Meet The Team

Practice Owner/Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Jamie Plocinski, LCSW
Jamie is a licensed clinical social worker and practice owner. Areas of expertise include working with anxiety, trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, LGBTQ related concerns as well as gender affirming care. She is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). She is also a registered yoga teacher (RYT500) and certified in facilitating Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY). Jamie works with adolescents, adults, families and couples.
She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New York.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Marissa McDermit
Marissa is a licensed clinical social worker. She has 11 +years experience as a master's level clinician providing mental health/behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and families. Marissa utilizes a Trauma-Informed and Strength-Based approach. She incorporates various therapies, including Cognitive Behavioral, Person Centered, and Solution-Focused to meet the needs of her clients. Areas of clinical experience include anxiety, depression, grief/loss, LGBTQ related concerns, gender affirming care, as well as other disorders. She works with children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples.

Office Manager
Tristan Bentch
Tristan is the Manager of Operations at Radiance Wellness Group. He holds a masters degree in rehabilitative science and is a certified clinical trauma professional. Tristan has over 17 years of experience working in mental/behavioral health settings including case management, crisis, psych rehab, and forensics.

Licensed Associate Professional Counselor
Katherine Hart
Katherine earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lock Haven University in May 2025. Over the past three years, she has worked in outpatient and inpatient behavioral health, which has shaped her deep respect for each person’s resilience and story.
While Katherine has a special interest in working with the perinatal population, she also specializes in working with persons from adolescence to late adulthood. Her therapeutic approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in person-centered care. She believes therapy isn’t a one-size-fits-all process—and that’s what makes it so powerful. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and other evidence-based approaches, always tailoring treatment to fit each client’s unique needs and goals.

Licensed Professional Counselor
Chelsea Cornell
Chelsea is a Licensed Professional Counselor who provides therapy to individuals and couples across the lifespan. She specializes in complex and developmental trauma, anxiety, depression, and grief. Her work is grounded in respect for each client’s uniquestory and an understanding of how past experiences shape present thoughts, emotions, relationships, and behaviors.
Chelsea takes an integrative approach, drawing from attachment-based, psychodynamic, somatic, existential, trauma-focused, and cognitive-behavioral therapies. She combines insight-oriented exploration with practical coping skills, guided imagery, internal parts work, and mind-body awareness to help clients heal, build healthier relationships, and reconnect with their authentic selves. Her goal is to support lasting change with greater freedom, self-compassion, and emotional well-being.

LIcensed Associate Professional Counselor
Emily Boring
Emily is a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor (LAPC), who is deeply committed to creating a welcoming, affirming, and collaborative environment where clients feel understood. Her clinical experience primarily involves working with adolescents and adults as they navigate a wide range of life challenges. Her clinical experience includes working with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, LGBTQIA+ related issues, and life transitions. Emily has a compassionate, person-centered approach, tailored to each client's unique needs, strengths, and goals. She draws from therapy modalities like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Centered Therapy, and other approaches when appropriate.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Barb Vanaskie
Barb is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW). She has 12 years’ experience as a master’s level clinician providing mental health and substance use treatment in Lycoming County. She has worked in the criminal justice field as well as integrated behavioral health with primary care utilizing brief problem solving therapy. Barb has a strengths-based and trauma informed care approach to treatment. Her special interests include working with adolescents, adults, families, couples, and first responders. She utilizes behavioral management/modification, cognitive behavioral therapy, and is patient centered in her approach.

Office Support
Irvin
Irvin (named after psychotherapist Dr. Irvin Yalom) is our beloved office cat and unofficial emotional support specialist. With a keen sense for when someone needs a little extra love, he’s often found curled up beside clients during sessions or gently nudging a hand for a comforting pet. His nonjudgmental presence, and occasional playful antics bring warmth, comfort, and a touch of joy to our therapy space.
When he’s not busy making hearts lighter, Irvin enjoys sunbathing in window spots. He reminds us daily of the healing power of presence, connection, and a little bit of fur.