MCPST Therapists
For more information about any of our therapists please click on their name.
To reach a therapist’s confidential voice mail, dial our main clinic number at (608) 237-8000 and use the direct extension listed after the therapist’s name.
All therapists have expertise in general psychotherapy issues including stress, depression, anxiety, self-esteem and relationship concerns. Each therapist has special interest areas and specialized training in additional areas. These are listed below:
Dawn Brubakken, LCSW, S.C. x108
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Young adults, adolescents, adults. Individuals, parents, families, groups
- Specialty areas: Sexualized behaviors, offending behaviors, sexual orientation issues, gender dysphoria, adjustment issues and conduct disorders, treating parents of sexualized children – specializing in intra-familial sexual abuse. Family therapy (addiction issues and blended family dynamics). Consultation, evaluation and treatment of the adolescent female with sex offending behaviors.
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Older adolescents, adults. Individuals, group
- Specialty areas: Sexualized behaviors, sexual compulsivity, healthy sexuality, offending behaviors/perpetration, adjustment issues, conduct disorders, personality disorders, anger management, trauma resolution.
Shari Cohn, MSSW, LCSW, S.C. x109
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- IITAP Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT)
- Adults, young adults, seniors. Individuals, couples, families, group
- Specialty areas: Sexual addiction and compulsivity; partners and spouses of sex addicts; adult children of addictions; sexual dysfunction; survivors of abuse-assault; trauma resolution; sexual issues after trauma; PTSD; EMDR; sexual orientation; couples and marriage counseling.
James K. Gerndt, Ph.D., S.C. x103
- Licensed Psychologist
- IITAP Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT)
- Director of STOP program
- Adults, older adolescents, young adults, seniors. Individuals, couples, families, group
- Specialty Areas: Psychological and risk assessments; sexual dysfunction; compulsivity/addiction; assault/ perpetration; and male survivors. Anxiety disorders; depression; anger management.
Jessica Taapken Klabough LMFT-IT SC x486
- Marriage and Family Therapist – In Training
- Children, adolescents and adults supporting them. Individuals and families both with a focus on internal family systems.
- Specialty areas: anxiety, depression and life transitions for children and young adults; families with multi-system involvement; behavior concerns for children and adolescents; parenting support and encouragement. Motivational interviewing and CBT.
Tarah Liljeberg, MSW, LCSW, S.C. x484
- Tarah sees clients primarily through tele-health sessions.
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Certified in Trauma Focused- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Advanced Certified in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
- Children, Adolescents, Adults. Individuals, Couples & Families
- Specialty Areas: Trauma treatment. Child and adolescent behavioral and emotional concerns. Parenting, Family, and Couples Issues. Young adult and women’s mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and relational concerns.
Jennifer A. Miroslaw, MS, LPC, S.C. x207
- Licensed Professional Counselor
- CCPS – Candidate
- Adolescents, adults. Individuals, couples, families
- Specialty Areas: Sexual problems; sexual dysfunction; sexual trauma; couples and marital sex therapy; pre-marital sexuality; sexuality/adjustment for new parents. Trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.
BJ Nichols, MSSW, LCSW, SUDS, S.C. x104
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Specialty
- Children, adolescents, adults. Individuals, families, groups.
- Specialty Areas: Treating complex and developmental trauma in children, adolescents, and adults, including traumatic dissociation. Behavioral and emotional concerns for children. Parenting support, including parenting a child with PTSD. Anxiety, depression, grief, bipolar disorder, ADHD, substance use disorders. EMDR.
Stephanie L Oestreich MA, LPC, S.C. x102
- Licensed Professional Counselor
- Children, adolescents, adults. Individuals, families
- Specialty Areas: Child and adolescent behavioral and emotional concerns; Parenting; Trauma specific treatment; Young adult and women’s mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, self esteem and relationship concerns.
James Sauer LCSW, S.C. x 487
- LCSW, LMFT, CSAC, ICS
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
- Licensed Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor
- Licensed Independent Clinical Supervisor
- Adults. Individuals, couples, families
- Specialty Areas: Substance Use issues for adults, as well as affected partners and families of substance related issues. Co-occurring issues of substance users, including depression, anxiety, stressors, post traumatic stress, and relationship repair. Comprehensive Substance Abuse evaluations. Utilizing breath and movement, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral, motivational interviewing, and a wide range of recovery principles.
Jacob Schuldies, LCSW, S.C. x209
- Jacob Schuldies is no longer providing services at MCPST.
- Please contact our Administrative Manager Sarah with any questions. Sarah can be contacted at (608) 237-8000 x 3. Sarah’s email is administration@mcpst.com.
Melissa Teela, MS, LMFT, S.C.x483
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
- Substance Use Specialty Authorization
- Children, adolescents, adults. Individuals, couples, families.
- Specialty areas: Anxiety, depression; Behavior concerns for children and adolescents; Trauma specific treatment; Parenting; Life transitions. Substance use counseling and family members affected by substance use. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy based interventions, motivational interviewing and CBT.