Ginger is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who specializes in helping children with behavioral challenges and unique needs to create positive changes across all areas of life—school, home, socially, and in the community. Her approach is holistic in nature. Ginger specializes in developing creative solutions for problematic behaviors and forming strong relationships with children and their parents.

Hi! my name is Mary Tuttle. I have been working with young children and their families for over 25 years. I have been an infant/toddler teacher, home visitor, private nanny, and owned my own home-based infant toddler center. In addition, I have taught parent infant education classes for 10 years. After years of working with families and seeing their frustrations at lack of mental health services, I decided to pursue my master’s in social work with an infant and early childhood mental health specialty. I am in my final year of graduate school and so excited to be doing my internship here at mini minds.

Peyton is a licensed mental health counselor associate. She enjoys working with youth of all ages with complex trauma, mood disorders, impulse control and behavioral disorders, and attachment issues. She has received training in and utilizes CBT and trauma-focused CBT techniques, DBT and emotion regulation strategies, behavior management and skill development, and play therapy and art therapy techniques.

Melissa’s specializes in working with children, teenagers, young adults and parents. In addition, being a mother herself, she enjoys working with women as they are navigating the challenges of motherhood and self-identity. Melissa also has a passion in helping teenagers and young adults navigate life transitions as she believes that these provide powerful opportunities for self-growth.

Dena is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate who sees children, parents, or families on Tuesdays and Fridays at the Carmel location. SheIl see individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan. She enjoys working with anxiety, depression, defiant behavior, peer relationship problems, adjustment issues, marriage separation/divorce, co-parenting, ADHD, learning disabilities and many other mental health issues that affect kids, parents, and families. She specializes in family conflict, adjustment disorders and anxiety, and has additional training in complex trauma.

Morgan is a Licensed Social Worker who has a passion for working with adolescents and young adults who are struggling with navigating through life challenges and stressors. By fostering connections and understanding, she utilizes a person-centered and strengths based approach to assist those experiencing depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief and loss, addiction, poor peer relationships, and adjustment issues.

Tiana enjoys helping children and adolescents ages 8-18 develop life skills. She has experience helping adolescents dealing with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and stress. She enjoys helping younger children who benefit from additional support in learning how to regulate their emotions. She primarily relies on CBT and strength-based approaches.

Alexis is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate who works with adults who are experiencing life stress and can’t seem to find balance, especially moms and parents; whether it’s feelings of anxiety, hopelessness, low self-esteem, or stress and overwhelming pressure they aren’t the version of themselves they wish to be. Life has become too much; they know what they want but find themselves stuck.

Hi, my name is Priscilla! I found my calling to Social Work, and the rest was history. I graduated with my Master’s in Occupational Therapy Science in May of 2016 from Chicago State University. My first degree, however, was a B.A. in Telecommunications in 2004 from Ball State University in Muncie, IN.

I went to school to learn how to be the “perfect” parent. I double-mastered in early childhood education and family psychotherapy. I spent 8 years studying and working in the most diverse and varied socio-economic part of the country. I worked in classrooms and became a licensed therapist. I dedicated the first decade of my career providing therapeutic and educational support in the community.