Our Clinical Staff

Mrs. Canada received her Masters Degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in 2001. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and has been in practice for the past seven years. Mrs. Canada works primarily with females who are dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship, and parenting issues. Her special interests include loss and bereavement, marital therapy, and working with teens. Outside of her office hours, Mrs. Canada spends most of her time caring for her husband and her three school-aged children. She is active in her church and sees mentoring and hospitality as important aspects of her ministry.

Mrs. Sara (Sally) Chapman, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, has been practicing with Family Therapy of Albuquerque for eleven years. She provides individual, couples, and family therapy for adults and adolescents. She holds a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Denver Theological Seminary. Mrs. Chapman has a passion to help people develop a deeper relationship with God as they pursue wholeness in the struggles of life. She is also committed to being an instrument of God’s healing grace and to helping people know that they don’t have to face the challenges of life alone.

Her special areas of interest are:

• Premarital counseling
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Codependency
• Difficulty with life transitions
• Challenges of parenting
• Divorce recovery
• Grief counseling
• Women’s issues
• Healthy personal identity
• Healthy relationships
• A deeper sense of meaning and purpose in life
• Spiritual direction

Dr. Davis is a licensed professional mental health counselor. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Counseling and a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also an ordained minister and a certified chaplain.

Dr. Davis counsels in the areas of addiction, anxiety, grief, depression, and anger management. He practices principles that work with his clients of all ages: children, teenagers, and adults. He has been providing his clients with individual therapy, marital therapy, and family therapy for the last eight years.

Ms. Dubuque received her Master’s Degree in Counseling from the University of New Mexico. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) as well as a National Certified Counselor (NCC). She has been providing therapy services for the past 18 years.

In pursuing her call to help others on their healing journey, Ms. Dubuque’s primary focus is in the areas of grief and bereavement support. She works with adults who have suffered loss in its myriad manifestations—death of a beloved person or pet, chronic illness and disability issues, age-related limitations or other significant changes and transitions. Ms. Dubuque is also available to facilitate bereavement support groups or to present seminars related to grief, stress management and appropriate self-care.

Mr. Fitzgerald has a Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of New Mexico. He is a licensed LPCC therapist who has been practicing since 1991. He works with children through adults with a special interest in family, couple and individual therapy. He incorporates play therapy and music therapy when he works with younger children. The areas he has the most experience in include abuse, depression, addiction, anger management, relational issues, parenting skills, and conflict resolution.

Mr. Fitzgerald also has a Masters Degree in theology from the University of Notre Dame with a special emphasis in Scripture. He taught theology for many years at St. Pius X High School and enjoyed working with teenagers. He is interested in helping clients see the relationship between spirituality and psychology, one’s faith and emotional health. He believes that life is a faith journey towards becoming whole — mind, body, emotions and spirit.

Mr. Fitzgerald is very respectful of cultural and religious diversity and respects the client’s lead on what is life-giving for her or him. Spirituality is incorporated into the counseling only if the client is open to include that dimension. God is very much at work even when the client is not ready for explicit reference to God and spirituality. In the words of St. Francis, “preach at all times but only when necessary use words.”

Mrs. Garcia-Rodriguez is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and holds a master’s degree in Social Work from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in the state of Missouri. She holds a Diplomate in Clinical Social Work with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and is credentialed by the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW). She has been practicing psychotherapy for 21 years and is bilingual and bi-cultural.

She works primarily with adolescents and women of various ages. However, she is also interested in assisting children and families. Further, she has a special interest in working with individuals who have experienced sexual abuse or trauma.

Mrs. Garcia-Rodriguez enjoys using her professional skills to incorporate hope, resiliency and faith, therefore helping people create success in various aspects of their lives.

Dr. Goehring is a licensed clinical psychologist and the director of Family Therapy of Albuquerque (FTA). He has been providing therapy for individual adults and couples for 25 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is also an ordained Cumberland Presbyterian minister and an adjunct faculty member at the Psychological Studies Institute (Atlanta).

Dr. Goehring is devoted to using the tool of Christian psychotherapy to help people discover a deeper relationship with God in the midst of their life struggles. He is also dedicated to developing and providing the most excellent clinical services possible for all those served by FTA. In addition, he loves to practice various forms of prayer and he considers laughter and playfulness among the finer things in life. Dr. Goehring’s special interest areas include spiritual formation, anxiety, depression, marital therapy, and pre-engagement counseling.

Dr. Good holds a Doctorate in Counseling and a Masters Degree in Art Education/Art Therapy from the University of New Mexico. She is registered and board certified as an art therapist (ATR-BC), as well as state licensed as a Professional Art Therapist (LPAT) and a Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC). Dr. Good is a Past-President of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA), Past-President of the New Mexico Art Therapy Association and currently serves as a Director and President-Elect on the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB).

Dr. Good has worked in the field of mental health for 35 years. She predominately works with adults and couples, but maintains a few adolescents in her practice. In addition, she supervises the work of several art therapy and counseling professionals.

Dr. Good is an invited speaker nationally and internationally. She has written several invited chapters for recent art therapy and counseling books, in addition to numerous journal articles and a published dissertation on Secondary Stress in Healthcare Professionals. Her interest in public speaking and writing has spanned topics from PTSD to assessment, legal issues, ethics and spirituality within the therapy professions.

Biography pending.

Mr. Matt Kelley is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. He holds a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, FL. Prior to attending graduate school, Mr. Kelley worked for 10 years on college campuses mentoring university students. It was being involved in the triumphs and tragedies of these men and women that awakened his heart to the tremendous need for skilled listeners and healers to walk with us in times of desperation and despair. But it has been the experience of personal brokenness and redemptive transformation in his own life, and in the lives of close friends and family, that has given him confident assurance that the power of the gospel is bigger than any failure, betrayal or tragedy.

Mr. Kelley works with teens and adults in family, couples and individual therapy. His interests in counseling include marriage restoration, emotional, physical and sexual abuse, addictions and helping individuals pursue their masculinity and femininity.

While comfortable working with clients who are seeking a purely secular approach to counseling, Mr. Kelley believes that the most hope for redemptive transformation is found in an integrative approach to counseling. This method combines the insights available in God’s revelation of Himself and His will for each individual with the best that secular psychology has to offer in terms of its understanding of the human soul. This approach recognizes that while there are tremendous insights available through the study of psychology, we are individuals uniquely crafted and gifted by our Creator and that no secular theory can fully explain the intricacies of the human heart.

During precious moments of relaxation, Mr. Kelley enjoys exploring the wilds of New Mexico hiking and cycling with his family and friends. He can also frequently be found intently wandering the aisles at Home Depot having bit off more than he can chew with a home remodeling project.

Mrs. Wesley Linam is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She holds a Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, WA. Mrs. Linam desires to walk with women and men through pain toward emotional wholeness, relational reconciliation, and greater self-awareness. At the same time, she believes the work of psychotherapy is enhanced by an integrative approach which incorporates spiritual direction. She sees spiritual direction as listening to the Holy Spirit on the behalf of others, with others, toward a greater awareness of God, a growing intimacy with God, and a deeper love for one’s neighbors.

Mrs. Linam is devoted to contemplative prayer practices, and relaxes by engaging in meditation, dancing, and soaking in New Mexico’s plentiful sunshine. She primarily works with individual adults, and her special interest areas include domestic violence, recovery from childhood sexual abuse, and spiritual direction.

Dr. Major integrates both psychology and sociology in her work as a psychotherapist over the past 23 years. She completed all doctoral requirements (except dissertation) in Counseling Psychology at the University of New Mexico in 1990, after having earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from Arizona State University (1980). With broad experiences in both doctoral fields of study, she has worked with individuals and families in diverse cultural settings and with all ages as an educator, community development specialist, researcher, and psychotherapist.

Dr. Major has served as a staff member of Albuquerque Family and Child Guidance Center and she has worked with therapy teams at Charter Hospital.  Her experiences also include consulting for the Albuquerque Public Schools, the Indian Health Services, and various Native American Pueblos throughout the state. She has provided mental health training and workshops at various forums locally and statewide.

Dr. Major’s special interests include psychological development and challenges throughout the lifespan, relationship issues, and issues of attachment and loss. She is skilled in the use of sandtray therapy as an experiential modality for healing for children as well as adults.  She has a deep trust that God leads the way for both client and therapist.

Mr. Nash is employed with Family Therapy of Albuquerque as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC). He specializes in providing therapy for addiction problems with adults and teens. He has participated in national research addressing alcohol and drug problems and has just completed 10 years in directing such a program for the Texas Youth Commission. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of New Mexico and two master degrees in Theology and Philosophy from Aquinas Institute.

Mr. Nash strives to integrate his knowledge and skills in psychology with his theological background and years of experience as an ordained Catholic priest in working with people. Through his prayer life and study he prepares himself to aid others in their search for a meaningful life.

Mrs. Andrea Pauls is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and holds a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Denver Seminary. She has been practicing in the field of counseling for over 13 years. For 6 years she worked in Colorado in community mental health as a Child and Adolescent therapist exclusively. She has counseled at Family Therapy of Albuquerque since the fall of 2003.

Mrs. Pauls works primarily with women, children, adolescents and families. In treating children, she has a special interest in non-directive play therapy with younger children. She treats women’s issues of marital and relational stressors and adjustments, anxiety, depression and spiritual wrestlings. Mrs. Pauls longs for clients to experience God’s healing love for them in their counseling journey, and she incorporates faith directly in the sessions as the client prefers.

Biography pending.

Mrs. Schoder has been providing services for Family Therapy for fourteen years. She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who specializes in crisis intervention, emotional, physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence, self-esteem, grief, parenting, anger management, behavioral issues secondary to developmental disabilities, deafness, and issues pertaining to Attention Deficit Disorder. She utilizes a variety of therapy modalities, including verbal psychotherapy, play therapy, art therapy (including work with clay), and sand tray therapy. Mrs. Schoder is also a registered nurse. She integrates her counseling and nursing skills as she provides services related to stress management, multidisciplinary teamwork, and psychosocial assessments.

Marcia Schubert is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and has practiced in New Mexico for the past 15 years. She holds a master’s degree from Colorado State University (1995), an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy approved program specializing in marriage and family therapy. She has also had the privilege of individual supervision with Mr. Braulio Montalvo for several years, as well as other nationally-recognized leaders in the field of marriage and family therapy.

Mrs. Schubert uses a respectful and nurturing approach with her clients to help them identify their own personal strengths. She then helps them learn new, more effective communication skills, often lacking in interpersonal relationships. She enjoys being part of the warm, friendly Family Therapy of Albuquerque staff of Christian therapists and co-workers, where each strives to help individuals and families resolve emotionally-difficult situations. Her practice focuses largely on couple’s work, individual personal growth issues, dealing with depression and anxiety, parenting strategies, clarifying career objectives, and helping children and adolescents cope with the pressures of growing up.

Biography pending.

Dr. Michael Sievert is a board certified psychiatrist with additional board certification in child and adolescent psychiatry. A graduate of The Medical College of Wisconsin, he has been in clinical practice since completing his residency and fellowship at the University of New Mexico Hospitals in 1987. He has worked in inpatient, residential and outpatient settings in Montana and New Mexico, as well as administrative psychiatry. His focus is on evaluation, consultation and psychopharmacology, as well as a team based systems approach to healthcare.

Biography pending.

Mr. Woods is a Licensed Master Social Worker. He completed his Masters degree in Social Work from New Mexico Highlands University. He served his internship at Family Therapy of Albuquerque (FTA) and maintained a part-time therapy presence there until he became a full time therapist with FTA in 2006. Mr. Woods has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in the therapeutic setting for thirteen years. He worked with children and adolescents in a rural New Mexico public school setting for three years and with adolescents in a private, group-home setting for six years.

While Mr. Woods is comfortable working with clients seeking a secular-based approach to psychotherapy, he believes that the most enduring transformation that an individual can experience is the healing that comes from their Heavenly Father’s hand. Mr. Woods feels it is his greatest privilege to assist his fellow pilgrims along that path.

His special interest areas include marital and premarital therapy, depression, anxiety, ADHD, gerontology, and dissociative identity disorder.

Fellowship with fellow believers and time with his wife, children and grandchildren are Mr. Woods’ greatest joys in life.