- Molly Sterling is trained in EMDR
- Kenz Taggatz is trained in EMDR
- Caitlin Schrage is trained in EMDR
- Nicole Smith-Juarez is trained in EMDR
- Allison Strausberg is trained in EMDR
- Carmen Calvert is trained in EMDR
- Kate Davis is trained in Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment
- Sarah Parnell is trained in EMDR
- Kate Shaw is trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy and EMDR
- Katie Kotsovos is trained in EMDR and Narrative Exposure Therapy
- Bobby Messer is trained in Brainspotting
- Bridget Redmon is trained in EMDR and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
- Melina Larkin is trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy and EMDR
- Sarah Alexander is trained in EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Internal Family Systems


MOLLY STERLING, LPC
Assertive Communication & Boundaries
LGBTQIA+
Life Transitions
Parenting Issues
Stress Management
Trauma (not DID)
Women's Issues

CAITLIN SCHRAGE, LCSW
Assertive Communication & Boundaries
Bipolar
LGBT
Life Transitions
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Substance Use
Women’s Issues
Please Note

KENZ TAGGATZ, LPC
Anxiety and Depression
Assertive Communication & Boundaries
Athletes
Eating Disorders & Disordered Eating
Identity Exploration
Intuitive Eating & Fat Liberation
LGBTQIA2S+ Community
Life Transitions
Relationship Issues
Sex & Intimacy
Trauma

ALLISON STRAUSBERG, LCSW
Assertive Communication & Boundaries
LGBTQIA+ (queer, trans, and non-monogamy affirming)
Life Transitions
Neurodivergence (not testing)
Relationship Issues

CARMEN CALVERT, LPC
Death Anxiety
Identity Exploration for Youth
Parenting Issues
Trauma (not DID)

KATE DAVIS, LCSW
Couples therapy
Health At Every Size-Size Friendly!
Grief, loss, and aging
Anxiety & Depression
Trauma (not DID)

NICOLE SMITH-JUAREZ, LPC
Assertive Communication & Boundaries
Body Image Issues and Disordered Eating
Immigration Issues (particularly from Latin America)
LGBT

SARAH PARNELL, LCSW
Identity Exploration for Youth
Parenting Issues
Trauma (not DID)

KATE SHAW, LCSW
Assertive Communications & Boundaries
Body Image & Self Esteem
Chronic Health Conditions
Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders
Pregnancy & Post-Partum
Trauma (not DID)

KATIE KOTSOVOS, LPC
Assertive Communication and Boundaries
Body Image Issues
Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders
Stress Management
Trauma (not DID)

BOBBY MESSER, LPC
Cultural and Systemic Oppression
LGBT Issues
Men’s Issues
Relationship Issues
Trauma (including DID)

BRIDGET REDMON, LCSW
LGBTQIA2S+ Community
Life Transitions
Neurodivergent Affirming
Stress Management
Trauma (not DID)

MELINA LARKIN, LCSW
Assertive Communication & Boundaries
Body Image Issues
Eating Disorders & Disordered Eating
Health at Every Size
LGBT Issues
Trauma (not DID)

JAYOTTA FEIMOEFIAFI, LCSW

SARAH ALEXANDER, LCSW
Sarah's case load is currently closed as she works on staff development, creating groups to teach the Language of Emotions, and growing the practice in exciting new ways.
Clinicians at Brave Acorn are trauma-trained, not just trauma-informed

“Emotions don’t create problems. They arise to help you deal with the problems.”
Emotions are a crucial aspect of psychology and, thus, mental health. Unfortunately, families and society tend to pass judgement on emotions rather than teach or honor their function. To give you an idea of just how very emotion-phobic our culture is, even professional therapists (social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists) are not educated as to the function of emotions in their formal training. As a result, even therapists tend to offer only suggestions on how to regulate or control emotions. In the spirit of Karla McLaren‘s quote above, we here at Brave Acorn teach people how to work with emotions as bridges (rather than obstructions) to healing and growth.

"Problems cannot be solved at the level of thinking that created them."
Most people who come to see us about weight issues believe that that their weight, food, or body is the problem: “If I could just [be my ideal weight, eat what I should, fix my metabolism, etc.], I would be better and my life would be so much easier.” Our society’s so-called “obesity epidemic” did not originate with weight problems, however; weight wasn’t and isn’t the problem. Instead, over the centuries, authorities from various walks of life (and with various motives) have determined that people need to eat or look a certain way in order to be “good,” “attractive,” or “healthy.” In the spirit of Albert Einstein’s quote above, we do not attempt to help people solve their weight issues by helping them fit into society’s current transient ideal. Instead, we help people shift to an entirely different way of thinking about (and treating) their own bodies and relationship with food.

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