Samantha Perry

LCMHCA

About

I am an LCMHCA currently working in private practice where I specialize in working with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMIs), focusing on treating mood disorders and trauma. I utilize an integrative approach applying a hybrid of Cognitive Behavioral, Psychoanalytic, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) techniques.  I am trained in both Trauma-Focused CBT, and as a level 1 IFS therapist.  I am currently becoming a Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator, after which I plan to perform sentence deviation and risk assessments in order to determine appropriate sentencing guidelines.  I am a North Carolina native and completed my undergraduate and graduate degrees at Catawba College.  My research interests include the intersection of mental health and the criminal justice system, the development of neurodevelopmental disorders, and genetic links between schizophrenia and associated comorbid conditions.

I am an LCMHCA currently working in private practice where I specialize in working with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMIs), focusing on treating mood disorders and trauma. I utilize an integrative approach applying a hybrid of Cognitive Behavioral, Psychoanalytic, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) techniques.  I am trained in both Trauma-Focused CBT, and as a level 1 IFS therapist.  I am currently becoming a Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator, after which I plan to perform sentence deviation and risk assessments in order to determine appropriate sentencing guidelines.  I am a North Carolina native and completed my undergraduate and graduate degrees at Catawba College.  My research interests include the intersection of mental health and the criminal justice system, the development of neurodevelopmental disorders, and genetic links between schizophrenia and associated comorbid conditions.

Caroline King

RMHCI

About

Caroline received her BA in psychology from Cornell University and her MA with academic distinction in clinical mental health counseling from Northwestern University. She is currently a registered mental health counseling intern with the state of Florida, working under the supervision of Sarah Watt, LMHC. Prior to pursuing the counseling field, she spent ten years in the northeast building experience in the culinary, nonprofit, and business worlds. This gave her invaluable perspective that she could not have gotten had she entered the counseling field right away. At the end of 2019, she felt called back to the area of mental health and to her hometown of Ocala, FL where she lives with her daughter. She has experienced the positive impact of quality counseling in her own life, and strives to provide this for each of her clients. She is passionate about the power of the therapeutic relationship and the growth that can occur when we nurture our minds.

Caroline received her BA in psychology from Cornell University and her MA with academic distinction in clinical mental health counseling from Northwestern University. She is currently a registered mental health counseling intern with the state of Florida, working under the supervision of Sarah Watt, LMHC. Prior to pursuing the counseling field, she spent ten years in the northeast building experience in the culinary, nonprofit, and business worlds. This gave her invaluable perspective that she could not have gotten had she entered the counseling field right away. At the end of 2019, she felt called back to the area of mental health and to her hometown of Ocala, FL where she lives with her daughter. She has experienced the positive impact of quality counseling in her own life, and strives to provide this for each of her clients. She is passionate about the power of the therapeutic relationship and the growth that can occur when we nurture our minds.