Lutheran Social Services of Northwest Ohio Lutheran Social Services of Northwest Ohio Lutheran Social Services of Northwest Ohio Life.Support

Clinicians

Leann Adkins - MSW LSW

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Solution Focus Therapy
  • Mindfulness
  • AOD
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder

Client Focus

  • Adults
  • Youth (12 and older)
  • Substance Use Disorder

Counties Served: Erie, Hancock, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and Wood Counties

Tammy Jo Broshious - MA-CPC, LICDC

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • AOD NIOP Groups
  • AOD IOP Groups
  • AOD Individual Sessions
  • AOD Family Interventions

Client Focus

  • Adolescents 13 and up
  • Adults 18 and up
Counties Served: Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca & Wood Counties

Becky Hinschlager - LSW, LPCC-S 

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Christian faith based Mental Health services.
  • Relationship Therapy
  • Families and Couples experiencing distress
  • A broad range of emotional and mental health difficulties, including severe and persistent disorders.
Client Focus

  • Adults and Adolescents
Counties Served: Allen, Auglaize and Mercer Counties

Jan S. Kucera - DMin, LPCC-S

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Developmentally Delayed (all ages)
  • Grief and Bereavement
Client Focus

  • Elders (65+)
  • Veterans
Counties Served: Erie, Hancock, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca & Wyandot Counties

Erin Mitchell - MA, LPCC-S 

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, EMDR, Mindfulness, Person-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Stimulation
  • My approach to therapy is always to meet the client wherever they are mentally and emotionally.  While I have expert knowledge in counseling, the client has expert knowledge of themselves.  I believe that active collaboration between the two to create and carry out an appropriate treatment plan is necessary for effective counseling.
  • Depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, severe persistent mental illness, trauma, substance abuse
Client Focus

  • Adults
  • Nursing home residents
  • Older adults
  • Adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities
Counties Served: Allen, Hancock & Hardin Counties 

David Norton - LSW

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Relapse Prevention

Client Focus

  • Adults
  • Mental Health
  • Substance Abuse Disorder

Counties Served: Lucas

Cathryn Parke - MA, LPC

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Narrative therapy, CBT, Solution focused therapy
  • Person Centered, Positive Psychology, Motivational Interviewing
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Depression and Anxiety
  • Grief, Loss, Trauma, PTSD
  • Adjustment and Life Transitions 
  • Family and Couples issues
  • Sexual Abuse and Trauma
  • Addictions
  • Spiritual Issues

Client Focus

  • Children and Teens
  • Adults - both Women and Men
  • Couples
  • Families

Counties Served: Hancock, Seneca, Sandusky, Wyandot, and Lucas Counties

Beth Reichert - ThM, MEd, LPCC

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Eclectic therapy approach including CBT, REBT, DBT
  • Family Systems approaches
Client Focus

  • Teens through adults
  • Families
  • Couples
Counties Served: Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam & Williams Counties

Julia Rossow - MSW, LISW 

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Diverse therapy approaches determined by needs of case including CBT, REBT, DBT, Family Systems, Solution Focused, Mindfulness
  • Grief
  • Anger Management
  • Separation
  • Military Personnel
  • School Social Work
Client Focus

  • Teens and adults, children over 7 on occasion
  • Families
  • Couples
Counties Served: Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam & Williams Counties

Julie Sargel - MSW, LISW-S 

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
  • Depression, anxiety, Bipolar Disorder
  • PTSD, Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Chronic pain, chronic illness
  • Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Grief and loss
  • Self esteem
  • Women’s issues
  • Spirituality
Client Focus

  • Adults (18 and over)
Counties Served: Allen, Crawford, Hancock & Marion Counties 

Joan L. Staib - LISW 

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • General mental health and substance abuse assessment/treatment
  • Trauma, PTSD, Grief
  • Marital and Family
  • Women’s empowerment/trauma group
  • Anxiety-relaxation
  • Clergy abuse
Client Focus

  • Ages 3 through 93
Counties Served: Ottawa, Sandusky & Wood Counties

Robin G. Stufflebean - LPC, LICDC, RN 

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Strength Based Therapy
  • Alcohol and Drug Counseling
  • ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD, Anxiety/Panic Disorder, Depression, Mood Disorder
  • Grief/Complicated Grief Counseling, Post-Abortion Counseling, Parenting Education
  • Marriage/Couples Counseling
Client Focus

  • Child
  • Adolescent
  • Adult (Young, Middle, Senior)
  • Geriatric
Counties Served: Hardin, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood & Wyandot Counties 

Anthony Szilagye, LPCC-S 

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Anger Management, Stress Management
  • Depression, Anxiety
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Domestic Violence, Trauma
  • Adjustment Disorders, Motivational Interviewing
  • Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Client Focus

  • Adults
  • Teens
  • Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Counties Served: Lucas, Wood, Monroe

Sharon Walk - MA, LPCC-S

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Reality Therapy, Family Systems Therapy
  • Anxiety, Depression, Bi-polar Disorder
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • PTSD
  • Victims of abuse
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schizoaffective Disorder
  • Marital Counseling
Client Focus

  • Adults
  • Couples
  • Youth ages 15-18
Counties Served: Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca & Wood Counties 

Lucy Wayton - LSW, LPCC, LICDC

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • Mental Health issues, Depression, Anxiety
  • Life Adjustment Problems  - Divorce, Grief & Loss, Domestic Violence Victims, Trauma Treatment for Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking
  • Alcohol and Drug Counseling
Client Focus

  • Women
  • Men
  • Children - elementary age and adolescents
  • Couples
Counties Served: Lucas and Wood County Ohio, Monroe County Michigan

Michael E. Weaver - LPCC-S

Specialty Areas of Practice and Brief Description of Therapy Approach

  • CBT, DBT, addressing consistence in parenting while limiting emotionality and overuse of verbalization
  • Child and Family Counseling – Dealing with behavioral concerns - Parenting
  • Attachment – Adoption and Foster Care, Reactive Attachment Disorder
  • ADHD – Children and Adults
  • Anxiety
  • Marital Counseling
Client Focus

  • Typically 3 years and older – No adult age limit
Counties Served: Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam & Williams Counties