Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Centerstone

Jennifer Smith is an Army spouse familiar with the challenges military families face. She is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 10 years of behavioral health experience and holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Social Work. Her professional experience includes both clinical and administrative responsibilities, as well as training on mental health related topics. Her clinical experience includes areas of assessment and diagnosis, individual therapy with adults with specialty focus in geriatrics, crisis response, suicide prevention, traumatic grief and loss, and critical incident stress management.

Julie Adams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of clinical experience in the behavioral health field. She has spent 7 years working specifically with military children and their families, emphasizing healthy parenting methods and strong parent-child relationships. Julie holds a bachelor of science degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Social Work. She has expertise and additional training in the treatment of childhood anxiety, depression, trauma and disruptive disorders. Julie also has training as a school social worker and has worked with individuals with drug and alcohol dependency concerns.

After losing her military husband of 14 years to a non-combat-related illness, fellow Army veteran Nancy Bandel knew she wanted to help others. Despite the challenges brought on by a life of service, which led to delays in her education, Nancy was determined to obtain her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work. Now a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she draws from her personal and professional experience to help veterans and their loved ones overcome the unique obstacles that military families face. Nancy’s work has focused on crisis intervention and suicide prevention, grief counseling, and providing therapeutic support around trauma, anxiety and depression. Prior to joining the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Centerstone, she also helped develop a program known as “Suicidal Pathway” which led to a reduction in suicide rates in our area.

Dr. King Counts is a licensed marriage and family therapist and ordained minister who believes in treating the whole person: mind, body and spirit. He holds undergraduate degrees in Bible and Christian Education, master’s degrees in Divinity, Arts in Family Therapy and a doctorate in Ministry in Counseling. Dr. King has worked extensively with veterans for many years, specializing in stress-related disorders such as PTSD, sexual abuse, anxiety, trauma, depression, anger and life adjustment issues. He has wide-ranging experience in treating marriage, family and relational issues; is very skilled in providing telehealth services and is EMDR certified.

Kevin Cuchia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who holds a Master’s of Science in Social Work, holds a Trauma Treatment Graduate Certification, and is a Certified Crisis Worker by the American Association of Suicidology. Kevin hails from a military family and has worked with veterans in both the VHA post-deployment clinic and as the program specialist for the Veteran’s Treatment Court of Davidson County. He is a trauma-informed clinician with extensive experience in addressing PTSD, trauma-related disorders, vicarious trauma, co-occurring substance abuse, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideations, anger, grief, and relationship concerns. Kevin utilizes a strength-based approach in his work with many diverse populations that recognizes the client as the expert of their own life and honors the resiliency of their experience.

Tammy Leininger is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked with children, families and adults for the past 11 years and is passionate about helping people achieve mental, emotional and relational health. She has worked with military families for 8 years and has experience in helping children and families manage anxiety, adjustment issues, depression, anger, behavioral concerns, and trauma-related issues. She holds a master’s degree in Counseling and is a Nationally Certified Counselor. She is trained in Parent Child Interaction Training, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Don McCasland is a retired Army Sergeant First Class, a Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and a PTSD survivor who brings experience and insight to his clients. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work. Don has served as a consultant to numerous local and national organizations seeking to understand the challenges facing veterans and their families. He has extensive experience and training in the field of trauma with a focus on combat and military sexual assault-related trauma. Don believes in the importance of the mind/body/soul/spirit connection in making the journey toward healing.

Leahanna McDonald is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker married to a disabled veteran who became the inspiration behind her desire to serve veterans and their families. She holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in Social Work. Leahanna specializes in high-risk children and families and has worked with children from infancy through young adulthood in countless capacities, helping them through trauma, adjustment disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and disruptive disorders.

Steven Sellars is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a volunteer firefighter of 18 years (semi-retired), and an endorsed emergency services chaplain. Steven’s clinical journey came as a result of his personal experiences through emergency services, his military family (who deals with combat related difficulties), and the loss of his Marine friend in Operating Enduring Freedom. He earned a master’s degree in counseling to help those also dealing with the constant exposures and traumatic experiences. Steven has a great deal of experience working with post-combat veterans and their families. He specializes in trauma-related difficulties, stress, critical incident stress management, grief and loss, disaster response, deployment readjustment and marital conflict and communication. He also is trained in working with parent-child positive relationships.

Elizabeth Sherr is a retired Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran who served as both a Non-Commissioned Officer and Commissioned Officer for 20 years. She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor who holds an undergraduate degree is in Psychology and Sociology and master’s degrees in Arts in Diplomacy and Arts in Counseling. After seeing the increased need for mental health professionals, she knew this was where she needed to be and could continue to serve. Her areas of focus are military sexual trauma, PTSD, combat traumas, non-combat traumas and internal family systems. In addition to individual therapy, she also facilitates both psychodynamic, skills and support groups.

Kendra Lee is a military spouse who holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work. After watching a family member struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder related to Vietnam, Kendra realized he never had a voice or an outlet. She knew then that she wanted to give others that voice and to help heal their invisible wounds. Prior to joining the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Centerstone, Kendra worked with active-duty service members and their loved ones to overcome the unique challenges military families face. Her clinical experience also includes therapeutic support concerning domestic violence and sexual assault trauma for victims of all ages.

Lisa Eggebeen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of behavioral health experience, 10 of which have been with Centerstone of Tennessee. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a master’s in the Science of Social Work, and frequently conducts speaking engagements locally and nationally on an array of mental and behavioral health topics. Her professional experience has included both clinical and management responsibilities. Her clinical concentration includes assessment and diagnosis, trauma and traumatic grief and loss, individual and family therapy with children and adults, crisis response, suicide prevention, critical incident stress management and mental health disaster response. Administratively, Lisa currently oversees the day-to-day clinical operations for the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Centerstone.

Lindsey Chantler grew up in Clarksville and is no stranger to the community or the area’s large veteran population. As a Montgomery County Veteran’s Service Office representative for nearly 10 years, Lindsey supported our service men and women in various capacities. She later joined the Montgomery County Juvenile Court, where her work was instrumental in the creation of the Montgomery County Veterans Treatment Court. Today, Lindsey continues to stay connected to the local veteran community and is currently serving as Treasurer for the Montgomery County Veterans Coalition.

Alicia was born and raised in Clarksville. She has many family members who have served in the Armed Forces. She has worked in the medical field for over 20 years and behavioral health for the last 3 years. As a parent of a child with autism, she feels working in this field is the best way to be an advocate. She has had the pleasure of working with many different physicians in Clarksville and she truly enjoys helping people and making sure they leave the office with a smile.

Lourdes Santos is married to a U.S. Army veteran and believes that the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Centerstone is an incredible resource for area veterans and their families. Lourdes has worked for over 3 years in behavioral health as an office coordinator and administrative assistant. Working to help serve veterans and their families is a rewarding experience for her, being that she has close family members who are veterans and who are currently serving in the different armed forces around the world.

Aaron Goletz holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Science and is working towards his master’s in Data Science. He is an Army veteran with two Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments who now serves in the National Guard. Aaron has worked as a case manager and counselor for Centerstone and as a researcher for various grant-funded veteran programs. Ever since transitioning back into civilian life he knew he wanted to help other veterans do the same and learned his skills are best utilized in the structured operation of data collection and analysis. As the Cohen Clinic at Centerstone’s Data Manager, Aaron continues to serve the veteran and family population from behind the scenes by supporting the front lines of mental health care.

Meghan Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a certificate in public health. As a television news anchor, reporter, producer and print journalist, Meghan covered numerous stories involving our nation’s veterans igniting her desire to support our military service men and women in all capacities. She chose to use her passion for compelling story telling to encourage healthy lifestyles, and worked as special staff to the Fort Campbell Senior Commander developing, planning, promoting and implementing wellness initiatives across the installation. As the Cohen Clinic Outreach Manager, Meghan draws on her public relations experience and personal connection to the military culture to expand the clinic’s reach, and encourage help seeking behavior through community awareness and stakeholder collaboration.

Scott Hudson has a degree in Marketing and a background in creative design, advertising and marketing, software development and project management. He’s known for being imaginative and innovative, and coming up with new ways of doing things. Prior to joining the Cohen Clinic at Centerstone team, Scott worked as a creative and digital marketing consultant in Nashville, Tennessee, led software teams as an instructional design project manager in Norway and China, and spent a number of years as a creative team leader at multiple advertising agencies in Canada. His extensive client list includes NASA, the Discovery Channel, BP, Chevron and Air Canada.