Dave Harvey, Ph.D., L.P.C.
Executive Clinical Director

To meet challenges with great hope and understanding… To reenergize existing strengths and resources through encouragement and creativity… To offer new options for change with integrity and humility, and… To honor the courage and trust others bring to the building of a helping relationship. This is our job description.

Dr. Harvey is the founder of Counseling & Consulting Services. He has thirty-five years of professional experience in behavioral health, developmental disabilities, education, and criminal justice services. He specializes in program development, consultation, and training expertise in behavior change approaches to benefit children, adults, organizations, and communities.

Sean Ellington, M.A.
Clinical Manager

If there is one lesson that I have learned during my life as an analyst, it is the lesson that what my patients tell me is likely to be true – that many times when I believe that I was right and my patients were wrong, it turned out, though often only after a prolonged search, that my rightness was superficial whereas their rightness was profound. - Heinz Kohut

Sean graduated in May of 1985 from Baylor University with his Bachelor's degree in Psychology.  He obtained his Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology with a full tuition scholarship from the University of Notre Dame in 1991.  Sean received Certification as a Professional Counselor in Arizona in June of 1997, and has been licensed in Arizona as a Professional Counselor since July of 2004.  Sean has provided clinical and administrative supervision for behavioral health professionals since 2001.  He is the Clinical Manager for the Tucson Office, and ensures that our services are effective and are delivered in compliance with licensure rules and contractual obligations.

Guy Gabriel, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Program Coordinator

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others. – Marianne Williamson from A Return to Love

Guy is the Program Coordinator for the DBS team at Counseling & Consulting Services Tucson office since 2005 and provides supervision and training to the DBS team as well as CPES residential supervisors and other agencies.  He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Adelphi University and has been a Social Work Field Instructor for Columbia University.  Guy has consulted extensively with families, schools, residential facilities and treatment teams utilizing approaches and strategies from Positive Behavior Supports (PBS), Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and from the field of behavioral health.  He was for years the senior Behavior Specialist and Interim Clinical Director at Anderson School, a state-of-the-art residential school for children and adults with Autism and other developmental disabilities in upstate New York.  Guy has trained with experts in both PBS and ABA, and completed post-graduate courses of study in beginning and advanced ABA.

Roberta Hill, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., L.I.S.A.C.
Program Coordinator

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Roberta has her Master’s Degree in Social Work, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and a Licensed Independent Substance Abuse Counselor. She is the Program Coordinator for the Family and Community Team. She supervises the staff working with group and individual clients sent by community referrals. Her clinical specialties include mental health, sex offense, trauma, and family issues.

Cedar Stagner, M.A.
Counselor

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. - Gandhi

Cedar graduated from Colorado State University with a double major of Psychology and Specialized Communications in 1997. She received her Master’s of Arts degree in Counseling from Adams State College in 2002. Cedar has an employment background in CPS and Probation, as well as working with clients with substance abuse problems.

Dana Denney, M.A., L.A.C.
Counselor

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will find them gradually, without noticing it, and live along some distant day into the answer. - Rainer M. Rilke

Dana earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona. She attended Graduate school at Prescott College, earning her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. Dana is an Arizona Office of Problem Gambling approved counselor. She facilitates groups with women, focusing on Healthy Relationships and Domestic Violence. She specializes in the areas of; addictions, gambling, and experiential learning.

Denielle Johnson, B.A.
Support Specialist

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning. – Drew Barrymore

Denielle is the Support Specialist for the Counseling & Consulting Services DBS team.  She has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, and is currently finishing a Master’s degree in Psychology from Walden University.  After obtaining her Master’s degree, she will pursue a certificate in Positive Behavior Support from Northern Arizona University.  Denielle has completed a counseling practicum in Tucson and has worked with troubled adolescents, as well as with men’s domestic violence groups.  She currently provides intake, counseling and consulting services for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

Denise Cox, M.A., L.P.C.
Consultant

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here. – Max Erhmann from “Desiderata”

Denise is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a seasoned clinician who has recently joined the DBS team. She has extensive experience with Behavioral Interventions for children pre-K-12, adolescents and families. Denise has been a Child Family Team facilitator, a creative Developer and Coordinator of Intercultural Community Prevention programs. She has provided clinical and therapeutic interventions with a wide range of populations including individuals with developmental disabilities, individuals with severe mental illness, juvenile corrections and multi-cultural adults. Denise has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Prescott College in Prescott Arizona. Denise has a background in Fine Arts, and enjoys incorporating experiential, holistic approaches to treatment, including: ritual, Expressive Arts, metaphor, symbolism, Jungian approaches, mindfulness, Gestalt, Play Therapy and Role Play, in addition to standard Cognitive Best Practice informed by models such as Brief Strategic Family Therapy, CBT and DBT.

Doug Halpern, M.Ed., L.C.S.W.
Counselor

The nobility of man is in his striving in the face of life's adversity.

Doug graduated in 1980 from The University of Arizona with a Master’s degree in Counseling, and graduatied with a second Master’s degree in Social Work from San Diego State University in 1995. Doug had been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Utah, Minnesota, and Arizona sice 1997. He specializes in substance abuse, systems therapy, couples and individual counseling, and has an interest in parenting.

Janet Walker, M.A., N.C.C., L.I.S.A.C.
Counselor

There are no 'good' or 'bad' situations: all situations are simply opportunities to learn; what we make of each is up to us.

Janet is a counselor on the FNC Team and specializes in substance abuse, sex offenders, dual diagnosis, trauma, parenting in recovery, and she is also a Reiki practitioner.

Jennifer Finney, M.S.
Consultant

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate their subject matters. – B. F. Skinner

Jenn is the DBS team’s newest Consultant. She received a Master of Science degree in Behavior Analysis and Therapy, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She has completed the Behavior Analysis Certification Board requirements for coursework and mentorship for Board Certified Behavior Analysts. Jenn has worked with children with autism, adolescents with traumatic brain injuries, and college students with various disabilities. She is a member of Association for Behavior Analysis International and Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior.

Jessica Sauter, B.A.
Intake Specialist

The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Jessica received her Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Arizona in 2006. She has experience working with children and older adults with mental illnesses. Jessica is also certified in ASIST Suicide Intervention.

Katherine Freeman, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Counselor

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the conquest of it.  - Found in fortune cookie

Katie has been working in the field of mental health for over twenty years. She has worked extensively with mood disorders, chemical dependency, and eating disorders. Katie is a certified EMDR therapist, and spent two years working almost exclusively with clients who have Borderline Personality Disorder utilizing DBT. She is adept at working with trauma, loss, and grief resolution. She has lectured and run workshops on motivation and goal setting. She believes in focusing on the client’s strengths as well as areas needing work, and is solution-focused in whatever modality she is working with.

Leonard Banes, M.A., L.C.S.W.
Counselor

No one can make you feel bad about yourself without your cooperation. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Nicole McKeever B.S.
Consultant

If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? – Lance Armstrong

Nicole has Bachelors of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Arizona. She has been working with children who have been diagnosed with Autism for the last eight years. Nicole has also extensively trained under a Board Certified Behavior Analyst as well as attended numerous trainings relating to ABA and Autism. Nicole has been a lead habilitation trainer for different agencies, trained habilitation providers and parents on how to implement in-home programs. Nicole specializes in teaching others how to work with children with Autism, implement behavior plans, and implementing Early Intervention programs.

Pamela Swendseid, M.A.
Intern

Pamela has a masters degree in nursing from Montana State University and received her Family Nurse Practitioner certificate from Arizona State University.  She holds a national certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner and works at Tanque Verde Family Practice providing primary care to all ages of patients.  She is pursuing a Master’s in mental health counseling currently from Argosy University in Phoenix and is serving a one year internship.  Her special interests are substance abuse, chronic pain, and the interdependence of medical and psychological health issues.

Sandra Guilfoyle, B.A., M.S.C.
Community Counseling Intern

Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it. - Rainer Maria Rilke

Sandra received her Bachelor’s degree in Music from Michigan State University. Sandra is currently working on her Master’s of Science in Counseling/Community Counseling degree form the University of Phoenix. She currently sees individual clients, as well as facilitates a Women’s Healthy Relationships Group and a Substance Abuse Group. Sandra co-facilitates a Men’s omestic Violence Group. She enjoys working with all of her clients in a variety of ways to help serve his/her growth. Sandra has a background in music, and often uses it in her group sessions. She also has an interest in working with the LGBT community.

Serena Gorgueiro, Psy.D.
Counselor

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.   - William James

Dr. Gorgueiro graduated from Alliant International University with a Doctorate in Forensic Psychology. Her specialties are working with mandated and privately referred sexual offenders and victims of sexual abuse. She also conducts psychosexual evaluations, general psychological evaluations, and I.Q. evaluations for the courts, the Department of Developmental Disabilities and private clients. She is able to conduct therapy and evaluations in both Spanish and English.

Sonya Yazzie, M.A.
Counselor & Consultant

A good laugh is sunshine in the house. - William Thachery

Sonya has been a counselor and consultant for a number of years at Counseling & Consulting Services in Tucson. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ft. Lewis College, Durango Colorado, and a Master of Arts degree from Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado. Sonya has been working with individuals with developmental disabilities for 20 years. At Counseling & Consulting Services Sonya provides counseling and consulting services for individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, and support staff in group homes and school environments. In addition, Sonya provides counseling and psychotherapy for clients referred by CPS and Adult Probation. Sonya is a member of the Adlerian Society of Arizona.

Caraleen Fawcett
Operations Manager

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Caraleen is part of the Tucson Admin team. She oversees the daily operations in our Tucson office and supervises the admin staff. Caraleen prepares our pre-billing and coordinates all new hire paperwork and HR related duties. Caraleen has been with CPES/CCS since May 2006.

Christine Moreno
Administrative Assistant; Receptionist

Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, “Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. – Epictetus, Discourses

Christine is responsible for supporting our Flagstaff office from our Tucson office. She enters in all the new referrals and completes all the data entry for our Flagstaff clients. Christine is also a receptionist in the evening. Christine has been with CPES/CCS since April 2005.

Jeri Shaw
Administrative Assistant; Receptionist

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Jeri is an admin assistant/receptionist in our Tucson office. She is a responsible for making sure that all the clients that come into the office are checked in and entered in our system. She is also responsible for our data entry for probation. Jeri processes all new incoming referrals. Jeri has been with CPES/CCS since May 2008.

Loretta Caballero
Administrative Assistant; Receptionist

Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings. - Ralph Blum

Loretta is on our Tucson Admin Team. Loretta works closely with the counselors collecting information on all of their daily client encounters and enters it into billing. She is also the Tucson day shift receptionist. Loretta has been with CPES/CCS since February 2006.

Rosemary Harvery
Administrative Assistant

Age is measured not by the years one has lived but by the knowledge one has acquired.

Rosemary helps out Dave with all his computer documents and general administrative duties. She loves working at CCS because of all the nice people!

Sofia Bierner
Administrative Assistant; Receptionist

Live, Laugh, Love!

Sofia is on our Tucson admin Team. Sofia is responsible for Data Entry and reconciliation of client information/billing. Sofia works in the evening as a receptionist. Sofia has been with CPES/CCS since 2006.

Ursula Campas
Administrative Assistant

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it’s a matter of choice. - W.J. Brifran

Ursula is one of our Admin Assistants in the Tucson office, as well as the File Clerk. She is responsible for keeping all the clients records up to date. She also assists in the monthly billing process along with the monthly billing reports. Ursula has been with CPES/CCS since January 2006.