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Dawn Chandler-Holtz,
Ph.D.
440-230-2564 Ext. 3
North
Royalton Office
& Oberlin Office
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Dawn
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Dawn Chandler-Holtz, Ph.D. – Dr. Chandler-Holtz has been working
with children, adolescents, and young adults for over 26 years
in outpatient, residential, and juvenile detention settings.
She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of
Virginia and her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University.
She has extensive experience in providing detailed psychological
assessments and can provide diagnostic clarity in confusing
cases as well as more standard evaluations for ADHD, learning
disabilities, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. As a therapist, she
seeks to create a supportive, safe, and non-judgmental
environment where individuals can explore and gain insight about
themselves, their potential, and their goals. She strives to
understand each individual's unique needs and abilities and
chooses the best combination of strategies to address them. She
places a strong emphasis on finding techniques that will provide
more immediate relief while continuing to delve deeper and gain
insight into possible causes of the current difficulties. Dr.
Chandler-Holtz helps clients identify and change unhealthy
behaviors to better provide longer-term healing and prevent
relapse. In session, she utilizes many different mind-body
approaches that include strategies and techniques form Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (CBT) including CBT play therapy, Dialectical
Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT),
psychodynamic therapy, parent-child interaction therapy, parent
training, solution focused tools, motivational interviewing
skills, and mindfulness-based interventions. She also enjoys
sharing interesting tools such as apps or podcasts for clients
to use outside of session to supplement the work in sessions.
Dr. Lynn Williams is Dr. Chandler-Holtz’s supervisor. |
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Sarah Reimer
Dawson,
MSW, LISW
440-230-2564 Ext. 2
Oberlin
Office
E-Mail Sarah
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Sarah Reimer Dawson, MA, MSW, LISW is a Certified
EMDR therapist and has over 15 years experience as a
psychotherapist working with a diverse clientele on trauma,
anxiety, issues related to gender and sexuality, difficulties
with relationships, self-esteem/self-discovery, and
self-regulation. Believing that self-reflection is only part of
the solution to personal and social challenges she uses
brain-based and experiential forms of therapy like
EMDR,
parts work/IFS, the
Safe and Sound Protocol and
Inner Twin Therapy. These therapy tools help harness your
brain's natural capacity for curiosity and learning so that you
can relearn how to relate to yourself, others, and the world on
your terms. To Sarah, therapy is not a lifestyle, so she offers
EMDR Intensives and has a mindfulness and skills-based
orientation that empowers you to do the needed work now, and
then return to regular life with a new perspective.
EMDR
Intensives are collaborations between Sarah and your current
therapist to focus for a limited number of extended sessions
(4-12, 90-minute sessions) on a particular issue or event,
symptoms that linger despite beneficial therapy, or upcoming
stressful event or performance. Working intensively can allow us
to focus on the goal more efficiently by limiting the need to
check-in or explore unrelated issues that may come up between
weekly or bi-weekly sessions.
Sarah is an Independent Licensed Social Worker in Ohio. She
earned her BA in Philosophy from Grinnell College, MA in
Philosophy from SUNY Stony Brook, and MSW from Arizona State
University.
In-person or video sessions (in Ohio) are available.
Learn more details about Sarah's practice and available services
at
keenpsychotherapy.com |
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Haley Dos Santos,
MA, LPCC
440-230-2564 Ex. 14
Oberlin
Office
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Haley |
Haley Dos Santos, MA, LPC is trained
in EMDR and provides individual, group, couples and family
therapy to adult men and women of all ages. Her experience
includes treatment of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), women’s issues, substance use disorders, depression, and
anxiety. In addition to the use of Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, she utilizes ego state therapy,
and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her practice. Her
advanced training and experience also includes Dialectical
Behavioral Therapy (DBT) that equips her to facilitate the
learning of mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional
regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills.
Haley received her master’s degree
in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Ashland Theological
Seminary and a bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State
University. She has 11 years of experience in social services
where she began as a Case Manager for a Residential Crisis
Center, before becoming a Mental Health Therapist. |
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Denise Eacott,
Ph.D.
440-230-2564 Ext. 8
Oberlin
Office
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Dr. Eacott is a psychologist who is
licensed by the State of Ohio and has been with Palmentera &
Associates for over 3 years. She received a Masters of Arts
degree in Clinical Counseling Psychology from Cleveland State
University and has also received her Doctorate, specializing in
counseling, at Cleveland State University in 2003. Dr. Eacott’s
diverse background includes working with a variety of
populations within multiple settings. In her 12 years of work
experience she has enjoyed working with adults, adolescents,
children and families including those within the GLBT community.
She has worked with individuals struggling with various issues
including depression, anxiety, addictions, and difficulties
adjusting to life changes. Dr. Eacott uses a multicultural
approach to therapy as she explores each person’s freedom of
choice and develops goals with a person’s individuality in mind.
She honors each individual’s unique struggles and challenges as
she supports the process of exploring what steps will help them
achieve optimal success. |
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Randall K. James,
ATR-BC, LSW
440-230-2564 Ext. 6
Oberlin
Office
E-Mail Randall |
Randall James is an artist, a board
certified and registered art therapist (ATR-BC), and a licensed
social worker (LSW).
Randall offers a unique opportunity to address challenges in
living through creative self-expression. He specializes in the
area of post-traumatic syndromes, including anxiety and
depressive disorders, PTSD, and dissociative disorders. His
practice is informed by advances in the fields of developmental
psychology (that is, development throughout the life cycle),
interpersonal neurobiology, mind-body medicine, and the
expressive arts therapies. Randall integrates art and the
expressive arts therapies with a variety of approaches tailored
to each individuals’ needs. Clients can expect to receive
individualized, practical guidance to help manage and/or
transform any area of intrapersonal or interpersonal challenge.
Randall enjoys working with children, adolescents, young adults,
adults, and families. No artistic skills are needed to
experience the joy and freedom of creative self-expression. |
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Kelsey Klatka,
LPCC
440-230-2564 Ext. 12
North Royalton
Office
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Kelsey |
Kelsey Klatka is a Licensed
Professional Clinical Counselor and Certified Rehabilitation
Counselor. She graduated with a Master’s of Science from The
University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a Bachelor's of
Arts in Psychology and Religious Studies from Case Western
Reserve University. She has worked in community mental health
centers, private practice, and intensive mental health services.
She has expertise in helping individuals with anxiety,
depression, career counseling, physical disabilities, psychosis,
and spiritual and family issues. Kelsey's therapeutic style is
to develop a working and honest relationship with her clients to
promote their growth and development throughout their life. Her
therapeutic style incorporates cognitive behavioral, dialectical
behavioral, humanistic, and existential therapies. Kelsey enjoys
tailoring therapy to the individual and specific needs of her
clients. |
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Carmela Palmentera,
Ph.D.
440-230-2564 Ext. 1
North
Royalton Office
& Oberlin Office
E-Mail Carmela |
Carmela
Palmentera, Ph.D, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Psychology from Baldwin-Wallace College and completed
her graduate school program with a Doctor of Philosophy degree
from Kent State University's Counseling Psychology program. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of Ohio with a
wide range of clinical experiences. During graduate school
training as well as post-graduate work, Carmela conducted
clinical work for university/college counseling centers, a
Psychiatric Hospital, a Community Mental Health Center and
private group practices. She has been working as an adjunct
faculty member of Baldwin-Wallace College's Psychology
Department since 1998 teaching upper-level psychology courses.
She is the President and founder of Palmentera & Associates,
Inc. Dr. Palmentera's theoretical orientation is holistic,
incorporating mind, body, and spiritual dimensions of human
development. Depending upon the problem presented by the
individual, short-term therapy may consist of solution-focused
and reality-based therapies, along with humanistic approaches,
recognizing the fact that each individual has a unique dynamic
inherent to the difficulties being experienced. More long-term
therapies consist of insight-oriented or psychodynamic
approaches, relating past experience and resolving past and/or
present conflicts and/or trauma in order to deal more
effectively with present-day functioning. Intrapersonal and
interpersonal relationships are focused upon, as well as
examining one's spiritual and physical functioning, since all
are highly interrelated. Areas of specialization include anxiety
disorders, depression, sexual, physical and emotional abuse,
relationship issues, self-esteem, traumatic stress, rape,
neglect, family dynamics, women's issues and cultural diversity
issues. Psychological evaluation and assessment and group
therapy have also been area of clinical emphasis.
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John Sabin,
LISW, CHt
440-230-2564 Ext. 4
Oberlin
Office
E-Mail John |
John Sabin, LISW,
CHt, has been influenced by the study of dialectical behavior
therapy, solution-focused therapy, family therapy, and
hypnotherapy. Dialectical behavior therapy makes use of
present-moment awareness, a nonjudgmental attitude, and
practical coping and problem-solving skills. Solution-focused
therapy emphasizes helping clients to envision the future they
want to create, and then helps them discover their own unique
path toward that future, building upon their strengths and
values. Family therapy reveals the way an individual’s problems
and strengths can be understood within the network of that
individual’s relationships. Hypnotherapy makes use of deep
relaxation and positive imagery to bring about change. John is
currently studying EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing), a new approach to the treatment of posttraumatic
stress disorder.
Mr. Sabin received his Master's degree in Social Work in 1990
from New York University, and his Bachelor's degree in
Interdisciplinary Studies: Buddhist Studies and The Psychology
of Health and Healing, in 1987 from Naropa University, in
Boulder, Colorado. He received his hypnotherapy training in 2004
at the Personal Growth School of Hypnotherapy in Strongsville,
OH. He is co-founder of HOMBRE (Halting the Outrage: Men
Bringing Rape to an End), a program of the Lorain County Rape
Crisis Center.
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Colleen Sayers,
Ph.D.
440-230-2564 Ext. 7
Oberlin Office
E-Mail Colleen |
Dr. Sayers
received a Masters of Arts degree in Clinical Counseling
Psychology from Cleveland State University and has also received
her Doctorate, specializing in counseling, at Cleveland State
University in 2003. Currently, she is completing the process to
obtain her Psychologists’ License in the State of Ohio. She has
worked for a non-profit mental health agency for over 10 years
providing counseling to adults, children, families and couples.
Dr. Sayers strives to establish a strong therapeutic alliance
with clients as they progress towards gaining a deeper level of
self awareness and work to achieve their unique goals. She
encourages clients in becoming more confident in their ability
to make independent decisions that enhance their lives as they
continue to overcome life’s obstacles. Dr. Sayers’ is trained in
cognitive behavioral therapy. She also incorporates client
centered, solution focused and mind, body, spirit (holistic)
therapies as she tailors her approach to fit each individual’s
needs.
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Lynn Williams,
Ph.D.
440-230-2564 Ext. 5
Oberlin
Office
E-Mail Lynn |
Lynn Williams,
Ph.D., RYT 200 is a licensed psychologist and registered yoga
instructor who has been studying and practicing wholistic
psychotherapy for over 20 years. Her work incorporates a variety
of mind-body approaches to a variety of psychological issues
such as mood disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma, eating
disorders, sexual/gender identity development, stress
management, and relationship/social issues. Her training draws
upon both traditional and nontraditional theories and
therapeutic treatment modalities which emphasize psychology as
the study of health and human potential and seeks to foster
development of the intellectual, emotional, physical, social,
creative, and spiritual aspects of a person's life. Both her
personal and professional interests focus on wholistic
approaches to health such as incorporating meditation,
spirituality, nutrition, yoga and nature for optimum well-being.
Dr. Williams has published a number of articles and lectured on
the mind-body-spirit connection at national and international
conferences. She presented her research on psychology and
spirituality in China and also traveled to India where she
received training in spiritual practices. She has a special
interest in disadvantaged populations and her most recently
published article discusses alternative therapies for the mental
health treatment of incarcerated juveniles. Dr. Williams
completes psychological testing and evaluation for a variety of
diagnostic issues including Bipolar and ADHD assessments.
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