Therapists on Staff at Cary Counseling Center
Bryce Kaye, Ph.D.
Author of The Marriage First Aid Kit
Dr. Kaye is a psychologist with a license to practice in North Carolina. He obtained his license in 1979 after receiving his masters and doctorate from the University of Illinois with a specialty in personality. He completed his psychological internship at the Phoenix Veterans Administration Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona in 1976. From 1977 through 1983 he was the Director of Outpatient Services for Wake County Alcoholism Treatment Center. While there, he authored and directed a federal research grant that developed the outpatient program. He also researched the effectiveness of treatment and developed the family program as a part of his research grant. In 1984, Dr. Kaye started Cary Counseling Center which later became incorporated under the name Allied Psychological Services, PA in 1992. He has had years of experience in performing individual psychotherapy, marriage counseling, and substance abuse counseling. He is also a trained and certified EMDR therapist, having received certification by the EMDR International Association.
Dr. Kaye is currently the director of Cary Counseling Center and Oriental Counseling Center. He has researched and developed several types of therapies in addition to providing therapy for individuals and couples.
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Listen to Dr. Kaye talk about resolving marriage problems
Amy Levine, LCSW
Amy S. Levine is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in North Carolina, with significant training and experience in addressing the mental health needs of children, adolescents, adults and families. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Washington University in St. Louis with honors and her Master’s in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she specialized in Services to Families and Children.
While in graduate school, Amy was a North Carolina Child Welfare Collaborate Scholar and following graduation in 2002 accepted a job working with families and children in Chapel Hill. Since then, she has worked at the University of North Carolina’s Department of Psychiatry with children, adolescents, and families, and as a psychotherapist at area mental health clinics. Amy also works in the adoptions field, helping families who are going through the process of adopting children and adjusting to their new family structure.
At Cary Counseling Center, Amy performs psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and families. Her specialties include Adjustment Issues, Behavioral Challenges, Anxiety and Depression, Grief and Loss, Attachment Issues, Adoption and Blended Family Issues, and Child Trauma.
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Kathy Schisler, LMFT
Kathy Schisler is a North Carolina Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She holds a Master’s degree in counseling psychology, with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy, from National University in San Diego, California. Her undergraduate education was obtained from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she received a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in family studies.
Kathy began her professional experience as a Child Development Counselor at San Diego Center for Children, a residential facility for children with severe emotional and behavioral disturbances. Using mainly behavioral modification techniques, Kathy worked with these children to help decrease high-risk behaviors, hyperactivity, aggressiveness, defiance, and increase overall self-esteem and daily living skills.
While pursuing her graduate degree, Kathy worked for First Avenue Counseling Centre, where she specialized in couple counseling, individual therapy with adults, anger management, and parental skills training.
For the past two years, Kathy has been providing in-home and office-based therapy to children and their families. During this time, she worked with a broad range of issues, including ADHD, defiance, depression, anxiety, bereavement, family separation, school violence, teenage pregnancy, adoption, legal involvement, as well as adjustment issues. Kathy is currently accepting new clients in the following areas: individual (adult, adolescent, and child), couples, and family therapy.
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Barbara Ann Caudill, LCSW
Barbara Ann Caudill is a Clinical Social Worker with a license to practice in North Carolina. She received her Masters Degree in Social Work from Bryn Mawr School of Social Work and Social Research. She also completed a certificate program at Bryn Mawr on the topic of Child and Adolescent Therapy. While in school, she interned for the State of Delaware and worked in the Aid to Dependent Families program. She was honored to receive an award from the state for helping a number of people who became gainfully employed and were no longer in need of state services. Her undergraduate degree, a B.A. in Behavioral Science, was earned from Neumann College in Aston, Pennsylvania with magna cum laude distinction. For several years prior to her attaining a graduate degree, Barbara Ann was a stay at home mother caring and advocating for her daughter who is both deaf and blind.
Barbara Ann worked as a School Counselor/Social Worker in Catholic Schools in Delaware from 1992-2011 and left because of her recent move to North Carolina. During the time of 1992-2002, she worked one day a week in the Mental Health Clinic for the State of Delaware. She also worked part-time at a psychiatric office and increased her time there after leaving the State of Delaware employment.
Barbara Ann enjoys working with children and adolescents as well as individual adults and couples. Her areas of training and experience include treating depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, adjustment disorder, ADD/ADHD, marital issues, grief/loss as well as life transitions.
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Marie Francis, LPC, LCAS, NCC
Marie Francis is a nationally certified counselor, licensed in North Carolina as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist. She holds a Master’s degree in Psychology with primary focus on Marriage and Family Therapy from Phillips Graduate Institute in Encino, California. She received her undergraduate degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix.
Marie began her working career in business administration functions in mega-corporate structures in academia, entertainment and aerospace industries. During that time, she began to study the organizational behavior of people at work seeking career fulfillment in a rapidly evolving workplace culture dominated by the common issues of productivity, performance, diversity and competitiveness. She became a frequent go-to person for employees experiencing workplace stressors. This led to her to accept her life assignment as a psychotherapist.
While pursuing her graduate degree, Marie worked in a community mental health agency in Glendale, California where she provided counseling to a high-risk population of children, adults and families with mental and emotional challenges such as mood disorders, anxiety, thought disorganization, self-injurious behaviors and learning challenges. These clients often had psychosocial stressors of poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse, child abuse and issues related to immigration and acculturation.
Marie became fascinated by the multi-generational patterns of behavior and social interaction that impact the way people live, work and relate to each other as couples, parents, siblings, employees and community members. After completing her graduate studies, Marie established a private practice at Westminster Counseling Center in Pasadena, California where she enjoyed working with individuals, couples, families and children by meeting them at the door with whatever issues they brought. She was privileged to provide pre-marital counseling for couples associated with local churches. It was in this setting that she solidified and synchronized her academic graduate studies with her innate therapeutic intuition and instinct.
Since moving to North Carolina in late 2008, Marie has been providing community-based intensive in-home therapy and substance abuse counseling in a rural area of the state.
Marie enjoys working with couples, individuals and families to help enhance and maintain healthy relationships, manage life transitions, substance abuse and symptoms of depression, anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In addition, the combination of her corporate business background and her passion for psychotherapy enables her to provide career counseling, as well as practical, solution-focused therapy for clients struggling with workplace challenges.
Marie is currently accepting new clients at Cary Counseling Center.
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Maureen White, LCSW
Maureen E. White is a Clinical Social Worker with a license to practice in North Carolina. She received her Master’s Degree along with a Minor in Alcohol Studies from Rutgers University in New Jersey. She is listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.
Maureen spent a year providing psychotherapy in a Family Service Agency. She also interned at a hospital based Alcohol Treatment Unit. Before becoming a M.S.W., Maureen was a teacher of grades two through eight, including special education classes in both urban and suburban environments.
For the past ten years Maureen has been at Cary Counseling performing individual psychotherapy and marriage counseling. Her specialties are Adult Children of Alcoholics, Marriage Counseling, Depression, Anxiety, Grief/Loss Issues, and helping Sexual Abuse Survivors thrive.
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Mary Bratton, LPC
Mary Bratton is a North Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor, a nationally certified Master Addiction Counselor, and a North Carolina Certified Clinical Addictions Specialist and Certified Clinical Supervisor. She received her master's degree in Counseling from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. She has additional post-graduate credit in the areas of diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and treatment of mental and emotional disorders from Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio.
Mary has had ten years experience as a family therapist and family interventionist at a major inpatient/outpatient chemical dependency treatment center in Toledo, Ohio. For nine years prior to her recent move to North Carolina, Mary maintained a private practice at Harbor Behavioral
Healthcare in Toledo, Ohio. She specializes in treating adult survivors of abuse and dysfunction, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, grief issues, substance abuse. and eating disorders.
Mary is a frequent presenter at professional conferences and workshops. She is the author of numerous journal articles on various aspects of family and survivor therapy. She is also the author of A Guide to Family Intervention (Health Communications, Inc., 1987). Her second book, From Surviving to Thriving: A Therapist's Guide to Stage II Recovery for Survivors of Childhood Abuse (The Haworth Press, Inc.), was released in 1999.
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Steve Jack, LCSW
Steve Jack is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed to practice in North Carolina. He earned his BA in Human Communications from West Virginia University in 1982. Steve attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work earning a Masters of Social Work in 1997. Since that time, he has worked for various mental health clinics and organizations. He gained experience as a crisis intervention counselor while at Alamance County Mental Health in Burlington, NC. Steve worked at Eckerd Youth Alternatives (a wilderness camp for teens) in Manson, NC as a youth and family counselor. He has experience providing psychotherapy with children, adolescents, adults and families in the clinic setting and also in the home, schools and communities. His approach to therapy includes elements of Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness training, Self-awareness training, confidence building and life skills training.
Steve has extensive experience with Tourette Syndrome. He was diagnosed himself at age 32. Having the disorder his entire life and learning to cope and adjust led him to a career in Clinical Social Work. Steve is also on the steering committee for the Raleigh/Durham chapter of the Tourette Syndrome Association where he helps to organize events and conduct support groups. He is also trained in a special technique called Comprehensive Interventions for Tics (CBIT). A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on May 19, 2010, reports on the effectiveness of CBIT. You can read the article at:
http://jama.amaassn.org/search?fulltext=Behavior+therapy+for+children+with+Tourette&submit=yes
Steve is a part-time professional musician performing locally as a guitarist and singer. He enjoys most outdoor activities including hiking, camping, climbing and cycling.
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