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"As a clinician with over 20 years of professional expertise in working with individuals, teens, families and couples, my person-centered approach will help you navigate tough problems and unexpected life transitions."

Amanda Clerkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 20 years of experience. She is passionate about helping people work through forgiveness, guilt and shame, and life transitions. She is clinically trained to work with individuals, families, and couples and specializes in anxiety, depression, substance misuse, and relationship and family issues.

Amanda completed her Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Texas-Austin. She started out her career working with children and families and spent several years working in the addiction field, helping people overcome difficult relationships with alcohol and other drugs, and taught classes to parents in recovery. She has extensive experience with both anxiety and depression. Amanda is also a mother of teenagers and has both professional and personal experience helping young adults navigate difficult life changes. Amanda utilizes dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing (MI), functional family therapy (FFT), and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help her clients.

Taking the steps to get help can be overwhelming, especially when life feels out of control. Amanda has a warm, genuine, and down-to-earth approach to help you feel less overwhelmed right away. Her focus is on making sure that you leave each appointment with a concrete plan, and something to work on each week so you can replicate the good things that happen in therapy in your everyday life. Schedule an appointment with Amanda to start on the path of regaining your strength and serenity.

"Welcome to the “new” you and your new normal! Sit back and let the journey of healing begin."

Brandie has been in the mental health field for 21 years in a variety of settings. Her experience ranges from working in a juvenile detention center, drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, community mental health centers, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, and outpatient counseling centers. She has worked with major mental health, families, couples, as well as children and adolescents. Her primary focus in the past 8 years has been on children and adolescents (more specifically adolescents). She specializes in working with families, couples, and adolescents.

Brandie completed her Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling at Langston University. She is a former military child and spouse with ample experience in navigating changes through multiple moves throughout her life. She is a mother of a child with autism and understands the stressors of being a caregiver of a person with a disability. She utilizes multiple treatment approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), person-centered therapy, and solution-focused brief therapy to name a few.

We will work together to develop your therapeutic goals. We all know life tends to show up whether we are ready or not. Brandie understands the importance of building a strong therapeutic relationship that is genuine and promotes growth. While she may have a direct approach, she is also warm and caring. Her ultimate goal is to ensure that her clients become the best version of themselves.

"As someone who lost 100lbs, I understand the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle by having healthy hobbies in your life and setting goals."

Jarrett Isler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate (LCSWA) who has over 15 years of experience working in the mental health field. As a young man Jarrett began to live a healthy life by working out, eating healthy, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. He found that he wanted to help others make positive choices to live a happy, content, fulfilling life. 

Jarrett completed his Master of Social Work (MSW) at West Virginia University. He is a certified personal trainer and a certified yoga instructor. He is a very outgoing young man, able to converse with many people of diverse backgrounds, ages, and lifestyles. He can carry on conversations in a way that makes people feel comfortable speaking to him about their wishes or needs. Jarrett’s strongest asset is his personality. He is always willing to lend a kind, listening ear to whatever clients would like to share. He tries to respond with genuine positive suggestions. 

Jarrett can help you by demonstrating his own positive ways of making decisions. He is always available to talk through or listen to his clients’ suggestions. He lets his clients know that he understands and feels what they are going through. He also tries to convey that he is here whenever they need his help.