Meet Your Therapists

Clinical/Executive Director

Melinda Simon, Psy.D.

A licensed psychologist and licensed clinical social worker, has worked as a psychotherapist for over 25 years. Dr. Simon is a member of the American Psychological Association, Michigan Psychological Association, National Association of Social Workers, and the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. Dr. Simon works with individuals, couples, and families. Using a mix of interpersonal, cognitive/behavioral, and eclectic approaches she provides experienced, thoughtful, and ethical care, encouraging a collaborative environment for problem-solving with her clients. Specialties include the treatment of anxiety, panic, post-traumatic stress, and issues of grief and loss. She also has an extensive history of working with adults, adolescents, and children with behavioral challenges, social adjustment issues, obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior, phobias, depression, and adjusting to life-changing events such as divorce, relocation, or job loss.

Nora Golper, LPC

Leslie Bartlett, MA, LLP

Is a Limited License Psychologist that has worked in the Human Services field for over 15 years. She works with adolescents and adults providing counseling and psychological testing to individuals, couples and families in a variety of life situations including being involved with the child welfare and criminal justice systems. Leslie feels the therapeutic relationship is most important and meets each person where they are. Working with her clients to meet the goals they have established and strengthen their coping skills. She uses a variety of approaches and techniques to obtain the best results for each individual.

Erica Windler Beattie, LLMSW

Erica enjoys working with clients of all ages and backgrounds. She seeks to provide a safe and compassionate space where clients can explore life’s challenges while learning about their own resilience and strengths. Erica approaches therapy from a cultural-relational perspective, utilizing eclectic elements of interpersonal and psychodynamic theory as well as cognitive-behavioral therapy. Erica works with clients experiencing issues including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and relationship struggles. She trained at the MSU Center for Survivors, providing support to survivors of sexual assault and relationship violence. Erica is trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Before becoming a therapist, Erica spent years studying and working in Mexico and Brazil. She speaks both Spanish and Portuguese.

When she is not working or traveling, she enjoys hanging out with her husband and son, knitting, cooking, reading mystery novels, and playing with her two pugs (Tubi and Max).

Chelsea Foreman, LLMSW

Is a recent graduate of Michigan State University School of Social Work and also have a Bachelors’s Degree in Human Services from Baker College. Chelsea is a limited licensed social worker with an extensive background in hospice/medical social work as well as grief and loss. Other specialties include working with teens, young adults, children of alcoholics, life transitions, self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. Chelsea works with individuals from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds as well. She most often utilizes a person-centered strengths-based approach when working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. She strongly believes that each and every individual is the expert in their own lives. Therefore, Chelsea works diligently to create a safe, nonjudgmental, trusting environment for a successful and collaborative therapeutic relationship to develop. She is also very familiar with local resources and alternative forms of therapy to help aid you in the therapeutic process outside of the office setting. Chelsea has a true passion for helping others and this is well reflected in her work.

Managing Partner

Brian Wissink, LPC