Our Team
Alli Miller
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Executive Director
Alli has over a decade of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of settings including residential treatment, private practice, intensive outpatient, and school-based social work. She believes that radical genuineness is essential to the therapeutic process and is committed to providing a safe space for the healing and growth of her clients, beginning with basic human connection and compassion for all. When she's not developing her skills in trauma-informed care and grief she lives her best life surrounded by her family, preferably next to a river, soaking in the sun - acknowledging that time is nonrefundable and best used with intention and balance.
Evan Miller
Marriage and Family Therapist
Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor
Clinical Director
Evan knows that you come first in therapy and his role is to help. Evan believes that when we learn to be honest with ourselves, life is happier, problems are solvable, and relationships are easier. He prefers a direct approach because self-exploration requires clear reflection. He is also patient because sometimes it takes a few tries to get to where we want to be. Breakthroughs in psychology can help us understand ourselves and our behaviors, so he seeks out advances in research and proven treatments to offer the best possible approach to your problem. However, not all of our issues have published solutions, so he wants to work together to find YOUR solution.
*Dually licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
Annie Gunter
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Director of Operations
Born and raised in Reno, Annie has a deep love for her town and believes that by improving our mental and emotional wellness, we contribute to a healthier community overall. Annie completed both her undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Nevada, Reno. Professionally, she has experience working in rural communities as well as serving victims of crime. The bulk of her clinical experience centers around trauma and PTSD. She also has experience with substance abuse/addiction, depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, and a wide range of other mental health challenges.
She believes therapy should be collaborative and that each person will always be their own best resource. She hopes to help her clients find ease within themselves and to cheer them on as they achieve greater confidence, connection, resolution, and peace.
Heidi Hansen
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Heidi's primary focus has been to help clients that are struggling with trauma, depression, and anxiety. She believes that when clients are provided a safe environment, they are freed to work on issues that hold them back from living their best life.
She primarily utilizes CBT based treatments such as CPT, DBT and ACT, incorporating various treatment modalities into therapy sessions, to promote calmness and clarity.
This first step of reaching out for help can feel difficult but you are already one step closer to your life goals just by doing so. Heidi is currently offering both in person and teletherapy sessions.
Joanna Pana
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Joanna strives to bring an empathetic, collaborative approach to helping clients meet your goals. She loves working with individuals, meeting clients where they are, and helping them reach a path to living a life worth living. Her style is very relational and integrative and she doesn't believe in one-size fits all! She has experience and training in using CBT, DBT, and other evidence-based modalities, and draws upon these to address different concerns. Her main focus using a client-centered approach, focusing on our therapeutic relationship.
Her goal is to build a warm, empathetic, safe, non-judgmental space where clients begin the healing journey. Joanna knows that working towards your goals takes time, but having someone there on the journey can make it that much more bearable.
Natasha Meier
Clinical Social Work Intern
Natasha strives to bring an empathetic, collaborative, and nonjudgmental approach to counseling with individuals, teens, and kids. She gets excited about helping others find their best path to a meaningful life. Being human involves a lot of chaos in which having extra support can ease the burden. As a generalist practitioner, Natasha use an integrative approach when it comes to treatment-as one size doesn’t fit all.
Working in a variety of settings throughout her career, she focuses in trauma work, Play therapy, and CBT. She has a special interest in healthy relationships with clients and life satisfaction with no "preferred population" or "issue" served over another.
Meeting individuals where they are and building a therapeutic relationship is the foundation of the healing process.
Zoe Stears-Macauley
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Zoe knows we have a choice when seeking support through tough times and she feels privileged to get to be that person for her clients. With both bachelors and masters degrees from UNR, Zoe's approach is rooted in compassion, authenticity, and occasional humor because life’s too short to not have a little fun. Inspired by The Good Place's wisdom — "What matters isn’t if people are good or bad. What matters is if they’re trying to be better today than they were yesterday." Let's work together, creating a supportive space for your unique process toward positive change and growth.”
Tracy Smith
Marriage and Therapist Intern
Tracy has worked in human services and education for over 30 years. She has been blessed to support people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs in various settings. Tracy received both her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in developmental disabilities, and her master’s degree in counseling and educational psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno. She truly enjoys supporting people in their quest to achieve improved quality of life, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.
Tracy believes that creating an authentic and safe space is the cornerstone of the therapeutic relationship. She strives to meet people where they are at and help them identify their own strengths, problem-solve ways to overcome obstacles, and begin moving in the direction of their values.
Tracy enjoys working with individuals, couples and families of all ages and abilities, people facing chronic/significant health issues and end-of-life decisions. Her therapeutic approach is a combination of numerous theories and faith-based counseling when requested.
Estefania Caldera Avila
Clinical Social Work Intern
Estefania Caldera provides emotional support for our beautiful Reno community. Earning both a bachelor's and master's degree in Social Work, she became passionate about guiding people toward their best versions of themselves. Being Mexican American, she is excited to offer her service in both English and Spanish! Estefania listens to your needs and helps you create the desired change. Estefania believes it is important to know your thoughts can heal or hurt you; therapy is a place to learn how to create healing thoughts
Casey Kohl
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Casey has over 20 years of experience and works to provide a calm and peaceful environment where healing can happen. In treatment he focuses heavily on increasing awareness through the use of mindfulness, knowing that too much time in the future breeds anxiety while too much time in the past breeds depression. The present is where we find peace even for just a moment. Clinically, he specializes in the treatment of Trauma, Anxiety issues, and Mood issues. In addition he has training in addictive disorders and DBT. He likes to help others understand patterns and triggers as a way of increasing our overall understanding as this awareness can be so helpful in increasing desired interactions and making long lasting changes.
Marissa Vazquez, Office Manager
Bio coming soon!
Rue
Rue is our little one-eyed wonder! He loves to offer cuddles and comfort to assist you in reaching your goals and work through hard things. Rue understands that dogs are not for everyone though, so please let us know if you prefer space from him while you are in the office.
Jacci Turner
Marriage and Family Therapist
Jacci is a trauma-informed therapist trained through EMDRIA. She loves, welcomes, and accepts all people. Her practice is very client-centered and about building on strengths. She is semi-retired, so she has limited availability.