Our Team
Danielle
Older
MSW, LISW-S, CCTP, PMH-C
Clinical Director
Danielle is one of our maternal mental health therapists and the founder of River Root Counseling. Her therapeutic style is individual, evidence-based, and unique to best serve each individual client. Danielle will work with you, at your pace, cheering you on and empowering you as you accomplish your therapeutic goals. Danielle values the therapeutic relationship and works to make each session beneficial and helpful for her clients. Danielle is a mother herself, and understands the roller coaster that parenting and motherhood can sometimes feel like.
Stephanie
Separ-Beavers
MSW, LISW-S
Mental Health Therapist
Stephanie is one of our maternal mental health therapists. Her therapeutic style is collaborative and solution focused. Stephanie works with her client as a team, starting right where the client is and working together towards the end goal. Stephanie values the therapeutic relationship she has with each of her clients, and understands that this is the sole most important thing in counseling. Alongside Stephanie’s professional expertise and training, she is a mother herself, and has experienced first hand the joys and challenges that accompany parenting.
Denise
Vukmanovich
MA, LPCC
IOP Coordinator
Denise is one of our therapists. Denise’s therapeutic style is collaborative, individualized, and client-focused. She believes that you, as the client, have the answers that you need to solve the problems that you face, and will guide you to find out what they are, providing support and resources along the way. Denise believes that you are the expert of your own life, and strives to fully, accurately, and compassionately understand and connect with each of her clients.
Danielle
Mcleod
MA, LPCC
Mental Health Therapist
Danielle is one of our mental health therapists. She believes in utilizing a holistic approach when working with clients. Danielle uses a variety of interventions, such as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), to help clients reach their individualized goals.
Anne
Smith
MSSA, LISW-S, PMH-C
Mental Health Therapist
Ashley
Dewberry
MSW, LSW
Mental Health Therapist
Ashley is one of our maternal mental health therapists. Her therapeutic style is relational and strengths-based. She believes in supporting and empowering women to reach their therapeutic goals in an empathetic, personalized way. Ashley believes that you are the expert in your own life, and she will come alongside you in your journey with compassion and encouragement. As a mother of three, Ashley relates to both the abundance of joy and the emotional challenges that come with being a mother.
Nik
Pellman
Client Care Coordinator
Nik is our Client Care Coordinator. She loves empowering mothers to build their “village” and to seek help when struggling physically, mentally, or spiritually. As a mom to four littles (including twins), she knows the struggles women can face during their perinatal period and beyond. She will always strive to assist with finding the right clinician to meet your individual needs. Nik’s passion truly lies in obstetrics and reproductive gynecology and the post-partum period. Off the clock, you can find her hiking, tending to her chickens, or in the kitchen making bulk meals to stock her freezer.