Meet Our Staff | Families, Inc. - Outpatient Mental Health Counseling Services

Administration

Our administrative team consists of individuals from various backgrounds, possessing unique talents all striving to reach common goals. These goals include; providing strategic short and long-term vision for the company, provide consistent and dependable leadership, as well as staff support, trainings, and a positive work environment for all. Maintaining this focus results in high quality service delivery for our clients and career satisfaction for staff which ultimately ensures that we are helping each person reach their fullest potential.

Joy Davis, LPC

President/Owner

Mark Thurman, RN

Chief Executive Officer

John Burnett, MD

Medical Director

Haley Thomas, LPC S

Director of Clinical Operations

Amber Gonzales, LPC S

Director of Quality Assurance

Dawn Layer

Director of Marketing

Sherri Harp

Director of Human Resources

Charleston Girley

Director of Finance

Ginger Tillman, LPN

Business Office Manager

Jodie Vericker, LPN

Support Services Coordinator

Naomi Holloway

Support Services Coordinator

Greg Starnes

IT Coordinator

Psychiatry

Our medical staff is comprised of Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners that are dedicated to providing evidence-based care to children, adolescents, and adults in our local communities. Our providers each share a natural gift of making our clients feel at ease and comfortable. They are trained to perform very detailed evaluations that result in unique treatment regimens for each client. In order to achieve success, our medical staff work with the client, their family, and treatment team to provide a collaborative and customized treatment approach to help individuals reach their fullest potential.

John Burnett, MD

Medical Director

Jenni George-McKnight, APRN

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practioner

Pawel Kurylo, MD

Psychiatrist

Leslee Lowe, APRN

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Jacquelyn Martin, MD

Psychiatrist

Chris Stone, APRN

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Dustin Timmons, APRN

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Psychology

Psychological Testing is provided by Mark Cates, PhD, to our internal clients. He is trained to perform a variety of psychological tests that help with substantiating a mental health diagnosis, augmenting current mental health treatment or helping your doctor make important medical decisions.

Mark Cates, PhD

Psychologist

Clinical Supervisors

Each of our Clinical Supervisors has a wealth of knowledge and years of experience that allow them to oversee the day-to-day clinical operations of each clinic. This includes direct supervision of all the MHPs and QBHPs in the clinic. It also entails working side-by-side with school districts in their respective area to deliver school-based mental health services. Many of them also personally provide therapy to clients within the clinic. They work under the direct supervision of the Director of Clinical Operations. The Clinical Supervisors are the foundation that keeps each of our clinics running smooth every day.