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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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Matthew T. Hiveley
, M.S.Ed -
Licensed Mental Health
Counselor
 


Child/adolescent behavioral difficulties, parent-child relational difficulties, general parenting concerns, and couple/marriage difficulties. I also have experience working with individuals with various mental health diagnoses. I use a solution-focused approach to therapy that is future-oriented and goal-directed. I also take a system's perspective, meaning that I believe all individuals are influenced in one way or another by those who are close to them. For this reason, I believe in the importance of the family and I welcome the opportunity to include as many family members as possible in the treatment process. I also understand the importance of one-on-one time, however, and provide individual treatment if preferred.

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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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Damini Parulekar, M.D. -
Psychiatric Consultant
 


Ages 16 and up and adults. Psychiatric evaluation, medication management and supportive therapy. Dr. Parulekar is not currently taking new clients

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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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Sue Reimers,
MS -
Licensed Marriage and Family
Therapist & Licensed Master
Social Worker
 


Adults, adolescents, children, and older adults for individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, and group therapy. For issues such as depression, life adjustments, anxiety, abuse, trauma, PTSD, OCD, personality disorders, grief, divorce, gay/lesbian issues, spiritual issues, and dissociative 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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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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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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Russell E. Lark
, Ph.D. -
Licensed Psychologist,
Certified Health Service
Provider in Psychology
 


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

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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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Damini Parulekar
, M.D. -
Psychiatric Consultant
 


Ages 16 and up and adults. Psychiatric evaluation, medication management and supportive therapy. Dr. Parulekar is not currently taking new clients

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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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Ames Staff and the Ages and Population Served

West Des Moines Staff and the Ages and Population Served

 

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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