Our Staff

Each staff member at Thalia Therapy & Wellness Center is licensed, or under direct supervision, and here to support your personal growth.

EMMA WOOD, LCMFT, CEDS

Emma Wood is a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist. Emma provides individual, couple, and family therapy with adolescents and adults from a holistic perspective. She is experienced with a wide variety of concerns & diagnoses including mood and anxiety disorders, addictions, eating disorders, trauma, self-esteem, and everyday life adjustments. Emma has received training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with Dr. Sue Johnson and has also completed advanced training in couples' therapy at the Gottman Institute in Seattle, Washington. Emma is also EMDR certified. She offers comprehensive assessment, counseling, and enrichment for premarital and married couples. She is a clinical fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Emma has been an adjunct professor, approved supervisor, and worked in inpatient and outpatient settings. Emma is the owner Thalia Center and previous owner of a supportive living home for eating disorders.

M.S. Marriage and Family Therapy – Friends University

KARIN IMHOFF, LPC

Karin is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works with adolescents, adults, and couples facing a variety of life’s challenges. Karin’s unique background in both counseling and engineering enables her to bring a balanced approach to the counseling relationship, incorporating both the emotional and logical aspects of people’s struggles. By developing a safe and compassionate environment, she offers hope and encouragement along with practical solutions. She helps clients recognize unhelpful patterns in their lives and empowers them to develop new skills and strategies, enabling them to let go of harmful behaviors and regain meaningful lives. She is DBT Certified and trained in RO-DBT, Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Neuroscience, and Trauma Informed therapies. She has extensive experience in emotion regulation, interpersonal relationships, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and shame resilience. She is well versed in the ways Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, ADHD, Personality Disorders and other mental health diagnoses can negatively impact a person’s wellbeing.

Karin has a passion for helping those experiencing difficulties related to emotional isolation, intimacy and connection, ineffective communication, emotion regulation, shame, low self-worth, stress, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, ADHD, and parenting struggles. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband of over 20 years and their four adolescent children. She is respectful and appreciative of all cultures, ethnicities, religions, and backgrounds.

BS, Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis.

MA, Counseling and Guidance - University of Missouri, Kansas City

AMY SCHMIDT, LMFT

Amy is a Marriage and Family Therapist and believes emotional balance and connection are the keys to healing and wellbeing. Sometimes, we can feel stuck or lost and she’s here to provide a supportive space to work through life's difficulties. Seeing a therapist does not mean you are broken, it means that you value living a life where you can flourish. Her number one goal is to help you feel safe and seen with empathy and compassion. Amy can help with marital/couple's issues, premarital counseling, family disruption, teens and adolescent issues and adjustment disorders, as well as individual needs such as depression and anxiety. She looks forward to walking with you through this journey. You don't have to go through this alone. Everyone's wellness journey is unique and she provides a personal experience while building on the therapeutic relationship. She is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and a member of the Delta Kappa, The International Marriage and Family Therapy Honor Society.

Graduate of University of Missouri, B.A. Art History & Speech Communication

Graduate of University of Missouri in Kansas City, M.A. in Art History

Graduate of Friends University, M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy

CYNTHIA WOLF, MEd, LCPC, RPT, NCC, LPC

Cynthia is a Registered Play Therapist since 1999. She specializes in aged 3 to 9 and work closely with parents providing support and guidance in helping their child during each session. Cynthia counsels children, dealing with all issues that are presented in the developmental area of young children. Including, but not limited to: anxiety, depression, aggressive behavior, social skills, school and peer issues, sleep and eating issues, fears, defiance, mood changes, sibling issues, parenting support and coaching. She believes that each child and parent(s) are unique and individualize each session.

I had the rare and unique opportunity to be educated and trained by leaders in the field of Play Therapy at the University of North Texas. In addition to providing counseling to young children and their parents (or guardians), she supervises other counselors and Play Therapists passing on my expertise. Being a Play Therapist is not a job for Cynthia, but a passion

Specializing, exclusively, with children between the ages of 3 and 9( utilizing Play Therapy) gives me the wonderful opportunity to put all her focus on that age group and specialty. She places all her attention, research, training, education and focus on what is current in the field of my specialty, Play Therapy. Cynthia loves what she does, helping children and parents.

MELISSA MCMANAMY, MS, ACC, LPC

Melissa joined the team after spending over two decades working as a consultant, coach, and Senior Human Resources Executive for a large consulting firm. Her experience ranges from building and executing talent strategies, designing leadership and talent management programs, developing and teaching new skills, and most importantly, coaching and advising people to live their life whole-heartedly. She finds her true passion in helping people navigate change personally and professionally and uses her experience of working with young adults battling self-esteem, body image, and eating disorders, as well as her parenting of three girls, to do so. This passion of Melissa’s inspired her to switch gears from Corporate Veteran to Entrepreneur and Coach and create The Human Group, LLC, a professional and personal coaching and advisory practice, and partner of Thalia Therapy and Wellness.

Melissa’s educational background is in Psychology, Communication, and Counseling. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Denison University in Psychology and Communication and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kansas. She is a Master Certified Life Coach (MCLC) and a Certified Design Thinking Practitioner applying Human-Centered design to all her work. In addition to coaching, she is currently pursuing her Master’s Certificate in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of South Dakota.

B.A., Psychology and Communication – Denison University

M.S., Counseling Psychology – University of Kansas

KATELYN HERSCH, MA COUNSELING INTERN

Katelyn is a Master's degree level Counseling student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She provides high quality therapy services at a discounted rate and works under the supervision of a licensed clinician. Katelyn has a background in Musical Theater and performing arts, achieving her BFA from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, California. She believes in a collaborative approach to counseling to help individuals identify their core values and align them to their life goals. Katelyn approaches counseling through a person centered and somatic approach, working with the entire mind, body and spirit to achieve overall wellness. She works with teenagers, adults, first responders, and artists, struggling with anxiety, trauma, depression as well as body and self-esteem issues. Katelyn is trained in EMDR therapy, and utilizes Somatic Experiencing techniques to establish a 'bottom up' approach to therapy. She is set to graduate UMKC in the spring of 2023, and is excited to continue her licensure at Thalia Center! https://www.katelynherschlpc.com/

B.F.A, Musical Theatre-American Musical and Dramatic Academy

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4061 Indian Creek Parkway

3rd Floor Suite 330

Overland Park, KS 66207

Contact

Phone: 913.444.6868

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Hours

Monday - Thursday

9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Fax: 913.444.5270