Andrea Palmeri, LCSW
Clinical Director
Andrea works with children, teens, and adults across a wide range of concerns, including ADHD, autism, anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, sleep difficulties, parenting concerns, family stress, and women’s issues. She provides individualized, supportive care designed to help clients and families better understand their experiences, build effective coping strategies, and create meaningful change. Find out more about me here.
Nick DeJesus, LCMHCS
Clinical Quality Director
Nick works with teens, adults, and couples navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship concerns, identity issues, men’s concerns, sexuality, and major life transitions. His work provides clients with a supportive environment to explore difficult experiences, strengthen relationships, and develop greater insight and emotional well-being. Find out more about me here.
Ian Collins, lCSW
Outpatient Therapist
Ian brings humor, honesty, and a down-to-earth vibe to therapy—because before he’s a clinician, he’s a real person who loves Boston Terriers, music, sports, and the occasional 4am soccer match. With over a decade of experience and training in ACT, MBT, CBT, and EMDR, he blends skill with authenticity to make therapy feel human, not sterile. He applauds the courage it takes to seek help and creates a collaborative, compassionate space for teens and adults. Available for in-person NC sessions and virtual care in NC and NY. Find out more about me here
Mary Brown, LCSW
Clinical Associate Director
Mary works with teens, adults, and couples who may be experiencing anxiety, feeling stuck, or struggling with persistent negative thought patterns. Her collaborative approach incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and somatic techniques to help clients better understand their experiences, develop practical coping skills, and move toward meaningful change. Find out more about me here.
Fantasia Johnson, lCSW
Outpatient Therapist
Fantasia works with preteens, teens, adults, and older adults, providing therapy to individuals, couples, and families. She supports clients navigating anxiety, ADHD, anger, depression, grief, OCD, family and relationship conflict, stress, and women’s concerns. Her integrative approach draws from CBT, DBT, ACT, motivational interviewing, solution-focused therapy, and trauma-focused approaches. Find out more about me here.
Martha Lobo, LCSW
Outpatient Therapist
Beach-loving and family-focused, Martha brings an energetic, strengths-based approach to her work with kids and adolescents. Trained in TF-CBT, CBT, IOP, and family-systems therapy, she’s passionate about increasing mental-health access and reducing stigma for young people. Martha starts by getting to know each client deeply—honoring their goals and helping them discover both new and long-standing strengths along the way. Find out more about me here.
Cinthia Flores, LCSWA
Outpatient Therapist
Cinthia works with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, depression, stress, low self-esteem, grief, trauma, ADHD, substance use, and major life transitions. She incorporates CBT, DBT, and motivational interviewing within a trauma-informed and culturally responsive approach, creating a supportive space where clients can build coping skills, recognize their strengths, and work toward meaningful change. Find out more about me here.
Daisy Santin, LCMHCA
Outpatient Therapist
Daisy provides virtual therapy to children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, relationship concerns, school challenges, and life transitions. She also has experience supporting women’s concerns and provides therapy in both English and Spanish, helping make care more accessible to diverse individuals and families. Find out more about me here.
Suffi Makkar, LCSWA
Outpatient Therapist
Part therapist, part detective, part cheerleader, Suffi blends calm energy with creativity to support kids, teens, and adults through anxiety, stress, trauma, identity exploration, and overwhelm. Using CBT, movement-based therapy, mindfulness, and somatic approaches, she helps clients engage their whole selves—mind, body, and emotions. Her style is warm, collaborative, and sometimes playful, turning healing into a personalized and empowering journey. Find out more about me here.
Victoria Wagoner, LCMHCA
Outpatient Therapist
Victoria works primarily with women navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic stress,difficult relationships, chronic pain, burnout, and major life transitions. As a trauma-informedtherapist, she takes a collaborative approach that looks beyond symptoms to understand theexperiences and patterns beneath them. Victoria integrates approaches including EMDR,hypnosis, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help clients process difficult experiences,strengthen nervous system regulation, understand internal patterns, and reconnect withthemselves. She especially enjoys supporting women who may appear to be doing well on theoutside while internally feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck, or exhausted. Find out more about me here.
Stephen Cao, LCMHCA
Outpatient Therapist
Stephen brings a mind-body perspective to counseling, shaped by his background as a massage therapist and his work supporting adults facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction. Stephen’s therapeutic style is rooted in a person-centered approach—being fully present, attuned, and responsive to each client’s unique needs. He blends wellness principles with evidence-based therapies to help clients deepen insight, strengthen coping skills, and move toward emotional balance. With honesty, warm humor, and a nonjudgmental presence, he creates a space where clients feel genuinely seen and supported. Find out more about me here.
Jadaya Sallah, LCSWA
Outpatient Therapist
Jadaya specializes in helping kids and teens navigate big feelings, school stress, family dynamics, ADHD, autism, anger, and trauma. Creative, patient, and down-to-earth, she uses play therapy and evidence-based care to turn emotional overwhelm into growth and skills. Therapy with her is collaborative, supportive, and sprinkled with humor—focused on helping children thrive and families find steadiness. Find our more about me here.
Daisy Gomez, LCMHCA
Outpatient Therapist
Daisy works with children, teens, and adults experiencing ADHD, autism, anxiety, depression, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, low self-esteem, and relationship concerns. She creates a supportive environment where clients can develop coping skills, strengthen confidence, and work toward meaningful change. For clients who desire it, Daisy can also incorporate faith-based support into therapy. Find out more about me here.
Marcus Mason, LCMHCA
Outpatient Therapist
Marcus offers a compassionate, grounding space for anyone facing stress, emotional overwhelm, or unresolved trauma. Rooted in radical self-acceptance and alignment of mind, body, and soul, his work guides clients from insight to action. With tailored strategies and a supportive presence, he helps clients build resilience, deepen self-awareness, and move toward healing and wholeness. Find out more about me here.
Hope Lewis, LCSWA
Outpatient Therapist
With genuine warmth, deep empathy, and a calming presence, Hope offers a soft space for BIPOC folks, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and adults navigating change to show up exactly as they are and feel empowered. Drawing from ACT, DBT, ART, and a psychodynamic perspective, they support clients working through identity exploration, life transitions, neurodivergence, and trauma. Inspired by Audre Lorde's reminder that "caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare," Hope believes deeply in client autonomy, walking alongside each person as they define what healing and growth look like on their own terms. Find out more about me here.
Jermel Jackson, LCSWA
Outpatient Therapist
Sonnie Guzeh, LCMHCA
Outpatient Therapist
Sonnie works with children ages three and older, teens, and adults, with particular experience in children’s and women’s concerns. She supports clients experiencing ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, self-esteem concerns, emotional and behavioral difficulties, school challenges, parenting concerns, relationship issues, and life transitions. Her approach may incorporate play therapy, CBT, and motivational interviewing. Find out more about me here.
Olivia Mijaro, LCSWA
Outpatient Therapist
Olivia works with children ages six and older, preteens, teens, and adults. She supports clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, ADHD, OCD, substance use concerns, and women’s issues, including pregnancy, prenatal, and postpartum concerns. Her therapeutic approach may incorporate CBT, DBT, ERP, motivational interviewing, and play therapy based on each client's needs. Find out more about me here.
Anaise Alyerime, LCSWA
Outpatient Therapist
Andrew Jenkins
UNC MSW Intern
Andrew works with teens ages 16+ and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, sleep concerns, substance use, men’s issues, and life transitions. His approach is humanistic, psychodynamic, person-centered, mindfulness-forward, and grounded in harm reduction. He has a particular interest in supporting individuals with substance use and behavioral or device-related challenges, as well as college students, graduate students, early-career researchers, academics, and those involved in campus Greek life. Find out more about me here.
Savannah Robinson, Clinical Intern
UNC MSW Intern
Savannah works with teens and adults navigating anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, body image concerns, and challenging life transitions. She takes a warm, collaborative, and strengths-based approach, incorporating CBT, DBT, and ACT to help clients strengthen coping skills and recognize the abilities they already possess. Her work is trauma-informed and culturally responsive, with an emphasis on creating a space where clients feel understood and accepted. Find out more about me here.