Our staff is comprised of therapists from many backgrounds with
many areas of treatment interest. Please click to read and see if one of our clinicians is right for you.
A native of Arkansas City, KS, Whitney moved to Stillwater in 1998 and attended undergraduate studies at Oklahoma State University, receiving a B.A. in Psychology with honors and summa cum laude distinction in May of 2000. She received an M.S. from Oklahoma State University in Marriage and Family Therapy with an emphasis on family-centered addiction treatment in 2005.
She completed an internship at the Tulsa Women and Children's Center in Tulsa, OK and began working at Four Winds Ranch Recovery Center in Guthrie, OK soon after. Whitney worked as a primary therapist and Family Program Coordinator before going into private practice full time in Stillwater in 2008.
Whitney is a licensed Marital and Family Therapist and is EMDRIA-certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. She uses this modality to treat phobias, anxiety, depression, dissociative disorders and complex trauma. She prefers working with teens and adults.
Whitney is also available for consulting with therapists wanting to create a private practice. This includes strategies on marketing, successful business practices and billing insurance. Individual and group rates are available.
She is also currently a licensed supervisor and is an AAMFT-Approved Supervisor for LMFT candidates. She currently supervises the graduate and undergraduate interns who work at her practice.
Laci moved to Stillwater in 1998 to pursue a Masters degree in community counseling. She completed an internship at Oklahoma Lions Boys Ranch where she conducted groups and individual sessions for adolescent males in a group-home setting. While in graduate school, she also worked at Payne County Family Practice, Inc. as a child advocate, workshop presenter, and therapeutic mediator for families in the divorcing process. While there, she completed alternative dispute resolution training under the Oklahoma Bar Association, advanced mediation training, and assisted in forensic interviewing for court-referred family and divorce cases.
After graduating in 2000, she continued her work at PCYS and concurrently completed a certification in school counseling. Post graduate work also included work in therapeutic foster care, work at Payne County Youth Services, and internships at OSU drug and alcohol clinic and Payne County Counseling. She left OSU to return to PCYS as a clinical director.
Motherhood has presented an opportunity for her to work on a contract basis with PCYS as a therapist focusing on school settings and focusing on cases with Oklahoma Juvenile Authority until August 2014. In joining this private practice, her interest areas are depression and anxiety treatment, family and divorce adjustment, drug and alcohol treatment for individuals and families, infertility counseling and trauma.
Taylor is an Oklahoma native with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Oklahoma State University, and a Master of Education in Applied Behavioral Studies with an emphasis on professional counseling from Oklahoma City University. She had the pleasure of completing her internship and candidacy at Catholic Charities in Oklahoma City. There, she was able to gain experience working with a multitude of different mental health difficulties as well as a very diverse population and a variety of age groups.
Taylor’s passion is in maternal mental health including peri and post-partum depression and anxiety. She also has experience treating and working with grief, anxiety, depression, and behavioral issues. Taylor loves helping those who feel as though the world is throwing everything at them except for positivity. Often, these situations can be from things that are out of our own control and it’s easy to get into a habit of negative feelings and destructive self-talk. Everyone has a story. Taylor’s goal is to help those that come into her office find their emotional strength and own their story. Sometimes that requires uncomfortable discussions, feelings, and most of all, honesty. But with that, there is growth.
Taylor tends to lean towards an integrative approach when it comes to helping her clients. She pulls from various therapeutic modalities, including cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, solutional-focused, and humanistic just to name a few.
Mary attended Oklahoma State University for her undergraduate degree, where she received a B.A. in Psychology--along with the distinction of summa cum laude. She worked as a Victim Advocate at Wings of Hope Family Crisis Services for some time before receiving an M.S. degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Oklahoma State in 2013.
Throughout her clinical career, she has worked in a variety of settings including Oklahoma Baptist University--University Counseling, Payne County Youth Services, The Center for Family Services at OSU, and Wings of Hope Family Crisis Services. This diversity of experience has allowed Mary to work with a wide range of presenting problems as well as to provide on-site supervision of clinical interns.
Mary is a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist and has received additional training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Mary enjoys working with families, individuals, and couples who have been impacted by acute or chronic trauma or other significant life stressors. Blending a holistic, relational model, her passion as a clinician is to help clients build insight and to equip them with the tools they need to improve their relationships, recognize their personal strength, and effect positive change in their lives.
Candice is a Licensed Professional Counselor. Her passion is working with youth who have experienced trauma. Candice has additional training in Trauma-Focused CBT. She obtained her bachelor’s in psychology from Northwestern Oklahoma State University. She continued at Northwestern Oklahoma State University for her Master’s in counseling psychology. Candice completed her internship at the Otoe-Missouria & Ponca Tribes of Oklahoma. Candice is Native American and her tribes include Ponca and Otoe-Missouria. She has several years of experience working with the Native American population & youth.
After completing her internship she went to work at Northern Oklahoma Youth Services where she was facilitator for The First Time Offenders Program, facilitator for an adolescent anger group, & co-facilitated Nurturing Parenting classes.
Candice most often uses Solution-focused therapy, TFCBT, CBT & motivational interviewing. Her primary area of focus is trauma, however she is willing to work with & treat people who are experiencing a wide variety of mental health dilemmas. She works with ages 2.5-99.
Born and raised in Moore/South OKC, Oklahoma, John recently relocated to Stillwater with his wife and children. John started his professional life in the medical field as an EMT and then went on to become an RN/BSN. He attended Oklahoma State University OKC for all of his medical training and worked in the Emergency Room of several hospitals for a number of years. After experiencing the personal gift of recovery for himself, John eventually felt he was called to leave his nursing career and begin a new career assisting others who struggle with addiction. In 2018 John went back to college at Mid-America Christian University where he graduated magna cum lade with his M.S. in counseling with an emphasis in drug and alcohol counseling. He states, “I was lost and felt there was no hope for a person like me and I know that feeling of hopelessness is felt by the entire family. I want to categorically tell you, there is HOPE! God uses broken people like you and me to reach broken people like you and me.” John has seen the devastation addiction can bring to a family firsthand. His mother died at the age of 50 due to her substance use and he also lost his younger sister as a direct result of her substance use.
John completed his internship at Rob’s Ranch in Purcell, Oklahoma and is now an LADC-MH currently under supervision for licensure. John enjoys providing group therapy, individual therapy, psychoeducation lectures, and is trained in crisis management. Because of his own story, John works with his clients from a place of understanding and empathy.
John’s experiences of loss and recovery has birthed a burning passion to work clients that struggle with substance use as well as their families. He wants to be able to provide quality and empathetic care that restores hope and births grace. He also has an interest in working with medical professionals that struggle with substance use tied to trauma, stress, anxiety, and depression. John counsels his clients from a psychodynamic approach that looks at the life of the client from birth to present and seeks to answer the question “why do I do what I do?” John believes one of the toughest challenges for an individual that has struggled with substance abuse is to learn to love themselves again, to get past the deep-rooted shame and guilt. He prefers to use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help with those thoughts and feelings and learn new behaviors and coping mechanisms. He wants his client to learn they have a choice, to find the strength they long for, and to find meaningful, long term, recovery.
John currently utilizes a sliding scale for payment and can supply paperwork to submit to your insurance for reimbursement.
Brooke grew up in Garber, OK and moved to Stillwater in 1997 to attend Oklahoma State University. She graduated from OSU in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and in 2009 with a Master of Science degree in Counseling. She became a Licensed Professional Counselor in 2011 and an LPC Supervisor in 2013.
Brooke started working in mental health in 2005 as a mental health case manager in Stillwater and the surrounding areas. Throughout her career she has had the privilege of working in many different settings addressing a wide range of topics. Brooke has had experience teaching parenting skills, working with domestic violence and sexual assault, teaching drug and alcohol classes and working with people diagnosed with severe mental illnesses. She has provided services to individuals, families, couples, and groups. Brooke has been the supervisor of children’s outpatient services, a PACT Team Leader, and has facilitated psychiatric medication clinics for both children and adults.
Brooke utilizes concepts from Solution-Focused therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral therapy, Reality therapy, and Person-Centered therapy in her practice. She finds it valuable to look for small changes that can make a big impact with her clients in therapy. She helps her client’s problem-solve issues that are barriers in their lives and helps them gain coping skills to help them manage their stressors.
Brooke currently works full-time in a school-based setting and will be available for appointments on Saturdays. She is also available for LPC supervision.
German Gallardo was born and raised in southside Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. German also claims the village of Acachuen in Michoacán, Mexico as his second hometown. German has pride in his roots as his family heritage links to the Purepecha.
German attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated in 2020 as a 1st generation student. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts of Psychology with a minor in Sociology. He has previously worked as a Care Coordinator at Red Rock Behavioral Health Services in the Wraparound/Systems of Care program. Wraparound is a family-based program working with children and their families. It is a strength-based approached teaching the family goal setting and using the resources around them to obtain their goals. The program is individualized for each family to address the specific needs of that family. German loves being able advocate, support, and challenge his clients. German will use the experiences gained from his previous position to better suit the needs of his future clients.
He is currently a graduate student in the Oklahoma State University’s Mental Health Counseling program. German has a professional interest in accessibility of mental health resources for minority populations, counseling for young adults, and indigenous Latin American populations. German uses a sliding scale as a Clinical Intern.
Priya grew up in India and moved to Stillwater in 2021 to attend Oklahoma State University. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling at OSU. Priya is cognizant of the culture and diversity that each client will bring into the therapeutic space and strives to facilitate a collaborative, culture-sensitive, and client-centered approach.
Priya believes that everyone deserves to live their best life. Unfortunately, mental health concerns can come in the way and deter an individual’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being. She considers it a privilege to instill hope, resilience, positive self-image and cheer, while walking alongside people on their healing journey.
Priya enjoys working with adults, elderly, and people who have disabilities. She has a special interest in childhood and relationship trauma, LGBTQIA+ population, and women's issues. Priya uses an integrative approach in therapy, using theories such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Feminist Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Relational Cultural Therapy, and Narrative Therapy to best fit the needs of the client.
She utilizes an income-based sliding scale fee as a Clinical Intern to best serve her clients while at the Warren Alexander Group.
Marisa was born and raised in Texas. She earned her B.S. in Biology and Psychology with a minor in Chemistry from Angelo State University with a cum laude distinction and high honors in 2018. She earned an M.S. in experimental psychology in 2020, again from Angelo State University. She is currently attending Oklahoma State University working on her M.S. in counseling psychology.
Marisa has interests in working with individuals, couples, and families. She has a special interest in working with trauma, PTSD, women’s issues, and relationship issues. She believes that everyone has their own story, and that they are the expert of their story and their experiences. She believes everyone deserves to have the space where they can be themselves and be heard in their experiences. Marisa uses an integrative approach in therapy, using such theories as Person-Centered Therapy, Feminist Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Relational Cultural Therapy, and Narrative Therapy to best fit the needs of the client. She utilizes an income-based sliding scale while at the Warren Alexander Group.
Matthew was born and raised in Houston, Texas. In 2016, he left Texas to attend college on an athletic scholarship at the University of Oklahoma. He graduated in 2021 with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Health and Exercise Science. In August of 2021, Matthew headed to Stillwater to pursue his Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling. He is currently a graduate student at Oklahoma State University and is on his way to becoming a licensed mental health counselor. He has a true passion for helping others, and because of his time in athletics, he would love to become a sports psychologist in the future.
As a counselor-in-training, he understands that life can be challenging, and he wants to do his part to help make his community a better place. He believes that every person deserves to live their best life, and he wants to help people achieve that for themselves. In particular, Matthew has a passion for helping people who deal with anxiety and depression, and his goal in therapy is to empower his clients so that they can live happier and more meaningful lives.
Matthew utilizes a sliding fee scale for payment at the Warren Alexander Group.
Leslie grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies from William & Mary. She has a Master of Science in Educational Psychology from Oklahoma State University and is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at Oklahoma State University. Prior to attending graduate school, Leslie worked as an advocate at a domestic violence prevention agency.
Leslie is interested in working with individuals and couples, and her special interests include relationship issues, women's issues, domestic violence, and issues around purity culture. She believes that an individual's identities and social context have a significant impact on mental health, and she works with clients to better understand those social systems. She strives to provide a space where clients can engage authentically and vulnerably in the therapeutic process. Leslie uses an integrative approach to therapy and primarily uses Relational-Cultural Theory, Feminist Theory, and Person-Centered Theory in her work. She utilizes an income-based sliding scale at the Warren-Alexander Group.
