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Central Iowa Psychological Services
Therapists


Ames Staff
Name & Degree
Population & Specialty Areas
 
Jon Brandon, PhD. -
Licensed Psychologist, Certified Health Service Provider

Adults and older adolescents (15-17) with a focus on relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, and psychological testing.

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Summer K. Brunscheen
Ph.D. - Licensed Psychologist, Certified Health Service Provider, Licensed Mental Health Counselor


Children, teens, adults, & older adults. Cognitive-behavioral, play & interpersonal therapy. Psychological evaluation, psychotherapy for adjustment & transition issues, ADHD, behavior disorders, & mood disorders.

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Emily Childress,
MA - Licensed Marital
and Family Therapist


My interests include assisting children, adolescents, adults, couples and families facing anxiety, phobias, obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, past trauma, grief, divorce, blended family challenges, autism spectrum disorders, chronic illness, and hurt relationships.

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Matthew T. Hiveley
, Ph.D. -
Licensed Mental Health
Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist


I specialize in the areas of relationships, communication, general parenting, adolescent concerns, separation/divorce, grief/loss, self-esteem, anger management, stress management, depression, anxiety, panic, phobias, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and adult symptoms of Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD).

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Lu Klatt
, MSW, -
Licensed Independent Social
Worker


Adolescents and adults with anxiety, phobias, PTSD, depression, grief and loss as well as eating disorders. Family & relationship issues, past abuse, cultural challenges and difficult transitions.

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Susie Lang
, LMHC, NCC -
Licensed Mental Health Counselor


Children, teens, college students, adults, couples and families, using integrative approaches that are multicultural sensitive, focusing on goal oriented, solution focused, strength based therapeutic techniques. Fluent in Spanish.

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Warren Phillips
, Ph.D. -
Licensed Psychologist & Certified Health Service Provider in Psychology


Children, teens, families, adults. Cognitive-behavioral and systems therapy. Psychological evaluations and psychotherapy with ADHD, learning disability, adjustment difficulties, behavior disorders, depression and anxiety disorders.

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Anthony Santiago
, Ph.D.
Licensed Marital & Family Therapist


Pre-adolescent, adolescent, adults, couples, and families. Cognitive-behavioral, strength-based, solution-focus, and systems perspectives. Pre-marital counseling, marital/couples psychotherapy, behavioral, emotional, spiritual, addiction, and multicultural issues.

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Joann Seeman Smith,
Ph.D.
- Licensed Mental
Health Counselor


Children (as young as 2-years-old), adolescents, adults, and families.
Areas of specialty include working with children, adolescents, and adults who have autism spectrum disorders, play therapy, attachment based family therapy, attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder, learning disabilities, behavior problems, depression, anxiety, and adjustment difficulties due to abuse, bereavement, or divorce.

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Linda Trudeau
, Ph.D. -
Licensed Mental Health
Counselor,
Licensed Marital & Family
Therapist


Teenagers, adults, families, couples. Cognitive-behavioral and relational approaches to marital counseling, anxiety, depression.

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Melissa Wubben
,
MS -
Licensed Mental
Health Counselor and Certified
Alcohol and Drug Counselor


Children, adolescents, and adults of all ages. Eclectic therapy for individuals, couples, and families dealing with emotional and behavioral difficulties, as well as substance use issues.

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West Des Moines Staff

Name & Degree

Karen R. Ahrens, Psy.D. -
Licensed Psychologist,
Certified Health Service Provider in Psychology

 
Population & Specialty Areas

Adolescents, adults and older adults in individual therapy with an eclectic approach based in Rational-Emotive-Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused therapy, and the Common Factors Theory. I also provide psychological evaluations for children, adolescents, adults and older adults. Testing may address emotional difficulties, learning difficulties, ADHD, memory, and brief driving evaluations.

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Karin Beschen
, LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor


Children (ages 5 and up), adolescents and adults. Offering individual, parent-child and couples therapy. Specializing in the treatment of emotional difficulties related to pregnancy and post-partum.

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Bridget Bencke
, MA - Licensed Mental Health Counselor, National Certified Counselor
 


My specialty is counseling children and adolescents. I also enjoy working with young adults. I use play therapy typically with the younger kids and focus much of my work on Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy. Areas I focus on include anger management, depression/anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, Adjustment issues, grief, abuse and trauma.
I look forward to meeting and working with you.

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Amy Cantazaro
, Ph.D. -
Licensed Psychologist
 


My professional practice includes individual and family therapy for children, adolescents, and young adults (18-22) with a wide variety of concerns including disruptive behaviors, anxiety, depression, ADHD, life transitions. I also offer psychological assessment services for individuals ages 5 to adult.

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Donald Kaesser
, Ph.D. -
Licensed Psychologist, Certified Health Service
Provider in Psychology
 


Individual therapy, couples/relationship issues, substance abuse issues, depression, anxiety, grief, aging, sexuality issues as well as sexual orientation issues, and family matters are among the range of aspects of people's lives on which I effectively work utilizing my 20 years in practice to integrate a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach with a Bowen family Systems approach to help individuals and couples deal more effectively with life and the inevitable joys and tribulations that occur in all intimate relationships. My goals are to help people in addressing issues that have become obstacles in their lives and to help them meet their goals in the context of an honest, caring and direct professional relationship. I utilize psychological testing and whatever is needed to help you understand your process and how it may be blocking your goals in life. Adjunctively, I use Existential Psychotherapy in the form of Logotherapy (ala Viktor Frankl) and Gestalt Therapy (ala Fritz Pearls) to further extend your therapy process and to include the human/spiritual dimension in our work. I encourage both therapeutic reading and 'letter writing' as appropriate.

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Cassie Leutzinger, Psy.D. - Licensed Psychologist, Certified Health Service Provider in Psychology
 


Clients of all ages with an emphasis on adolescents and adults. I will have a significant part of my practice dedicated to psychological testing for all ages. I also work with people of any age who are experiencing simultaneous psychological and medical/physical difficulties to improve general functioning and build a strong, healthy mind-body connection.

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Kimberly R. Worrell Cade
, MSW
Licensed Master Social Worker
 


Teens, adults, families, couples. Bowen family therapy, adjustment difficulties, anxiety, depression.

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For more information or to arrange an appointment, please contact us:
Central Iowa Psychological Services

The Ames Office


319 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA 50010
515-233-1122
Fax: 515-233-6500

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3737 Woodland Ave, Ste 415
West Des Moines, IA 50266
515-222-1999
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