Leigh Bergin Maddy

I specialize in working with children and families, but enjoy working with individual adults as well.
Everyone experiences difficulties at some point. Some of those difficulties require outside help.
Recognizing the need for help is the first step to progress. I love helping people become healthier and
happier.
I use evidence based practices applied to your or your family’s needs, including Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy, Narrative, Attachment-Based, Strength-Based, and Solution-Focused.
I have experience helping people with a variety of concerns including relationship issues, depression,
anxiety, ADHD, ODD, family struggles, and attachment issues.

Claire Whiteman

I believe we are all of value. Yet, many fail to see themselves worthy of self compassion. Each of us holds a unique place in this world, even when we are struggling through our darkest moments. We respond to situations using adaptive or maladaptive patterns we have created through past experiences to survive.
The ability to learn new patterns and find ways to help our bodies respond in different ways is essential to
increasing one’s wellbeing and decreasing problematic symptoms. A therapeutic relationship based on safety, honesty, and trust is essential in creating change. I strive to create a dialogue within the therapeutic relationship that will encourage clients to achieve personal growth, embrace their unique strengths, empower their self compassion, and promote healing.

I prefer to not view people as labels or diagnoses alone. I believe we are made up of many attributes and a diagnosis is simply a label to identify a group of different symptoms and not the whole person. I strive to assist people in finding ways to be more equipped to handle their life stressors, whatever those are. However, I specialize in working with trauma, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, addiction,
parenting issues, life transitions, relationship issues, LGBTQ, and long standing family of origin issues.

I am a trauma-informed professional clinical counselor and registered art therapist. I am trained in traditional therapy approaches that treat many issues and have specialized training in treating trauma. I utilize an integrative approach that includes evidence based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Attachment, Strength based, Humanistic, Trauma Informed, Mindfulness, and Integrative theory approaches. I tailor my treatment approach according to your specific needs. My experience with mental health and addiction issues has been at all levels of care from inpatient, intensive outpatient, to outpatient clinics and private practice settings. I provide clinical services for teens and adults in the form of individual, group, and couples therapy.

Samareh Moussavand

I am a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist who takes a special interest in helping young people. My goal is to allow each individual to understand their mental illness and reach their full potential.

I received my medical degree in 1991 from Johannes Gutenberg Universitat in Mainz, Germany. I completed my residency in adult psychiatry and my fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Although I treat all mental illnesses, my special interest is in mood disorders, anxiety disorders Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Schizophrenia and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Ruth Sudilovsky-Pecha

As a social worker, I have always believed in the strength of the individual to heal. My role is to support and encourage each person to find that source of strength and balance that they innately possess. It can be difficult to seek help when things seem overwhelming and confusing, and that is why I have always tried to offer a compassionate and safe environment where my clients can feel accepted wherever they might be in their journey of self discovery and growth. I am empathetic and non-judgmental, and focus on ways to empower my clients to begin to recognize and believe in their own abilities.

I believe in the importance of the mind-body connection in healing and have been working towards my certification in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and currently being trained in Somatic Experiencing (SE) through the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.

I have been able to support individuals who have struggled with depression, anxiety, domestic violence, relationship issues, family of origin struggles, trauma (including sexual trauma and attachment trauma), grief, and general adjustment to life’s difficulties.