Meet the Humans behind the Healing

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FOUNDER & CLINICAL DIRECTOR

Marina Doering is the Founder and Clinical Director of Creative Continuum Therapy, where she leads a neuro-affirming, creativity-driven practice dedicated to helping individuals and families thrive. A Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor (LPC-S), Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC), Certified ADHD Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP), and clinician with advanced training in trauma treatment and functional medicine–informed mental health care, Marina brings over a decade of clinical expertise and leadership to her work, blending evidence-based care with innovative, experiential approaches.

Marina specializes in supporting children, adolescents, parents, and young adults navigating ADHD, executive functioning differences, emotional regulation challenges, trauma recovery, and neurodivergent identity development. Known for her integrative clinical style, she combines behavioral, somatic, trauma-informed, and expressive therapies with whole-person, systems-aware perspectives to create treatment experiences that are both deeply personalized and outcomes-focused.

Beyond the therapy room, Marina is a passionate advocate for neurodiversity-affirming care, regularly developing programs, trainings, and community partnerships that expand access to creative and effective mental health support. Her leadership is grounded in the belief that meaningful change happens when strong clinical expertise, interdisciplinary thinking, and authentic human connection come together.

A lifelong creative and dedicated yoga practitioner, Marina weaves mind-body awareness and expressive modalities into both her leadership and clinical philosophy, helping clients and clinicians alike build sustainable pathways toward regulation, resilience, and self-trust.

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LEAD CLINICIAN & AUTISM SPECIALIST

Shannon Killpack is a Lead Clinician at Creative Continuum Therapy and a dedicated specialist in neurodivergent-affirming care. A Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC), and Certified Autism Specialist (CAS), Shannon brings over eight years of clinical experience supporting primarily pediatric clients and their families through thoughtful, developmentally attuned therapy.

Shannon is known for her integrative and relationship-centered approach, combining EMDR, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Narrative Therapy, and expressive arts interventions to create individualized treatment experiences that support emotional regulation, identity development, and resilience. Her work centers on helping neurodivergent children, adolescents, and families better understand their strengths, navigate challenges with confidence, and build sustainable coping strategies that extend beyond the therapy space.

As a clinical leader within the practice, Shannon is deeply committed to maintaining high standards of care, mentoring clinicians, and advancing neurodiversity-affirming practices across the Creative Continuum Therapy community. She believes that when therapy integrates evidence-based practice, creativity, and authentic connection, meaningful and lasting growth becomes possible.

Grounded in empathy, patience, and clinical excellence, Shannon creates a supportive therapeutic environment where clients feel seen, understood, and empowered to move forward with confidence.

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LEAD SOCIAL WORKER & ADHD SPECIALIST

Bre Wandrych is a Lead Social Worker at Creative Continuum Therapy and a dedicated specialist in neurodivergent-affirming care for adolescents, teens, and young adults. A Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Bre focuses on supporting individuals navigating ADHD, autism, giftedness, perfectionism, and identity development, particularly those who often feel caught between being “too much” and “not enough.” Their work centers on helping clients build self-trust, emotional awareness, and confidence in who they are, not who they feel pressured to be.

Known for a warm, collaborative, and strengths-based clinical style, Bre integrates expressive arts, movement-based regulation, and insight-oriented conversation to create therapy experiences that feel authentic, accessible, and deeply affirming. They are especially passionate about supporting neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ youth and young adults, helping clients develop practical emotional regulation skills while cultivating self-acceptance and resilience. Bre also partners closely with parents, offering guidance and education to help families better understand and support their neurodivergent teens.

As a clinical leader within the practice, Bre is committed to fostering inclusive, affirming care environments where creativity, identity exploration, and evidence-informed practice intersect. Outside of the therapy space, Bre enjoys spending time in nature with their rescue dog, reading, creating art, and exploring playful and meaningful ways to stay connected to creativity and community.

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MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST & AUTISM SPECIALIST

Paige Ramos is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Certified Autism Specialist (CAS) who serves as the Family Support Lead at Creative Continuum Therapy, specializing in neurodivergent-affirming care for children, adolescents, and their families. Paige’s work centers on helping families better understand one another’s needs, strengthen connection, and build sustainable systems of support that allow each family member to thrive.

With a strong foundation in relational and systems-based therapy, Paige integrates emotional, behavioral, and skills-based interventions to support distress tolerance, emotion regulation, adaptive coping, and effective communication across the family system. Her approach emphasizes collaboration rather than correction, ensuring that children, teens, and parents feel empowered, respected, and supported without ever framing neurodivergence as something to be “fixed.”

Paige brings both clinical expertise and lived insight to her work with families navigating autism and broader neurodivergent experiences, particularly when parents themselves identify as neurodivergent. She is deeply committed to helping families recognize their inherent strengths, navigate competing needs with compassion, and create home environments where understanding, flexibility, and resilience can grow together.

As Family Support Lead, Paige also partners closely with caregivers, providing education, coaching, and practical tools that extend therapeutic progress beyond sessions and into everyday family life, helping create meaningful, lasting change across the entire system.

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LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER

Julie is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and Certified Autism Specialist (CAS) who provides affirming, neurodivergent-centered therapy for teens and young adults navigating identity development, emotional regulation, anxiety, and life transitions. As a queer, neurodivergent clinician, Julie brings both clinical training and lived perspective to her work, creating a therapeutic space grounded in authenticity, safety, and deep respect for each client’s individual experiences.

Julie believes that clients are the experts of their own lives and approaches therapy as a collaborative process focused on building insight, strengthening coping skills, and expanding the tools available to navigate an often overwhelming world. Her integrative clinical style draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based approaches, and parts work, allowing her to tailor treatment to each client’s unique needs and goals.

With professional experience supporting teens in mental health settings, individuals experiencing homelessness, and members of the NeuroQueer community, Julie is especially passionate about working with clients seeking therapy that honors identity, promotes self-understanding, and fosters meaningful, sustainable growth. She is committed to walking alongside clients as they build self-trust, develop new skills, and move toward lives that feel more aligned, empowered, and authentically their own.

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LICENSED ASSOCIATE COUNSELOR & ART THERAPIST

Carley Cote is a Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC), Registered Art Therapist (ATR), Certified Autism Specialist (CAS), and TF-CBT–certified clinician who integrates creative expression with the body’s natural healing processes to support emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and embodied self-awareness. Her work is grounded in the understanding that healing often occurs not only through words, but through rhythm, movement, and sensory-based experiences that help the nervous system feel safe enough to process and integrate difficult experiences.

Carley specializes in bilateral and rhythmic art-based interventions designed to engage both hemispheres of the brain, supporting nervous system regulation, trauma processing, and deeper mind-body connection. By combining Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) with expressive and somatic art therapy approaches, she creates structured, accessible sessions that gently guide clients toward reconnection with their bodies and emotions at a pace that feels supportive and empowering.

Through interventions such as bilateral drawing, mirrored movement, color blending, and tactile art processes like marbled clay work, Carley offers therapeutic experiences that are especially beneficial for individuals who find traditional verbal processing overwhelming. Her clinical style emphasizes curiosity, compassion, and attuned therapeutic presence, helping clients build emotional resilience, deepen self-awareness, and develop a renewed sense of connection to themselves.

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COUNSELING & ART THERAPY INTERN

Joy is a counseling and art therapy intern at Creative Continuum Therapy and a master’s candidate in Counseling and Art Therapy at Pennsylvania Western University. As a developing art therapist, Joy is dedicated to creating affirming, collaborative therapy spaces where creativity supports self-understanding, emotional expression, and meaning-making, particularly when experiences are difficult to put into words.

Joy works with children, adolescents, and adults navigating anxiety, depression, anger, identity exploration, and life transitions. Her clinical style is warm, relational, and strengths-based, grounded in the belief that clients are the experts of their own experiences and that therapy is a collaborative process centered on curiosity, emotional safety, and compassionate attunement. Through the use of diverse art media and creative interventions, she supports clients in developing emotional regulation skills, exploring identity, and deepening self-awareness in ways that feel accessible and personally meaningful.

Multicultural, developmental, and trauma-informed perspectives shape Joy’s approach, with a strong commitment to neurodiversity-affirming care and advocacy for marginalized communities. She recognizes the ways relationships, early experiences, and broader cultural and systemic contexts influence mental health and strives to help clients build resilience, self-compassion, and a stronger sense of belonging as they move toward more integrated and authentic ways of living.