Our faculty is comprised of talented, seasoned clinicians and educators who are dynamic, articulate, and passionate about their work. They are committed to enhancing clinician efficacy, and are sensitive to the challenges that face all mental health professionals as they grapple with complex client issues.
Amanda Bechtel, is a board certified registered art therapist, licensed clinical professional counselor and licensed clinical professional art therapist. She graduated with an MS in Art Therapy from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, WI. She is a Certified Sandplay Therapist and also certified in Internal Family Systems.
Vivien B. Deitz, a licensed clinical social worker, has been known throughout her career for her unique ability to promote self-awareness, understanding, and growth – helping people improve the quality of their lives through individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, self-help training, and psycho-educational seminars.
Dr. Wayne E. Evans is a licensed psychologist in the state of Maryland. He is the founder of Practical Alternatives, LLC, a company that provides solution-centered psychological and consultation services. Realizing that clients often come into therapy with pre-existing strengths, Dr. Evans uses therapy as a tool for helping individuals discover new ways to resolve old problems. His motto is “change begins with a choice.” Dr. Evans believes that the first step towards transformation is deciding that something better is possible and attainable.
Dr. Kevin Ferentz graduated magna cum laude from State University of New York at Albany, where he majored in Biology and Theater. He received his MD from SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and completed his Family Practice residency at the University of Maryland, along with a fellowship in Faculty Development with an emphasis in Obstetrics.
Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is the Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute and a former instructor, Harvard Medical School. An international expert on the treatment of trauma, she is co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Attachment and Trauma (2015) and author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation…
Eryca Kasse is an LICSW in Washington, DC with a background in clinical services with individuals and groups living with co-occurring mental health & substance use disorders. In 2016, she launched her social work consulting practice CHOICES in Healing & Recovery, LLC which provides clinical supervision for social workers & addiction counselors, and CEU trainings and workshops for people in recovery focused on trauma informed care in behavioral health.
Salicia Mazero is a licensed professional counselor, registered art therapist, and a certified eating disorder specialist and supervisor practicing in St. Louis, MO. Salicia is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye is an integrative psychotherapist and founder of the Heart Nest Wellness Center in Catonsville, Maryland where she lovingly serves women, couples, and other healers. She also provides therapeutic guidance for addictions professionals, recovering addicts and the people who love them. Her approach to healing is a blend of wisdom, science, and ancient spiritual practices.
Dr. Papernow is the Director of the Institute for Stepfamily Education and a psychologist in private practice in Hudson, MA. She divides her time between clinical practice, supervision, and training. As a clinician, Dr. Papernow works primarily in the Internal Family Systems model, also integrating her training in couple and family therapy, Gestalt therapy, attachment, trauma, interpersonal neurobiology, preventive mental health, and learning disabilities.
JILL PENALOZA is a co-founder and executive director of 2XL Concepts, an advisory firm that trains CEOs and executive teams in the practice of heart-based leadership to create healthier, happier and more sustainable work environments. She is certified by the American Art Therapy Association and the American Group Psychotherapy Association and is a Certified Sheng Zhen Meditation teacher.
Howard has close to 45 years of clinical experience in the field of mental health and training. His practice includes working with individuals and couples, navigating life’s more challenging emotion filled periods of difficulty and growth as well as those suffering from difficult pasts, depression and anxiety disorders.. His career has taken him to prisons, cancer…
Dahlia Rifkin is a Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor who graduated from Drexel University. Dahlia has experience conducting therapy sessions with diverse populations and currently works as an in home family based therapist at Child Guidance Resource Centers. She utilizes a trauma informed, strength-based and embodied approach in her work. She combines…
Naomi attended Boston University and received her MSW from the University of Houston. She began her career in Baltimore at TurnAround, providing trauma therapy to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. While there she developed a curriculum on Healthy Relationships and implemented the material, in individual therapy and in women’s groups at the Baltimore…
Eliezer (Michael) Schlein, LCPC is a psychotherapist in Pikesville, MD specializing in providing depth therapy to clients. His unique skill and style working with aspects of character and the unconscious helps clients grow and heal- even when issues have been long-standing and previous therapy has not helped. He has extensive experience with anxiety, depression, trauma…
Heidi Schreiber-Pan, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC is a successful psychotherapist, author, clinical director and sought-after nationwide speaker on topics of resilience, anxiety, neuroscience, and occupational burnout. As an affiliate and former faculty member of Loyola University, Maryland, her past research has focused on resiliency and psychological well-being, including nature-based mental health.
Joyanna Silberg is the Senior Consultant for Child and Adolescent Trauma at Sheppard Pratt Health System in Baltimore, Maryland and the Executive Vice-President of the Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence. Her psychotherapy practice specializes in children and adolescents suffering from dissociative symptoms and disorders, and her forensic practice specializes in child sexual abuse. She has served as an expert witness in 27 states.
Denise Tordella is a licensed professional counselor in Alexandria, Virginia, whose area of clinical specialization is integrated, trauma-informed, mental health, and substance abuse treatment. She is a workshop presenter who provides training and consultation to universities, non-profit organizations, and municipal mental health/substance abuse treatment service providers on the local and national level.
Dr. Joanne Vizzini (Maryland) is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Nationally Certified Counselor. She received her Master’s of Science Degree in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola College, Columbia, Maryland in September 1997, and completed the Doctoral Program for Pastoral Counseling at Loyola College, Columbia Maryland, January 2003. She is an adjunct faculty member at Loyola College…
