Sweta Alberta, MS, LLPC
Sweta Alberta joined Still Waters Counseling as a limited licensed counselor in September 2022. A recent transplant to southeast Michigan, she earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Loyola University Maryland and has worked in community mental health in Washington, D.C. and Monroe, MI. She provides counseling to adult, adolescent, and child clients confronting issues related to anxiety, depression, substance abuse, trauma, and cultural identity. Sweta has also participated in mental health education efforts to reach the South Asian community. She is passionate about helping her clients achieve whole-self healing and become their own strongest advocates.
Emily Alford, M.A., LLPC
Emily is a clinical therapist at Still Waters Counseling. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in Art Therapy from Wayne State University. Emily believes that counseling is a collaborative relationship between the client and the counselor that involves exploring personal concerns in an effort to resolve them and work toward personal growth. She enjoys empowering client’s to reach their goals in a safe, supportive environment that is both non-judgmental and authentic. Emily has a background working with various different populations that include children and young adults with Autism, young and older adults with cognitive disabilities, pediatric patients, homeless individuals in Detroit, and women who have been through trauma and abuse.
Emily is passionate about Art Therapy and finds that sometimes visualizing and creating a thought or feeling can be a more comfortable way to experience it. She believes that art can be a vessel to hold the cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of the mind and body. Through art making and mindfulness, permission may be granted for the depths of the unconscious to come forward and be noticed. Emily sees art as a great communicator that often has something really profound to say if we allow the space for it to be. In her free time, Emily enjoys creating her own art that is focused on allowing the context of the art to be informed by the process and the psyche. Emily also enjoys practicing yoga and hiking.
Carolynn Dougherty, MA LPC
Carolynn Dougherty, MA LPC is a trauma informed clinical therapist with over twenty years of experience in the mental health field. She earned her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University and her Bachelor’s of Arts degree from The Catholic University of America. Carolynn has extensive background working with a wide variety of individuals seeking positive change. Her philosophy is to raise self-esteem, rekindle hope and enhance lives in a holistic way. She is a staunch advocate of overall health and family.
Carolynn uses critical thinking and sound clinical judgment to assess, diagnose, and treat individuals with the goal of empowering them to move toward self-awareness. She achieves this by using a collaborative, strength-based, solution focused approach as well as integrating physical and mental health. Carolynn has experience with issues of trauma, parenting, life changes, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and substance use.
Ron Hindbaugh, M.A., LPC
Ron joins Still Waters with a wealth of experience in the counseling, education and correctional fields. He holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Psychotherapy from Western Michigan University and is a certified special education teacher, parent educator, and authority in early childhood instruction. Ron has extensive experience with the developmentally disabled, serving as Director of Programs at the former Fort Custer State Home for the Developmentally Disabled, the Coldwater Regional Center for the Developmentally Disabled and the Muskegon Regional Center for the Developmentally Disabled. He also has expertise working with troubled adolescents and has taught aggression management to teen offenders in juvenile facilities. After a lifetime of serving others.
Katie Osgood, M.S., LLPC
Katie joined Still Waters Counseling in June 2023. She is currently
practicing as a limited licensed professional counselor (LLPC). She
earned a dual Masters in clinical mental health and school counseling
from Walden University. Katie provides both in-person and Telehealth
sessions to children, teen, and adults based on schedule availability.
Katie recognizes starting therapy can feel intimidating, so she uses a
warm and empathic approach. She aims for sessions together to feel
comfortable, safe, and supportive in order to help individuals reach
their personal goals of growth. As every client is unique, she uses a
variety of evidenced-based practices and approaches. Katie hopes to help
you along your journey.
Kathryn Raths, MA, LPC
Kathy joined the Still Waters team in December of 2015. She is a graduate of Siena Heights University, receiving her Masters of Arts in Mental Health Counseling earlier. Kathy is deeply committed to community work, having volunteered for over a decade working with and advocating for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, working with people in crisis, and facilitating therapy groups.
She has her own business, Lifetime Art Impressions LLC, through which she has published a book on bereavement. She also writes a Healthy Living column on-line. An artist at heart, Kathy appreciates creative expression and utilizes this in her therapeutic approach. Kathy enjoys her family time, community work, travel and artistic endeavors. She is always smiling and brings her unique talents to all of us at Still Waters.
Ana Rink, M.A., LLPC
Ana is a clinical therapist at Still Waters Counseling. She received her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Western Michigan University.
Ana is open to working with individuals of different ages and backgrounds, taking a client centered approach with each client. As clients differ, Ana implements different methods, approaches, and theories to meet client needs. Ana values the importance of building a trustworthy therapeutic relationship with clients, allowing individuals to process what they bring to therapy in their own time.
Kholoud Abu Subaih, MA, LLPC
Kholoud holds a double master’s degree in counseling & mental health and art therapy from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kholoud has 3 Bachelor’s degrees: B.E. in Special Education, B.S in Biology, and a B.A. in Fine Art. She has worked in community agencies, schools, hospitals, universities and international organizations. At Doctors Without Borders she helped clients who had been diagnosed with trauma related to witnessing wars, conflicts, and violence. In the US she has worked with clients who had been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, schizophrenia, trichotillomania, OCD, and trauma related to different issues such as sexual abuse, violence, witnessing wars, and other challenges.
Kholoud has extensive clinical experience at different hospitals such as the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, McLean Hospital affiliates in Boston, and Harvard University in Cambridge. During her journey as a mental health therapist, Kholoud provided individual therapy (for adults, teenagers, and children), couples therapy, family therapy, and group therapy. She uses different psychological approaches such as Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, Holistic Therapy, Dialectical Behavior therapy DBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT, Art Therapy, Mindfulness, Spiritual Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Person-Centered Therapy in her practice.
After 11 years of working as a mental health therapist, Kholoud believes any individual who starts their healing journey has a lot of courage. She believes sharing and talking about thoughts and feelings is not easy, and her goal is to build a trusting relationship between therapist and client where healing can occur. Her focus is on client strengths, meeting people where they are, actively listening to their (needs, verbal words, and nonverbal body language, suffering, and stories), increasing self-awareness, increasing self-esteem, helping people understand themselves, and helping clients build a strong relationship with their internal and external world. Kholoud uses different techniques such as writing, telling stories, art, reading, poetry, mindfulness, relaxation, guided imagery, movies, songs, etc. to help break down the barriers of sharing personal thoughts, feelings, and stories.
Jim Sweigart SpA, LPC, LLP
Jim has degrees from Adrian College(B.A.), Siena Heights University(M.A.), and Eastern Michigan University(Sp.A.). He has over 40 years of experience working in mental health in a number of settings. He spent the first eight years of his professional career serving as a teacher, counselor, and coach. Following his teaching career, Jim was a school psychologist with the Saline Area Schools(3 years), and Ann Arbor Pioneer High School(21 years). During this time, Jim was also a clinical psychologist and consultant with Boysville and several mental health clinics.
Kate Yocic, MA, LPC, NCC
Kate is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who received her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Eastern Michigan University in 2021. She gained experience working in non-profit clinics, including Chicago Women’s Health Center, before joining Still Waters Counseling. Kate has experience working with clients from many backgrounds, utilizing a collaborative approach and acknowledging the impact of different systems and structures at play in our lives.
Kate has experience with and particular interest in treating the following concerns:
- Self-acceptance, self-compassion, and/or transitioning into a new sense of self
- Spiritual exploration and integration – all practices/faiths/work welcome!
- Attachment/relationship issues: Have people described you as “clingy”? Is it extremely painful for someone to be mad at you? Or, on the flip-side, do you find it difficult to engage in meaningful ways with partners? Have people described you as aloof? Kate’s here to help you cultivate safe and secure attachments in meaningful ways.
- Emotional regulation: If you have ever felt like your emotions are out of control or you do things without really understanding why, let’s figure this out together and establish safety in yourself.
Additionally, Kate has specific experience and continued interest working with queer, trans, non-binary, and gender-expansive folks. She works primarily with adolescents and adults and practices counseling out of our Saline office.
Bailee Hammett
Bailee received her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Eastern Michigan University. She received her Bachelors in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Cognitive Neuroscience. Her primary interests are working with kids who may be experiencing difficulties in life and mental health challenges. Bailee has a passion for working with young children who have Autism and ADHD. She also enjoys working with teens and adults to find ways of coping and moving through life after dealing with childhood struggles. Bailee believes that counseling involves two or more people, working alongside one another, to create a relationship where there is trust and support. People come to counseling for various reasons. Counseling could be a place for you to experience validation for your feelings, or it could be an environment for encouragement and empathy when you are going through a significant change in your life.
At times counseling can bring up uncomfortable feelings, or past submerged emotions for an individual. This is something that is common for many clients, it shows you are working through the counseling process. She believes at times in the client and counselor relationship, we must dive deep, and sit in the uncomfortable for there to truly be change. Her goal is to construct insight and awareness surrounding her clients in their work life, personal life, another different area, or multiple areas at once.