Licensed Clinical Psychologist | Center Director

“Growth as an individual, self-understanding, finding motivation and seeking passion in one’s life; a balance to find self-acceptance while loving and caring for those around you, this is my hope for all I see. I want everyone who comes to the center to feel this is a safe, warm, and an accepting environment to explore their needs, work through their struggles, and know there is someone there by their side to assist them.”

For over 30 years, Dr. Michelle has provided care and assistance to children, teens, adults, and families struggling with a multitude of emotional difficulties from depression, anxiety, bipolar, attention, and processing. Her belief is that each person is has their own individual identity and thus needs a treatment plan customized to fit each individual’s growth.

Dr. Michelle provides parents of all ages with guidance and planning for their children; whether that be, behavioral outbursts, self-esteem issues, social skills, executive functioning, gender exploration, learning disabilities and giftedness, and divorce. For young children, Dr. Michelle utilizes play therapy to help develop real life coping skills. She feels working to develop rapport with teens and adults is a key component to developing an effective communication process that is invaluable to the therapeutic success of treatment.

Parenting is one of the toughest and most stressful jobs. Dr. Michelle understands the guilt and pressure to be a “good parent” and the stress this places on the parent to find balance in their own well-being. Helping a parent find a path of their own while enhancing and nurturing their children’s lives is the key concept behind Dr. Michelle’s center and her goal for all she sees. She brings a distinct and unique perspective coming from a neuropsychological, social/emotional, and psycho-educational background.

Dr. Michelle is the author of journal articles, research for intellectual and achievement testing, speaker, parent, and therapist. She provides comprehensive diagnostic testing, assessment, and support for children, adolescents, and adults. The evaluations provide not only diagnostic information, but specific recommendations for school and home interventions and ongoing support as needed. Further, many individuals need assistance and information with regards to navigating and developing a 504 Plan or I.E.P., and applying for extended time or other accommodations on college board ACT/SAT, GRE, LSAT, and other standardized exams. Evaluations are done for attention disorders, Autism spectrum, executive functioning, processing difficulties, emotional disorders, learning disabilities, giftedness and/or twice exceptional children.

Dr. Michelle is an in-network provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO and will provide assistance filing with other insurance providers.  

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Lakomy is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience conducting neuropsychological assessments and general psychological testing, including testing for ADHD, Autism, learning disabilities, and giftedness testing.  Dr. Lakomy has also worked with children, teens, adults and families in a variety of treatment settings conducting therapy using a wide range of therapeutic techniques including mindfulness, social skills training, and CBT.  She is passionate about creating a supportive and welcoming environment that allows clients to learn about themselves, identify their strengths, gain insight and live a happier, healthier life.  

Licensed Clinical Social Worker | Individual and Family Therapist

“I have a long history of helping people make changes that lead to significant improvement in self-regard and the ability to function and thrive. One of my favorite aspects of being a therapist is the genuine, experience-based optimism that my practice history allows me to bring to meeting with clients.”

For many years, Brooke has been a primary member of a treatment team in an intensive outpatient treatment program for depression and anxiety in a teaching hospital. This has given her the benefit of collaboration with a large variety of top professionals for learning and sharing therapy techniques. She is currently the therapist in charge of implementing an outpatient treatment program for Millennials.

In addition to working with the young adults, she works with the parents, doing family therapy that is often such a powerful part of the process. Brooke enjoys working with clients of all ages with a variety of presenting issues including self-esteem and life struggles such as relationship conflicts, grief, loss and transitions such as divorce. She also enjoys helping people with depression, various anxiety disorders (including panic disorder, phobias and PTSD), bipolar disorder and ADHD.

A central concept of her practice philosophy is helping each client with their relationship with themselves, especially in terms of their responses to their own emotions and their beliefs about themselves. This work forms a foundation for new coping skills for navigating struggles, as well as stepping into new experiences for developing life satisfaction, connection to others and a sense of mastery.

Brooke is now accepting Medicare and Medicare supplemental insurance

Licensed Professional Counselor | National Certified Counselor | Individual and Group Therapist | CBT and DBT Specialist

“By bringing my most authentic and honest self to the table, I hope to create an empathic and safe environment to foster the best working therapeutic relationship.”

Lauren brings clinical experience from intensive outpatient care programs for depression and anxiety to assist clients seeking long-term individual care while managing life transitions and stressors. She works with children, adolescents, and adults to aid in recognizing, understanding, and modifying reactions to life events or personal stressors that lead to anxiety, depression, and other mood-related ailments.

Using an integrative therapeutic approach with cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused methods, she assists in improving communication styles to form healthier relationships with others, building supportive networks, managing mood and behavioral reactions to day to day stressors, managing school/occupational/academic stress, improving motivation and time management, increasing the creation and maintenance of boundaries, improving general stress management, increasing self-esteem, managing grief/loss, and achieving a healthy balance and symptom management. 

Lauren believes that therapy is the process of walking next to another on the journey of discovering and increasing self-awareness, individual growth, and the ability to adapt to change. Lauren aids others in increasing their awareness of their unique patterns of thoughts and behaviors, and the purpose behind them.

By guiding others in identifying distorted or unhealthy thinking patterns, Lauren’s aim is to assist in modifying those thought processes and behaviors to form healthier patterns that improve day to day functioning. She strives to empower others to further understand their past and current decisions and increase autonomy in order to create continuity between their actions, values, beliefs, and goals. Lauren aims to identify and utilize one’s individual strengths to develop realistic and achievable expectations.