Long Story Longer

Dominic has been a nurse practitioner for over 13 years. He was trained in Family Practice and worked in the acute care setting in Pulmonary, Medical Intensive Care, and Lung Transplant. After he received his Psychiatric Mental Health NP training, he worked in a non-profit seeing underserved clients and those with co-occurring substance issues. He has experience in managing Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Attention Deficit Disorder, and managing many different long-acting injectable medications. 

Because mental health is a complex, ever-changing facet of life that is shaped by experience, genetics, environment, and society, Dominic believes in forming a collaboration with his clients to achieve their goals. He understands that mental health management is a slow process and often requires psychotherapy in conjunction with medication. 

Katie is a psychotherapist and owner of SpeakEasy Counseling and Psychotherapy. For over 25 years (the last 13 of those in private practice), she has had the privilege of working with individuals, families, and groups from a wide variety of backgrounds. Prior to private practice, Katie worked in multiple medical settings where she provided psychosocial support to people across the life-span, including the neonatal ICU, critical care, Alzheimer’s and dementia units, and cardiac care. Katie completed an End-of-Life Care certificate program at Smith College School of Social Work and has a Doctorate in Clinical Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania.

Katie also spent a decade educating and mentoring hundreds of future mental health professionals through teaching appointments at Temple University, Rutgers University, Monmouth University, and others, as well as through providing clinical supervision and serving on national social work education committees. Katie views a person’s mental and emotional health from a person-in-environment lens and places a high value on the context of both the subjective and objective experience of one’s outside world. She believes in using authenticity in the therapeutic relationship, creating a safe, nonjudgmental, and ethical space, and utilizing evidence-based approaches.