Courtney K. Cusack, Psy.D.
Founder of Clear View Counseling Center
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Supervisor
Dr. Cusack is a Maryland Licensed psychologist. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida, a Master of Arts Degree in Professional Psychology and a Doctor of Psychology from William James College. She received formal training at McLean Hospital Women’s Treatment Program and Klarman Eating Disorders Center, both Harvard teaching facilities. She was affiliated with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children providing services for children, adolescents, and their families. In addition, she has clinical experience in a variety of settings including residential treatment programs hospital emergency departments, and inpatient units. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Sheppard Pratt Health System in the Trauma Disorders Program offering individual and group therapy, psychological assessment, and consultation services for inpatient and outpatient settings, with specialty training in adults with complex trauma. In addition, Dr. Cusack has advanced training in the provision of mental health services for patients struggling with grief and loss and earned certification as a Grief Counseling Specialist (CGCS) in 2020.
At the Clear View Counseling Center, Dr. Cusack provides psychotherapy to a small caseload of adolescents and adults presenting with symptoms related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Eating Disorders, gender and sexuality issues, anxiety disorders, and depression. Dr. Cusack no longer accepts referrals for new patients. Instead she focuses her professional interests in growing the practice, mentorship, supervision of early career clinicians, professional consultation, and community engagement.
Deanna Sanders, Psyd.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Ph: (667) 400-4956
DSanders@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Deanna Sanders, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Sanders works with children, adolescents, and adults who experience a range of concerns including anxiety and panic disorders, depression, trauma, adjustment disorders/stress, ADHD, OCD and oppositional defiant disorder. She also conducts psychological testing and has experience assessing and diagnosing ADHD, autism, and mood disorders.
Dr. Sanders graduated in 2018 with her Doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University. She earned her Master’s degree in clinical psychology at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in 2016. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at The University of Dayton in 2009. Dr. Sanders has experience working in inpatient, outpatient, and intensive outpatient settings. She has worked in suburban and inner-city environments. As part of her training, Dr. Sanders completed three externships and one internship in the Chicagoland and southern Wisconsin areas. She completed her internship at Pennsylvania Counseling Services where she provided mental health and addictions counseling, as well as completed psychological testing.
Dr. Sanders approaches therapy with a belief that the client is the expert of their own life, and there is no one size fits all approach. Using this belief Dr. Sanders empowers clients to feel confident identifying solutions that will work best for their unique circumstances.
Dr. Sanders primarily uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people build new skills to manage and cope with problems, as well as encourages them to consider problems from new perspectives. She utilizes positive psychology to build on people’s individual strengths, client centered therapy to encourage people’s intrinsic ability to grow and solve their own problems, along with mindfulness meditation and motivational interviewing. Dr. Sanders uses play therapy with children to help them develop skills like frustration tolerance and coping with anxiety.
Dr. Sanders moved to Maryland in 2018. In her free time she enjoys hiking, playing board games, playing clarinet, and spending time with her family.
Odin Hanks, LMSW
Licensed Master Social Worker
Psychotherapist
Ph: (410) 609-6831
OHanks@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Robert “Odin” Hanks is a Maryland Licensed Master Social Worker. In 2018, Odin earned his bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. After earning his bachelor’s, Odin worked with the developmentally disabled population while also working towards his Master’s in Social Work from Salisbury University. While working through the graduate program, Odin was able to work through the clinical pieces of his client’s service plans, including therapy services, behavior plans, and learning the skill of “seeing the person behind the diagnosis”.
Upon receiving his social work licensure, Odin worked as a medical social worker at Franklin Square Medical Center juggling intake assessments, equipment deliveries, hospice conversations, work with patients going through substance use and recovery, and connect patients with home health services. After almost a year in this setting, Odin became a travel social worker where he worked in both the Denver and Boston areas.
While working as a travel social worker, Odin continued in both medical and school social work. As Odin worked in the school system, he worked in middle schools with youth who were diagnosed with Severe Emotional Disability. In this work, Odin worked with these youth in one-on-one counseling sessions to help them learn coping skills, explore situations, and understand the meaning behind their emotions.
Odin believes in using a variety of techniques in therapy, with the focus on being around using techniques that can best benefit the client. Odin is an openly gay cisgender male, and strives to create a warm and inviting environment, so clients can feel safe and secure while discussing the easy and not so easy topics.
Veronica Musiol, LMSW
Licensed Master Social Worker
Psychotherapist
VMusiol@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Veronica Musiol is a Maryland Licensed Master in Social Work. She is a dedicated and compassionate professional who entered the social work field to provide a more comprehensive and warm environment for those navigating mental health challenges.
Veronica earned her Bachelor’s in Social Work from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2018. After graduation, she worked with high school students facing complex behavioral, mental, and developmental challenges, helping them successfully graduate. Veronica utilizes strength-based therapy to help clients work through trauma, anxiety, depression, and unhealthy patterns to reach optimal functioning. This experience inspired her to dedicate more time to the field, leading her to achieve a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 2022.
During her master’s program, she interned with United Way for Central Maryland (UWCM). There, she led efforts in managing a certificate program for 63 adult participants, who were required to attend 36 training on various therapeutic methods. These included Cognitive Behavioral Processing (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Psychological Testing and Evaluation.
This internship prepared Veronica for her role with Catholic Charities’ school-based therapy program, Villa Maria. At Villa Maria, she developed new skills while working with a diverse population of adolescents and their families. She assessed and provided mental health diagnoses, defining treatment for youth and families dealing with anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, ASD, ODD, and PTSD. Veronica excelled at curating individualized treatment modalities for clients with multiple diagnoses, each with unique therapeutic goals and objectives.
Veronica’s therapeutic philosophy is rooted in a holistic, integrative, and humanistic approach. She strongly emphasizes a client’s autonomy and personal growth, with a primary focus on helping individuals achieve their personal goals. By centering on a client’s existing strengths and offering an objective perspective to analyze behaviors and patterns, she skillfully nourishes motivation and commitment towards improved mental health. Veronica thoughtfully integrates various methods of healing and considers it an honor to provide supportive and nurturing care to others who are seeking greater happiness and increased productivity in their lives.
Arin Jayes, LCPC, NCC, CBIS, CTP
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
National Certified Counselor
National Certified Brain Injury Specialist
Certified Trauma Professional
Psychotherapist
AJayes@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Arin Jayes is a Maryland Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS) and a Certified Trauma Professional (CTP). He obtained his Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at The Johns Hopkins University School of Education and he is also a graduate of the LGBT Health Policy and Practice program at The George Washington University.
Arin built his counseling career upon nearly a decade of public service at community mental health organizations, providing vocational rehabilitation and case management services to individuals living with severe mental illness, substance use disorders, and brain injury. These experiences instilled in him an ethic of client self-determination, advocacy, and harm reduction. Arin meets clients where they are by serving as an ally in the therapy process. With kindness as his north star, Arin helps clients prioritize goals in alignment with their values and belief systems.
Arin’s theoretical orientation is grounded in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) with a focus on mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Arin also incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), tailoring techniques to his clients unique needs.
A typical session with Arin is collaborative, psychoeducational, and constructive with a healthy dose of humor. Arin helps clients gain awareness of old patterns that may have helped them in the past but are no longer serving them in the present. Arin supports clients as they accept what is, identify alternative pathways, and commit to change. Informed by the trauma response, Arin teaches clients skills to regulate their nervous system and catalyze their brain’s natural neuroplasticity.
Arin currently works with adults facing complex challenges such as mood disorders, substance use disorders, grief and loss, aging, disabilities and chronic health conditions, social isolation, unemployment, and gender transitions. Arin is a Body Positive, LGBTQIA+ Affirming, Trauma-Informed, BIPOC allied therapist. The foundation of his practice is based on creating a safe, welcoming environment for clients to heal and grow into their authentic selves.
Tony Minetola, LMSW
Licensed Master Social Worker
Psychotherapist
Minetola@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Tony Minetola is a graduate of the Masters of Social Work program at Salisbury University. Mr. Minetola has 4 years of experience as a mental health nurse in inpatient settings in Maryland. He spent two years working in a dual diagnosis unit in the Sheppard Pratt Health System, where he assisted a treatment team serving individuals struggling with substance abuse and mental health disorders. Following that, he has spent the last two years as part of the team at J. Kent McNew Family Medical Center under Luminis Health AAMC, where he has worked as a psychiatric nurse helping clients with a broad range of mental health issues. In addition to working one on one with patients in these settings, he has guided group meditations and talks related to exploring self-awareness and understanding difficult feelings and thought patterns.
Born and raised in Annapolis, Mr. Minetola earned a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, which allowed him to study Buddhism and other eastern approaches to understanding the mind, applying practical wisdom, and cultivating compassion. He obtained his bachelor’s of nursing degree from the University of Maryland. Mr. Minetola’s long-standing interest in the nature of the mind and in the cultivation of self-awareness and compassion eventually developed into an intention to practice psychotherapy. Although he is familiar with the psychiatric approach to treating mental disorders, he feels it is more supportive to take a holistic approach which is flexible and can include different treatment modalities. In addition to being familiar with widely used therapy practices such as cognitive behavioral therapy, Mr. Minetola views mental health through a transpersonal lens, or a “psychology of being,” to borrow a phrase from Maslow. In short, the essential self is connected to an unlimited source of being and creativity, and healing trauma reconnects us to this source. Internal Family Systems therapy fits especially well with this integral approach, and Mr. Minetola often encourages others to show themselves the same kind of compassion endorsed by IFS, while tapping into the courage to deeply explore one’s inner landscape. Having much personal experience with the mind-body connection, Mr. Minetola also incorporates somatic practices which provide grounding and support the individual’s awareness of their bodily energy.
Mr. Minetola recently married, and helped his wife open an acupuncture practice in Annapolis. He is a co-parent to two wonderful, unique teenagers. He enjoys being out in nature, healthy living, and exploring insightful ideas about how people can thrive, individually and in connection with others.
Katharine Crook, LMSW
Licensed Master Social Worker
Psychotherapist
KCrook@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Katharine Crook earned her Master of Social Work degree from Salisbury University School of Social Work and her undergraduate degree from Washington College. She uses a wide range of treatment modalities while engaging in a person-centered approach. Katharine listens reflectively to and connects with you in a therapeutic partnership to more effectively engage in solutions that best meet your particular need.
During her graduate school training, Katharine interned at Clear View Counseling
Center where she provided counseling for mood disorders, depression disorders,
anxiety disorders and behavioral disorders. Katharine also interned in a hospital
addiction services program which engaged in individualized attention as well as
groups settings to help participants set goals that focus on recovery through
sobriety, personal growth, and community connections. In her practice, Katharine
feels it is important to respect the perspective of each client and establish a working
relationship based on understanding and trust to help develop authentic solutions.
Katharine embraces the integrative approach to mental health and wellness taken by
Clear View Counseling Center in her service to others.
Kelly Weins, LGPC, NCC
Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor
National Certified Counselor
Psychotherapist
KWeins@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Kelly Weins is a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor (LGPC) in the state of Maryland. Kelly graduated from Susquehanna University with a B.S. in Psychology, and then from Springfield College with a M.Ed. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a focus on Athletic Counseling. While completing her master’s program, Kelly had the opportunity to work with clients in a community outpatient clinic as well as at a college.
Kelly is passionate about supporting individuals by helping them develop skills to cope with and manage life’s stressors. She strives to support you in better understanding your symptoms while feeling more in control, and helping you to prioritize your own wellbeing to build the life you want.
Kelly’s therapeutic approach is holistic, collaborative, and integrative, with a belief that we all have the ability to develop and achieve our goals with a little support. She strives to help bring awareness to the patterns you’ve developed and the voice in your head that may no longer be positively supporting your goals. Her strengths-based approach may incorporate factors from theories such as Person-Centered, Solution-Focused and Cognitive Behavioral.
Kelly seeks to create and maintain a warm, inviting, and safe environment where sessions are tailored to meet both your current and future needs. She strives to support you with anxiety, life changes, perfectionism, stress management challenges, and more.
In her personal life, Kelly is artistic and loves the outdoors. She finds peacefulness in creating a new artistic piece, and adventure in hiking a new trail. She incorporates her professional training and her personal experiences to help her patients navigate their own journeys, and would love the opportunity to help you define your journey.
Heather Knox, LCSW-C
Certified Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Senior Clinical Supervisor and Psychotherapist
HeatherKnoxLCSWC@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Heather Knox is a Maryland licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-C) and serves as the senior clinical supervisor for the Clear View Counseling Center. In 1992, Ms. Knox earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. Immediately thereafter, she enrolled in Florida State University where she earned a Masters in Clinical Social Work in 1994. While in graduate school, Ms. Knox trained at Brehon Family Services in Tallahassee, Florida, where she worked with pregnant teenagers, providing psychoeducation to help her patients gain the skills necessary to parent their babies effectively. Most recently, Ms. Knox has become trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which she uses to help her clients work through traumatic experiences.
Ms. Knox has amassed over 20 years of clinical experience and training working with individuals and families. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings including both inpatient and outpatient mental health settings. She is skilled in the treatment of a variety of diagnoses and presenting issues including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, relationship issues, grief, and parenting issues. Moreover, Ms. Knox worked at the America World Adoption Association, where she gained extensive knowledge and expertise in the field of international adoption. In her professional capacity there, Ms. Knox worked with families to help prepare them for their adoption. She also assisted in working through difficulties that sometimes arose post-adoption, an occurrence that was particularly common among children who had been institutionalized prior to adoption.
When working with patients, Ms. Knox likes to start where they are, and where they feel they need the most help. She combines her empathic listening skills with her ability to help her patients create solutions to the issues that may be blocking their ability to enjoy life to their fullest potential.
In addition to providing therapy, Ms. Knox serves as the senior clinical supervisor at the Clear View Counseling Center. She provides mentorship and clinical supervision to both licensed clinicians and Masters level students. Ms. Knox lives in Annapolis, Maryland. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, reading, watching movies, and playing with her dogs and cats.
Olivia Brady, Counseling Intern
University of Baltimore MA in Mental Health Counseling Program
OBrady@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Olivia Brady is a Student Counseling Intern earning her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at the University of Baltimore, Maryland. Olivia graduated from Towson University with a B.S. in Psychology and went straight into her graduate program. While completing her bachelor’s program, Olivia worked in a service-learning group that helped support students with ADHD on Towson’s campus. In her master’s program, Olivia works as a research assistant and helps students with accessing therapeutic resources they need to thrive.
Olivia has always had a passion for helping others. Her goal is to help individuals feel seen and heard, supporting them through their own healing journey. She believes that healing happens through connection, and her goal is to walk alongside you as you move toward greater clarity, confidence, and self-understanding. She recognizes that therapy is not a “one-size-fits-all” solution, and believes that each session should be shaped by what feels right for you. Her therapeutic approach is integrative and collaborative, combining techniques from different therapeutic models to best suit each client. This may include Person-Centered, Acceptance & Commitment, Family Systems, Emotion Focused, Mindfulness, and Cognitive Behavioral theories.
Olivia strives to create a safe space for clients to feel comfortable. In the past, she has enjoyed working with children, adolescents, and young adults who may be navigating anxiety, ADHD, identity exploration, relationship challenges, life transitions, and so on. Olivia aims to work with you in developing a plan to help ease these overwhelming feelings and achieve your personal goals.
Outside of therapy, Olivia enjoys music, travel, nature, and spending time with friends and family. By integrating both her personal and professional experiences, Olivia hopes to guide her clients through their own journeys, and would love to be there to support yours.
Kathryn Pipkin, Social Work Intern
Louisiana State University School of Social Work
KPipkin@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Kathryn Pipkin is an intern pursuing a Masters’ of Social Work (MSW) at Louisiana State University. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Tusculum University, where she also excelled at NCAA Division II lacrosse. Between setting save records as a goalie and dominating in academics, Kathryn learned and taught a lot about discipline, teamwork, and showing up for others.
After graduating, Kathryn began working in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), supporting neurodivergent kids and teens. She has experience working with families from all walks of life, including those receiving Medicaid. Kathryn’s experience has ignited a passion for helping underserved communities.
Later, she interned at “MSA The Child and Adolescent Center”, an intensive outpatient center, where she facilitated both in-person and virtual group therapy sessions for high-risk teens and adolescents dealing with complex mental health challenges.
Kathryn specializes in working with neurodivergent individuals, teens, and families facing tough circumstances. She values trauma-informed care, authenticity, and meeting people where they are. Her long-term goal is to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and eventually open a center that offers inclusive, affirming care for LGBTQ+ youth, neurodivergent clients, and underserved families and communities at-large.