Meet Our Clinicians

Aaron R. Burdge, PhD

OWNER, PSYCHOLOGIST

Dr. Burdge has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Brigham Young University and a BA in Psychology from the University of Washington. He is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a background in individual and group therapy for children, teens, and adults. Dr. Burdge grew up in the Panama Canal Zone and has worked with individuals from many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Dr. Burdge has been working in the mental health field for over 20 years. He has experience in couples and family therapy and has worked with many families in crisis. He has extensive experience with individuals in a correctional setting. He has treated victims and perpetrators of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, assisting with the associated anxiety, depression, and other emotional and behavioral consequences of that abuse. His work with traditional, adoptive, and foster families has provided him with opportunities to address the dynamics unique to each family’s circumstances. Dr. Burdge’s personal philosophy of human nature is optimistic, hopeful, and empowering. Human beings are the world’s most valuable resource. We can be powerful agents for good and for self-improvement if we choose to engage in the work necessary to realize our potential. His intuitive ability to perceive the thoughts and feelings of his clients assists him in helping clients to make significant, positive changes in their lives.

Amy Epp, FNP-C

CLINICAL DIRECTOR, PSYCHIATRIC PRESCRIBER

Amy Epp is a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a licensed Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner. A graduate of Georgetown University’s Master of Science program, her educational background prepared her to care for patients across the lifespan. She has 15 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse and over four years of clinical experience practicing as an ARNP, in an outpatient, mental health setting as a diagnostician and prescriber. She provides holistic interventions and individualized care for clients seeking treatment for a variety of conditions including anxiety, depression, ADHD and PTSD. Her goal in practice is to ensure her clients receive compassionate, evidence-based care. Clients can expect their treatment plan to be individually tailored, collaborative and geared towards growth and healing.

Jennifer Laska, LMHC

THERAPIST

Jennifer Laska graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and earned her Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Chapman University. Her certifications include Child Mental Health Specialist and Positive Discipline Parenting, and she has additional training in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Domestic Violence and Sexual Trauma.

Jennifer is passionate about empowering both individuals and families to enhance their development of resilience, personal strengths and gratitude. Her approach to therapy is client centered and therefore places great value in the therapeutic relationship. Respectful, non-judgemental and compassionate communication is key. For the past 8 years in Community Mental Health Jennifer’s focus has been individuals, families and groups with a specialty in working with children and adolescents. During this time, she has had the good fortune of working in Pediatric Offices, Middle Schools and High Schools in the area.

Jennifer is a mother of two and when she is not working enjoys many outdoor activities including paddle boarding, surfing, and hiking.

Jacqueline Davis, LMHC

THERAPIST

This clinician has relocated and is only available to patients via Telemedicine.

After graduating from law school at the university of Denver, Jacqueline Davis practiced the next 25 years as a trial lawyer. Realizing that so many of the issues she saw in her practice involved mental health problems she attended Gonzaga University and graduated with an M.A. in Counseling Psychology. She has worked at Eastern State Hospital as a forensic therapist before being qualified as an expert on the issue of competency in criminal cases and as a court-appointed Guardian ad Litem.

Jackie is committed to the proposition that healing is possible for virtually every human, using evidence-based techniques such as CBT.