Clinicians and Staff
Alpha Omega Clinic and Consultation Services offers a team of professionals and externs who integrate the principles of psychology, mental health, parenting and successful business practices with the wisdom of the Catholic faith.
Director
Kathleen Gallagher is a licensed Clinical Social Worker with
23 years of individual and family therapy experience. During her
career, she has gained extensive experience with child and adolescent
treatment. Kathleen has worked for Alpha Omega Clinic for ten years
integrating the Catholic faith and psychology. Kathleen sees clients in
the Alpha Omega offices in Bethesda and Crownsville Maryland. She also
is a school counselor in Howard County, Maryland. Kathleen’s focus is
on individual treatment with focus on relationship issues, forgiveness,
mood difficulties, and vocational discernment. She also works with
clients who seek healing from trauma such as post abortion and sexual
abuse. Kathleen is married with two children, a grown step daughter and
son. She converted to the Catholic faith. Clinicians
Carolyn Hansen
M.S.W., LCSW-C
Ms. Hansen works with individuals, couples, children, and families. She is certified as a Relationship Enhancement¨ Marital/Couples Therapist and a Relationship Enhancement¨ Program Leader, specializing in working with couples recovering from divorce, affairs, as well as remarriage issues, parenting and stepfamily issues. Ms. Hansen is certified at the Masters level by the Step-Family Foundation, and is certified in IMAGO Therapy and Child Centered Play Therapy. She is a specialist in communication and conflict resolution, and sees clients in Bethesda, Maryland.Ms. Hansen provides communication workshops and workshops for second marriages at the Alpha Omega Clinics. Call 301 767 1733 ext #9 for more information.
Mary Ann Hayes
LCSW-C
Mary Ann Hayes, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, has been in practice for over twenty years. Formerly a member of the treatment team at the Eating Disorders Program at the Shady Grove Counseling Center, she has extensive experience working with persons struggling with eating disorders in individual, group, and family psychotherapy. In private practice since 1991, Ms. Hayes works with adolescents, young adults, adults, and couples. She has been trained in Relationship Enhancement model of marital counseling. She also has a particular interest in Affirmation Therapy. A Third Order Carmelite, Ms. Hayes seeks to assist the lay community integrate contemplative prayer into contemporary life.Michael Hayes
LCSW-C
Mike Hayes received his BA in Psychology and Philosophy from Iona College in NY, his Masters in Counseling from Fordham University, NY, and his MSW from New York University in 1997. He has worked for Franklin Square Hospital Center and Catholic Charities Community Services. He has been with Alpha Omega for four and a half years. He sees clients in Bethesda, Maryland.Dr. Frank Moncher
Psychologist
Frank J. Moncher, PhD., received his graduate degree from the University of South Carolina Clinical-Community Psychology Program in 1992. After 7 years on the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia where he coordinated the Adolescent Intensive service programs and was on staff in the outpatient clinic, he relocated to the Washington, DC area to join the faculty at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences (IPS). Maureen Newberg
LCSW-C.CSAT
Jesus asks us to bear one another's burdens and Maureen feels honored to serve in that way.Maureen has been counseling people with a wide range of issues for 20 years.Her focus includes helping people resolve childhood pain, treating depression, life transitions, anxiety, trauma, marital issues, gender identity issues, and post abortive syndrome. Maureen enjoys working with teens and adults. She also has 10 years of experience as a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist. Maureen strongly believes that truth is the basis for healing and hence gives direct and honest feedback to her clients. She believes that psychotherapy should produce measurable results and sets goals with her clients. She is married and the proud mom of 3 children, one of which has Down Syndrome. She is able to see clients at both the Fairfax and Bethesda offices.
Dr. William Nordling
Psychologist
Dr. Bill Nordling is a licensed psychologist and Chair of the Psychology Department at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences. He formerly served as the Clinical Director of the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement where he conducted training nationally in the areas of child therapy, marriage therapy and family therapy. Dr. Nordling has published and presented widely in these areas. His research interests include the development of Catholic approaches to child, marital and family therapies. Dr. Nordling holds a Ph.D. and MA from the University of Maryland, and MA from Duquesne University, and a B.A., from the University of Dallas. He sees clients in Bethesda, Maryland.Dr. Philip Scrofani
Psychologist
Dr. Scrofani received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Catholic University of America. He was the Director of Family Psychotherapy Training for 5 years and Director of Psychology for the Commission on Mental Health Services in Washington, D.C. for 12 years, before accepting a faculty position with the Psychiatry Residency Training Program for the Department of Mental Health in Washington. He received the Psychiatry Residency’s Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year Award in 2004 and the Distinguished Service Award as an adjunct member of the residency faculty in 2006. Dr. Scrofani left the Department of Mental Health in 2004 to accept a dual position as Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Training at the Institute for Psychological Sciences in Virginia. During his career, he has had administrative responsibility for an APA approved psychology internship and he continues to serve as adjunctive faculty within the Psychiatry Residency Branch of DC DMH. He has been a member of the Alpha Omega Clinic since 2003. His expertise is in clinical psychology, interpersonal psychology, family psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, group therapy and research review. Dr. Scrofani is Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology since 1990. He has been married for 39 years and has three grown children.Laura Thieman
LCSW
Laura Thieman received her social work graduate degree from the University of Maryland in 1995 and is licensed in the states of Maryland and Virginia. She worked for nine years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital specializing in mental health, addictions, community outreach and adjustment to physical illness. She joined the Alpha Omega Clinic in 2004, and brings a strengths-based approach to her work with individuals, couples and families, creatively integrating mental health with the Catholic faith. Her areas of focus include parenting, the role of humor and resiliency in the healing process and Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. She is married and has three children. She has written for Faith and Family Magazine online and is a regular contributer to a women's inspirational website called Phases of Womanhood. Laura meets with clients in the Fairfax, Virginia office.Daniel Brown
Daniel Brown received his B.A. in Theology & Psychology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in 1997, and his M.A. in Psychology from American University in 2002. He is working towards his license as a Professional Counselor and is finishing his coursework at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD.
Daniel is working as an extern at the Bethesda, MD clinic. His main interests are in individual and group psychotherapy with persons suffering from depressive and anxiety-related issues including, but not limited to, trauma, social anxiety, phobias, and addictions, including sexual addiction.
Administration
Alicia Lamison
Administrative Assistant
Alicia Lamison has worked as an Administrative Assistant for Alpha Omega Clinic since October 2007 and assists in Marketing and Promotions for the clinic. She came to Alpha Omega after graduating from Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2007 with a B.A. in Mental Health and Human Services. She lives with her husband in New Carrollton, MD.