Meet The Team
Therapist & Life Coach
Dr. Nina Ruffin LCSW-R
Dr. Nina is the founder of Life Strategies Counseling Services. She has 10+ years of experience working with youth and adults, and specializes in treating trauma, self-esteem issues and grief/loss. Dr. Nina uses a blend of CBT, DBT, Mindfulness and Solution Focused therapies to help clients develop and achieve their goals. She provides in-person and virtual services and accepts most insurances. Visit www.ninaruffinlcw.com for more information.
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Therapist
Zyeshia Jenkins LCSW
Zyeshia is an affiliate team member with 8+ years of years of experience working with youth and adults, and specializes in virtual individual and family counseling, and clinical supervision. Zyeshia uses CBT, DBT and Client Centered therapies, and accepts ​most insurances and private pay. She provides in-person and virtual services. Click HERE for more information and to book a therapy session or clinical supervision with Zyeshia.
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Therapist
Jamie Gibson, LMSW
Jamie has 7+ years of experience working with youth and adults. She specializes in anxiety, depression and familial stressors for adults, and uses CBT and Solution Focused therapies. Jamie accepts Fidelis, MVP and private pay at this time. Call/Text (585) 568-7418 or email for more information or to book a session with Jamie.
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Therapist
Brittany James, LMSW
Brittany has 7+ years of experience working with youth and adults. She specializes in anxiety, depression and relationship stressors. Brittany uses CBT and Solution Focused therapies and provides virtual services to youth and adults. She accepts Fidelis, MVP and private pay. Call/Text (585) 953-8830 or email for more information or to book a session with Brittany.
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Therapist
Frankie Sampson, LMSW, CASAC
Frankie has 10 years of experience working with youth and adults. She specializes in anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders, and uses strength-based and client-centered talk therapy. Frankie provides virtual and in-person services and accepts Excellus BCBS, MVP, Fidelis and private pay. Call/Text (585) 318-8896 or click HERE for more information or to book a session with Frankie.
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Therapist
Annie Collins, LMSW
Annie has 5+ years of experience helping youth across educational, in-home and in social settings. She specializes in building coping strategies, improving relationships & communication skills, and processing traumas using a humanistic & psychodynamic approach, CBT, CBT-TF, DBT and talk therapy. Annie provides in-person and virtual services to youth and adults and accepts Excellus BCBS, Fidelis, MVP and private pay. Click HERE for more information and to book a session with Annie.
Therapist
Beverly Dianne Barclift, MFT
Beverly is a Marriage and Family Therapist who served as a Nurse for 30 years and Professor for 15 years. She has a passion for families and marriages and specializes in discovering your purpose, letting go of your past and becoming the best version of yourself. Beverly provides individual, couples, family and group therapy using Narrative and Transgenerational therapies, and offers in-person and virtual services. She accepts private pay. Call/Text (585) 507-6877 for more information or to book a session with Beverly.
Therapist
Nicole Nabors, LMSW, CASAC-T
Nicole is an affiliate team member. She has 5+ years of experience working with youth and adults. She specializes in anxiety, depression, relationships and life transitions. Nicole provides in-person and virtual services to youth, adults and married couples, and uses CBT and Solution Focused therapies, and provides in-person and virtual services. She accepts Fidelis, MVP, Aetna and private pay. Call/Text (585) 310-1997 or click HERE more information or to book a session with Nicole.
Therapist
Jasmine McCleary, LMHC
Jasmine has 10+ years working with both teens and adults with various mental health challenges. She focuses on anxiety, depression, life transitions and self-esteem issues. She uses CBT, DBT, and solution focused techniques and takes a client centered approach to helping clients develop skills to cope with life stressors. She sees clients in person and virtually and accepts MVP and private pay. To schedule an appointment with Jasmine, call/text (585) 484-9713.
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Therapist
Rachelle Partridge, LCSW
Rachelle is an affiliate team member with 9+ years of experience with children, youth and adults. She specializes in providing virtual therapy to transition-aged youth (16-21) and adults who are navigating challenges related to past trauma. Rachelle uses DBT, TF-CBT and other client-centered approaches to help clients improve self-esteem, coping and overall quality of life. MVP, Fidelis and private pay are accepted. To schedule an appointment call or text 607-622-0663.
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Therapist
Christie Fogal, LMSW
Christie has 5+ years working with youth and adults. She has experience with depression, anxiety, ADHD, mood, substance use, family conflict, school behaviors, aggression and/or behavioral issues. Christie uses a variety of evidence-based approaches to help explore issues related to irritability, anger, low mood, lack of motivation, self-harm, and/or aggression. Christie provides in-person and virtual services, and accepts Excellus BCBS, Fidelis,
MVP and private pay. Call/Text (585) 513-2904 or click HERE for more information or to book a session with Christie.
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Therapist
Davne' McCleary, LMSW
Davne' has nearly 10 years of experience working with youth and adults who struggle with school challenges, anxiety, depression, and various life stressors. She is a doctoral candidate in Traumatology, and specializes in trauma and PTSD treatment, utilizing strengths-based, somatic and trauma-focused approaches to care. Davne' provides in-person and virtual services to teenagers and adults, and accepts Excellus BCBS, MVP and private pay. Call/text (585)789-1679 for more information or to book a session with Davne'.
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