United Way of Northern New York

Greater Watertown North Country Chamber of Commerce

North Country Council of Social Services

 

 

 


 

Staff Members

Jennifer Meagher, BS
Business Manager

Mandy Powell
Office Manager


Part-time Counseling Staff
 

Beth A. Linderman, LCSW
Fordham
University
MSW, Social Work

David Weal, LCSW
Syracuse
University
MSW, Social Work

Michael L. Kehoe, LCSW
Marywood
College
MSW, Social Work


Full-time Counseling Staff 

Bonnie J. Riley, LCSW-R, IBECPT holds an MSW from Syracuse University and is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker.  Ms. Riley is Internationally Certified by Play Therapy International to supervise and practice child psychotherapy and child play therapy.  Ms. Riley has over ten years of clinical experience providing therapeutic counseling services to adults, children, teens, individuals, couples and families with seven of these years dedicated to counseling Soldiers and their family members who have experienced loss, separation and deployments.  With a specialty in child play therapy, Ms. Riley has an expertise in working with children who have been sexually or physically abused.  In addition, she has extensive experience working with children who have been witness to domestic violence and neglected.  Ms. Riley is a member of the National Association of Social Workers since 2000.


AMY C. BABINEAU, MA
holds an MA in Counseling with Specialty in Clinical Psychotherapy from
Rivier College in Nashua, New Hampshire.  Ms. Babineau is licensed as a mental health counselor in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and is in the process of obtaining licensure in the state of New York.  Ms. Babineau has over fifteen years experience in counseling children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of modalities including individual, group, couples, and family therapy.  For fifteen years, Ms. Babineau has implemented the Nurturing Parenting by Stephen J. Bavolek PhD, a parenting education and support curriculum recognized by SAMSHA in the prevention of child abuse and neglect.  She has implemented evidence based programs to treat trauma in children and adolescents such as Child parent Psychotherapy and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.  Ms. Babineau also is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).  For the past four years, she has worked in clinical settings with her Cairn terrier, Seamhas.  Seamhas is registered with Dog B.O.N.E.S. (Dogs Building Opportunities for Nurturing and Emotional Support.) and she offers this form of therapy to individuals.


LORI A. HOUPPERT, M.Ed, M.S.
holds a Masters in Education with the primary focus on School Counseling and a Masters of Science degree in which she focused on Mental Health Counseling.
  Both of Ms. Houppert's degrees were obtained at St. Lawrence University.   She is in the process of obtaining licensure in the State of New York.  Ms. Houppert has over 4 years of clinical experience providing therapeutic counseling services to adults, children, teens, individuals, and families.  She has experience working with children who have been sexually or physically abused and have witnessed family disruption.  Ms. Houppert has attended several workshops and continued education that deals with play therapy and sexual abuse issues.


DEAN C. ANTHONY, LMSW
, is a counselor at Family Counseling Service of Northern New York, Inc.
  Mr. Anthony holds a Master of Social Work from Syracuse University and is a New York State Licensed Master Social Worker.  He provides a full range of counseling for individuals, families and groups.  He co-facilitates both the Choices group for men and the Peace group for women in the domestic violence program at Family Counseling Service.  His primary interest is counseling victims of trauma, with a focus on combat trauma. 

 

 

 

IN MEMORIUM

Mary Lawrence, LMSW

February 21, 1957 - July 25, 2008