Michigan OFFICE
Meet the Staff
Dr. Mary Rottier
Clinical Director
Angela Payne
LLPC
Kristin Eckert
Office Assistant
Kelly Jewell
LMSW
Joyce Plumstead
LLMSW
Christina Bitson
LPC
Olivia Dorgan
Office Manager
Insurances Accepted by Dr. Rottier:
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
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Blue Cross Complete
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Priority Health
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Priority Medicaid
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United Healthcare
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Optum
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Cigna
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Anthem
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Tricare
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Meridian
Dr. Mary Rottier
Dr. Rottier is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. She has over 20 years of clinical experience with an emphasis on providing counseling services to children, adolescents, and their families. She has focused her work on helping kids grow in confidence, character, and creativity using a child-centered approach to therapy. She specializes in play and creative arts therapies for children from the early years to adolescence. She is trained in a variety of different types of therapy including animal assisted play therapy, sandtray therapy, and art therapy. She specializes in abuse, trauma, anxiety, and attachment issues and enjoys supervising and teaching other therapists.
Dr. Rottier’s goal is to help children reach their highest potential and to help families live more harmonious and happier lives together. She does this through her compassion, understanding, and many years of learning about children through the children themselves. She tailors therapy to meet the needs of each individual client. Her empathy and warmth help to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where clients can process and heal.
Parents, families, and community are integral to the therapy process and can greatly influence the success of a child’s experience in the creative mode of therapy. Dr. Rottier keeps the family at the heart of her work and likes to empower parents as their child’s first and most vital resource. When she is not teaching or doing therapy, Dr. Rottier can be found kayaking the river with her two boys or competing at shows with her therapy dogs.
Insurances Accepted by Kelly Jewell:
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Meridian
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McLaren
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
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Blue Care Network
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Priority Health
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Priority Medicaid
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Blue Cross Complete
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Optum/United HealthCare
Kelly Jewell
Kelly Jewell is a Licensed Social Worker providing services to children, teens, and adults. Kelly has experience in play therapy, equine therapy, sand tray therapy and animal assisted therapy. Kelly has worked in the mental health field for numerous years as a Case Manager at Healthwest, a Direct Care worker at Beacon Services and was a Business Entrepreneur and CEO of West Michigan Home Services.
Kelly is a graduate of Baker College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services and a graduate of Western Michigan University with a Master’s Degree in Social Work.
Kelly is an avid gardener and enjoys working with clients in “dirt therapy.” Kelly notes that the somatic, emotional, physical wellbeing is connected and is able to be therapeutic in processing trauma and other emotional hurts in all ages.
She has experience working with people who struggle with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, trauma, and more. Kelly loves to encourage patients to work with their hands, whether it be painting, drawing, or working in the sand; she believes in the power of art in therapy.
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Insurances Accepted by Christina Bitson:
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Aetna Medicaid
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
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Blue Care Network
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Blue Cross Complete
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Meridian
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McLaren
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Molina Medicaid
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Priority Health
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Priority Health Medicaid
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Optum/United HealthCare
Christina Bitson
Christina is a Licensed Professional Counselor providing services to children, teens, and adults. Christina believes in the resilient spirit and innate ability of all individuals to live wholeheartedly. By providing individual and family counseling services to youth, She hopes to empower each client to achieve self-compassion, connection, resiliency, and meaning.
Christina earned her Master of Arts in counseling from Spring Arbor University and Bachelor of Arts in both Psychology and Art from Adrian college. Her experiences in the mental health field include an internship on the Youth Services Team and employment as a Behavior Technician on the Autism Services Team at Newaygo County Mental Health. In college, Christina volunteered at a juvenile detention center providing art therapy based activities in a group called P.R.I.D.E. (Promoting The Rights of Individuals with Disabilities Everywhere), and in the Special Olympics.
Christina is a Registered Play Therapist and Filial Therapy-informed practitioner. She integrate her passions for play, art, animals and the beauty of nature into her therapeutic practices.
Insurances Accepted by Angela Payne:
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
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Blue Care Network
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Blue Cross Complete
Angela Payne
Angela is a LLPC that has vast experience working with children, adolescents, and adults. She provides individual, couples, groups and family counseling to those that experience problems with, but not limited to, depression, anxiety, anger, trauma, abuse, addiction, grief/loss, marital and family conflict. Angela has experience with Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb County families and now offers services for our area via telehealth. She has worked with Child Protective Services, Detroit Detention Center, Juvenile Services, Foster Homes and the Private Sectors. Her approach integrates evidence based treatments that involves looking at the whole person, their needs, and their goals for seeking treatment.
Joyce Plumstead
Joyce is a Limited Licensed Master Social Worker servicing children, teens, and adults. Her goal is to help individuals overcome life challenges and find satisfaction and meaning in life. Joyce specializes in working with individuals suffering from trauma, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, ADHD, and anger control difficulties. She is dedicated to helping individuals realize their strengths, build a growth mindset, and become more resilient so they can bounce back more quickly from life stressors. Psychotherapy approach is individualized to meet the needs of each individual client.
Joyce graduated with a master’s degree in social work from Spring Arbor University. She also has an associate of art’s degree majoring in Child Development from Grand Rapids Community College. In the mental health field, Joyce worked as a Caring 4 Student’s therapist, and school social worker both with NC RESA. She also worked with adults as a direct care worker at Hope Network. Before becoming a social worker, Joyce was an early childhood professional for over 15 years, working as a childcare director for a public school, an in-home preschool teacher, and as a preschool teacher in a Head Start program.
Joyce believes play should have a major role in the therapeutic process and is currently working on becoming a Registered Play Therapist. When not working with clients, Joyce likes to spend time with her dog, Finn, who is in training to become a play therapy dog. Her hobbies are reading, walking her dog, hanging out with her family and friends, playing cribbage, hiking, sewing, and streaming her favorite shows.
Olivia Dorgan
Olivia has been the office manager of Pawsitive Counseling Center™ since July 2017. Olivia is often the first smiling face you will see entering our office. She is valued for overseeing day to day operations at the office, handling the schedule of all our therapists, answering phone calls and emails, handling insurance billing, and taking care of our patients insurance and payment questions.
Kristin Eckert
Kristin is the office assistant of Pawsitive Counseling Center™. Kristin is one of the first smiling faces you will see entering our office. She is valued for overseeing day to day operations at the office, handling the schedule of all our therapists, and answering phone calls and emails.