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Other Staff (without individual pages)
Mary
Johnston is a registered nurse who became licensed as a Professional
Counselor in 1983 and as a Marriage and Family Therapist in 1997, by
the Virginia Board of Licensed Professional Counselors, Marriage and
Family Therapists, and Substance Abuse Professionals. The American
Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists has
certified her as an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of California, Northridge, California, in 1966, with
majors in English and theater. She earned her Associate Degree in
Nursing from Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach, Virginia,
in 1972, and her Master of Science in Education, with a major in
counseling from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1980.
She began her counseling experience in 1978, as a co-therapist
using the Masters and Johnson approach to sex therapy. After she
earned her counseling degree in 1980, she functioned as an
independent practitioner with a focus on sex therapy, marital
issues, and womens issues (e.g., PMS and menopause). She recognizes
that fear, ignorance, guilt, and shame are primary components of
sexual dysfunction which can inhibit behavioral changes related to
increased intimacy. Mary Johnston works part-time for Parker, Schlichter &
Associates, where she provides counseling to individual adults and
couples.
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Bob
Newman,
Clinical Social Worker |
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specializes with individuals of all
ages and families and serious emotional problems
requiring psychiatric hospitalization |
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To e-mail him directly,
click here:
BobNewman@ParkerSchlichterandAssociates.com |
Bob Newman is a Clinical Social Worker.
He earned his Bachelor of Science
from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, in 1977.
After working as a mental health worker in private psychiatric
hospitals, he returned to academia and earned his M.S.W. at
Norfolk State University in 1986. As a mental health
technician on inpatient psychiatric units of private psychiatric
hospitals, he worked with children,
adolescents, and adults. From his understanding of the
difficulties of hospitalized psychiatric
patients, Mr. Newman brings a unique perspective to his practice of
clinical social work. He relates with clients and patients
respectfully, directly, honestly, and without use of jargon or
psychobabble, with a therapeutic orientation derived from principles
of reality therapy, rational-emotive, cognitive-behavioral, and
structural family therapy. He focuses on
problem-solving and the development of coping skills which will
serve clients well throughout their lives. In addition to his
private practice of clinical social work, Mr. Newman is also the
Director of Social Work for Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center, a
private psychiatric hospital.
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Jean Schlichter, Clinical Social Worker |
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specializes in adult relationships
and divorce; transitions, especially peri-menopause and
menopause; trauma; and mind-body-spiritual techniques |
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To e-mail her directly,
click here:
JeanSchlichter@ParkerSchlichterandAssociates.com
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Jean Schlichter is a
Clinical Social Worker. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from
Wagner College, Staten Island, NY, in 1968, and her M.S.W. from
Smith College, Northampton, MA, in 1975.
She
has almost 30 years of clinical experience, working with adult women
and men. Particularly interested in the
relationships among mind, body, and spirit,
she brings mindfulness, deep relaxation, meditation,
Yoga, and breathing techniques for
effective coping, problem-solving,
and psychological well being. When focusing on issues
of adult development, she works with
clients coping with life transitions, especially
hormonal changes associated with approach, onset, and termination of
menopause. She conducts psychotherapy with men and women struggling
with relationships, including those contemplating, experiencing, or
encountering divorce. She finds
working with people who have suffered negative effects of traumatic
experiences particularly rewarding. In
addition to her private practice of clinical social work,
Ms. Schlichter is employed as a clinical
social worker by Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, an agency
funded by the Tidewater Jewish Federation.
Melody Yarborough is a Licensed Nurse Practitioner
with Prescriptive Authority, licensed by the Virginia Boards of
Medicine and Nursing. She earned a Bachelor of Science in
Nursing cum laude from Mississippi College in May 2003 and a Master
of Science in Nursing (MSN) from Vanderbilt University in August,
2004, having obtained a degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner with a
perfect 4.0 grade point average (GPA). She is a member of the
Virginia
Council of Nurse Practitioners (VCNP) and the American Nurses
Association (ANA).
After Dr. Parker conducts the initial evaluation and
decides to prescribe psychotropic medication for a patient, Ms.
Yarborough may assist with ongoing management of medications he
prescribes. In so doing, she is in continuing consultation
with Dr. Parker and the therapist who is seeing the patient in
ongoing psychotherapy.
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