Meet the Team
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May Chappell, MA
May sees adults, teens, kids and families or couples.
May accepts BCBS PPO, Aetna and Cigna.
May interpersonal energy is off the charts. Much of her passion for helping lies in connecting people with trauma and life transitions to heal and reconnect. While at times maladaptive mental health results in behavioral problems that have disrupted relationships, May is skilled at helping trauma survivors to heal and connect with support persons, and to dive deep in helping themselves.
May has a friendly, interactive style of relating to people and feels down to earth to talk with. She understands life challenges from a lived experience perspective and will amaze you with her knowledge and experience.
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Monika Ciezobka, LCPC
Monika sees individuals of all ages but not available for couples or family therapy.
She accepts BCBS PPO, Aetna, and Cigna.
Monika is a skilled and kind counselor supporting adults, teens, and children from a client centered orientation. Her services are solution oriented and focused on providing the best solutions for each client’s unique situation. Her clients and her co-counselors say she is friendly and approachable to talk with. Her kind and unassuming personality leads her to engage deeply with clients. She has special interests in helping others with persistent anxiety and helping others with a pivot or a major life change they are unsure of. Her colleagues report that one of her strongest assets is her deep listening skills.
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Kevin Lage, LCPC
Kevin sees individuals of all ages, Couples and Families.
He accepts BCBS PPO, Aetna, Cigna and Optum/United.
As a Counselor Kevin is a great listener and gets to know his clients from a holistic viewpoint. He provides a kind disposition and a friendly ear to understand what you are coping with.
Kevin is an easy-going friendly person who uses humanistic and client centered principles with cognitive behavioral skills to understand and help you make lasting changes to achieve a happier life. He has a way about him that allows you to fully let go of anxiety and expectations - to be fully in the moment and explore your true self.
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Lisa Pedersen, LPC
Lisa sees individuals of all ages, including couples and families.
She accepts BCBS PPO, Cigna and Aetna.
Lisa is an experienced dynamic depth counselor bringing considerable experience from community mental health. Lisa provides soothing and kind support when times are tough, and uplifts and energizes you as things start to get better. Lisa provides Anxiety Treatment and Depression Treatment and has a special interest in helping with couples counseling to assist those with challenges to work them out in a warm, supportive environment. She is experienced in helping others find motivation when they are tired, challenged or feel overwhelmed.
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Amanda Wagner, ALMFT
Amanda sees individuals and families of all ages. She has an expertise in working with mothers and has lived experience with the challenges of motherhood. She accepts BCBS PPO, Cigna and Aetna. She is an associate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, specializing with systemic therapy and relational therapy in which may include anyone in your family system from significant others to family members and spouses. She has 16+ years of experience working with parents, families, and children from all different demographics, backgrounds, and cultures. Past experiences include expertise on education, parenting, the family system, relationships and aspects of learning that present with challenges. Amanda is particularly skilled using systemic models of psychotherapy for families, couples, parents, and individuals. She also has a focus on humanistic aspects to a person, such as exploring patterns, symptoms, thought regulation and more.
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Nancy Paul, LPC
Nancy sees adults, teens and kids. She is able to provide family therapy and couples therapy. Nancy is able to see clients with BCBS PPO, Aetna and Cigna.
LIFE TRANSITIONS
Nancy helps with a specialization in life transitions. From managing acute stress reactions and controlling self-talk to bring about thinking habits that are a healthy pattern. Her focus is adjustment to life changes. Challenges of this nature can take place across the lifespan of all ages. Nancy also has a specialization in trauma and trauma reactions.
TEENAGER SPECIALIZATION
Nancy sees people of all ages. However has a specialized training and experience in helping teens such that our practice tends to lean on her to help with teenagers and young adults and college students. During these developmental years, persons can find identify, strengthen roles and develop skills to apply in real life. Her focus is on assisting people to maximize their strengths and rely upon their values to live the most authentic life possible.