Marie Owens, LMSW

Therapist

Marie is a Licensed Master Social Worker. She has a passion for helping those in need who are not sure where else to turn. She believes everyone has a unique set of strengths based on their own experiences and uses that help her clients build and discover their self-confidence. She has experience working with clients who live with anxiety, depression, trauma, adjusting to life changes, and stress. Her experience as a care manager included helping clients in vulnerable populations learn the resources and skills needed to live an independent life. This experience in helping people in their everyday life carries over into therapeutic practice by meeting the client where they are at in their healing process and helping them achieve goals. Using cognitive behavioral, solution focused, mindfulness practices, and problem solving, Marie can help clients uncover the roots of an issue and help them move forward in a positive way. While not at work Marie enjoys volunteering with youth groups teaching them skills and involvement in community-based projects.

Sharon Owens

Clinical Therapist

Sharon has been an enthusiastic Licensed Master Social Worker since 2011. She has a compassion for helping those in need of guidance to work through various psychosocial challenges. She believes everyone has a set of inner strengths and resources. Primary services provided to adults struggling with anxiety, job stress, depression, relationship difficulties, communication improvement, family discord and decision-making. She enjoys taking an eclectic (wide range) intervention approach; meeting the client where they are at the time of treatment. 

Rachael Patten, LMSW

Therapist

Rachael is a Licensed Master Social Worker. Rachael earned her Masters Degree in Social Work at Boston University in 2019. Prior to earning her Masters Degree, she earned her B.A. in Psychology and Theatre Performance at Elmira College. Rachael has been working as a psychotherapist for two years and had been working in case management prior to that. Rachael has worked with a vast number of mental health diagnoses, including but not limited to anxiety, depression, bipolar, PTSD, and borderline personality disorder. She has experience working with clients of all ages, members of the LGBTQ+ community, couples, families, and more. Rachael engages in person-centered therapy and will adjust treatment to fit your needs as a client. Outside of work, she enjoys participating in local theatre, explore upstate New York, and cuddle with her dogs.

Christa Louise Perz, MA, LCSWR

Therapist

Christa Louise Perz, MA, LCSW-R, is licensed to practice psychotherapy in New York State. She has over 20 years of clinical experience working with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorders, PTSD, Conflict resolution, parenting and life transition issues. Christa obtained her two masters degrees at Binghamton University. Her first masters focused on cultural diversity and inclusion, while her second degree focused on therapy and conflict resolution. Additionally, Christa is a NYS Certified mediator since 2007, utilizing the transformative method. Christa worked for several years at CDRC serving Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler counties in New York. Christa has extensive experience working with adolescents and their families. Christa utilizes an eclectic Rogerian approach to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and trauma informed based practices in her approach to guiding people toward positive change. Christa’s research interests include personal resiliency throughout our lifespan, substance abuse causation within recovery, and multi-cultural psychology. Christa enjoys providing people with tools to become more independent, while developing a sense of purpose in achieving their overall life goals.