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Amanda Koteras, MA, LPC
Rice Lake Clinic Lead Clinicial Supervisor Areas of Focus: Children, Adolescents, Adults, Families, and LGBTQIA+ community Therapy is a powerful tool that benefits clients in a variety of ways, depending on the overall desired outcome. My role is to provide a collaborative process where I walk alongside my clients on their journey toward healing. I strive to create a safe, supportive and accepting environment to my clients of all ages, backgrounds, cultural and spiritual needs. Developing helping relationships built on trust, authenticity and compassion is the cornerstone of our work together. I am passionate about holding space for my clients to navigate challenges, discover solutions and feel at peace. I strongly believe every individual has resilient qualities, if provided the opportunity to explore their own capabilities, especially during difficult times. I have extensive experience in a variety of settings working with individuals and families from diverse backgrounds affected by trauma, depression, anxiety, grief/loss, family conflict, life transitions and identity concerns. My professional work is rooted in a trauma-informed, strength-based, client centered, cognitive behavioral perspective. I draw from a variety of therapeutic interventions and orientations to meet the identified needs and unique goals of each individual. I welcome the opportunity to support clients on their healing journey, address concerns and ultimately improve connections among oneself and others to achieve personal fulfillment. |
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Marie Hanby, MS, LPC-IT
Areas of Focus: Children, Adolescents, & Adults Establishing a collaborative working relationship with clients to help them achieve their therapeutic goals in a safe non judgmental atmosphere is my number one priority. I find assisting my clients to find their own path and achieve post traumatic growth is not only possible but also rewarding. My Christian faith informs who I am and how I relate to the world, and I seek to honor my clients' right to decide whether to integrate a faith informed approach in our work. I have trained to work with individuals of all ages and have experience working with adolescents, college age, and older adults with anxiety, depression, trauma, interpersonal relationship skills, life transitions and substance use. I have experience integrating expressive arts and play therapy in sessions. My special interests include domestic violence, betrayal trauma, grief and loss, and life transitions due to aging, divorce, empty nests, reentry to college or the workforce. I am under the supervision of Jessica Stiteley, MS, LMFT. |
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Jessica (Jessie) Love, MS, LPC-IT
Areas of Focus: Adolescents (age 11+) & Adults As humans, we all experience something that may be difficult to deal with alone, though as we may try. Therefore, it is my goal to create an environment where these experiences can be shared, processed, and reimagined as strength for the present and future, whatever that may mean for the client. It is imperative that a strong, authentic therapeutic relationship is founded in order to build and maintain trust (something I think many people find in short supply in their lives at times), creating a connection where healing and growth begins. I have experience working with drug and alcohol addiction in both adolescents and adults, which is my passion. It was my clients that inspired me to learn more and do better so I can provide more insights on other mental health topics that often go hand in hand with substance use. Topics such as anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, conduct disorders, family mental health/addiction issues that may have molded parts of who we are today, but that we may not want to play as big a role in our future. Join me in this journey! I am under the supervision of Alison Lester, MS, LPC. |
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Kristina Olson, MA, LPC-IT
Areas of Focus: Children (ages 5+), Adolescents, Adults, Families, and LGBTQIA+ community I aim to create an empathetic, warm, and collaborative environment, in which feelings can be expressed and supported. My experience stems from assisting children, adolescents and their family to navigate the challenges life presents, whether rooted in trauma, life changes, or future goals. Some special areas of focus include anxiety, depression, trauma, self-harm behaviors, and the LGBTQIA+ community. My therapy methods are grounded in a behavioral approach, including cognitive and dialectical behavioral aspects, motivational interviewing, interactive play, and mindfulness/existential centering perspectives. When working with families, I include internal family systems and attachment theory approaches to facilitate exploration of our relationships while sustaining the individual identity. As an artistic individual, I also offer are creative expression through art and music, through which to share feelings and facilitate healing. I work from a strengths-based and holistic perspective striving to help clients find empowerment in their own therapeutic process. I am under the supervision of Alison Lester, MS, LPC. |
