About Us

Michael is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health Service Provider, and Nationally Certified Counselor.  He holds a Masters of Education in Counseling from Middle Tennessee State University and a Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Michael has experience in community mental health, addictions, and inpatient hospitalization.  Michael’s therapeutic approach involves incorporating aspects of CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing when working with patients. He utilizes these different therapies to help create an integrative approach and better appeal to each patient individually. He works with patients to help with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and addiction. 

Frances is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health Service Provider and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.  She holds a Master of the Arts In Counseling and has worked in the mental health field since 2002. Her experiences range from working in schools and community mental health, to primary care and private practice.  Frances’s approach to therapy is one in which she strives to integrate a wide range of treatment models tailored to best meet the needs of each individual. She has experience using CBT, DBT based skills, TFCBT for trauma, and IPSRT for the treatment of Bipolar Disorder. She works with individuals to treat symptoms of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, OCD, PTSD, ADHD and is also available for couples counseling.      Frances is a member of the American Counseling Association. She is also an Approved Clinical Supervisor and is available for supervision for new counselors pursuing licensure.

After graduating from Belmont University, Ali Self obtained a master's degree at the University of New England and obtained the necessary supervision to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. A native of the Nashville area, Ali has a background in addiction therapy, family work, adoption, and foster, as well as trauma and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Her certifications include eating disorder treatment, CBT-i (Cognitive Behavior Therapy for insomnia), and attachment and trauma play work. Ali’s goal for therapy is to provide a nurturing yet challenging support system, so you feel cared for and seen, while also helping you move away from the place in which you are stuck.

Angela Muterspaugh will be joining us late summer.

 Angela is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and became a Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty member in October 2012. She began her work with Vanderbilt in July 2007 at the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital providing group therapy and later went on to work with the community mental health center at Vanderbilt in December 2009, providing individual and group therapy at the Adult Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. She provided individual therapy, utilizing modalities such as cognitive behavioral therapy and prolonged exposure therapy at Vanderbilt and will be joining the NCHH division of NSTMS in the East Nashville location.

Emelyn is a Nashville native, born and raised. She excelled at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she majored in Spanish and World Business. While involved in numerous activities, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences. Em began in this office as the TMS Coordinator and was promoted to Clinical Practice Manager in 2013.  For billing questions, email Emelyn.

Chuck is our back office Administrator.  An MBA from Vanderbilt University and a University of Tennessee Alum, you might get a glimpse of him in the office. He is usually tucked away in the back working on accounting, insurance and operations. He is always available to help on any non-clinical issue when the front office staff is busy or unavailable. Chuck is an experienced Practice and TMS Administrator.