Meet Our Staff!

 

Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, Michelle Albert obtained her undergraduate degree in Sociology from the University of Utah. After moving to the Washington D.C. area, she attended Argosy University in Arlington, Virginia, where she completed a Masters degree in Counseling with a specialty in Forensics.

During her career, Michelle has worked in the public and private sector as well as with not-for-profit organizations. She is skilled in working with many populations which include people with serious mental illness as well as people with depression, anxiety, and those who are experiencing difficulty adjusting to changes in their life. Michelle works with adolescents, adults, individuals, couples, and families. Recently, she has developed the SALUTE program which provides support for military members and their families throughout all phases of deployment and reintegration. The program is designed to assist with challenges faced by individuals, couples, and families in the military community.

Michelle is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider in the state of Virginia. She has experience working with sexual offenders and their families and also facilitates FOCUS (Families of Compulsive Users of Sex) groups. Michelle provides services in our Alexandria office.



Nancy Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider, who has been working with individuals and families for over 30 years. Nancy received her undergraduate degree from James Madison University and her master’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Additionally, she completed an externship with Maryanne Walters at the Family Therapy Training Center in Washington, D.C.

Nancy’s experience includes working with adolescents, adults, families, couples, sex offenders, and victims of sexual abuse and trauma. She has led groups on adolescent sex offenders, adult sex offenders, anger management and domestic violence. Additionally, she has led groups on non-offending spouses and parents of incest offenders and facilitated the reunification process with offenders and their victims. Nancy provides services in our Alexandria and Leesburg offices.



Maria Crawford is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over twenty years experience providing psychological and family counseling services for children, adolescents, families and individual adults. Ms. Crawford holds a Master of Science in Counseling and Human Relations, Community Counseling, from Villanova University and also received her B.A. in Psychology from Villanova University. Her vast experience has included assessing senior populations in nursing home settings and radio call-in host/guest speaker, providing advice to parents on a wide range of educational, emotional and behavioral issues.

Additionally, Ms. Crawford has worked in hospital settings, schools, community mental health as well as private practice. Her expertise is in the area of working with children and adolescents who are experiencing anxiety, depression, grief issues, school and behavior problems, attention-deficit disorder as well as those coping with the separation or divorce of their parents. In addition, Ms. Crawford treats adults who are experiencing life adjustment issues, depression, anxiety, grief and relationship difficulties. Maria provides services in our Leesburg office.



Dr. Susan Frank is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider in the state of Virginia. She has a PhD in Counseling Psychology as well as a Masters in Psychological Services: Counseling and a Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. She has been working in the mental health field since 1997 and has an expansive array of experience. Dr. Frank has completed numerous psychological evaluations to assess for a number of different problems including, but not limited to, assessing for the prevalence of mental health disorders, malingering, cognitive deficits, learning disabilities, the presence of an Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder and sex offender evaluations. She has worked with clients of all ages and backgrounds with a wide range of issues or concerns spanning from basic adjustment problems to chronic psychological disturbances.

Dr. Frank has provided crisis intervention and risk assessments as well as family and couples therapy. She has done forensic work in three different states and has worked with sex offenders in two different states. Dr. Frank obtained her Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider experience at the Virginia Department of Corrections Sex Offender Residential Treatment Program at Brunswick Correctional Center and also worked at the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation, which is Virginia’s civil commitment program for sexually violent predators. Susan provides services in our Leesburg, Alexandria, Woodbridge and Warrenton offices. 



Vickie Hagan is originally from San Bernardino, California and more recently relocated to Virginia from Oregon.  Vickie's undergraduate degree in Business is from University of Maryland and her Master in Counseling Psychology degree is from National University.  She is certified as a Sex Offender Treatment Provider in Virginia and Oregon.  Currently, she is seeking her LPC licensure.  She is a trained clinician in PPG assessment with data interpretations.  She is also a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and the Association of the Treatment of Sex Abusers (ATSA).

Vickie's experience of over 15 years has been diverse.  She has worked as a high school teacher, a residential therapist for emotionally disturbed juveniles, and a social worker with Child Welfare, in outpatient mental health, Domestic Violence Shelter, and Developmental Disabilities.  More recently, she has also been providing adult sex offender treatment in Virginia and Oregon.  Vickie provides services in our Leesburg, Alexandria, Woodbridge and Warrenton offices.

Vickie’s Philosophy and Approach: I believe that everyone can reach an optimum state of health.  I employ an eclectic approach with a strong reliance on cognitive-behavioral aspects. The counseling experience is one of very personal, shared interaction between two people; the most crucial aspect of this relationship is trust.  



Dr. Stephanie Hardenburg is founder and owner of Counseling and Forensic Services, a Virginia Corporation established in 2000.  She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sexual Offender Treatment Provider in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Dr. Hardenburg earned her masters and doctorate degree in clinical psychology and counseling from George Mason University. In 1982 she was awarded the “Outstanding graduate student in Psychology” honor.  She is an approved supervisor for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and has been working with families, couples, adolescents and children for over 25 years.  Dr. Hardenburg was instrumental in forming the pilot project offering therapy to adult sex offenders and currently supervises over 20 sex offender groups in multiple locations in Virginia.  She has published articles on solution focused group therapy, counseling with children and diagnosis.  Dr. Hardenburg provides services in our Woodbridge office.



Dr. Jessica Maybar has been working with individuals, couples, and families in therapy since 1992. Her specialties are in crisis intervention as well as brief solution-oriented treatment. She typically combines "home-work" assignments with a sense of humor and helps her clients to achieve goals that they set for themselves. She encourages people to find the counseling relationship out there that fits best for them, since she believes the client-therapist relationship can be a great source of healing for people who are in distress.

 Dr. Maybar has a Ph.D. degree in Psychology from Boston University, and she pursued her Masters of Education in Counseling degree more locally from George Mason University before obtaining her license as a Licensed Professional Counselor. While focused on building a private practice now, she has worked in the past for community mental health centers and a number of hospitals in the area. Outside the private practice, her work focuses primarily on co-occurring (mental health and substance abuse) disorders. Jessica provides services in our Woodbridge office.



Michael Kuhns is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider in the state of Virginia. He attended Cedarville University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Psychology. He then attended Georgia State University and Richmond Graduate University where he earned a Master of Science degree in Professional Counseling and a Master of Science degree in Christian Psychological Studies.

While studying at Georgia State, Michael completed his internship with Dr. Gene Abel at Behavioral Medicine Institute of Atlanta. It was there that he developed a passion for working with individuals with sexual behavior problems. Michael joined CFS in 2002 and specializes in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with sexual behavior problems. During his time with CFS, he has also worked with juveniles, led a group for non-offending loved ones of individuals with sexual behavior problems and cognitive impairments, or other confounding issues. He has also worked with individuals in an outpatient setting with general mental health issues. Michael provides services in our Woodbridge and Alexandria offices.



Melissa Renner is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider in the state of Virginia. She graduated from Barton College in 2004 with a Bachelors degree in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice/Criminology and a specialization in Forensic Science. She graduated magna cum laude in 2007 with a Masters degree in Forensic Psychology and another in Community Counseling from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia.

Melissa has a strong interest in forensic science and criminology, and utilizes this interest in her current work with offenders. In addition, she spent six months as an intern with VanGuard Services, in Arlington, Virginia, working with people suffering from substance abuse. Since January 2007, Melissa has been a counselor and group facilitator for CFS, and facilitates relapse prevention groups in five districts. In addition, Melissa has four years experience working with individual adults and juveniles, as well as couples and families, with a multitude of problems. Theoretically, Melissa utilizes cognitive-behavioral, solution focused, and systemic forms of counseling. 



Tamara Walker obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Boston University. She then attended Virginia Commonwealth University and graduated with a Masters of Social Work. She has been serving the needs of individuals and families in Virginia for over five years. She is a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider and is working towards her licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and certification as a Registered Play Therapist (RPT). She specializes in working with sex offenders, children, and families. Tamara provides services in our Woodbridge office.