Jacqueline Miller, LPCC

Christina Kunisch is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with experience in outpatient, community mental-health, and integrated care settings. She has supported individuals across the lifespan with a focus on trauma-informed care, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Christina holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from East Tennessee State University and has advanced training in CBT, ACT, trauma-informed modalities, and mindfulness-based therapies. She also has experience collaborating within multidisciplinary teams to provide holistic, person-centered care.

Christina creates a warm, grounded, and non-judgmental therapeutic space where clients feel safe, heard, and supported. She values open communication and collaborative goal-setting, ensuring clients remain empowered throughout their therapeutic journey. Patients can expect a thoughtful balance of emotional support and gentle challenge to foster meaningful, sustainable growth.

Christina begins by taking time to genuinely understand each patient’s story, needs, and goals during the initial session. She uses an integrative, evidence-based approach tailored to each individual’s strengths, preferences, and pace. Therapy with her is a collaborative and evolving process that includes regular check-ins, ongoing adjustment of strategies, and a shared commitment to supportive, aligned care.

Heidi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of professional experience teens, adults, and seniors with concerns and challenges related to divorce, family conflict, parenting challenges, dysfunctional relationships, low self-esteem, sexuality, and addiction. Heidi earned her Master's degree in Human Services, Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy from Capella University.

Heidi uses theories that include Relational, Motivational Interviewing, Solution Focused Brief (SFBT), Humanistic / Rogerian, Psychoanalytic / Psychodynamic, Mindfulness-Based (MBCT), Attachment-Based, Adlerian, Positive Psychology, Person-Centered, Christian Counseling, Family Systems, CBT / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Gottman Trained, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Narrative, Emotionally Focused, DBT / Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Our first session will be about getting to know each other and developing a sense of understanding and connection. We will establish rapport and develop a picture of your personal and family history. Heidi strives to represent authentic self, work affectively, giving assignments, providing tools and teach techniques.

Heidi enjoys working with married couples and individuals experiencing pressing issues who are wanting to quickly move towards their goals and are driven towards change. Her approach to therapy is collaborative and flexible; Heidi strives to encourage her clients to improve their relationships and personal experiences by being their authentic selves. She can help you navigate life transitions, heal from traumatic experiences, and improve communication skills. Heidi seeks to provide a warm, trusting, nonjudgmental environment where you'll know that you are deeply listened to, and can safely and freely discuss your challenges, concerns, and vulnerabilities. Heidi is here to offer you her honest and supportive feedback.

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Rebecca Jarrell is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California and New Mexico. She has been in the mental health field for over 24 years in a variety of clinical settings. Early in her career, she worked in an inpatient psychiatric hospital on the child and adolescent unit. Most recently, Rebecca has spent over a decade in the private practice setting working with adults and specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief and loss issues. While she provides a holistic, individualized treatment approach, she has a strong background in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) and a Certified Grief Educator. She feels strongly about treating each client as a unique individual and meeting them wherever they are on their mental health journey. Rebecca is committed to creating a supportive and nonjudgmental environment where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered to make meaningful changes in their lives. Clients looking for a therapist will find Rebecca to be compassionate and direct, encouraging clients to challenge and reframe distorted thoughts while reinforcing positive adaptive behaviors.

Michelle Shya, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) at Talkiatry, has provided care in the field for almost a decade. Working with individuals and families, she has connected and fostered ties with a broad spectrum of clients, including adolescent, adult, and geriatric services. Michelle's practice style centers on providing a safe and understanding space for clients to share, learn, identify, and address their unique therapeutic needs. Using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Michelle focuses on the relationships between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to assist the client in discovering their personal strengths and motivation to realize their individual life goals. Michelle completed her undergraduate Social Work education at Millersville University. Later at Marywood University, she earned her Master's in Social Work, with a specialization in Child and Family Practice. Michelle has had a wide variety of experiences working as a Social Worker in therapeutic and social service settings. She has provided case management and therapeutic care in domestic violence shelters, treatment foster care, community organizations, and hospice in-home support. In Michelle's experience in providing therapy, she has maintained a generalist practice, working with a variety of individuals facing personal barriers and challenges. By taking a step-by-step therapeutic approach, the client is able to better understand and process their thoughts as well as feelings to drive actionable change.

Corinne Motto is a Licensed Professional Counselor, who has experience with a variety of populations in the mental health field. Corinne attended undergraduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, and her Master's of Arts at Seton Hill University, both in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.Corinne has been practicing for more than fifteen years as an outpatient therapist in a variety of settings. Her focus has been on but not limited to depression, anxiety, domestic violence, and other mental health conditions. Corinne uses a client-centered approach and tailors her sessions towards the client's needs. She uses a foundation of cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral therapy. She believes that self-care is an important part of the therapy process.

Diamond Junior received her bachelor’s degree in arts & psychology 2007 & two master’s degrees in science, one in Community Mental Health Counseling and the second one in School Counseling Education, in 2011 and 2018. Diamond Junior now has her License in Mental Health Counseling, her Credentialed Alcoholic & Substance Abuse Counseling Certification-Trainee, and her Permanent Certification in School Counseling. Diamond is also currently in doctoral school for her School Psychology degree. Diamond is a former Alcohol and Substance Abuse Preventive Worker & Treatment and Therapeutic Foster Care Family Specialist. Diamond is now currently, an on-line therapist and has her own Mental Health Counseling Private Practice in Buffalo. Diamond's treatment styles & modalities include Trauma-Informed Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Grief Therapy.

When working with Diamond, a new patient should know that she is very down to earth and professionally direct. Diamond practices individualism and treat each patient as their own person. Diamond develops treatment plans with the patient, that tailors to each of their individual needs. Diamond is also the co-founder of an All-girls mentoring & educational program called, "Unique Sisters. Unique Sister was started in 2014 and is owned by my mother, Rhodesia Jackson.

Diamond's typical process when working with patients is to first establish a therapeutic rapport by asking open-ended questions. Diamond asks questions such as, "Have you been in therapy before, including as a  child or teen (if the patient is over 18)"? This helps Diamond starting point to build a trusting & individualized relationship with the patient. Diamond's next question would be, "Why did you first enter therapy & we're you diagnosed with any mental health disorders"? Diamond continues to go on and ask if the client is or has been on psychotropic medications and what brings them back to therapy. Diamond gathers all of this information during the first two session and then ask the patient if any skills were built during their therapy journey & if they still utilize the skills. Finally, Diamond would administer the ACE Questionnaire to assess for childhood trauma, if the patient is over 18 years of age.

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