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Rebeca D. Anderson, LMFT Clinical Director
Becky Anderson was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She obtained her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in biblical studies, as well as in child and family studies in 2011, and a M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2013 from Lee University in Tennessee. Becky obtained her License in Marriage and Family Therapy in the state of Tennessee in 2016 and is currently pursuing licensure in the state of Delaware. Due to her Latino background, Becky has had opportunities to serve the Latino community. She enjoys working with couples, individuals, and groups. Throughout her time working, Becky has seen a wide range of couples, mostly focusing on premarital counseling, infidelity cases, and marriage enrichment and maintenance. Becky has treated individuals dealing with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, trauma/PTSD, stress, and grief amongst a few others. Becky’s focus on groups is typically related to self-care, relaxation/mindfulness, and coping skills.
Amma Owusu-Donkor, LCSW Clinical Supervisor
Amma is a licensed clinical social worker with a passionate commitment for helping others make positive changes in their lives. She received her bachelor’s degree in public health, and her master’s degree in social work both from Delaware State University. Her primary passions are helping individuals work through their problems and issues utilizing positive self-talk, mindfulness and grounding. She believes establishing a strong therapeutic rapport with her clients fosters a trusting, collaborative relationship in which clients begin to overcome their obstacles, developing positive coping skills, and achieve their goals.
Amma has an enormous amount of knowledge ranging from mental health, and substance abuse disorders.Utilizing the strengths based approach with a combination of cognitive behavior therapy, she believes negative thought patterns, and schemas can be easily changed. Her approach views each client differently, in order to develop individualized interventions that encourage growth, and increase well-being.
With experience working in settings such as a prison, hospitals, and schools, Amma is able to work with many different populations, ages, and ethnic backgrounds. She understands the fear, and nervousness related to beginning therapy. She is here to create an environment in which you feel safe, respected and comfortable.
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Christina Woodson, MS
Christina Woodson is a mental health counselor and doctoral candidate. Christina is deeply committed to supporting at-risk youth and adults in their pursuit of personal growth and transformation.
Christina has experience working with clients facing anxiety, depression, and navigating stressful circumstances. She employs techniques grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to empower her clients with effective coping strategies and help them reframe negative thought and behavioral patterns. She also implements a person-centered approach to establish deep connections with her clients, creating an environment characterized by trust, empowerment, and positive transformation.
Christina's mission is rooted in the firm belief that every individual deserves the opportunity to "GET MORE, DO MORE, HAVE MORE" across all aspects of life. Her dedication lies in facilitating their journey towards these aspirations while fostering a process of healing and growth.
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Asmaa Abdullah, MS, NCC
Asmaa is a Nationally Certified Counselor with experience working with adolescents from various backgrounds and with a variety of mental health struggles including anxiety, depression, substance use, eating disorders, low self-esteem, and identity exploration. Asmaa recently obtained her master’s degree from West Chester University and completed her graduate-level internship conducting group and individual therapy with Center for Families’ partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. She is passionate about working with individuals who hail from all walks of life. As a person who belongs to multiple cultural groups and has been exposed to multiple others, Asmaa values learning about her clients’ backgrounds and cultures and believes they play an integral part in their therapeutic journeys.Asmaa utilizes techniques from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) amongst other therapeutic approaches. She believes that everyone comes into the therapeutic space with their own strengths and aims to provide a judgment free space where individuals can safely explore and recognize their strength and resilience.
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Melissa D, MSW
Melissa holds a Masters in Social Work from Salisbury University. Melissa embraces a goal-centered, solution-focused approach to treatment when working with clients. She is analytical and takes great interest in exploring clients’ history in collaboration with her clients, seeking to help uncover the influences of their pasts and how they impact their present conditions, lifestyles, values, behaviors, hopes, and dreams. She is trained in Motivational Interviewing (MI) and enjoys applying these techniques and asking questions with her clients to assist them in exploring their motivations and gaining a deeper level of self-awareness and personal insight. Melissa is also trained in Emotion-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (EF-CBT) and has used this in facilitating couples’ counseling.
Melissa believes that mental health, physical health, and spiritual health are all intertwined aspects of the overall health of a person and have direct and indirect impacts on one another. She seeks to address mental health concerns by looking at the whole person in their environment, and to help clients practice mindfulness and take charge of their physical and spiritual health.
Meliss has experience working with young children, teenagers, and adults of all ages, with and without mental health challenges and intellectual disabilities, in many different settings. These settings include local, state, and federal government agencies, community wellness, outpatient alcohol and drug recovery centers, assisted living facilities, an older adult day-program, a children’s grief camp, and a hospital setting. Melissa possesses diverse life experience, which she uses to help relate to and understand her clients and the life challenges they face.