Carolina

Child & Family Therapists

Welcome Keila Serrano, completing her final clinical internship with our practice and joining us to provide Community Based Rehabilitation Services as Certified Infant Toddler Specialist.

Keila is completing her Masters in Counseling with Webster University.  Keila a wealth of experience working with infants, toddlers and their families as a Service Coordinator with Concord Area Children's Developmental Services and as a Social Worker with Northeast Medical Center.

Keila Serrano, BSW
 

Continuing 2nd year, MSW Students and IMH Therapists in training.

 Ashley Schlieper, BA & Charity Lesh, BS

It is an honor and privilege to work with these amazing professionals.  We all share a passion for the work with young children and their families.  Our reward is being witness to the wonder and joy of building healthy parent-child relationships and happy families.

Carrie Reinecke, MSW, LCSW

CEO/Lead Therapist                       

Janine Denoncourt, MSW, LCSW

Northern Regional Director

Janine Denoncourt, MSW is a licensed clinical social worker with almost seven years of experience working with children and their families. Janine earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and a Masters of Social Work from Smith College School for Social Work.  She has conducted research in areas of foster care and sibling groups.

Janine is a member of the National Association of Social Workers.  Janine has extensive experience working with young children and their families and has received additional trainings in areas of child development, attachment, and trauma-related recovering in young children.  Janine has developed, managed and worked directly with programs large and small, public and private for residential treatment, day treatment, out-patient psychotherapy, family therapy, diagnostic assessments, and infant-toddler mental health.  Janine is dedicated to her profession and upholds the highest standards of quality practice.

Janine enjoys working with little ones and their parents with a "hands-on" approach.  She loves to play and has a real talent for bringing out the talents, strengths and skills of the children with which she works.  She values each child's individual spirit while helping parents to find that critical balance between discipline and nurturance.  Janine is a sports enthusiast and is the proud mother of a 5 year old little girl.

Kristine MacMillan is originally from Maryland, where she received a Master’s degree in social work from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. Due to outstanding academics, she completed her clinical graduate work within one year while specializing in child and maternal health. She is currently licensed in the state of North Carolina as a LCSW. Kristine has been formally trained in NCAST, which is a clinical and research method of assessing the parent and child’s level of attachment in hopes to decrease developmental risk factors at an early stage.

Kristine’s professional history consists of providing mental health therapy for a nationally renown children’s hospital in the heart of Baltimore City. Kristine also spent some time providing her services at a therapeutic nursery in a homeless shelter. There, she specialized in working with infants and toddlers who typically suffered from severe attachment disorders as well as various behavioral issues. When working in the therapeutic nursery setting, Kristine also acted as a transitional therapist. She provided mental health counseling services for families making the transition back into the community from the surrounding area homeless shelters. Kristine has much experience providing office, home, and community based therapy which ultimately has taught her the importance of working in the setting that will best promote success for the client.

Most importantly, Kristine is also a proud mother of two small children which only increases her love of working with infants and toddlers . By experiencing the joy of motherhood herself, Kristine is passionately drawn to this field in hopes of empowering parents while strengthening the family dynamic.

Tynill Jarmon Jones, MS, LCSW

Infant Mental Health Specialist

Child & Family Therapist

Tynill Jarmon Jones, MS, is a licensed clinical social worker with several years of experience providing individual, group and family therapy to children, adolescence and adults in private, academic and clinical settings. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Georgia State University and a Master’s degree in social work from Columbia University. Additionally, Tynill is an etiquette consultant trained and certified by The Protocol School of Washington, the leader in etiquette and protocol services. She presents interactive workshops throughout the county promoting manners and civility.

Through the administration of counseling services to children and young adults, Tynill recognizeds the importance of early intervention services. She feels that many of the referrals and issues presented may be less significant if not nonexistent if preventive services are provided. Tynill is an energetic, optimistic and dedicated therapist with a love for children and a passion for progress and positive growth. As she begins to start her own family with her new husband of two years, Tynill applies one philosophy to her both her personal and professional life which is "How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these." -George Washington Carver

For almost 10 years Jessica has worked with children and families in a variety of settings.  Her passion has always been community-based work:  most recently she is practicing as an outpatient therapist to young children in the school system.  In the past she has worked in the home providing direct therapeutic care to high needs children and families, provided case management services and worked as a supervisor at a homeless/runaway shelter for at-risk youth and as a socio-therapist at a residential treatment programs for emotionally disturbed youth. 

Her interest started when she was 18 and worked as an assistant director of a summer camp for physically disabled youth. The joy of this experience encouraged her to pursue her interest in children, mental health and social work.  

She is originally from upstate New York and has been in the Charlotte area for the past 10 years.  She received her Bachelor’s and Masters degree in Social work from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.   She is also a devoted wife and mother.  The recent birth of her son has inspired her to work with infants and toddlers and their families. There is no greater joy than to help a parent feel confident, competent, and to have a rewarding long lasting relationship with their child.  Jessica looks forward to becoming part of “your world” and to learn and grow from the parents and children that she works with.  She brings humor, compassion, clinical experience and a strong knowledge base of community resources.

Diana Torres, MSW, LCSW

Infant Mental Health Specialist

Child & Family Therapist

Hello, I am Diana Torres.  I am originally from Los Angeles, California, but have been here for 14 years so I am now from

Charlotte.  I am married with one of precious little girl who turned one in March of 2008.

I went to UNCC and graduated with a double major in Criminal Justice and Psychology.  At the time, I aspired to either be an FBI agent or work with delinquent youth.  My first degree related job out of college was at Child Care Resources.  There, I assisted parents in understanding the importance or early childhood development in general, but more specifically how to search for the best care possible for their child and what the options were in regard to early care and education.

In 2001, I began my graduate work in social work at UNCC.  My focus of study was preventative and clinical intervention with children ages 2-5.  I also worked while in graduate school.  I worked for Mecklenburg County Children's Developmental Services as a Service Coordinator providing support for families of children from ages birth to three years old.  These young children were at risk of developmental delays, were formally diagnosed with a medical condition and/or were developmentally delayed.  In 2004, I began work with Dreamweavers Unlimited in Gastonia, NC, as a Child and Family Mental Health Therapist.  While there, I provided clinical services for children aged 2 years and older.  Currently, I work for Mecklenburg Behavioral Health Center as a School based psychotherapist.   I have had the privilege of working with many age ranges.  Although I have thoroughly enjoyed it, my passion is in Infant Mental Health.  I believe that this is the time when a huge difference can be made.  It’s the time to assist the parent, whose child does not come with a manual or does not fit what the experts say.   

I truly look forward to serving your families and the privilege of being let into you home.

Laura Fensterstock, MSSW, LCSW

Infant Mental Health Specialist

Child & Family Therapist

Graduated from Ithaca College with a bachelor’s degree in Politics, during her time in Ithaca, she did an internship in a court ordered youth diversion program and knew she wanted to get her MSW. Laura graduated from Columbia University in the accelerated program, in 1993.

Laura began her professional career at a Child Guidance Center in Long Island,NY; she worked in their therapeutic foster care program.  For many years, she worked for the Diocese of Brooklyn providing clinical services in various Catholic School in Queens and ultimately as a family therapist for the Diocese. When Laura relocated to Connecticut, she worked in a specialize school setting for at risk youth and finally for the Milford, CT, Board of Education, as an elementary school counselor. She offers over 20 years experience working with children and their families, in various clinical and school settings. Laura feels it is very important to build on the strengths that her client’s already possess.

Laura wears many “hats” as a wife, a mother of two school aged children, as a team mom, as a volunteer in her children’s school, and as an avid tennis player. She knows that much of her learning has come from being a parent and that this balance has taught her to be a better therapist and person. She is excited to become a part of Carolina Parenting Solutions as she feels that her years of experience as both a social worker and a mother, will enable her to be a helpful resource to you!

Diane Curran, MSW, LCSW

Infant Mental Health Specialist

Child & Family Therapist

My name is Diane Curran. I graduated from SUNY Brockport with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and my teaching certification in Elementary Education. Soon after graduation, the cold winter weather drove me to move south to Charlotte. After relocating, I earned my Master’s degree in Social Work from UNC

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.  I have worked as a Preschool Teacher and in group home settings with adults with developmental disabilities.

After graduate school, I worked for 8 years as a therapist at CMC Behavioral Health Center specializing in working with children and adolescents. In my time with CMC, I worked in a psychiatric inpatient unit, outpatient therapy, and school based services.  Most recently, I was employed as a social worker in a high school. I have been lucky to have so many opportunities to work with children of all ages and with diverse populations in different settings. These experiences have taught me the importance of being flexible and patient.

I have been married for 11 years, have 2 children

( 4 years and 7 years old), and 2 cats.

Tiffany Martin, MSW, LCSW, ATR

Infant Mental Health Specialist

Child & Family Therapist

Tiffany G. Martin, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker and an art therapist.  She has used skills and techniques from these combined degrees in her work with children and their families in her eighteen year career.

While a student at Wake Forest she volunteered at Hospice of Winston-Salem.  There she witnessed firsthand the incredible benefits of using art as a vehicle for therapeutic discussion in children's therapy.  This experience encouraged her to pursue and achieve a Masters in Art Therapy.  Today, she continues to enjoy the unique benefits of incorporating art therapy exercises in her work with children and their families.  Through her career Tiffany has practiced social work in various mental health provider settings which include: residential facilities, partial hospitalization programs, school-based mental health programs, outpatient programs, and after-school programs. 

A North Carolina native originally from Gastonia she has practiced in New Haven, Connecticut; Prince Georges County, Maryland, Washington, D.C.; Fairfax, Virginia; and Charlotte where she currently resides with her husband and their one-year old son.