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Clinicians

Healthy Minds Psychology Associates  //  Clinicians

Dr. Laronta Upson Rush
Director, Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Rush is founder and Clinical Director of Healthy Minds. She specializes in psycho-educational and psychological evaluation and diagnosis of learning disabilities, neurocognitive disorders, and/or emotional/behavioral disorders.  Read more

Dr. Sara Deckelbaum
Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Deckelbaum is a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive experience in conducting neuropsychological, psychological, and psychoeducational evaluations with children, adolescents, and adults.  Read more

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Dr. Sara Mahan
Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Sara Mahan is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in psychological testing, psycho-educational testing, and developmental testing with individuals of all ages, including toddlers, children, adolescents, and young adults.

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Pamela McGhee-Gibbs, LPC, CPCS
Licensed Professional Counselor

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), and Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor (CPCS) with over 11 years in the field. She enjoys working with clients experiencing stress in relationships due to codependency, emotional abuse and family of origin issues.  Read more

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Shani Johnson, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

Shani Johnson, is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) that brings an interactive and solution-focused style to working with her clients.

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Christiana Olaga-Buah, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor

Christiana Olaga-Buah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), and Certified Grief Specialist (CGS). As a person centered, reality and solution focused therapist, she works with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues impacting individuals and families.

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Kaitlyn Clark, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor

Kaitlyn takes an integrative approach to therapy that also incorporates proven best practice methods to meet individual needs. She utilizes a person-centered approach as well as: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, strength based, and Solution Focused Brief Therapy. Read more

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Jessica Freeman, LMSW
Licensed Master Social Worker
Associate Professional Counselor
Executive Functioning Coach

Jessica is a dynamic and highly trained therapist providing individual, family, group, and couples therapy. She has 12 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples across a variety of settings .  Read more

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Dr. Lea Noring, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist/ Educational Consultant

Dr. Lea Noring is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and holds a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy at Northcentral University. She holds a master’s degree in Family Sociology from Valdosta State University.  Read More 

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Dr. Karis McClammy 
Licensed Psychologist

Dr. McClammy is a Licensed Psychologist who earned her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology, her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Alabama A&M University, and B.S. in Biology from Albany State University.

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Susan Crist, M.S. Ed.
Executive Functioning Coach

Ms. Crist specializes in executive functioning skills coaching for students of all ages, as well as adults. With over twenty years of professional experience in an academic setting, she has worked closely with hundreds of children and their parents to achieve success in school and life.  Read more

Taylor LeGette Schouten, M.S.
Psychometrist

Taylor has extensive experience in psychological, psycho-educational evaluation and neuropsychological testing  with children, adolescents, and adults in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings.  Read more

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Lori DeLange
Executive Functioning Coach 

Ms. DeLange focuses on coaching students and adults as they develop critical executive

function skills. With experience as a public and private school educator for two decades, she believes that all children, with the proper support, can grow and learn. 

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Hika Anani, M.A.T. 
Executive Functioning Coach

Coach Hika is an educator and Board-Certified Cognitive Specialist with nearly 14 years of experience in supporting learners at all levels. s an educator, she is highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive instruction and observation Read More

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Donyale H. Davis, S.S.P
Autism Evaluator

Donyale provides clinical assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders and has specialty training in administering all modules of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2), the gold standard of autism assessment.  She is a Certified School Psychologist, earning both Specialist and Masters’ Degrees from Winthrop University.

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