Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Chiropractor providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dentist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Podiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
As an experienced Psychotherapist, I'm passionate about helping people to become their best version of themselves by focusing on a new perspective of self awareness and understanding of yourself and others: "If you can't change the problem, change the way you view it ".
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Dr. Trower initially began her graduate work with an emphasis in child and family studies. While completing her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dr. Trower began working within two grant funded programs that helped develop clinical services for adults with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Following this year of training, Dr. Trower moved back to Oklahoma and worked for three years within the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Office at the University of Central Oklahoma. She subsequently finished her supervision hours through a neuropsychology practice in Oklahoma. Following supervision, Dr. Trower completed additional forensic training hours, and has since been certified as a juvenile forensic examiner in the State of Oklahoma. Since 2014, she has worked as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the owner of Keys for Hope, PLLC in Oklahoma City where she provides comprehensive psychological evaluations.
Dilnavaz Subawalla, PHD, is a psychologist at the Endocrine and Psychiatry Center in Katy and Houston, Texas. She has over 25 years of experience with patients of all ages experiencing depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, trauma and distress, marital difficulties, and trouble adjusting to life changes. She believes in partnering with her clients to achieve their mental health goals. Dr. Dilnavaz customizes treatment interventions to each client’s needs, relying on proven treatment methods like cognitive behavior therapy, humanistic therapy, and family systems therapy.
Dr. Dilnavaz earned a Master’s Degree in guidance and counseling at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and a Master’s cum Doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Dr. Dilnavaz sees patients ages 18 and up in the Huffmeister office in Houston and Katy, Texas. She is a licensed clinical psychologist accepting new patients at both locations. Use the convenient online scheduling tool or call the practice nearest you to book an appointment.
Dilnavaz Subawalla, PHD, is a psychologist at the Endocrine and Psychiatry Center in Katy and Houston, Texas. She has over 25 years of experience with patients of all ages experiencing depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, trauma and distress, marital difficulties, and trouble adjusting to life changes. She believes in partnering with her clients to achieve their mental health goals. Dr. Dilnavaz customizes treatment interventions to each client’s needs, relying on proven treatment methods like cognitive behavior therapy, humanistic therapy, and family systems therapy.
Dr. Dilnavaz earned a Master’s Degree in guidance and counseling at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and a Master’s cum Doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Dr. Dilnavaz sees patients ages 18 and up in the Huffmeister office in Houston and Katy, Texas. She is a licensed clinical psychologist accepting new patients at both locations. Use the convenient online scheduling tool or call the practice nearest you to book an appointment.
Lindsey is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked with youth and families for over 10 years. Lindsey has worked in many different capacities, including school based services, intensive outpatient clinics/partial hospitalization programs, residential facilities, and community agencies. Lindsey works from a collaborative, relational and client-centered approach. Lindsey uses an attachment-based approach for her sessions and draws upon the body/mind connection to understand and explore the unique complexities that lead to anxiety, depression, and relational difficulties. Lindsey has experience working with a wide variety of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, eating disorders, self-injurious and other high-risk behaviors.
Accepted Health Plans: Blue Shield of CA – Magellan, Kaiser, United Healthcare, Cigna, and MHN
Erika Klara is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with over 8 years of experience in family therapy. She received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Educational Services from the University of Babes- Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania and a Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling Psychology from Palo Alto University. She has 4 years of experience in documentation standards and evidence-based treatment planning and implementation for MediCal and private medical insurance.
Erika has a proven ability to provide clinical assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation. She is skilled at providing strength-based mental health services, crisis evaluation, and intervention services. She is also a strong believer of providing culturally sensitive and appropriate services to individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds. She is fluent in English and Hungarian and conversational in Romanian and Spanish. She also has an exceptional ability to coordinate services and referrals, linking patients to appropriate resources and services to support their recovery. She also has experience in providing individual and family therapy to youth on probation. She has expertise in play therapy and expressive art therapy techniques, and emphasizes the use of these techniques to improve the well-being of her patients.
Erika is open to working with all patients who are ages 6 to 64 years old, and is currently accepting new patients.
Accepted Health Plans: UMR/United Healthcare/Optum, Cigna/Evernorth, and Aetna.
Allison Gentz, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist who holds a Master’s degree in Psychology. She was the first licensed psychotherapist to work at Ocean Psychiatry and brings over 10 years of experience in the field of Mental Health. Allison has expertise in working with people who have adult ADHD, autism, traumatic brain injury, phobias, hospice and end of life grief, first responder challenges, and adoption and foster care issues, to name a few. She uses evidenced based techniques (For example: CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, solution-focused and trauma focused therapy) to successfully facilitate individual and family therapy.
Allison is a boat enthusiast who currently resides in Arizona and is always up for lending a hand to her colleagues who adore her quick-witted humor and open readiness to share her knowledge.
She is currently in network with the following health insurance plans: Tricare West, Imperial Health. Alignment. Kaiser, Anthem Blue Cross, UMR/United Healthcare/Optum Behavioral Health/AARP, Cigna/Evernorth, Magellan, Aetna, Medicare, and Blue Shield of Ca. Please inquire about your plan if it is not on this ever-evolving list.
Marcene Marcus, LCSW, is our passionate Clinical Director of Outpatient Services, with over 3 decades of mental health fieldwork serving populations from early childhood to older adulthood. Her academic journey began at UC Santa Barbara, where she obtained her BA & headed a stress peer counselor team. She then studied Gerontology at USC & served as a teaching assistant. Her Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work was earned at Columbia University, where she also had a rare opportunity to complete a law minor.
She is grateful to play a pivotal role in shaping Ocean Psychiatry’s strategic vision & operational excellence. She oversees clinical training, ensures adherence to best practices (encouraging evidenced based techniques), & drives initiatives that enhance the quality of care for both clients & associate clinicians under her supervision. Her leadership style maintains integrity through creative innovations & compassionate care, while prioritizing cutting-edge education for staff.
This Clinical Director’s experience spans a diverse spectrum of settings including: pre-schools, non-profits, residential treatment, medical offices, insurance companies, and college counseling centers. Her unifying approach combines a psychodynamic framework with an emphasis on developing powerful therapeutic alliances. Marcene's main areas of clinical specialty are: resistance & blocks in therapy, reparenting the self, positive parenting & co-parenting, infertility, adoption, divorce, relationship repair, trauma recovery, grief & loss healing, narrative therapy, art therapy, career & wellness optimization.
Marcene contributes to advancing the field through innovations such as: Conceiving Victory Inc., a private practice she founded assisting individuals, couples, & families in overcoming life's challenges; co-creating a Network of Psychotherapy Professionals for regular clinical consultation to promote ethics & best practices; & most recently launching Ocean Psychiatry’s own Associate Training Program to nurture the growth of master-level clinicians as they pursue licensure. In her downtime, she loves music, painting, writing, reading, swimming, playing fetch with her dogs and old-fashioned card or board games.
Dr. Hylton is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in Clinical Neuropsychology. She graduated from the University of Florida with a double major in Psychology and Criminology and went on to study at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, with emphasis in Forensic Psychology. While enduring her graduate studies, she discovered a fascination with the inner workings of the brain and its overall effects. With this interest, Dr. Hylton continued to build the foundation of her training with specialization in neuropsychology, study of the brain and the nervous system’s influence on an individual’s cognition and behavior. She has broad experience in the field of psychology such as specialized psychotherapy for those suffering traumas and experience providing individual and group Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), administering psychological evaluations to children and/or parents for guardianship, as well as research. Dr. Hylton specializes in neuropsychological evaluation and testing.
Dr. Giovanna Basilio is a bilingual (English/Spanish) clinician. She received her PsyD in Clinical Psychology with a forensic concentration at Nova Southeastern University in South Florida. She has broad clinical experience with minors, adults, and older adults across correctional, community, and healthcare sites. She has also contributed to the development of competency restoration programs in Broward and Palm Beach Counties and published a Springer book chapter on cultural considerations in sex trafficking.
Her research interests include potentially traumatic events across immigrant and non-immigrant populations, best practices for assessment and treatment, and severe mental illness in diverse settings. Dr. Basilio specializes in psychological evaluations and trauma-informed therapy.
Dr. Giovanna Basilio is a bilingual (English/Spanish) clinician. She received her PsyD in Clinical Psychology with a forensic concentration at Nova Southeastern University in South Florida. She has broad clinical experience with minors, adults, and older adults across correctional, community, and healthcare sites. She has also contributed to the development of competency restoration programs in Broward and Palm Beach Counties and published a Springer book chapter on cultural considerations in sex trafficking.
Her research interests include potentially traumatic events across immigrant and non-immigrant populations, best practices for assessment and treatment, and severe mental illness in diverse settings. Dr. Basilio specializes in psychological evaluations and trauma-informed therapy.
Dr. Giovanna Basilio is a bilingual (English/Spanish) clinician. She received her PsyD in Clinical Psychology with a forensic concentration at Nova Southeastern University in South Florida. She has broad clinical experience with minors, adults, and older adults across correctional, community, and healthcare sites. She has also contributed to the development of competency restoration programs in Broward and Palm Beach Counties and published a Springer book chapter on cultural considerations in sex trafficking.
Her research interests include potentially traumatic events across immigrant and non-immigrant populations, best practices for assessment and treatment, and severe mental illness in diverse settings. Dr. Basilio specializes in psychological evaluations and trauma-informed therapy.
Dr. Walton earned a Master’s of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996 after graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree from Vanderbilt University. She has been working as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1998. In 2014, Maria earned a PhD from Tennessee State University, and is currently licensed as a Psychologist.
Maria specializes in the treatment of depression, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, grief/loss, and women’s issues. Maria utilizes a psychodynamic approach in her work with clients, helping clients to identify and correct maladaptive patterns of relating with the self and others. Adjunctive therapies Maria utilizes include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Maria also provides psychological assessment services, including testing for bariatric surgical candidates, and diagnostic testing for conditions such as ADHD, mood disorders, and dementia.
Dr. Walton earned a Master’s of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996 after graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree from Vanderbilt University. She has been working as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1998. In 2014, Maria earned a PhD from Tennessee State University, and is currently licensed as a Psychologist.
Maria specializes in the treatment of depression, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, grief/loss, and women’s issues. Maria utilizes a psychodynamic approach in her work with clients, helping clients to identify and correct maladaptive patterns of relating with the self and others. Adjunctive therapies Maria utilizes include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Maria also provides psychological assessment services, including testing for bariatric surgical candidates, and diagnostic testing for conditions such as ADHD, mood disorders, and dementia.
Dr. Walton earned a Master’s of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996 after graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree from Vanderbilt University. She has been working as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1998. In 2014, Maria earned a PhD from Tennessee State University, and is currently licensed as a Psychologist.
Maria specializes in the treatment of depression, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, grief/loss, and women’s issues. Maria utilizes a psychodynamic approach in her work with clients, helping clients to identify and correct maladaptive patterns of relating with the self and others. Adjunctive therapies Maria utilizes include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Maria also provides psychological assessment services, including testing for bariatric surgical candidates, and diagnostic testing for conditions such as ADHD, mood disorders, and dementia.
