Facility Based Counseling Services
Additional Counseling Service Information:
- Frequency of counseling is based on patient need (typically provided 1 to 4 times per month)
- Counseling is provided face-to-face whenever possible.
- Virtual therapy options are available if medically or situationally necessary
- EMR integration for treatment notes
- Staff in-service and training for behavior management techniques and other mental health related topics.
Areas of Specialization and Treatment Modalities:
- Depresión
- Ansiedad
- Stress
- Mood Disorders
- Psychosis
- Aging
- Bipolar Disorder
- Serious Mental Illness
- Substance Abuse
- PTSD
- Ira
- Impulse Control
- Grief
- Life Transitions
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Neuro-degenerative Disorder
- End-of-life Decisions
- Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Strategies (CBT)
- Mindfulness
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Meet the Facility-Based Counseling Team
Nicole Mark, LMFT
Counselor
Nicole Mark is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Oklahoma. After graduating from Oral Robert’s University she worked for over six years in the following settings: acute inpatient mental/behavioral health, community mental health, and private practice. She has experience working with children and adults from a wide range of backgrounds. With a compassionate approach, her work focuses primarily on utilizing CBT and related modalities with evidence-based techniques that are tailored to fit everyone’s unique needs. She also has experience as a volunteer at hospice and working with seniors.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her partner of 15 years, her adult son, extended family and friends (including the 4-legged kind). She also loves planting flowers for her mother to enjoy.
Shiela Kough, LSCSW
Counselor
Shiela is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker in Kansas. Having lived in rural America her entire life, Sheila understands its people’s unique needs and culture.
She has extensive experience helping adults and seniors manage chronic mental health issues, life
transitions, grief and loss, and coping with physical disabilities.
Shiela’s career has included providing outpatient therapy in community mental health centers, nursing homes, intensive outpatient groups, and telehealth. She is a passionate ally of the LGBTQ+ community and highly values diversity. Her therapy approach is relatable, non-judgmental, and casual yet professional.
Jewel Dallas-Bruner, LCSW
Counselor
Jewel Dallas-Bruner is an alumni of the University of Oklahoma School of Social Work. She also earned a Certification in Gerontology from the University of Oklahoma College of Allied Health, OU Health Sciences Center.
Her professional experience includes work with individuals and families at every stage of the life cycle who are facing any number of challenges including depression, anxiety, stress due to life transitions, grief, or emotional upheaval. Her specializations include consultation and therapy services to School – aged Children and Older Adults. She utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Strategies, Mindfulness, Solution- focused, Delectical Behavioral and Problem solving techniques to equip one with tools one can use to face issues from multiple perspectives. The client is provided a safe, private and culturally sensitive environment to assess any concerns, thoughts and feelings in an atmosphere that supports positive healing and restoration in order for one to go on enjoying a life of purpose.
Ms. Bruner trained in the care of persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and other Neuro-degenerative Disorders for many years. These conditions require the person with the disease to be dependent on “another for their daily survival”. Caregivers and family members experience unique issues with their loved ones. Individual and family therapy services help contributing family members to maintain a balanced, healthy respect for each other.
Jeff W. Martindale, Ph.D.
Behavioral & Psychiatry Program Director
Dr. Martindale is a licensed psychologist and graduated from Texas Tech University with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. He has a breadth of clinical experiences including couples counseling, treatment of Bipolar Disorder and other serious mental illnesses, and a focus on working with the aging. Dr. Martindale is also a strong ally of the LGBTQ community and provides an empowering and empathetic approach to care. He also has extensive experience in providing services to a range of minority populations and incorporates each individual’s unique spiritual, ethnic, and cultural practices into the clinical process.
Dr. Martindale also approaches each client as an individual and helps the client to feel at ease while reducing negative symptoms and making progress toward a life where symptoms are either resolved or well-managed. His goal is to empower and train the client with skills to be capable of managing his or her symptoms.
Justin Simmons, LCSW
Behavioral Health Provider
Justin Simmons is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oklahoma with nearly 30 years of professional experience in providing social services administration and clinical treatment. Justin is the behavioral health program manager for Xpress Wellness and Integrity Urgent Care. Justin has worked in social services administration, mental health, and substance use disorder treatment since 1994. He has been married for 30+ years and has 6 children. Justin and his wife have experience in foster parenting and adoptions. Justin has served in several social services organizations to advocate for vulnerable and/or oppressed client systems by improving services, increasing access to care, and supporting policy changes. Justin has been the executive director in nonprofit social service agencies for 20+ years. He is a trained primary care behavioral health consultant working closely with primary care medical providers to treat the whole person in a person-centered approach to care.
Justin received a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Oklahoma in 2001. Justin specializes in a variety of culturally sensitive and trauma-informed clinical interventions to improve the well-being of individuals, families, couples, organizations, and communities. Justin utilizes his extensive experience in social services administration and clinical treatment to provide a high-quality behavioral health program within Xpress Wellness and Integrity Urgent Care.