Family Services, Inc.


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Behavioral Health

Family Services
Inc. is the only psychiatric rehabilitation program in Montgomery County, Maryland certified by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

Meet our Clinical Team

Clinical Staff

Jennifer Crawford, JD, LCSW-C	Jennifer Crawford is the Director of the Outpatient Mental Health Center (OMHC), at Family Services. Ms. Crawford is a licensed clinical social worker. She received a law degree from Antioch School of Law and a Masters Degree in Social Work from Catholic University. Ms. Crawford has extensive experience working with children and families. She worked as the clinical director at a school for emotionally disturbed children in Baltimore and Prince George's County and then served for six years as the director of Community Kids, a federally funded wrap-around project for children with serious behavior problems and their families. Ms. Crawford became the director of OMHC in 2006.
Kathleen Ackerman, MD	Dr. Ackerman is from Buffalo and attended SUNY at Buffalo for both undergraduate and medical school. She originally trained as a pediatrician and practiced for 13 years. She then went back into training and completed her residency in adult psychiatry at George Washington Hospital and a child psychiatry fellowship at the University of Maryland. She worked in special education at RICA Southern Maryland for 9 years. She is now also in private practice in Clinton, Maryland seeing both children and adults.
Doriska Brown, MD	Doriska Brown is licensed as a physician in Maryland and is Board Certified in Psychiatry. Dr. Brown is the Medical Director for the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic at Family Services. She has worked internationally with clients from Asia, including Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian adults. She has also worked extensievely with clients from Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Caribbean. Dr. Brown is experienced treating a range of disorders from mild depression or anxiety to schizophrenia. Her practice focuses on adult patients.
Marlene Dunsmore, LCSW-C	Marlene Dunsmore has special training and experience in providing clinical psychotherapy to adults and children who have experienced mental/physical and sexual trauma; adults who suffer from substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, incarceration, or parenting issues; and the severely and persistently mentally ill (SPMI) population. She currently runs support groups for the SPMI population, Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Group (TREM) for adult women and a Dissociative Identity Disorder Group (DID) for women. She practices therapy by utilizing the following modalities: Psychodynamic, CBT, TREM, EMDR, EFT, Social Skills Building and 12 Step/Relapse Prevention theories.
Kimberly Emerson, LGSW	Kim Emerson received her Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania. Kim is a licensed graduate social worker (LGSW) in the state of Maryland. She works with young adults and adults with anxiety, mood and psychotic disorders. Kim is being trained in treating individuals who have experienced mental, physical and sexual trauma using CBT, psychodynamic and EMDR. She also works closely with Montgomery Station (FSI's Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program), serving as the liasion between the program and the Outpatient Mental Health Center. Kim sits on the Gaithersburg Hoarding Task Force.
Shawna Foord Smith, LGSW	Shawna Foord Smith received her Master of Social Work from the University of Maryland. She specializes in working with children and adolescents. She has experience in case management and family therapy.
Mary Herbers, LCSW-C	Mary Herbers has worked for Family Services Outpatient Mental Health Clinic for four years as a clinical social worker. Mary conducts four therapy groups using Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other modalities. She also provides individual therapy. She has experience working with homebound elderly and disabled, families, couples and addiction programs providing case management and therapy.
Claudia Iglesias , LGSW-C	Claudia Iglesias is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Social Work. She provides individual and family therapy for adults and children. Claudia is bilingual and speaks Spanish.
Charles Kaelber, MD	Charles Kaelber received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and completed his psychiatric residency at Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Kaelber is Board Certified as a psychiatrist. He provides psychiatric services for adult clients.
Alan O. Kogan, MD	Alan Kogan received his medical degree from Wayne State University and completed his psychiatric residency at Johns Hopkins University. He provides psychiatric services for adult clients.
Raynette Lyles, LGPC	Raynette Lyles received a Master of Science in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola College in Baltimore. She has spent many years in the federal sector before pursuing her counseling degree. Raynette works with adults, adolescents and children.
Hector Parada, MD	Hector Parada is from Chile and received his medical degree from the University of Chile and his residency at The George Washington University. He furthered his studies in child and adolescent psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Parada sees children and young adults. He is bilingual and speaks Spanish.
Liz Ressler, LGSW	Liz Ressler received a Master of Social Work from the New York University Silver School of School Social Work. She completed a specialization in substance abuse counseling and co-occurring disorders. Liz provides individual, group and family therapy for adults.
Katie Showers, LGSW	Katie Showers recieved her Masters in Social Work with specialization in child mental health from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Katie is a licensed Graduate Social Worker in the state of Maryland. She currently works offsite with children Kindergarten through fifth grade who are enrolled in the Linkages to Learning Program at Maryvale Elementary School. She is trained in trauma focused CBT with children.
Tom Sumser, LCSW-C	Tom Sumser is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical who received his Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan. He has also received extensive post-graduate training in Structural Family Therapy. Tom has over 30 years experience in working with children, adolescents, adults and families in a variety of clinical settings including outpatient mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, family services agencies and private practice.
Robert Tsai, LGPC	Robert Tsai received a Master of Science in Clinical Community Counseling from Johns Hopkins University. Robert provides individual therapy for adults and children, as well as family therapy. Robert is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese.
Veronica Tunon, LCSW-C	Veronica Tunon received a Master of Social Work from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. She provides individual, group and family therapy for children, adolescents and adults. Her experience includes treating substance abuse, depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder.
Fran Urgenson, LCPC	Fran Urgenson graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Master of Science in Clinical Community Counseling. She also received a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Clinical Community Counseling from Johns Hopkins. Fran Urgenson is licensed as a Clinical Professional Counselor. Before she became a counselor,she held a Masters degree in Early Childhood Education.
Kathleen Weaver, LCSW-C	Kate Weaver received her Master of Social Work degree from Catholic University. She began working as a clinical therapist at Family Services in 2004. Kate works with adults, providing individual, couples' and family therapy. Kate has a special interest in relationship issues, phase-of-life issues, mood disorders and sex therapy.

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