Treatment Team

Treatment Team

Meet Our Professional and Dedicated Staff


treatment team

Our staff is full of friendly and knowledgeable professionals. We work hard each day to ensure our patients receive the care and support they need. Our staff is highly qualified and recognized in the field.


Learn more about our team below.


Lou Harvey, Retired Board Member


Lou Harvey, CEO

Lou Harvey is the Chief Executive Officer of The Woodlands Behavioral Health and Wellness Center and an Advisory Board Member. He previously served as CEO for Harvey House & Associates, Intercostal Resources and has over 30 years in advanced technology and services firms.


Lou holds a BS in resource management and engineering from Portland State University with advanced studies Business, Energy, Mining, Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Advanced Process Systems

Today he splits his time between The Woodlands Behavioral Health and Wellness Center and his various other business interests.

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Gillian Botha-Harvey, M.A. Clin. Psy. 
Retired Board Member

Gillian Botha-Harvey, M.A. Clin. Psy.

Gillian Botha-Harvey obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree, Honors in Psychology degrees, and Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology at UNISA in South Africa. She was previously the Head of the Department of Innovative Programs and the Regional Clinics Manager for the San Mateo Medical Center and Clinics. She was also the Director of the Forensic Psychiatric Center in Virginia, and the Regional Service Chief for Forensic Psychiatric Services in New York City. She initially qualified and worked as a licensed Clinical Psychologist in South Africa, taught at the University of Natal Medical School, and was a Supervising Psychologist in the Department of Psychology at King George V Hospital. She brings a background of education, psychology and healthcare operations management and leadership skills in innovative service design, startup and operation of new healthcare centers and re-engineering existing healthcare systems.


She was originally hired by Chronicity, Inc. to develop a pilot program for the integrated treatment of clients suffering from ADHD. She implemented this unique program in a startup clinic in The Woodlands, which has successfully treated clients for the past five years. Gillian, her husband Louis Harvey, and Jim Zettel have been the sole owners of the program for the past six years. In addition to her responsibility of Chief of Operations, she meets with all new clients to determine their treatment needs and to guide them towards the most appropriate services. She also develops an individualized initial treatment plan for each client according to their assessment findings, then monitors and navigates the client’s progress through our integrated treatment approach.


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Orlando Peccora, M.D. 
Child/Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist Bilingual (English and Spanish)

Orlando Peccora, M.D.

Dr. Orlando Peccora is a Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, licensed in the State of Texas, and has been practicing since 1977. He received his General Psychiatry training at Duke University and N.C. State University. He completed a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training at University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. His teaching experience includes Clinical Assistant Professor at O Roberts University, Tulsa and UTMB, Galveston. He was also a Clinical Assistant Instructor at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.


He was appointed the Medical Director of Rapha Psychiatric Hospitals programs during 1985-1993, the Medical Director of Rader Institute for Eating Disorders, and the Medical Director and co-founder of New Awakening Adolescent Day Programs. Dr. Peccora’s special interests in psychiatry include ADHD, eating disorders, substance abuse, medication management and the use of internet psychiatry for helping college students. He is fluent in Spanish.


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Ifeoma Nwugbana, MD
Board Certified Psychiatrist

Ifeoma Nwugbana, MD

Dr Ifeoma Nwugbana is a Board Certified Psychiatrist. She completed her Psychiatry Residency Training at Albert Einstein at Bronx Lebanon Hospital and received further training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center. Dr Nwugbana had previously been trained in Ireland at the Dublin University Psychiatry Residency Program and is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK and Ireland.


Dr Nwugbana specializes in the treatment of ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety and Mood disorders. Her exposure to patients of various cultural and economic backgrounds contributes to her ability to perform a comprehensive evaluation and offer evidence based treatments .


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Jim Zettel, Ph.D. 
Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Director

Jim Zettel, Ph.D.

Dr. Jim Zettel received his doctorate in psychology from Texas Tech University and completed his internship training at the Houston VA. Dr. Zettel’s interest in ADHD started in graduate school where he spent time counseling children and adolescents in multiple rural schools who had ADHD or anxiety/depression problems or other school adjustment problems. He was later involved with the development of adaptive behavior classrooms for children and adolescents having more significant behavioral problems in the school environment. His private practice included work within a pediatrician’s practice where he integrated psychology into the daily pediatric work. Dr. Zettel is certified to provide Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, a specialized behavioral therapy to help parents dealing with oppositional defiance behavior. Dr. Zettel also wrote and implemented treatment protocols for adolescent substance abusers.


Currently, Dr. Zettel focuses his treatment on the following: parent/child interaction therapy, family therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, working with school personnel to develop and implement individualized and workable accommodations for clients with ADHD, and working with clients diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. Dr. Zettel also specializes in Neuropsychological Evaluations and is certified to conduct the comprehensive, “gold standard” assessment used for the diagnosis of autism.


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Melissa Mignogna, Ph.D. 
Pediatric Clinical Psychologist

Melissa Mignogna, Ph.D.

Dr. Melissa Mignogna specializes in pediatric/child assessment and treatment. She received her graduate education in the Clinical Psychology program at Oklahoma State University and completed her pre-doctoral internship in the pediatric/child psychology track at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB), a member of the LEND (i.e., Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities) network of training institutions. At UAB, she gained extensive training in the assessment of children presenting with complex developmental, behavioral, medical and psychological difficulties. Dr. Mignogna completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH), where she received specialized training in pediatric psychology. While at TCH, Dr. Mignogna provided inpatient consultations for hospitalized children/adolescents, as well as outpatient psychotherapy services to children, teens and families presenting with a broad range of pediatric issues.


Dr. Mignogna’s primary clinical interests include adjustment and adaptation to pediatric chronic illness and improving adherence to pediatric medical regimens. Her clinical training also included heavy emphasis on the use of non-pharmacological approaches to managing pediatric pain. Dr. Mignogna has experience in the treatment of pediatric feeding disorders, “picky eaters,” encopresis, sleep difficulties, school anxiety, recurrent pain, headaches, conversion disorders and terminal illness/end-of-life issues. Clinical interests also include Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and behavior management therapy for families. Additionally, Dr. Mignogna has extensive experience in conducting developmental, educational and neuropsychological assessments with children/teens. She gained specialized training in the diagnosis of developmental delays, learning disorders, ADHD and Autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Mignogna is a strong advocate for multidisciplinary team approaches to assessment/treatment, and regularly consults with doctors, schools and other professionals in providing a continuum of care.


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Molly Thomason, Ph.D.

Molly Thomason, Ph.D.

Dr. Thomason joined our practice in September 2018. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, with specialized training and coursework in both neuropsychology and health psychology subspecialties. Dr. Thomason completed an APA-accredited internship in pediatric neuropsychology at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and then went on to complete a 2-year specialty fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital.


Dr. Thomason's clinical interests primarily include pediatric/young adult neuropsychological evaluations with patients who have a history of a wide variety of medical conditions, including, but not limited to: prematurity, prenatal exposure to substances, genetic disorders, congenital heart disease, epilepsy, brain tumor, cancer, concussion, traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, stroke, and encephalitis. She also has extensive experience in conducting diagnostic evaluations for presenting concerns of developmental delays, learning difficulties, attention problems, mood concerns, and behavioral difficulties. Dr. Thomason is able to complete independent evaluations for special education services and admission evaluations for private schools. Clinical interests also include implementation of evidence-based interventions (i.e., cognitive-behavioral therapy, problem-solving skills training, parent management training) for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders, difficulty adjusting to medical diagnosis, and difficulty adhering to medication regimens. Finally, Dr. Thomason is currently developing a cognitive rehabilitation program for our practice to rehabilitate and accommodate difficulties with attention, executive function, and memory.


Dr. Thomason is a member of the American Psychological Association (Society for Clinical Neuropsychology and Pediatric Division), National Academy of Neuropsychology, and Texas Psychological Association.


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Katherine Cohn, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Katherine Cohn, MD

Dr. Katherine Cohn specializes in early childhood evaluation and intervention. She received her PhD in School psychology from the University of Houston and conducted graduate work in schools, outpatient clinics, and hospitals. She completed a pre-doctoral internship in clinical and pediatric psychology at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine where she received specialized training across a variety of areas, both with healthy children and those with chronic/acute medical conditions. She then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in early childhood at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor
College of Medicine.


Clinically, Dr. Cohn is primarily focused on providing specialized, parent-focused intervention services (Parent Management Training-PMT) for young children aged 2-12 and their families. Dr. Cohn is an expert in the assessment and treatment of disruptive behavior, anxiety, ADHD, selective eating, sleep concerns, toileting difficulties, and coping with medical diagnoses/adherence to medical treatment regimens in this population. Dr. Cohn also has extensive training in clinical evaluation and behavioral intervention for young children with autism who have a receptive language level of approximately 3 years or older and mild to moderate behavioral difficulties. Dr. Cohn is also trained to provide Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure/Response Prevention (ERP), with expertise in anxiety disorders (social anxiety, specific phobia, separation anxiety, illness anxiety, procedural anxiety, generalized anxiety), functional neurological disorder (FND),
and emotion regulation difficulties.


In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Cohn is a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP) and provides parent consultation regarding navigating the “alphabet soup” of the public school system, such as ECI, PPCD/ECSE, IEPs, ARDs, 504 plans, and more.


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Suzanne Senn, M.S., LPC 
Intensive Treatment Program Director

Suzanne Senn, M.S., LPC

Suzanne received her M.S. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy from Our Lady of the Lake University Houston and her B.A. in Psychology from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Suzanne has worked in social service roles with children, adolescents and adults for 20 years, beginning as a direct care provider then moving into case management and supervisory roles before completing graduate school. During graduate school, Suzanne was coauthor of a research study and therapy program guide contracted by the Texas State Attorney General’s office through The Houston Galveston Institute entitled “Families Enacting Divorce: A Show of Hope,” which was approved and utilized to meet court-mandated counseling requirements for families experiencing divorce.


In addition to seeing clients in her practicum at The Houston Galveston Institute, Suzanne completed a one-year internship at Interfaith Community Clinic in Oak Ridge North, Texas where she counseled clients ages 4 to 68. Following completion of graduate school, Suzanne was an adjunct psychology instructor at San Jacinto and Houston Community Colleges for 3 years. After earning her LPC-Intern status, she was a professional facilitator at Depression Bipolar Support Alliance Support Groups in The Woodlands and Tomball while also working as a contract therapist with acute psychiatric patients before settling into a permanent position with New Dimensions Day Hospital The Woodlands where she became the Adolescent Program Director. During her tenure at New Dimensions, Suzanne also facilitated social skills groups at ADD Wellness and worked as a Provisional Sex Offender Treatment Provider primarily with adjudicated adolescents. This included counseling victims of sexual abuse and working towards family reunification.


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Elissa Mattar, M.Ed., LPC 
Staff Therapist

Elissa Mattar, M.Ed., LPC

Elissa Mattar holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology, a master's degree in Psychological Counseling, and is certified as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. She is experienced working therapeutically with children, adolescents, and adults. Elissa specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for emotional regulation, stress reduction biofeedback, behavioral symptom management of AD/HD, parent coaching to facilitate adaptive family functioning, and executive functioning skills training for those struggling to self-regulate and manage expectations in the school, home, or work-place environment. Additionally, Elissa is a certified CogMed coach, guiding trainees through a computerized, research-based program scientifically designed to strengthen Working Memory, which is a core executive function and the strongest predictor of academic success.


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Jon Delgado, MS, LPC

Sarah Patterson

Jonathan Delgado has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology as well as a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. His experience in counseling ranges but is not limited to anxiety, depression, substance abuse, mood and personality disorders and more. His cultural background contributes to his counseling approach. He wants to make sure that every individual he counsels is understood and cared for. After working 3 years in private practice in San Antonio, he has returned home and is excited to help the community. Jonathan provides individual, family, and couples counseling services. His experience playing collegiate sports and is passionate about counseling athletes and non-athletes going through life transitions. Jonathan is a native of the Woodlands, Texas.


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Kathryn Messina, MEd
Life Coach

Kathryn Wainscott

Kathryn Messina holds a Bachelor's degree from Wellesley College, a Master's degree in Education from Simmons College, and advanced studies in Social Work, Counseling and Special Education. Kathryn is experienced working therapeutically with children, adolescents and adults teaching coping skills, social skills, self-regulation and executive functioning skills. She has been trained in Adaptive Behavioral Therapy for remapping of neurological pathways. She is a certified Special Education teacher in the state of Texas with more than 15 years of experience. Most recently, Kathryn has been in private practice doing in-home training to assist with behavior modification and learning.


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Sarah Holub, M.Ed. 
Assistant Director

Sarah Holub, M.Ed.

Sarah has a Master of Education degree in Higher Education Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Major of Psychology and Minor in Child and Family Services from Iowa State University. Sarah is the Program Manager and is responsible for coordinating all the treatment programs, provider schedules and for managing all administrative operations. Sarah was previously the Assistant Director of New Student Programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and coordinated the orientation program for over 8,000 freshmen and parents to prepare families for the transition from high school to university. She has utilized her background and experience to develop our successful College Program, which includes college preparatory workshops to help freshmen successfully cope with the transition from high school to college.


As the lead consultant for our “Earlier the Better” study, she has guided the team in the implementation of pre- and post- developmental screening in a pre-school to identify children with developmental lags together with the implementation of treatment programs to help reduce these lags before they enter the formal classroom.


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Cindy Andrews, M.Ed. Educational Counseling, M.S. Health Fitness Management 

Jennifer Brickhouse, M.E.d., PCET

Cindy Andrews has a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Southern Methodist University in Dallas as well as a master's degree in Education Counseling and a master's degree of Science in Health Fitness Management from North Texas State University in Denton. She began her career working with Cardiac Rehabilitation patients monitoring exercise post trauma and teaching healthy lifestyle changes. She moved into Corporate Fitness while working as the director of Emerson Electric's corporate Fitness center in St. Louis.

Upon moving to Texas she followed her passion for fitness while teaching as an adjunct professor for Health/Fitness at Montgomery County community college. She also worked for Conroe ISD as the Assistant Director of the CISD Natatorium. 

She enjoys swimming, yoga, her family (especially her grandsons) and her dogs.

Cindy is excited to be joining The Woodlands Behavioral Health and Wellness Center as a Client Care Coordinator where she will meet with new clients to determine the most appropriate services and treatment plans based on assessment findings. 


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Deanna Wessel
Client Care Coordinator

Deanna Wessel

Deanna Wessel began her career in the mental health field in 2015 where she worked as Office Manager at a Houston psychiatrist’s office for 6 years. She worked closely with clients and became passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives. She is a compassionate listener who is determined to ensure that each client receives the individualized care and attention they need to succeed. Deanna is pursuing her degree in social work and advancing her education in psychology to guarantee providing quality care to patients. In her role as the Client Care Coordinator, she meets with new clients to determine the most appropriate service to begin as well as communicates the individualized, initial treatment plan for each client according to assessment findings and is a point of contact for all clients who have questions about services.


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Melissa Patak, MS, LPC
Staff Therapist

Deanna Wessel

Melissa Patak holds a bachelor's degree in Social Science and a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of settings including psychiatric hospitals, juvenile detention, and residential treatment centers. Melissa utilizes CBT, Strengths Based, Solution Focused, and more recently was trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). She helps individuals manage their anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship issues by working together to identify what is not working and how to improve their overall functioning. 


She will be seeing individuals and families on Tuesday/Thursday afternoons. 



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Kasey Byrd, MA, Med, LPC
Staff Therapist

Kasey Byrd, MA, Med, LPC

Kasey Byrd holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Master of Arts Degree in Mental Health Counseling, and a Master of Education Degree in School Counseling. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified School Counselor in Texas. Her experience in schools allowed her to work with ages kindergarten through high school, and she has extensively worked with special education populations. With this background and knowledge, she is able to provide parent consultation regarding navigating certain processes of public schools (IEPs, ARDs, 504, etc.). In private practice settings, she has specialized in working with teens and young adults, though she enjoys working with ages across the lifespan. She utilizes an eclectic approach to therapy, which includes person-centered, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral, and EMDR (when appropriate) therapies to address a variety of concerns, focusing on anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief. As a mom of 3 young children herself, she also relates to and is passionate about working with women’s issues and people going through transitional life stages.


Kasey will be working Monday - Thursday and seeing clients virtually and in person starting January 25th.



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Jeanie McCusker, Ed.D, LPC, CSC, CCAC

Jeanie McCusker, Ed.D, LPC, CSC, CCAC

Dr. Jeanie McCusker brings over 20 years of experience as a Mental Health and School Counselor. She holds a BA in Speech Communication and Spanish from The University of Tennessee, MA in Mental Health Counseling from Stephen F. Austin State University and an Ed.D in Counseling from The University of Memphis as well as a Certification as a College Access Counselor from Rice University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Texas Certified School Counselor and Certified College Access Counselor. With experiences in both public and private schools (elementary, junior high and high school), as well as Mental Health Counseling settings, Dr. McCusker has a vast range of experience including serving as an adjunct professor of graduate Counseling courses for 10 years at SFA, being a grade level School Counselor, private school Counselor, College & Career Counselor, International Baccalaureate Counselor, Crisis Counselor, 504 accommodations and private practice Counselor.


Dr. McCusker specializes in Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Autism, life transitions and additional scenarios that life provides. She sees age 12 + through adulthood.


As the mother of 3 children (one in junior high, one in high school and one in college), Dr. McCusker has empathy for and understands the challenges that students and parents face in today’s educational systems and can work with both students and parents on navigating these years.


Call 281-528-4226 to find out more information about scheduling an appointment with Dr. McCusker today. Afternoon/late evening appointments are available both in-person and virtually.


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