camera
  • Leadership & Admin

Blanca Cuyun

Director of Operations (Bilingual English & Español), Social Committee

Porter Green- a white agender person with long wavy green and brown hair, a septum piercing, visible tattoos, and green eyes smiles at the camera.
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist
  • EMDR Therapist

Porter Green

Licenced Clinical Psychologist

Director of Clinical Training, Clinical Supervisor, Trans Affirming Psychotherapist, Training Team

Katie Baker Portrait
  • Therapist

Katie Baker

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

Affiliate Psychotherapist

Andrea Freerksen, a white woman with long curly dark hair, smiles widely at the camera
  • Therapist
  • EMDR Therapist

Andrea Freerksen

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Clinical Supervisor, Bilingual Staff Psychotherapist

Betty Guilfoile, a white cisgender older woman with short gray hair and blue glasses, is smiling and wearing a blue blouse and scarf
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist

Betty Guilfoile

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Staff Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor

Audrey, a white cisgender woman with brown curly hair, hazel eyes, and freckles, smiles at the camera, she is wearing a black T-shirt and a grey blazer
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist
  • EMDR Therapist

Audrey Gralnek Habermann

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Clinical Supervisor and Queer-Affirming Psychotherapist

Steph, a white cisgender woman with brunette hair and glasses
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist
  • EMDR Therapist

Stephanie Terrell

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, BC-DMT, GL-CMA

Staff Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor

Brooke Allen, a white fat ciswoman in her forties, smiles at the camera
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Therapist

Brooke Allen

Licensed Professional Counselor, Internship and Fellowship Manager

Jacob Penrod, a white nonbinary young adult, sits upright, looking at the camera with a gentle smile, their hair is styled in a mohawk and they are wearing a black polo shirt with black suspenders
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist

Jacob Penrod

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Staff Psychotherapist, Trainee Group Supervisor

Beto Chavez Portrait
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist

Beto Chavez

Staff Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor

Gia Scalise, a white genderqueer person, sits angled to the left and smiles close-lipped. They have an undercut with short, lavender-colored hair falling over their forehead. She is wearing red, rectangle-frame glasses and a black, v-neck shirt that shows an animal-themed chest tattoo.
  • Leadership & Admin

Gia Scalise

Intake and Referral Program Manager

Cat Kliegle, a white person with long blonde hair, leans forward towards the camera smiling with her arms crossed
  • Leadership & Admin
  • Therapist

Cat Kliegle

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Staff Psychotherapist, Intake Coordinator

John, a white non binary person withshort brown hair and a brown beard leans over a chair and smiles at the camera
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist
  • EMDR Therapist

John Guilfoile

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Staff Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor

Sophia, a white ciswoman in her late twenties, stands behind a chair and leans forward with her arms folded over the back of the chair in a friendly, casual, way. Sophia has a big, toothy smile, rosy cheeks, blue eyes, and long, blonde, wavy hair. She is of medium height and slight build. She wears a deep blue silk blouse with brass buttons down the front and blue jeans.
  • Therapist

Sophia Etling

Licensed Social Worker

Psychotherapist

Alex, a white non-binary woman with brown curly hair framing their smiling face wears a septum ring, hexagonal gold framed glasses, and raibow earrings that peak out from behind her hair. Her sleeveless buttoned up jumpsuit has a bright raindow, heart, and smiley faced pattern covering its black background. Her body is slightly angled so her left arm is in the foreground displaying thier black and grey tattoo sleeve. In a background you can see that her right arm has multiple colored tattoos covering it as well, including one of a cuttlefish.
  • Therapist
  • EMDR Therapist

Alex Hoffman

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Psychotherapist

A mexican, light-brown skin woman with black hair
  • Supervisor
  • Therapist

Lily Diego-Johnson

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Bilingual Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor

Eros Imhoof, sitting down and smiling at the camera with their wrists crossed, they are a light skinned Chinese therapist with short black hair and shaved sides
  • Therapist

Eros Imhoof

Licensed Social Worker

Psychotherapist

Janay, a medium-toned black woman smiles at the camera while holding a long white cane
  • Therapist

Janay Anthony

Associate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Staff Psychotherapist

Dulce Davalos, a brown-skinned ciswoman with long black hair, pink hair framing her face, and glasses
  • Therapist

Dulce Davalos

Staff Psychotherapist

Julia Plomer Portrait
  • Therapist

Julia Plomer

Staff Psychotherapist

Vesryn Grey, a white trans agender queer person, is leaning forward on a chair, right hand under their chin, smirking at the camera. Behind them is a blurred red brick wall and palm plant. They have a modern mullet, their hair being black and silver, with touches of purple in it. They are wearing silver hexagon glasses, purple eye makeup, and purple-ish lipstick. They have nostril, septum, and philtrum piercings. They have stretched lobes wherein they sport hanging bejeweled bee earrings. On their right wrist is a leather bracelet and they also wear a matching leather collar. They have on a v-necked black jumpsuit. On their arms is a multitude of tattoos.
  • Leadership & Admin

Vesryn Grey

Social Media Coordinator

Alissa Catiis Portrait
  • Therapist
  • EMDR Therapist

Alissa Catiis

Staff Therapist

Daniela Zimmer Portrait
  • Therapist
  • EMDR Therapist

Daniela Zimmer

Licensed Social Worker

Psychotherapist

Melissa, a white cisgender Latine woman with long black hair past her shoulders, wearing a black dress with white flowers, she smiles wearing bright red lipstick and clear-framed glasses.
  • Therapist

Melissa Ramirez

Licensed Social Worker

Psychotherapist

Jae Avilez, a light-skinned Puerto Rican, smiles at the camera while learning over a chair with a hand on their chin
  • Therapist

Jae Isla Avilez

MA in Couples and Family Therapy Candidate

Psychotherapist and Live Oak Founders Fellow

Sarah Schaffer smiles with arms gently crossed, she is a mixed Jewish and Southeast Asian person with light brown skin and dark curly hair in her thirties
  • Therapist

Sarah Schaffer

Licensed Social Worker

Staff Psychotherapist

SaCora Williams Portrait
  • Therapist

SaCora Williams

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Affiliate Psychotherapist

Lane, white, non-binary person with facial hair, large round glasses, nose ring, visible tattoos, multiple rings, and painted nails, they have a blazer on over a tee shirt
  • Therapist

Lane Kiczula

PsyD Intern

Humza Malik a South Asian, brown-skinned transmasculine person with straight black hair and facial hair and glasses, smiling at the camera
  • Therapist

Humza Malik

Psychotherapist

Live Oak Founders’ Fellow

Valerie Jaharis Portrait
  • Therapist

Valerie Jaharis

Licensed Social Worker

Live Oak Founders’ Fellow

Mariana, a light-skined latina woman with thick eyebrows and dark brown, wavy hair, wears colorful earrings and an olive shirt as she smiles at the camera
  • Therapist

Mariana Reyes Daza

MS in Marriage & Family Therapy

Bilingual Therapist, Live Oak Founders’ Fellow

Evan Gillum, a white male with short dark brown hair, and facial hair, smiling at the camera with round glasses, and a white shirt featuring the art of Keith Haring
  • Therapist

C. Evan Gillum

MA in Couples and Family Therapy Candidate

Graduate Clinical Intern

Dylan Lemke
  • Therapist

Dylan Lemke

MSW Candidate

Graduate Clinical Intern

Ryn Thelen, a white, femme, nonbinary person with medium, strawberry blonde hair, glasses, septum and nose piercings, wearing a green blouse, and bracelets, they lean over a chair with arms together smiling at the camera
  • Therapist

Ryn Thelen

MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Candidate

Graduate Clinical Intern

Summer Valentine Portrait
  • Therapist

Summer Valentine

Licensed Professional Counselor

Staff Psychotherapist

James Green Portrait

James Green

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; Licensed Social Worker

Affiliate Psychotherapist

Angela Campion Portrait

Angela Campion

Licensed Professional Counselor

Affiliate Psychotherapist

Chris Mayer Portrait
  • Leadership & Admin

Chris Mayer

Bookkeeper