Glenn Harsch, LPCS, LCAS, CCS
Clinical Director
Glenn Harsch was raised in the Chicago area and did his undergraduate work at Taylor University in Indiana. He received a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio. Glenn has been working for the last 29 years in residential, hospital, and outpatient settings. For the past 3.8 years he has been the Clinical Director for a large residential and acute treatment facility. He is an LPCS (Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor), LCAS (Licensed Chemical Addiction Specialist), and a CCS (Certified Clinical Supervisor) for the State of North Carolina. He has expertise in treating trauma, sexual abuse, social/relational issues, social anxiety, substance abuse, and mood disorders. Glenn is trained in trauma informed care using cognitive behavioral and insight oriented therapies. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (Supervisor), Licensed Chemical Addiction Specialist, and a Certified Clinical Supervisor for the State of North Carolina. He is also a Motivational Interviewing Network Trainer. When he is not working he is spending time with his wife of 24 year, his two daughters, two cats, and a dog. They enjoy road trips, international traveling, sports, outdoor activities, and geocaching.
Anita Bhat
Therapist
Anita achieved her Doctoral (Psy.D.) degree in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology (ISPP) at Argosy University-Chicago, in 2010. She received her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from ISPP in 2007. Anita also obtained a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Boston College in 2002. Currently, she is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate for the state of North Carolina. Anita is also certified in Client-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Focusing. She is experienced and skilled in working with a broad range of clients in a variety of settings: residential and outpatient substance addiction treatment centers; college counseling centers; a juvenile sex-offender residential treatment center; schools for at-risk youth diverted from incarceration; and community-based settings such as homes, schools, daycare centers, hospitals, homeless shelters, etc.
Anita is passionate about helping young women to learn how to skillfully navigate through the challenges of their lives to become the women they aspire to be, to learn how to develop healthy, satisfying relationships, and ultimately realize their future goals and dreams. She is very invested in each of her clients and believes that the strength of the relationship between client and therapist is key in affecting transformative life change.
When she is not doing the therapy work she loves, Anita is busy playing with her adorable 3 and 4 year old boys and her nephew and nieces, spending time with her family and friends, enjoying the outdoors especially on a sunny day, cooking and trying new cuisine, meeting new friends, watching movies, exploring new places, and going on new adventures.
Liz Liepold
Clinician
Ms. Liz Liepold is a Licensed Clinical Social Work Associate in North Carolina. She received her Masters of Social Work from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and holds a certificate in Creative Arts Therapy with a specialization in drama and dance from the New School for Public Engagement in New York City. She is a trained sexuality and sexual health educator and has completed over 100 hours in specialized training in the treatment and support of sexual assault survivors. She has over 7 years’ experience working with trauma survivors, specifically survivors of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence. She specializes in integrating psychodynamic and humanistic approaches with mindfulness in the treatment of complex and developmental trauma for adolescents and young adults.
Throughout her career Ms. Liepold has practiced in a variety of settings including inpatient, partial hospitalization, outpatient, and community-based agencies with youth and adults impacted by disordered eating, addiction, anxiety, depression, dissociative, neurodevelopmental, personality and bipolar disorders. She is committed to working with young women and their families to find a sense of safety and connection with each other. She is deeply passionate about working with young women for whom self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-determination are impacted by traumatic events. She works from a relational and nonjudgmental framework to promote resilience and healing both individually and within the family system.
Ms. Liepold is a member of the North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the North Carolina Society for Clinical Social Work, and the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work.
In her free-time, Ms. Liepold volunteers as a Crisis Counselor at the Orange County Rape Crisis Center in Chapel Hill. She also loves to go mountain biking and camping with her family, which includes two rescued greyhounds.
Lisa Ripperton
Social Worker
Lisa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist with 10 years’ experience as a therapist.
She started her career as a professional horse trainer and riding instructor with a focus on retraining abused and mismanaged animals. While riding and teaching, she found she was spending as much time counseling students about their lives as about their riding and decided to move her career in that direction. She attended the UNC School of Social Work and Public Health from 1999 to 2004, and completed her MSW and MSPH in 2005 and 2004, respectively.
Lisa’s experience with horses taught her the importance of the bond of trust, as well as the potent roles that fear and pain play in decisions about behavior. As a therapist, she feels that the relationship between counselor and counseled is the most important factor in the success of therapy and works hard to be worthy of the trust given by her clients.
Since starting her career as a therapist, Lisa has worked in a wide range of settings, including in-home counseling, community based counseling, a pediatric health center, a substance abuse agency, and private practice. Each of these settings has contributed to her skill set and given her vital insights into how to interact more effectively with clients. She currently utilizes a range of interventions including: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Psycho-educational, and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
When not at work, Lisa spends her time with her family on their farm in Chatham County. She still rides horses, but also enjoys other sports including cycling and triathlon.
Karen Storm
Karen joins the Auldern team with over 11 years of clinical experience where she has helped children and families in various settings including therapeutic wilderness programs in Florida and North Carolina, the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, and most recently as an intake/crisis therapist at a local Community Mental Health Center.
Karen has a Master of Counseling Psychology from Frostburg State University in Maryland and she is a Licensed Psychological Associate in the state of North Carolina.
Karen believes that a trusting, honest therapeutic alliance established between the therapist and the girls they work with is the key to evoking growth and change.
In her time away from Auldern, Karen enjoys the outdoors, exercising, playing with her three dogs, and her greatest joy – spending time with her 4 year old son.
Karen can be reached by phone at 919-837-2336 ext.604 or via email at karen.storm@sequelyouthservices.com
