BIRMINGHAM MAPLE CLINIC PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Babushkin, Anton, LMSW

Individual therapy with children, adolescents and adults. Areas of special interest include working with school age children and their parents, adolescents experiencing family conflict, substance abuse, and peer relationship conflicts and problems of young adults with intimacy, work and personal development. Fluent in Russian.

Batchelor, Carolyn, LMSW

Individual and family psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include parental guidance, blended families, sexual orientation issues, women's issues, anger management and assertiveness training utilizing a cognitive behavioral orientation.

Berdy, Dina Baldwin, LMSW

Psychotherapy with adults, adolescents and children, Individual and group therapy. Areas of specialization include substance abuse, behavioral disorders, family problems, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, ODD (oppositional -defiant disorder), ADD/ADHD, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), trauma, grief and loss. Trained in the "CARE" technique; used to improve behavioral problems and compliance in home and school settings. Also trained in Narrative therapy; to treat behavioral disorders and family problems. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation.

Boyd, Courtney, PHD

Child and adolescent psychotherapy and evaluations. Specializations include Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), ADD/ADHD, behavioral issues, parent counseling, and mood and anxiety disorders. Cognitive behavioral orientation.

Diaz, Linda, LMSW, ACSW

Individual, couple and family therapy. Areas of specialization include coping with cancer as well as other chronic and life threatening illnesses. Experience with trauma, grief, loss, and anxiety disorders using cognitive behavioral and existential orientation. Certified hypnotherapist.

Dietrich, Nancy, PHD

Evaluations and individual psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization with adults include anxiety, depression, the transition to parenting, parent-guidance work and women's issues. Areas of specialization with children include behavioral difficulties and under-achievement in school, post-divorce adjustment and depression.

Driker, Elissa, LMSW, ACSW

Psychotherapy with adolescents and adults. Individual, couple, family and group therapy. Areas of specialization include women's issues, survivors of domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, sexual orientation/alternative lifestyle. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation.

Edelson, Lori, LMSW, ACSW, BCD, LMFT

Psychotherapy with adolescents and adults. Individual, couple and family therapy. Areas of specialization include women's issues, mood disorders, chronic illness, sexual orientation issues, relationship issues, anxiety and panic disorders, personality disorders, grief and loss issues. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation.

Farrah, Deanna, LMSW, ACSW, BCD

Psychotherapy with adolescents and adults. Individual, couple, family and group therapy. Areas of specialization include eating disorders, dissociative disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, chronic illness and women in transition. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation. Certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).

Fish, Susan, LMSW, ACSW, BCD, LMFT

Psychotherapy and short-term crisis intervention with older adolescents and adults. Individual, family and couples counseling. Areas of specialization include mood disorders, marital dysfunction, divorce, step-families, substance abuse (especially with recovering alcoholics, their families, and substance abusers with a dual diagnosis). Family systems and cognitive behavioral orientation. Certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).

Garmo, Marla, LMSW ACSW

Psychotherapy with  adolescents. and adults. Areas of specialization include anxiety, sexual orientation and gender issues, adolescent adjustment issues, eating disorders, self-injury and depression. Psycho-
dynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation.

Garvelink, David, MA, LLP

Individual and group therapy with adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include depression, grief, anxiety, oppositional/defiant disorders, adjustment disorders and relationship concerns. Special expertise in substance abuse and associated issues.

Gramzow, Jennifer, PHD

Individual and couples psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include psychological assessments and learning evaluations, adjustment to loss and divorce, parent guidance, anxiety disorder and relational difficulty. Cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic orientation.

Harkins, S. Renee, LMSW, CACC, ACSW

Adult psychotherapy with individuals and couples. Areas of specialization include addictions and dual diagnoses, relationship issues, women's issues and gay/lesbian issues, depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, communication skills, assertiveness training and driver's license evaluations. Cognitive behavioral and behavior-modification orientation.

Hiltz, Catherine E., MA, LLP

Individual and family psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. Psychological assessments and learning evaluations of children, adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include parent guidance, parent-child relationship concerns, ADD/ADHD, sexual orientation and gender concerns, anxiety and depression, relational trauma (family violence, dating and domestic violence), relationship and family issues, coping with adjustment and life transitions, stress management.

Jordan, Janet Gilchrist, PHD

Psychotherapy with adolescents and adults. Individual, couple, family and group therapy. Areas of specialization include depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, relational and family issues, women's issues, and adjustment problems. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation.

Jorné, Paula, PHD, LPC

Psychotherapy with children, adults, couples and families. Special interest in depression, dissociative and anxiety disorders, sexual abuse, family violence, post-traumatic stress, sexual orientation, chronic pain and bipolar disorders. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation.

Klein, Bradley, DO

Medical Director at Birmingham Maple Clinic since 1987. Board Certified APA in Adult Psychiatry and Neurology. Completed fellowship from Wayne State University in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Areas of specialization include psychiatric evaluation and medication management, mood disorders, ADD/ADHD and closed head injuries.

Kors, James, MA, EDS

School and clinical psychologist. Psychotherapy and psycho-educational evaluations for children, adolescents, older male teens and adults. Areas of specialization include learning disabilities, intellectual impairment, test interpretation, ADD/ADHD evaluation, Asperger's Syndrome, autism and parenting issues.

Landau, Caren, LMSW, BCD

Psychotherapy with adolescents and adults. Individual, couple, family therapy and parent guidance. Areas of specialization include adolescent adjustment issues, post-hospitalization follow-up, mood disorders, anxiety and panic disorders, infertility difficulties, women in transition, grief, loss and issues of aging. Psychodynamic, cognitive and systems orientation.

Levy, Lilly, LMSW, ACSW

Psychotherapy with individuals, couples and families. Areas of specialization include Bioenergetics Theory and bodywork, relationship therapy, mood disorders, co-dependency and families of autistic children. EMDR Institute trained.

London, Jeffrey, MD

Board Certified in child/adolescent and general psychiatry. On staff at Havenwyck Hospital in child and adolescent psychiatry. Areas of specialization include psychiatric evaluation and medication management for children and adolescents, ADD/ADHD issues for children, adolescents and adults.

Maddox, Jane, LMSW, MA, LLP

Individual and family psychotherapy with adults and adolescents. Areas of specialization include depression, anxiety and panic disorders, grief and loss, co-dependency, relationship problems and chronic illness. Specialist with issues related to Multiple Sclerosis. Psychodynamic, cognitive and family systems orientation.

Mueller, Rita, MA, LLP

Adult psychotherapy with indivduals and couples. Areas of specialization and interest include relationship and family issues, domestic violence, immigration and cultural adjustment, life transitions, depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders and women's issues. Humanistic orientation and special training in Transactional Analysis. Fluent in German.

O'Neil, Daniel P., MA, LLP

Individual and group psychotherapy with adolescents, adults and families. Areas of specialization include treatment of victims and perpetrators of abuse, trauma and violence, addictions (including drug, alcohol, and sex), persons in the legal system, trauma and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). Cognitive behavioral and psycho-educational orientation.

Schmidt, Lawrence, PHD, LLP

Individual, couple, family and group psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include holistic psychotherapy, addictions, specific problems of youth, adolescents and young adults, pain management, health issues, anxiety and depression, divorce and separation issues, ADD/ADHD, grief and loss issues, anger management and transpersonal psychology. Specialized groups for youth with conduct disorders.

Simonton, Linda Spoon, PHD

Individual and family psychotherapy and psychological evaluations with children, adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include parent guidance, preschool and school age children and their parents, academic and school planning, mood and behavioral disorders, encopresis/fecal withholding, elective mutism and ADD/ADHD. Evaluation and ongoing case management also available.

Stromberg, Ralph, LMSW

Evaluations and psychotherapy with adults. Areas of specialty include anxiety and mood disorders, issues of aging, mens issues and grief and loss. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation. Certified by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

Tautfest, Dana, PsyD

Willen, Joanne, PHD

Individual, couple, family and group psychotherapy with adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, women's issues, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and relationship problems. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation.

Yaker, Marjorie, MA, LMSW, ACSW

Individual, couple, family and group psychotherapy with adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, grief and loss, survivors of abuse, eating disorders and women's issues. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation.

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