Our Staff and Affiliated Professionals

Barbara Fleming, Ph.D.
President, Behavioral Health Associates, Inc.
Director, Anxiety Treatment Center.
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1981.
Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1982.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Dept. of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Diplomate, Founding Fellow, and Certified Trainer/Consultant, Academy of Cognitive Therapy.
Former Director, Phobia Clinic, University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Co-author: Clinical Applications of Cognitive Therapy (Plenum Press, 1990, 2004), Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders (Guilford Publications, 1990, 2004).
Active in teaching locally, nationally, and internationally.
Clinical specialties include anxiety disorders, panic disorder, phobias, depression.

James Pretzer, Ph.D.
Secretary/Treasurer, Behavioral Health Associates, Inc.
Director, Cleveland Center for Cognitive Therapy.
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1981.
Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1982.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Dept. of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Diplomate, Founding Fellow, and Certified Trainer/Consultant, Academy of Cognitive Therapy.
Co-author: Clinical Applications of Cognitive Therapy (Plenum Press, 1990, 2004), Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders (Guilford Publications, 1990, 2004).
Active in teaching locally, nationally, and internationally.
Specialties include: mood and anxiety disorders, personality disorders, marital problems, behavioral medicine.

Carole M. Marciano, MSSA, LISW
Licensed Independent Social Worker, 1995.
Certified in Cognitive Therapy, Cleveland Center for Cognitive Therapy, 1994.
MSSA, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve, 1993.
Board Certified Diplomate by American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work, 2004.
Specialties include anxiety disorders in children, adolescents, and adults; phobias; depression; marital therapy; family therapy; issues related to adoption.

Lisa Kapp, MA, MBA LPCC
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, 2001.
MA, The Ohio State University, College of Education, 2000.
MBA, the Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 1994.
Specialties include trauma and PTSD in children, adolescents and adults; depression; anxiety; bipolar disorder; psychotic disorders; personality disorders; attachment issues; individual, couples and family therapy.

Ashley Braun-Gabelman, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2014
M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, San Francisco VA Medical Center, 2015
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Clinical Specialities include Addiction/Substance Use Disorders, Adjustment issues, Anxiety, Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder