HD COUNSELING - Key Persons


Aaron Schwartz

Job Titles:
  • Mental Health Counselor Intern

Adam Baldowski

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor

Alexis Burn

Job Titles:
  • Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern

Annika Nichols

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, IMH19640

Aron Cyrrian

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, IMH19649
Aron is an LGBTQ-Affirming and Gender-Affirming practitioner. He has experience in helping clients cope with Gender Dysphoria and navigate the complicated process of transitioning, be it mentally, socially, or medically transitioning. He also has experience in writing letters for Hormone Replacement Therapy and Gender Confirmation Surgery.

Bekah Yates

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern ( IMH 18766 )

Bradley Mack

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Intern

Brenda Chappell

Brenda Chappell has a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University. She obtained all necessary training for Play Therapy and is a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern. She has experience working with children of all ages with a variety of issues such as abuse, depression, defiance, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Brenda includes parents when working with children and is passionate about Adlerian Child Guidance Principals in raising children. Her unique approach allows parents and children to connect and work together. Parents are amazed at the changes they see in their children and in their relationship with them. Other areas of focus include developmental trauma, Substance Use, and women's issues. This is Brenda's second career to which she is dedicated with passion and purpose. Through doing her own therapy work, she has experienced healing and recovery. Brenda knows what a difference healing can make in a person's life and the vast rewards it has given and the positive impact it has had on her children.

Brittany O'Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Intern
Brittany O'Sullivan is a Graduate Student Intern from Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA). Her passion is to work with children and adolescents using expressive arts to help aid them through traumas. Brittany has volunteered at Kids House of Seminole County where she gained first-hand experience helping children who had suffered from psychical or sexual abuse. Brittany attended the University of Central Florida where she received her Bachelor's in Clinical Psychology. When not at work, Brittany enjoys spending her time in nature, listening to music, and playing with her golden retriever puppy named Honey. Honey is currently being trained to be a therapy dog.

Daniel Garner-Quintero

Job Titles:
  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor MH15612 ( LMHC )

Dulce Merida

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Intern

Gabriel Montero

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counseling Intern ( IMH19964 )

Jason Krause

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern ( IMH 17617 )

JC Weinstein

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern ( IMH 20648 )

Jesse Lyon

Job Titles:
  • Health Counselor and Owner of Lyon Counseling
Jesse Lyon is a licensed mental health counselor and owner of Lyon Counseling. For the past several years Jesse has developed his passion for helping others through his work as a private practice therapist. Although he is sought out for his work with teens and young adults, Mr. Lyon works with a variety of topics from marital issues, depression and anxiety to his specialties in dissociative identity disorder, schizophrenia and questions of sexuality and identity. He graduated from Palm Beach Atlantic University with a Master's of Science in Mental Health Counseling and has experience in substance use counseling at The Salvation Army and with Autistic Spectrum Disorder during his time as a therapist with several Orlando based agencies. Jesse Lyon began his work with hypnosis in 2015 to better help individuals break past their emotional barriers and live life to their full potential. After seeing the dramatic changes that can be made through the use of hypnotherapy, Jesse co-founded Trauma Focused Hypnotherapy and continues to utilize an integrative approach of Ericksonian and Jungian hypnosis. Jesse has addressed issues from smoking cessation to childhood trauma and PTSD by utilizing a collaborative, self-guided modality. For more information, Jesse can be found on most social platforms: @LyonMentalHealth / on Instagram, TikTok & Facebook

Jon Lehenbauer

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, IMH19654

Kathlyn "Chelsea" Davis

Job Titles:
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist MT 3873

Melissa Buchanan

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counseling Intern, IMH20610

Pamela Duff

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Intern

Renee Cherowitz

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor
  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Renee Cherowitz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (MH11472) and earned her Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from Troy University. Renee has over 25 years of experience working with individuals and families who have a history of trauma, addiction/Substance Use, dependency court/foster care involvement and co-occurring mental health concerns. Renee is a clinical qualified supervisor, an adoption competency therapist and on the advisory board for the Marketing for Warriors (M4W), which is a non-for profit organization focused on providing wrap around services for human trafficking survivors. Renee is EMDR trained, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, and a Master A.R.T. (Accelerated Resolution Therapy) therapist specializing in trauma and working with first responders', military personnel, and individuals with eating disorders, and addiction/substance dependence issues. Renee co-facilitates the weekly Friends and Family support group through the Alliance for Eating Disorders. Renee is a key-note speaker and provides presentations for community events and mental health groups.

Serena Yeager

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, IMH20213

Sherry L. Turner

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern ( IMH20629 )

Stephanie Simms - COO

Job Titles:
  • COO

Tara Janego

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern ( IMH 18396 )

Theo Champagne

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Intern

Valerie Dennis

Job Titles:
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor IMH19274

Zac Dodson

Job Titles:
  • Owner
  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Zac is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (MH11867). He completed an undergraduate degree in Social Studies Education in Texas before continuing his Master's in Mental Health Counseling at Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland. Zac's philosophy was heavily influenced by Carl Jung in Switzerland. Zac is not the typical psychotherapist though. He has a track record of being both pragmatic and personcentered. The goals of the client are always the highest priority. Zac has experience helping people work through many difficult issues, but he has most of his experience and training in the areas of Trauma/PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Anxiety/Stress, HIV/AIDS, ADHD, Substance use, and other Addictions.