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Roxanna WolfeRoxanna Whitney Wolfe, PsyD
Licensed Psychologist

Roxanna Wolfe's first career was in nursing. She graduated from the School of Nursing at Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She worked as a nurse with various populations in hospitals, residential and community health.

Roxanna Wolfe received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University in 1989. She completed her pre-doctoral Internship in Child & Adolescent Psychology and Neuropsychology at Sweetser Children's in Saco, Maine. Dr. Wolfe completed her Psychology Residency at Benton County Mental Health in Corvallis, Oregon, where she remained as staff Psychologist for 8 years.

Dr. Wolfe provides psychotherapy and psychological & neuropsychological evaluation. She has focused on the psychology and treatment of trauma for more than 20 years. That specialty is the core of her clinical practice and volunteer service. She is a member of Physician's for Human Rights, an organization aiding refugees from around the world. As a trauma and dissociative disorders specialist, she helps traumatized persons deal with the past and move into the future. She may employ EMDR as a therapeutic instrument in treatment.

Her evaluations often focus on the assessment of learning disabilities and neuropsychological interference in order to inform thoughtful, individualized recommendations for students and adults.

Dr. Wolfe is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Maryland Psychological Association, the Montgomery/PG County Practicing Psychologists association, EMDRIA, the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, and Division 56 of the APA: Trauma Psychology.

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Brian CorradoBrian Corrado, PsyD
Licensed Psychologist

Brian Corrado received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University in Washington, DC.

Dr. Corrado completed his pre-doctoral Internship at Brookdale University Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. He has worked in a variety of treatment settings including the Psychiatric Institute of Washington (PIW) and The Center for Mental Health in Washington, DC, Chestnut Lodge Hospital in Rockville, MD, and Mountain Manor Substance Abuse Treatment Center in Baltimore, MD.

Dr. Corrado approaches psychotherapy as a way of working collaboratively with each client to generate solutions and build upon strengths. His approach is active, and he employs cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients to make gains as quickly as possible. Additionally, Dr. Corrado offers Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for groups and for individuals.

In addition to therapy, Dr. Corrado provides testing evaluations which can be used to inform treatment and educational planning. Dr. Corrado has been in practice, providing testing and therapy in Bethesda, MD for several years.

Dr. Corrado is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Maryland Psychological Association, the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, the Montgomery/PG County Practicing Psychologists association, the Pro Bono Counseling Project, and Division 42 of the APA: Psychologists in Independent Practice. Dr. Corrado serves on the Maryland Psychological Association's Early Career Psychologists' Committee.

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Karen WittmannKaren Wittmann, PhD
Psychology Associate

With a Masters of Arts in special education, Karen Wittmann taught emotionally disturbed and learning disabled children for many years. She received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at George Washington University. Areas of clinical and research interest include resiliency factors in adult children of alcoholics and factors of relationship satisfaction in couples.

Dr. Wittmann's therapeutic approach is centered in providing a therapeutic holding environment in which individuals and couples can work through the past in order to effect change in the present. Her areas of expertise include couples therapy, parent consultation, and adolescent therapy. Her special education background is an asset when working with parents and teachers to implement behavioral management strategies that address children's specific educational, social, and emotional needs.

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Zara HarrisZara Harris, OTR
Licensed Occupational Therapist

Zara Haris has a Master of Science degree in occupational therapy from Brunel University in London, UK and has many years experience working with children with learning problems and their families. She specializes in the treatment of students with ADHD including issues related to handwriting, homework and organizational problems.

She has worked in International schools in Argentina, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Germany, and England as well as Montgomery County, Maryland. She has published research on Adults with ADHD in the workplace and has presented at professional and ADHD conferences in the USA, UK, Germany, and Sweden.

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