MEET OUR SOCIAL WORKERS

MARYJO ARABIAN, MSW, LISW-S

MaryJo is a Licensed Independent Social Worker Supervisor, graduated from Youngstown State University with a Masters degree in Social Work. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults. She works with individuals who are dealing with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, family stress, spirituality, and life transitions. MaryJo uses an integrative approach in therapy meeting each client where they are. Her passion is to help each individual reach their potential and goals by working in partnership with each person while using their individual strengths. She strives to create a non judgmental and welcoming atmosphere to help each individual with their journey. Sees patients ages 5 and up for counseling.


CHRISTOPHER BARANOVIC MSW, LSW

Chris is a practicing Licensed Social Worker with a Master’s degree in Social Work from Cleveland State University. His clinical degree track is focused in mental health. While at Cleveland State, he completed two years of clinical internship in private practice. He now has three additional years of experience in private practice. His focus is providing treatment for individuals with varying backgrounds, experience, and conditions. He works with individuals experiencing anxiety, depressive, PTSD, mild/moderate obsessive compulsive disorder, adjustment disorders, life transitions, and relationship distress. Chris uses a patient-focused approach towards treatment with an emphasis on patient empowerment. Elements of his treatment include cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, grounding techniques, mindfulness techniques, and emotional regulation strategies. Chris partners with patients to realize the best version of themselves and sustain progress beyond the treatment setting. Sees patients 18 and up.


TRENDA F. GELLER, MSW, LISW-S

Trenda F. Geller is a Licensed Independent Social Worker Supervisor with over 35 years experience counseling adolescents, adults, couples, and the geriatric population. She has worked in hospitals, community health agencies, hospice, a psychiatrist’s office, and with individuals with mental retardation/developmental disabilities. Her areas of professional expertise include abuse, bipolar disorder, teen/parenting issues, marriage and divorce, anxiety, depression, stress, grief and loss, trauma, crisis, chronic illness, spirituality, caregiver stress, and gender identity issues. Sees patients ages 16 and up for counseling.


TIMOTHY P. GOLBA, MSSA, LISW-S, ACSW

Tim Golba is a Licensed Independent Social Worker Supervisor and a member of The Academy of Certified Social Workers. He is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College and Case Western Reserve University. Tim has been providing therapy to individuals, families, couples, and groups over the past 29 years. He works with a variety of conditions, including anxiety, depression, work and life stress issues, trauma recovery, grief/loss, and life adjustment issues. Tim works well with adolescents, adults, and couples experiencing communication, family and relationship problems. He is also well-adept at helping address parenting concerns, adolescent behavioral acting-out problems, and divorce/blended family issues. Tim also has much experience in evaluating and providing counseling to victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual abuse. He is state certified in the assessment, treatment, and transition of adolescents with sexual acting-out problems. Tim has worked directly with domestic relations courts throughout his career, and has acted as a consultant and trainer to various private and public mental health agencies. Sees patients ages 8 and up for counseling.


SUSAN MELLOTT, M.ED., LSW

Sue Mellott is a Licensed Social Worker with a Master’s degree in counseling. She began her career in social work as an investigator for Lorain County Children Services and has been counseling in a private practice setting for over 18 years. Sue has worked with children, adolescents, adults and families around issues of depression, bipolar, anxiety, OCD, stress, adjustment disorders, and victims of physical/sexual abuse, as well as parenting/behavioral struggles. Sees patients ages 5 and up for counseling.


MARJORIE SULIN, MSW, LISW

Marjorie Sulin is a Licensed Independent Social Worker. She has worked in both inpatient and outpatient facilities, and in the public school system with grades K though 12. She served as Manager of Teen Services at the Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Ohio and was an outpatient therapist at the Guidance Center of Lorain County. Her experience includes leading both support and therapeutic groups. She works with adolescents and adults with concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, grief and loss, adjustment disorders, and parenting. Marjorie is certified in EMDR, which is an effective therapy for the treatment of post traumatic stress, as well as many other disorders and traumas. Sees patients ages 18 and up for counseling.


VALERIE TREISCH-CHIRDON, MSW, LISW-S

Valerie is a Licensed Independent Social Worker Supervisor. She has over 16 years experience working with children, adolescents and adults struggling with stress, depression, anxiety, ADHD, adjustment disorders/life transitions, grief and loss, abuse and neglect, women’s issues, relationship issues, pregnant parenting teens and parenting concerns. Her experience includes working in both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health settings, and in the treatment foster care arena. She has worked in clinical supervision and administration, as well as direct care service with those experiencing mental health challenges. Sees patients ages 10 and up for counseling.


WILLIAM F. VANEK, MSSA, LISW-S

Bill is a Licensed Independent Social Worker-Supervisor. He is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace College and Case Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences. His experience includes work in general hospital social services and in physical rehabilitation medicine, as well as community mental health and substance abuse services.  In addition, Bill has owned an employee assistance program practice where he provided service for over 30 years. He works with crisis and critical-incident intervention, life adjustment matters, mood disorders, and in general mental health counseling and problem solving. He works with those adjusting to life after substance abuse treatment. Sees patients primarily ages 18 and up for counseling.


KELSEY D. WATSON, MSW, LISW

Kelsey is a Licensed Independent Social Worker who received her Masters in Social Work from Cleveland State University in 2020, and her Bachelor’s in Social Work from the University of Akron in 2016. She is passionate about providing therapeutic services that acknowledge not only the individual person, but the systems in which they are a part of. Kelsey has experience predominantly working with the Early Childhood population but also older children as well as teenagers. Kelsey has also provided support/consultation to parents and teachers regarding the challenges of youth and behaviors in the school setting. Kelsey has experience providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, play based therapy, sand tray therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Child Parent Psychotherapy. Kelsey is flexible in using a variety of modalities and strategies to help clients clearly see the barriers to their fulfillment and encourages creative problem solving in a non-judgmental and collaborative setting. Sees clients ages 2 and older.


ALYSSA WILLIAMS MSW, LSW

Alyssa is a practicing Licensed Social Worker with a Master’s degree in Social Work with a concentration in mental health from the University of Cincinnati. She has had experience working with children, adolescents, and adults. She has worked in treatment foster care and community-based counseling and taught parenting education classes. She works with individuals who are experiencing anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief and loss, adjustment disorders, family stress, and parenting behavioral struggles. Alyssa uses a solution focused approach partnering with the client to harness individual strengths and resources to create positive sustainable change. She will work collaboratively to identify strengths and help clients reach their full potential. Sees patients 6 and up.

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