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Domestic Violence

Noah Stuart, MA

Julie Liszka
Professional Counselor Associate
Current clients can book a therapy session here

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I Specialize in:

Does this sound familiar?

  • Are you experiencing anxiety, depression, overwhelming emotions, isolation, or daily stress?
  • Are major life changes—such as grief, loss, trauma, or other significant stressors—affecting you?
  • Are you struggling with challenges in relationships or identity, such as communication, boundaries, self-esteem, or confidence?

I Can Help.

  • I strive to create a warm, safe, and collaborative environment where you feel truly heard and supported.
  • With experience in both mental health and substance use concerns, I meet you where you are and tailor treatment to your readiness for change in a holistic way.
  • My approach is client-centered, evidence-based, and rooted in compassion, offering a non-judgmental space providing a nonjudgmental space for healing, growth, and connection.

What can you expect?

  • Develop a deeper sense of self-awareness and self-compassion.
  • Begin to feel more grounded, resilient, and empowered in your daily life and relationships.
  • Build practical skills that help you navigate challenges and move toward your goals.

Kacie Maplethorpe, LPC

Julie Liszka
Licensed Professional Counselor
Current clients can book a therapy session here
I work with:
I Specialize In:

Does this sound familiar?

  • Feeling overwhelmed with anxiety, depression, or stress?
  • Struggling to process and cope with past experiences or traumatic events?

  • Difficulty regulating your emotions or setting healthy boundaries?

I Can Help

  • My goal is to create a safe, trauma-informed space where we can tailor the therapeutic experience to the client’s personal goals and needs. I prioritize a person-centered, non-judgemental, and collaborative approach to therapy.
  • My role is to help clients process their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. I can help clients identify goals that align with their values and learn strategies to create long-lasting change.

  • My background and training includes Motivational Interviewing (MI), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I have several years of experience working with anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, and trauma in multiple therapy settings.

What can you expect?

  • Clients can expect to leave therapy feeling heard and valued, with a greater sense of self-confidence and self-compassion.
  • Clients will find balance managing previous life experiences and being in the present moment.

  • Clients will build a toolbox of strategies that can help navigate current life stressors, overwhelming emotions, and create healthy boundaries.

Jimmy Boyda, LPC

Julie Liszka
Licensed Professional Counselor
Current clients can book a therapy session here
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Heal, grow, and create the life that aligns with your values.

Does this sound familiar?

  • Experiencing conflict or stress in relationships?
  • Ready to heal from past trauma?
  • Exploring questions about gender or sexuality?
  • Looking for greater meaning and direction in life?

I Can Help.

With a background in family therapy and education, I support children, teens, adults, and couples navigating family conflict, mood disorders, relationships, trauma, and gender/sexuality concerns. I provide compassionate, evidence-based guidance, helping you understand yourself, recognize your strengths, and build a life aligned with your values.

What can you expect?

  • Greater confidence, self-awareness, and self-acceptance
  • Practical tools for healthy relationships and conflict resolution

  • Increased resilience to handle life’s challenges and stressors

Let’s work together to create the life you want.

August Smith, MS

Julie Liszka
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
Current clients can book a therapy session here
I work with:
I Specialize In:

Does this sound familiar?

  • Struggling with your or a loved one’s gender identity, sexuality, or level of self-acceptance?
  • Experiencing difficulty in discussing, exploring, or engaging with intimacy, pleasure, or sex tied to shame, trauma, or relational distress?
  • Grappling with current, past, or generational trauma, seeking a safe space to process and utilize coping tools to expand your emotional capacity?

I Can Help.

  • I utilize integrative trauma-informed Narrative Therapy, DBT, and Polyvagal Theory to guide clients through understanding their internal beliefs shaped by early life experiences and how those foundations impact tolerance, behavior, and relational dynamics in adulthood.
  • I believe therapy can assist clients in unlocking their internal resources needed to promote individual and systemic growth, leading to meaningful change.
  • I implore a liberatory approach by analyzing the client’s context within the systems theory framework and the effects of interpersonal interactions on the client.

What can you expect?

  • I work on an individual and relational level to build clients’ innate resources, fortify distress tolerance, promote understanding of behavioral functionality, and fine-tune awareness of interacting communicative patterns.
  • My notable clinical interests include sex therapy, trauma processing, and identity exploration involving gender & sexuality, collectively framed by liberatory practices and systemic thinking.
  • As a queer and transgender therapist, I have experienced facets of systemic oppression and witnessed its impact on other marginalized communities, driving my own goal to expand the accessibility of mental health services and aim to provide a safe and inclusive therapeutic environment to support client’s mental health regardless of cultural or personal identities.

Wyatt Yurkovich, LPC

Julie Liszka
Licensed Professional Counselor
Current clients can book a therapy session here
I work with:
I specialize in:

Does this sound familiar?

  • Are you feeling worried, anxious, or depressed about major life changes or transitions?
  • Do you feel like you are stuck or struggling in your relationships with family, friends and loved ones?
  • Wanting to build a stronger sense of self and identity?

I Can Help.

  • I’m here to help clients learn and develop skills to better manage their emotions, life stressors, and deepen their relationships with themselves and others.
  • I create a safe and welcoming space for clients to explore their concerns and experiences through a humanistic and psychodynamic approach.
  • I help clients identify and work toward their therapeutic goals in a collaborative way, as I believe each client is the expert in their own life.

What can you expect?

  • A safe and non-judgemental space to freely express your thoughts and emotions.
  • An increased ability to manage and process your emotions and life stressors.
  • The opportunity to strengthen and grow your relationships with others and with yourself.

Rita Melnikova, MA

Julie Liszka
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
Current clients can book a therapy session here
I work with:
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Does this sound familiar?

  •  Experiencing a lack of accessibility, responsiveness and engagement in your relationship?

  • Feeling out of control and driven by strong and confusing emotions

  • Experiencing a sense of disconnection within oneself and with others?

I Can Help.

  • So much of what impacts us on a daily basis has roots in relationships; our relationships with people around us but also with ourselves. I seek to understand clients’ needs in the context of their individual lives, experiences and relationships.

  • I am direct and efficient in my use of my models, utilizing Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with couples and Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) with individuals.

  • I know that life can get really messy, relationships can take many forms and sometimes the history people share together can seem too complicated to be understood. I am here to hear your story, follow your lead as the expert in your own life and support you in the changes that you want to make.

What can you expect?

  • Clients will walk away with more clarity about what they want for themselves and in their relationships, gaining skills in identifying, understanding and expressing their emotions.

  • Individuals participating in couples therapy will begin to express themselves more fully to their partners, while feeling supported and understood by them.  They will find new collaborative ways to handle situations which have previously led to conflict and disconnection.

  • Clients will find themselves adopting an US vs. the PROBLEM stance more often than the ME vs. YOU stance when finding themselves in conflict with their partner.

  • Individual clients will experience a newfound sense of clarity in understanding their own emotions and where they come from. They will feel an increased sense of control in their lives and feel empowered to respond to life’s stress in a way that tends toward growth, calmness and security.

Savannah Rigney, MA

Julie Liszka
Professional Counselor Associate
Current clients can book a therapy session here
I work with:
I specialize in:

Does this sound familiar?

  • Feeling overwhelmed by significant life changes or experiencing issues related to complex trauma?
  • Striving to build trust in yourself and secure relationships with others?
  • Are you seeking a life filled with more joy, purpose, and sense of peace?

I Can Help.

  • In our work together, I’ll guide you through a journey of self-discovery, helping you understand the connection between your mind and body, and supporting you in creating new patterns and insights that align with your personal hopes and goals.
  • I’m trained in a holistic and systematic approach, which means I consider how all aspects of your life have influenced you.
  • I approach our work with compassion and curiosity, always fostering hope and confidence in your healing journey.

What can you expect?

  • Let go of the burdens from the past, heal emotional wounds, and address the effects of trauma.
  • Enhanced self-awareness and understanding of your relationship with others.
  • Deeper access to your inner self, fostering qualities such as playfulness, connection, self-belief, and compassion.

Halle Winkler, MA

Julie Liszka
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
Current clients can book a therapy session here
I work with:
I specialize in:

Does this sound familiar?

  • Are you or your child struggling with questions of identity?
  • Does it feel hard to find a “new normal” after things have changed?
  • Are you hoping to strengthen your relationships but aren’t sure where to begin?

I Can Help.

  • I work from a systemic lens, seeking to understand you within the context of the communities and relationships you’re part of.
  • My approach is trauma-integrated and attachment-based, meaning I thoughtfully consider how trauma and our earliest relationships shape how we experience the world today.

What can you expect?

  • A strength-based approach where we move at your pace.
  • A deeper connection with yourself and your body.
  • Practical coping strategies you can use right away, alongside tools to address the deeper patterns underneath.

I’m passionate about supporting individuals and families in cultivating healthy relationships with themselves and with others. I primarily work with children, teens, young adults, and parents, and I incorporate whole-family treatment when appropriate.

Mayan McDermott, MA

Julie Liszka
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
Current clients can book a therapy session here
I work with:
I Specialize In:

Does this sound familiar?

  • Difficulty trusting your own needs, boundaries, or instincts?
  • Wondering why your emotions feel intense, confusing, or hard to regulate at times?
  • Wanting to live more authentically, but unsure how or where to start?

I Can Help.

  • My role as a therapist is to facilitate a personalized, collaborative space in which you feel safe, comfortable, and understood. What’s important to you is important to me.
  • You can expect me to meet you with compassion, authenticity, humor, and openness. I rely heavily on a trauma-informed therapeutic approach that emphasizes the connection between your mind and body.
  • As a neurodivergent therapist who was diagnosed later in life, I know firsthand the grief, confusion, and internalized ableism that can sometimes come along with this discovery. Together, we can figure out how to soothe your nervous system, heal your relationship with yourself, and get in touch with your innate resources.

What can you expect?

  • Feeling more calm, curious, clear, compassionate in your relationships – with yourself and with the people that matter most to you.
  • Make sense of longstanding patterns of behavior and resolve feeling “stuck” in various places in life.
  • Learn how to express yourself authentically, to experience yourself fully, and to know yourself deeply.

Connor O’Bryan, MA

Julie Liszka
Professional Counselor Associate
Current clients can book a therapy session here
I work with:
I Specialize In:

Does this sound familiar?

  • Feeling disconnected in your relationship with yourself and others?
  • Going through a difficult life transition or a breakup?
  • Feeling lonely, depressed, or anxious?

I Can Help.

  • I am a compassionate and empathetic person who places the therapeutic relationship with my clients at the highest level of importance.
  • I utilize Emotionally Focused Therapy to help my clients understand their emotions and use their emotions to deepen their relationships.
  • My intention is to provide a space where people feel heard, respected, and cared for.

What can you expect?

  • We will work together to identify patterns in your life that can be adjusted in order to give you more fulfilling relationships with others and yourself.
  • You will experience a therapeutic relationship that feels safe and empowers you to be your most authentic self.
  • You will gain a better understanding of who you are and how you can find joy in the world.

Lauren Updike, LPC

Julie Liszka
Licensed Professional Counselor
Current clients can book a therapy session here
I work with:
I specialize in:

Does this sound familiar?

  • Are you overwhelmed? Do stress, anxiety, depression, and unhealthy coping strategies impact your life negatively?
  • Do you need support understanding your neurodivergence and personal identity in your current environment and how these may impact your schooling, career, or relationships?
  • Are you struggling with intrusive thoughts and unproductive behaviors related to current stressors or to past or second hand trauma?
  • Are you struggling parenting a difficult child or have other family conflicts?

I Can Help.

  • I provide a safe and nonjudgmental environment by supporting a client’s values, culture, and goals (LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC safe space).
  • I offer a supportive, direct, and trauma-informed approach to encourage self-reflection, deeper personal understanding and compassion, as well as increased skills in communication, emotional awareness, self-advocating, boundary-setting, and adaptability.
  • I help families navigate conflict and emotional crises by building on strengths, system supports, collaboration, and coping skill implementation.
  • I hold multiple graduate degrees, including a Master’s Degree in Counseling through OSU. I have a background in crisis intervention as well as family and youth counseling focusing strongly on families overcoming extreme conflict and personal difficulties. My background offers me a unique understanding of many clients’ most challenging emotional struggles.

What can you expect?

  • I work with a wide range of clients, including youth, emerging adults, individual adults, and families. My clinical approach is rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), yet draws on Systems and Attachment Theories.
  • As a team, you and I will work to achieve your goals which may include decreased stress, implementation of healthy coping skills, processing trauma, identity discovery, and conflict resolution. Clients tend to see an improvement in emotional regulation, personal growth, and in their relationships and family systems.
  • I value authenticity and offer a welcoming, client-centered space for you to explore troubles and collaboratively find solutions.

Kara Myers, LCSW

Julie Liszka
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Current clients can book a therapy session here
I work with:
I Specialize In:

Does this sound familiar?

  • Are past experiences interfering with your ability to having satisfying relationships and find joy in your life?
  • Are you having difficulties coming to terms with the loss of a loved one or need support in navigating a recent life transition?
  • Are you feeling overwhelmed, stressed, down, or stuck in habits that no longer serve you?
  • Do you have parenting concerns that you would like to address or have a child/adolescent that needs help with anxiety, depression, or past trauma. 

I can help: 

I work with children, adolescents, and adults using a collaborative and integrative approach that incorporates evidence based practices. My goal is to help my clients find more balance, enjoyment, and meaning in their lives. I provide a warm and accepting atmosphere that fosters curiosity and growth. Some of the modalities I utilize include EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. I am also certified in Parent Child Interaction Therapy by PCIT International and have a great deal of experience working with children and adolescents. 

What can you expect?

Together we can develop a plan to help you move forward and make long-lasting changes. You can expect:

  • Improved self-confidence in multiple areas of your life
  • Increased connection and joy in important relationships
  • Increased capacity to manage difficult feelings and circumstances