Career Counseling
Patrice Hinton Oswalt, Ed.S. is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Master Career Counselor who brings many years of experience to her practice and specialization in Career Counseling. She is trained and licensed to work with clients as a therapist and also partners with clients of many area counselors to supplement their therapeutic work with her career management expertise. She has experience administering a variety of career assessments and expertise in dealing with work/life balance and work-related stress and anxiety issues. Whether you are just starting to search for your life's work, in the middle and needing a career change, returning to the world of work after an absence, or nearing retirement and looking for the next chapter of your life story, she can assist you in finding your direction. Please visit her individual website at www.pho.vpweb.com.
Clinical Social Work
Ms. Grace Reed, L.C.S.W. is a Clinical Social Worker with many years' experience working with a variety of adults, couples and families in therapy. She also has extensive training and experience in the areas of addiction recovery, 12 step work, relapse prevention, and relationship/family issues in addiction. Grace is an EMDR practitioner, using EMDR to resolve anxiety problems, attachment issues, and trauma/stress disorders. Other areas of her work focus on women's issues, relationship issues, the effects of childhood adoption in adulthood, and dealing with issues in the workplace. She also does weekly group therapy with female trauma survivors and women with a range of other life issues.
Caroline Sasser is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who treats children, adolescents, and adults in individual, family, and relationship counseling. Her areas of expertise include eating disorders, self-esteem/body image challenges, broken or strained relationships, anxiety, and depression. You can visit her individual page within this website to learn more about Caroline and her work.
Counseling Services
Marian Bell, M.A., L.P.C. is a psychotherapist with twenty-three years' experience providing effective counseling to people from adolescence through the elder years. Marian's style is professional, relaxed, empathic and solution-focused. Recognizing that each of our lives and relationships is affected by childhood upbringing, individual neurobiology and life circumstances, Ms. Bell's areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, narcissism, and therapy with people in recovery. As. well, she is skilled in marital and couples' work, men's development, therapy with therapists, group counseling, pain management, PTSD, divorce, and legal trauma. Ms. Bell is also available for executive coaching/training with individuals and groups, as well as clinical consultation with other mental health professionals.
Jane F. Brown, M.S. in Psychology is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Nationally Certified Sex Therapist, Diplomate, and a Nationally Certified EMDR therapist. She has 20 years' experience as a sex therapist. Currently, Ms. Brown's practice is limited to individual therapy and sex related issues in relationships, medical sexual dysfunction and sexual addiction. Jane's clients include children, adolescents, and adults. She is available for workshops as well as group sessions.
James P. Cotton, M.Ed. is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor. He is also a Certified Pesso-Boyden Psychomotor therapist. Jim works with individuals, couples, and families. His areas of expertise focus on relationships, addiction recovery, life stages, and men's issues. Jim is a founding partner of Cotton, McInturff & Associates.
Rebecca Dossett, Ph.D., LPC, has been a practitioner specializing in the treatment of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders for almost four decades. She is a graduate of The University of Mobile (BA in English and Psychology), Western Carolina University (MA.Ed. in non-school Guidance and Counseling), and the University of Alabama (Ph.D. in Educational Psychology.) In 1972, she began her training by working as a Certified Psychoeducational Specialist with Division TEACCH at The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Dossett was the first Executive Director of the North Carolina Autism Society, which founded the first group homes and residential summer camps in the nation for people with autism. She served as the Director of the North Carolina Autism Society Residential Summer Camps for 12 years. From 1986 to 1996, Dr. Dossett held clinical faculty appointments at The University of Alabama at Birmingham Schools of Medicine and Education. She was instrumental in the organization of the Autism Society of Alabama and served as a member of the ASA Board of Directors for many years.
Dr. Dossett’s private practice focuses on diagnostic evaluations, ongoing treatment, behavior intervention, family and school consultation, and advocacy. She travels throughout Alabama and adjoining Southeastern states, making home visits, consulting with agencies, and presenting to parent and professional groups. She participated as a Clinical Reviewer on the epidemiological study commissioned by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the ongoing measure of the incidence and prevalence of people with autism spectrum disorders.
Dr. Dossett administers diagnostic evaluations, and provides treatment to people in the Autism Spectrum throughout the life span, from toddlers to adults. Her treatment approaches include the application of behavior principles, cognitive behavior therapy, and psychodynamic approaches, as appropriate.
Over the last decade, Dr. Dossett has developed a specialty in diagnosing and treating older adolescents, college-age young adults, and mature adults. Many of her previously undiagnosed clients have struggled throughout their lives with school, work, and relationship problems without understanding their struggle, and without appropriate intervention and support. Dr. Dossett conducts a support group for parents of college-age and young adults with Asperger’s Syndrome.
Dr. Dossett also offers psychotherapy to the general population, with individuals dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship problems, and loss/grief. Much of her training in loss and grief came while serving as the Director of Hospice, first at Baptist Hospital in Montgomery, AL. After a year, she was recruited to UAB Hospital to establish its first hospice, and was its director for ten years.
In 2008, Dr. Dossett was awarded the “Commitment to Autism Research, Education, and Service Award” at the Annual Conference sponsored by the Autism Society of Alabama and the University of Alabama PDD Clinic.
Ms. Robbin C. McInturff, M.A. is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with thirty years experience in treating individual adults, couples and families. She is also a Certified Pesso-Boyden Psychomotor therapist and a Supervising Counselor for the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling. Ms. McInturff's areas of expertise include addiction recovery, trauma recovery, psychomotor group therapy, women's issues and groups, grief recovery, couples' therapy, blended family issues, and divorce adjustment. Ms. McInturff lectures on family systems at UAB and has experience as a community public speaker. She is a founding partner of Cotton, McInturff & Associates.
Beebe E. Roberts, M.A., L.P.C., L.M.F.T. is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been associated with Adult and Child Development Professionals for eighteen years. Her training includes EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), which is often used with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a therapeutic technique. In working with individuals, couples and families, Beebe strives to be accepting, collaborative, and genuine with her clients. Some, but not all, of the areas she treats include depressive and anxiety disorders, grief and loss, pre-marital and marital counseling, family of origin issues, trauma and PTSD, stress management, gay and lesbian issues, recovery and 12 step work and women's issues. To find out more about Ms. Roberts and how to contact her, go to her website at www.beeberoberts.com.
Ms. Caroline Taylor, M.A. is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in the treatment of children, adolescents, and challenged families. Her areas of expertise include behavior therapy, parent training, play therapy, trauma recovery in children, and helping families to cope with transitions such as divorce or death. Ms. Taylor also works with substance abuse assessment and recovery in both adolescents and adults.
Psychiatric Services
Thad F Ryals, M.D. is a psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of adults with depression, ansxiety, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). He practices both medication management and psychotherapy. You can learn more about him and how to contact him through his website at www.thadryals.com.
Stewart D. Waddell, M.D. is board-certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. He has many years' experience in the psychopharmacological treatment of a wide range of psychiatric disorders and his consultative expertise has been invaluable in providing comprehensive care for our clients who need it.
Psychological Services
Miriam R. Drummonds, Ph.D. is a child and adolescent psychologist who also works with individual adults and families. Her areas of expertise include the effects of divorce on children, forensic (court-related) psychological services, conflict resolution, and assisting families following loss and transition. Dr. Drummonds also utilizes psychological assessment instuments to diagnose mental disorders, and has experience in the psychotherapeutic treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, Obessive-Compulsive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Gender Identity Disorder, Selective Mutism, Dissociative Disorder, and developmental disorders of childhood. She collaborates extensively with local school systems, consulting primary care physicians and psychiatrists, and representatives of the legal system in order to provide comprehensive and collaborative care for her clients. In addition to twenty-five years of clinical experience, Dr. Drummonds has also taught a graduate course in Psychodiagnostics at UAB for fourteen years and is available to give workshops on a wide variety of child, adolescent, and family issues. She is the founding partner of Drummonds % Associates, P.C.
John Neville, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with twenty years of experience seeing a variety of types of adult clients. He is currently scheduling patients for psychological and disability assessments as well as psychotherapy.
Speech Pathology Services
Lane S. Schmitt, M.A., CCC-SLP is a licensed speech-language pathologist with a broad base of experience, not only in speech-language pathology, but also in corporate administration and education. Her unique background and her philosophy of a practical, functional, tailor-made approach to therapy make for an experience that is positive and encouraging for clients and their families. Schmitt specializes in serving children with Asperger Syndrome and others on the autism spectrum; she also provides therapy for young children with delayed speech and language development. Additionally, she works with adults who have experienced strokes and other traumatic brain injuries to improve cognitive, speech and language skills. Schmitt is committed to working with clients, families and other interested professionals in ways that best meet the clients' needs, whether in her office, in their home, at work or at school. Regardless of the age or the diagnosis, the goal of therapy is better communication for greater independence.
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