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Wendell, Chief Program Officer for JFS Delaware, is responsible for providing clinical and administrative level support to JFS community-based programs and is the primary contact for the implementation of new community based clinical projects. In this role, Wendell focuses on agency-wide programming needs, community needs, internal and external trainings, therapist recruitment, and more. Prior to this, he was the Clinical Director of the JFS Fellowship Program. Wendell has been working with JFS for three years.
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Wendell received his Master’s in Social Work (MSW) from Syracuse University in 2015. His passion is families and he has shown this by spending most of his career in behavioral healthcare, providing therapy to families of high risk/gang-involved youth and families that have experienced the removal of a child by the Department of Children and Family Services. Early on at JFS, Wendell was the Director of Program Operations and Training and was an integral member of the COMPASS team, applying his expertise as a LCSW to assist individuals and families impacted by dementia. In addition to his work with JFS, Wendell is also an International Consultant and Trainer for Functional Family Therapy, LLC (FFT) and provides ongoing clinical supervision, support, and training to FFT teams around the world. Previously, Wendell worked with the Salvation Army (NY) for 10 years as well as Family Promise of NCC (DE).
In 2023, Wendell was recognized as one of Delaware Business Times 40 Under 40’s outstanding young professionals who are making a name for themselves through innovative ideas, business excellence, and community involvement. Additionally, he has been chosen to be a part of the Leadership Delaware 2024 Fellowship class. This is a yearlong educational program for adult professionals preparing them with the knowledge, vision, integrity, and networks to significantly impact and transform their communities and be leaders within Delaware.
Originally from NY state, Wendell and his family took a giant leap and moved to Delaware for a fresh start during the pandemic. They have called Wilmington, DE home for almost three years. A dad of two boys, Wendell and his wife are busy. Weekends are often spent exploring the First State and all it has to offer. A favorite is camping down at the Delaware Beaches. Wendell is also a lifelong Eagles fan, a caffeine fanatic, and enjoys a 5 AM run before the day even begins.
Neyssa is a passionate, dedicated Community-Based Counselor at Jewish Family Services in New Castle County. She prides herself on using an integrative counseling approach to optimize support for youth, young adults, and their families. Recognizing the many challenges that the families face, she aims to always provide a safe, nonjudgmental, and motivational environment to lead her clients to successful outcomes.
Neyssa obtained her graduate degree from Springfield College, with a concentration in clinical mental health counseling. She uses a variety of approaches and theories to provide the most comprehensive support while providing current evidence-based treatment options.
Whether in a one-on-one setting or a group setting, Neyssa is committed to establishing trusting, healthy relationships with her clients so she can provide the most effective family services.
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Dr. Saurabh Gupta is a board certified in Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and has been practicing in the area since 2006 in inpatient and outpatient settings. In addition to his part-time role with JFS, Dr. Gupta is the Medical Director at Rockford Center, an acute inpatient Psychiatric hospital focusing exclusively on working with children and adolescents.
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Mone’t is a Community-Based Counselor at JFS, working with youth and their families in school, home, and community settings. A graduate of the University of Delaware and Liberty University, Mone’t says studying psychology and counseling has prepared her for working with different groups of people; it has helped her grow not only professionally, but personally as well. Helping people has always been her passion and Mone’t hopes to gain more growth throughout my career.
Mone’t is originally from Philadelphia, but relocated to Delaware during high school.
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Susan is a Community-Based Counselor at JFS. Her passion is to help the suffering work through their painful experiences and restore normal functioning. Susan proudly provides emotional and behavioral support in community settings, through treatment approaches tailored to meet the client’s needs; she believes in the possibility and ability of each individual to develop resiliency by drawing from their inner strengths.
Susan is a certified Parenting Education Facilitator and holds a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University. She has worked with children and adolescents for over 15 years in the teaching profession and previously worked for JFS as a Career Counselor for the FutureLink workforce development program.
Susan is a mother and loves spending time with family and friends. As a believer in possibilities, she is driven by the proverb, “Where there is a will, there is a way.”
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Dr. Bill Fishbein is a Licensed Psychologist with over 40 years of clinical and management experience in the behavioral health field, obtained in a wide variety of outpatient, inpatient, and managed care settings. He collaborates with clients to identify and build on their strengths through developing skills, adaptive behavior patterns, and strategies to better cope with their unique life challenges and problems. He believes in a holistic approach in which mental health needs are addressed as an integral part of each client’s overall health care.
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Stacy is a school-based Family Crisis Therapist for Jewish Family Services, responsible for the K-5 Early Intervention program at Silver Lake Elementary School. With an MS in Community Counseling, she has spent most of her 6+ years of experience providing therapeutic services and support to children and families in the school and home setting.
Stacy is passionate about strengthening and empowering families by helping them acquire the tools needed to improve their family functioning, build connections with various community-based support systems, and to self-advocate as new challenges and concerns arise. When working with families, Stacy uses a strength-based approach to help students and families with their social, emotional, and mental growth, while striving to improve parenting skills, increasing self-esteem, establishing healthy routines and structure in the home, and reducing stressors on the family system. Stacy believes that in order to support our children, we must engage with, strengthen, and support their families.
In her free time, Stacy enjoys reading, movies, and spending time with her friends and family. She has two young children that keep her very busy. Stacy feels driven to do what she can to ensure her students feel as loved and supported as her own children.
Her favorite quote comes from the great Babe Ruth:
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
Sue has a Masters in Social Work (MSW) from the University of Maryland in Baltimore and a post graduate certificate in Professional Development on Healthy Aging from the Washington DC Area Geriatric Center.
Sue has worked throughout the continuum of care in the field of aging including nursing homes, medical adult day care, home health care and hospice. She moved to Sussex County full time from Maryland after retiring from The Montgomery County DHHS where she was Manager of the Medicaid Waiver for Older Adults/Community First Choice program. Sue has come out of retirement to work with JFS and is thrilled to help get older adult programming off the ground in Sussex County where the number of older adults is rapidly growing. She believes that the JFS’ older adult services can play an essential role in helping older adults to remain safely in their own homes.
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Sally is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years’ experience. Her treatment approach is varied, drawing on her experience and training to tailor the treatment to the needs of each person. Sally feels that therapy is a collaborative effort, requiring a safe and empathetic environment, in which to explore thoughts, feelings and experience without judgement. Sally focuses on the strengths and gifts that each person brings to therapy. She works with clients to achieve healing and build resilience.
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Start your therapy journey today by submitting an online intake form or contact our Intake Department at 302-478-9411 ext. 306