HIGH DESERT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Patient Registration Coordinator
Job Titles:
- Patient Registration Coordinator
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- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Amanda Vann is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker within California. She has over 8 years of experience working with children, families and individuals as an agent of support and guidance. Amanda graduated from the University of Southern California with her Masters Degree in Social Work. She works with children, young adults, individuals and families using an eclectic approach tailored to the unique needs of each new client. She has over 10 years of experience in a variety of settings and with diverse clients, including both long-term and brief interventions. Areas of expertise include but not limited to: Play therapy, Children and adolescents with behavioral and sexual issues, Anxiety and depression (including postpartum depression), Relationship challenges: families, Phase-of-life changes, grief, and loss, Life stresses and next steps, Childhood Trauma and Abuse, Adoption, Parenting Challenges, Behavioral and Discipline Challenges, Anger and Stress Management. Amanda believes that change happens when people are given the guidance they need to draw on their own strengths and realize their potential to live fulfilling, happy lives. Amanda provides an environment of compassion and support to help individuals and families overcome obstacles to move forward and thrive.
Amber King LCSW began working in the mental health field in the early 90s.
She received her master's degree in social work at Cal State San Bernardino and is licensed by the state of California as a Licensed Clinical Social worker. She has worked with multiple populations, including children, adolescents, special needs, adults, couples, and those at the end of life. She has a great deal of experience working with children and provides support and education to parents. In addition, Amber specializes in domestic violence, substance abuse, ADHD, mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety and depression, anger management, grief and loss, and sexual abuse. Her theoretical framework is based on cognitive behavioral therapy, and is strength based, client centered, and solution focused.
Amber provides and environment that is nonjudgmental, compassionate, and supportive. She looks forward to helping you overcome obstacles as you begin your healing process.
Anabel Barajas is a Psychological Associate, Doctoral candidate in Applied Clinical Psychology. She obtained her bachelors degree in Criminal Justice, and her masters degree in Forensic Psychology. Anabel is bilingual in Spanish and has worked with individuals ages 3 to 65+ and families in many capacities. Anabel has experience working with the LGBT community, at risk-youth, sexually exploited children, juvenile delinquency, chemical dependency, and severe mental illness. Anabel utilizes an eclectic approach and believes in the power of the human connection. Her approach always includes treating her clients with dignity, respect and empathy.
Arianna Reyna is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Phoenix and her Master of Science in Psychology from California Baptist University. She is passionate about working with patients in their pursuit of overall well-being. Her specialty areas include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), women's support, parenting, work-related stressors, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She utilizes her skills to work with teens and adults, including individuals, couples, and families. She is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist. Arianna provides her patients with the tools, support, and accountability to live a purpose-driven life. She helps them overcome personal obstacles that impact their relationships with themselves, others, and the world around them. She's a compassionate motivator, helping to shape your life to be a more fulfilling and meaningful one. She walks a specialized journey with each of her patients. She uses individualized therapeutic modalities and interventions to help people address their needs in the most effective way possible and she takes a humanistic approach to support patient accountability. Arianna earned a Master's Degree in Forensic Science from Arizona State University and is continuing her education in a doctoral program. When she is away from the office she is traveling, hitting the gym, enjoying time outside, or cuddled up with her favorite book, husband, and two fur babies!
Job Titles:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Ashley McCort is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with an unbiased therapeutic intervention. Ashley approaches therapy through a person-centered and solution-focused lens to aid in both the honoring of and navigation through painful life experiences.
Job Titles:
- Patient Registration Coordinator
Cassandra Allen has a master's degree in Psychology with the emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy and is licensed by the state of California as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has experience with counseling with families, children, couples and individual adults. She also has experience counseling sexually abused children, teens on probation and sexual offenders. Cassandra has been a clinician for approximately 10 years (with some breaks in between). Cassandra has a Bachelor's Degree in Business and economics and has taught high school. She is a parent who engages in helping other parents when faced with parenting issues. She volunteers with the youth at her local church. She enjoys gardening and hiking when the weather allows as well as time at the beach with family. Cassandra is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist.
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- Patient Registration Coordinator
David Fallon has been working in the field of psychology for nearly 20 years, and has been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 2012. He has worked with children as well as adults of all ages. He specializes in treating serious mental illnesses including depression, bipolar, anxiety, PTSD, and psychotic disorders. He also worked for several years with homeless individuals directly on the streets.
Deidra Wells is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Rancho Cucamonga, California. I received my Bachelor's degree in Business Management and my Master's degree in Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Phoenix.I have been in the field for 11 years in various therapy settings. My specialties include addiction counseling with treatment of underlying mental health disorders or life challenges, such as codependency, depression, trauma, ADHD, childhood issues, abuse or anxiety. I also assist with crisis interventions and improving self-motivation and self-esteem issues. My therapeutic style is eclectic. I utilize dialect behavioral therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, solution-focused interventions, evidence-based practices, and experiential therapy. My goal as a Therapist is to provide a supportive environment and assist individuals, couples, and/or families to address their concerns by working together to process life's obstacles. I strongly believe in empowering, educating, challenging, and supporting clients in their recovery and healing.
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- Patient Registration Coordinator
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- Certified Adult Psychiatrist from Seattle
Dr. Graham Mitchell is a Board Certified Adult Psychiatrist from Seattle, Washington. He attended the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and graduated from the psychiatry residency at Los Angeles + USC Medical Center in 2011. He believes in patient autonomy, and that clients should participate in making decisions about their care. Clients are an essential member of their treatment team, and their input is highly valued.
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- Is a Pediatrics Specialist and Has over 57 Years of Experience in the Medical Field. He Graduated from Tufts University in 1965
Dr. Joseph Carella, MD is a Pediatrics Specialist and has over 57 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from Tufts University in 1965.
Job Titles:
- Medical Records Coordinator
Eric Bahra, LCSW, leads High Desert Psychological Services, which offers personalized care at four convenient locations - with offices in Victorville, Rancho Cucamonga, and Riverside, California. He has over ten years of experience in public, private, and non-profit settings. Mr. Bahra has worked with all populations, including infants, children, pre-teens, adolescents, young adults, families, couples, senior adults, and individuals in their end stages of life. He has extensive experience working with at-risk children and adolescents who present with a variety of behavioral issues. He also has extensive experience treating individuals with debilitating medical conditions and special needs.
Eric has a great deal of experience working with families, adults, and couples struggling with life's many difficulties. He regularly provides co-parenting support and education. Additionally, Eric Bahra has practical experience in forensic social work, specifically dealing with juvenile dependency, family law matters, and juvenile delinquency. During treatment, Eric tailors every session to each specific individual, couple, or family. He typically utilizes a strength-based, client-centered approach while also using solution-focused and cognitive-behavioral modalities. Eric knows no two people are alike, and no two sessions will be exactly alike either. He dynamically employs different treatment modalities and interventions during each session to help address her patients' unique problems in the best ways possible.
Eric Zywicki is a Nurse Practitioner that is a staunch advocate for his patients. It is very important to Eric, that every patient has specific needs that may not always be voiced depending on the times, and current crisis each patient is experiencing on an individual level. It is important to Eric that those nuances be paid attention to in order to get the whole picture. He has multiple years involved in grief and loss as well as experience with depression, anxiety personality disorders, attention deficit disorders and eating disorders. Eric has experience working in the Emergency room, ICU, Family practice and Psychiatry. He is always willing to help out in times of need. His hobbies are working out, surfing and spending time with his family.
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- Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Janice Richardson is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Howard University, Master of Science degree in Nursing from Western University of Health Sciences and her Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate from Azusa Pacific University of Health Sciences. As a board certified PMHNP she is driven to build strong relationships with clients and their families. While performing as a client advocate in a more significant role in treatment and diagnosing. Her nursing career has allowed her to cultivate her passion and dedication for improving access to health care to a broad community while ensuring safe quality client centered care.
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- Strategic Advancement Director
Jeff Bahra earned a MA. In psychology from Cal State Fullerton, and he is a veteran of the United States Air Force. He has worked at Cal State Fullerton teaching psychology classes, as a psychology research assistant, teaching assistant, and tutor, he has worked in the disabled student center at Fullerton college working with students that have learning disabilities. He has also co-authored several research papers in the field of decision-making theory.
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- Patient Registration Coordinator
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- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Karie Peel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a background working with clients struggling with trauma, serious mental illness and substance abuse. Karie began her career working in a crisis house for people with a serious mental illness. Karie has worked in a variety of settings providing individual and group therapy. She has also worked on a suicide crisis line.
Karie is trained in DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). She has worked with patients with various clinical needs, such as trauma, relational stress, attachment issues, anxiety, depression, severe mental illness, substance use, psychological distress related to chronic medical illness, and personality disorders. Karie has experience with working with adults of various ages, as well as with adolescents, and provides individual, family, couples, and group treatment.
Job Titles:
- Patient Registration Coordinator
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- Provider Relations Director
Job Titles:
- Patient Registration Coordinator
Job Titles:
- Patient Registration Coordinator
My name is Mary Anna Whitehall. I am a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Psychology Intern. I have many years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families in the areas of child welfare, juvenile delinquency, juvenile dependency, juvenile and family law, intellectual and cognitive disabilities, medically fragile issues, crisis management, and overall mental health. I work to assist individuals to achieve their therapeutic goals by meeting them where they are and individualizing the treatment goals through inclusivity and a strong therapeutic alliance. I earned my bachelor's degree in psychology and criminology at Chapman University. I earned my Masters of Marriage Family Therapy from Chapman University. I am currently a student and doctoral candidate through The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where I am working towards a Psychology. Doctorate (PsyD) in Applied Clinical Psychology.
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- Chief Operations Officer
- Psychiatrist
Dr. Garcia is a practicing bilingual psychiatrist based out of Los Angeles. He also serves as psychiatric medical director for a Los Angeles hospital network. Dr. Garcia earned his Medical Degree from Stanford University and completed his psychiatric training at LA County-USC. Dr. Garcia enjoys traveling and spending time with his family.
Mrs. Audra J. Martin, M.S., LMFT, PPSC is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and California native. Audra is an Alumna of the California State University of Los Angeles. She has seventeen years of educational, behavioral mental health and clinical training and experience within various school districts, non-profit behavioral mental health outpatient settings, adult psychiatric outpatient and inpatient settings and as sole proprietor in a private practice setting. Mrs. Martin utilizes her clinical experiences and training with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems and Gestalt Play Therapy approaches as clinical methods to treating patients from children through adulthood. It is her warm and empathetic style that allows her to connect with her patients in a relational therapeutic manner.
As a therapist, Audra believes that change begins with a willingness to make direct but gradual changes in order to strengthen and facilitate one's life narrative. When not providing psychotherapy, Audra enjoys spending time with her family and her Jack Russell Terrier on nature hikes in the beautiful California splendor. She also spends her time studying and fellowshipping at her local Christian congregation.
Nestor J Sanchez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He earned his M.S. degree from California State University, Northridge and has focused his career on helping patients in underserved communities. Nestor has years of experience in Los Angeles and Riverside working with children, teenagers, elders, and families. He has assisted many who have dealt with anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, family of origin issues, domestic violence and PTSD. Nestor utilizes a warm and personal approach to serve his clients and believes that therapy should be a collaborative process. Nestor believes in the power of self-awareness in helping individuals achieve an authentic, satisfying way of life. He hopes to provide a therapeutic experience that is enlightening and empowering to all patients.
Philosophy: "I believe that success in therapy is when a therapist "works themselves out of a job" which focuses on the value each session can have and the importance of finding resolution to return to the life each person deserves."
Job Titles:
- Patient Registration Coordinator
Job Titles:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Roxie Hiett is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eight years of experience working with adolescents, adults, couples, families and members of the LGBTQ community. She utilizes a strength based approach, keeping in mind that each person is the expert on themselves and has the ability to create a positive change in their life. Most people function fairly well on a daily basis until life events, often coupled with past trauma, tip the balance and they need some help exploring and recognizing ways to regain, or improve, their previous level of functioning. Some people enter therapy to change thinking or behaviors that are impacting their interpersonal relationships, some people enter through the urging of family or friends, and some people come into therapy to increase their self-esteem and their ability to create and maintain healthy boundaries.
Therapeutic approaches are tailored to meet each person's needs and goals, and may include clients centered, family systems, solution focused, cognitive and behavioral, and acceptance and commitment models. Roxie graduated from Cal State San Bernardino and earned an MSW from Loma Linda University. She has been licensed in California (LCWS28239) and her hours are Monday thru Thursday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Shimeka Arnold is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that has provided Mental Health Services to children, adolescents, couples and families for over 15 years. She enjoys working with all that are looking to try something different. It is her belief that people are not broken, they just need to see that they have other options available to them. What else is possible, when we are seeking to shift our current situation?
Job Titles:
- Patient Registration Coordinator
Teah Barrow, LMFT has been practicing as a licensed therapist for over thirty years. She has worked with a variety of populations , but prefers working with children. She integrates various techniques into the sessions including play therapy, art therapy, and occasionally music therapy which was her original training.
Teah has been happily married for going on 38 years, has an adult son, two loving dogs, and three beautiful grandchildren. She enjoys a wide variety of hobbies including reading, needle crafts, attending art workshops , interior decorating, and DIY activities. She enjoys music, mostly listening these days . She is a homebody, who truly values and enjoys her family time.