The Richmond Center
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The Richmond Center outpatient staff includes the following:

Psychotherapy
Licensed Psychologists
Licensed Independent Social Workers
Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Psychiatry
Board-certified Psychiatrists
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
Registered Nurses

Each licensed mental health provider has at least five years of experience, and most have been in the profession for 15-20 years. They all hold Iowa licenses.

Staff members who provide in-home and in-community services have bachelor degrees in disciplines related to human services. Most of them have been providing services for 3-8 years.

All of the Center's mental health professionals work as a team to serve the needs of it clients and the community. All services are confidential, client-focused, and delivered in a considerate and respectful manner.
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Staff Listing

The Richmond Center's staff is grouped into these general areas:
Therapy Staff
Psychiatry Staff
Outreach Staff
Administrative Staff
Therapy

Dustin Ernberger
Licensed Mental Health Therapist

Dustin joined the Richmond Center in 1999. He serves all ages, utilizing individual, group, and family therapy.

Dustin's special area of expertise:

  • services to children and adolescents.
Before affiliating with the Center, Dustin supervised an adolescent day-treatment program and provided mental health services to children and adolescents in a hospital setting. With a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Iowa, Dustin received his master's in counseling from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. As a Richmond Center therapist, Dustin provides school-based services in Jefferson and serves clients by appointment at the Center's Ames offices.

Rilla Fox
Licensed Psychologist

Marilla (Rilla) incorporates cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused therapy and process-experiential approaches into her work with clients. She provides individual and family therapy for adults and adolescents (ages 16 and older).

Rilla's areas of expertise include:

  • treatment of depression
  • bipolar disorder
  • loss and grief
  • reactions to trauma
  • anxiety disorders
  • panic disorder
  • sexual identity issues
  • parenting problems
  • relationship issues
  • bulimia nervosa
  • relapse prevention for substance abuse.
Rilla received a doctorate in counseling psychology from Iowa State University. She has provided services in central Iowa since 1995 and became a member of the Richmond Center staff in 1998. Rilla serves clients at the Center's Ames office.

Kay Lynn Haubrich
Licensed Master of Social Work

Kay Lynn received her Master's of Social Work degree from the University of Iowa in May 2006, and joined the Richmond Center staff in August. She provides individual, couple and family counseling services to clients of all ages concerning the issues of depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, abuse issues and behavioral problems. Kay Lynn provides therapy services at the Richmond Center's Carroll and Boone offices and school-based therapy services at the Carroll High and Middle Schools.

Prior to coming to the Richmond Center, Kay Lynn had experiences in a variety of settings. She worked in the Dual Diagnosis Unit at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, providing treatment to adolescents with behavioral, mental health and alcohol and/or substance abuse issues. She also worked in the Access Center, providing emergency room assessments for clients in need of hospitalization. Other experiences include providing therapy at West Iowa Community Mental Health Center in Denison and Southwest Iowa Community Mental Health Center in Atlantic. She also worked at Des Moines University providing biofeedback training to medical students.

Jim Judkins
Licensed Independent Social Worker

Jim has many years of experience counseling people in a community mental health setting. He has previously worked in the Grinnell, Toledo, and Keokuk areas. Jim started with The Richmond Center in August of 2005. He counsels with both adults and children as young as two years of age.

Areas Jim works with include:

  • depression
  • anxiety
  • A.D.H.D.
  • oppositional and defiant children
  • spiritual distress
  • grief
  • couples
  • work stress
  • autism
  • anger management
Jim has a masters degree in Social Work from the University of Iowa.

Kathy Kriegler
Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Kathy Kriegler joined the Richmond Center in July 2007. She obtained a Master's Degree in Agency Counseling from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and spent two years training in Adlerian psychotherapy. She has been a licensed mental health counselor and drug/alcohol counselor for 20 years and has worked with pre-adolescents, adolescents and adults in a variety of education and mental health settings. Her clinical experience includes work as a counselor on an inpatient adolescent unit addressing alcohol/drug, mental health and eating disorder issues; 15 years as program coordinator and counselor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Student Counseling Services; and most recently, she worked as a Senior Therapist at the Iowa Health System Employee Assistance Program.

Kathy enjoys working with individuals and couples utilizing a variety of approaches. She has experience working with issues such as:

  • ADHD (child or adult)
  • depression
  • adults abused as children
  • marital and relationship problems
  • parenting problems
  • gay/lesbian issues
  • grief & loss
  • substance abuse relapse with co-occuring mental disorders
  • adjustment issues in all life stages
Kathy provides services at the Richmond Center's Ames office.

JoAnn Masterson
Licensed Master of Social Worker

JoAnn joined the Richmond Center in January 2008. She provides therapy to adolescents, adults and elderly utilizing individual, couple and family therapy. JoAnn uses cognitive behavioral therapy and solution focused thera py along with family systems approach.

JoAnn's areas of expertise include:

  • Mood disorders
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Borderline Personality Disorders
  • Depression
  • PTSD
  • Trauma
  • Grief/loss
  • Divorce
  • Chronic mental illness
  • Career adjustments
  • Life transitions
  • Veterans
  • Most general mental health concerns
JoAnn recceived her Bachelor's Degree in 1985 and her Master's Degree in 1988 from Iowa State University and has had 20 years experience working in mental health facilities. JoAnn has worked for Lutheran Social Services of Iowa, Good Connections, Inc. and the Iowa Veterans Home and has taught for ten years at Des Moines Area Community College. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker, has experience in Critical Incident Stress Management and has performed debriefings for the Iowa National Guard through its Enduring Families Program.

Elaine O'Neal
Licensed Independent Social Worker

Elaine joined the group in August, 2004. She serves all ages individually, couples, and families. Her treatment strategies include but are not limited to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Interpersonal Psychotherapy, while utilizing an overall systems approach.

Elaine offers treatment for a variety of presenting problems such as depressioon, anxiety, relational difficulties, grief and loss, and reaction to trauma. Elaine also specializes in working with child and adult survivors of childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse.

Elaine received her masters in Social Work from the University of Michigan, School of Social Work in 1999. She attended as a CIVITAS Scholar specializing in assessment, prevention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect in an interdisciplinary setting.

Norm Ostbloom
Licensed Independent Social Worker

Norm Ostbloom provides therapy for individuals, couples, and families.

Norm's areas of expertise include:

  • cognitive-behavioral therapy for treating depression and anxiety disorders, working with adolescents as well as adults
  • couple counseling and family therapy.
  • services in the Ames-based Dual Recovery program.
He has worked with the Center part-time since 1990 and became a full-time member of the therapy staff in 1998. He has provided services in Central Iowa since receiving his master's in social work from the University of Iowa. He serves clients at the Center's Ames office.

Christine Simmons
Licensed Independent Social Worker

Christine Simmons recieved her Bachelor of Social Work from Iowa State University and master of Social Work from University of Iowa. She is a licensed independent social worker for the State of Iowa and has been practicing in the field for 12 years. She worked for Children and Families of Iowa for one year doing in home family therapy and counseling women in the Domestic Abuse Shelter. Following that she worked for over ten years at the Carroll Regional Counseling Center. She works with teens and adults concerning the issues of depression, anxiety, and abuse issues and is experienced as a generalist in the field.

Kathy Solko
Licensed Independent Social Worker

Kathy utilizes cognitive behavioral approaches and solution focused therapy along with a family systems background in her work with clients. Her work centers on working with individual adult clients.

Kathy's areas of expertise include:

  • Working with chronically mentally ill
  • Mood disorders
  • Loss and grief
  • Relationship issues
  • Acute and chronic physical illness
  • Women's issues
  • Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
Prior to coming to the Richmond Center in April 2003, Kathy was employed as a therpaist at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines for 14 years. Her background also includes working in medical social work and being the director of an international adoption agency. Kathy has a Bachelor of Social Work degree and a degree in Corrections from Mankato State University and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Iowa. In addition, Kathy has advanced clinical training in Family Systems Theory. Kathy provides services at the Richmond Center's Ames and Boone offices.

Glenice Varley
Licensed Independent Social Worker

Glenice Varley provides individual, group, and family therapy. Her special area of expertise is service to children, including play therapy. She joined the Center in 1998. Her prior experience includes services to children, adolescents, and families in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings in Central Iowa. Glenice completed her master's degree in Social Work at the University of Iowa with an emphasis in clinical curriculum. She serves clients at the Center's Ames office and provides school-based services in Nevada.

John Wallace
Licensed Psychologist and Director of Clinical Services

Dr. Wallace received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin -- Madison in 1994, and joined the Richmond Center in 2004. He provides counseling for persons of all ages for a broad range of issues, including behavioral problems, anxiety, depression, grief, sexual abuse, interpersonal and relational problems, and situational stress. In addition, Dr. Wallace performs psychological evaluations, including the administration and interpretation of intellectual, academic achievement, and personality tests.


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