Meet Our Therapists | Psychotherapy Services in Spring Lake, NJ
A Team Built Around the Right Fit
Finding the right therapist matters. At MVCG Psychotherapy Services in Spring Lake, NJ, we've built a diverse team of licensed clinicians so you can find someone who genuinely fits your needs, your personality, and your goals.
Our therapists specialize in anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, life transitions, teen and adolescent therapy, couples counseling, and family therapy — serving clients in person in Monmouth and Ocean Counties, and via telehealth throughout New Jersey.
We accept Aetna, Cigna, Horizon, Optum, Oscar, UnitedHealthcare, and other major insurance plans.
Call us anytime (732) 575-0506
In-Person Therapy | Spring Lake, NJ
Our in-person therapists see clients at our Spring Lake, NJ office, conveniently located at 512 Warren Ave. We serve individuals, couples, teens, and families throughout Monmouth and Ocean Counties, including Spring Lake, Wall Township, Sea Girt, Manasquan, Belmar, Point Pleasant, Brielle, and surrounding Jersey Shore communities.
Corinne Craven, MS, LAC, NCC — Individual, Teen & Family Therapy
In-Person & Telehealth across NJ
Corinne Craven works with older kids, teens, young adults, and families dealing with anxiety, stress, trauma, and big life changes. She brings real energy to the work, the kind clients notice in the first session, and she has a gift for connecting with teenagers and young adults in a way that does not feel clinical or forced.
She tailors her approach to the person in front of her, blending Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for practical skills, and Gestalt Therapy for the moments when the work goes deeper. Sessions feel structured but never rigid. Teens, older kids, and young adults tend to open up with her because she meets them where they are without talking down to them.
Corinne's style is honest, grounded, and warm. She is a strong fit for clients who want real tools alongside real support, and for families who need someone their teenager will actually want to talk to.
What Corinne helps with: Anxiety · Stress · Trauma · Life changes · Older kids and teens · Young adults ·
Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC), Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and Masters in Counseling from Monmouth University. Three years of clinical experience including graduate training. NJ License #37AC00858900.
✨ Now accepting new clients for individual, child, teen, and family therapy.
Meagan Roth, MS, LAC, NCC — Individual, Teen & Family Therapy
In-Person & Telehealth across NJ
Meagan works with children, teens, and adults dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and big life changes. She brings natural warmth and steadiness to her sessions, the kind that helps clients of every age settle in and start working sooner.
Her background includes group therapy with women in behavioral health, and she has a personal connection to military family life, the deployments, the moves, the way the rest of the family quietly absorbs the weight. For clients who find strength in faith, Meagan can integrate a Christian counseling perspective when welcome, while remaining respectful of all beliefs and backgrounds.
Meagan's style is grounded, warm, and steady.
What Meagan helps with: Anxiety · Depression · Trauma · Grief and loss · Crisis support · Life transitions · Women's issues · Military families · Children and teens · Family therapy · Christian counseling
Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC) and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). Master's in Counseling. Four years of clinical experience. NJ License #37AC00692800.
✨ Now accepting new clients for individual, child, teen, and family therapy.
Ready to meet our team? Call us at (732) 575-0506 or book an appointment online. We serve clients throughout Ocean & Monmouth Counties in person and across New Jersey via telehealth.
Jessica Martinez, MSW, LCSW — Individual, Child & Family Therapy
In-Person & Telehealth across NJ
Jessica works with children, adults, and families across New Jersey dealing with anxiety, trauma, life crises, and the family dynamics that have built up over years. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and provides care for bilingual and multicultural clients in their preferred language without making them translate their experience to be heard.
Her background is in crisis intervention and community-based work, which means she's used to walking in when things are hard and helping people steady themselves quickly. She's especially skilled with children navigating difficult transitions, adults in acute stress, and families working through trauma.
Jessica's style is steady, warm, and no-nonsense. She meets people where they are and helps them get where they need to go.
What Jessica helps with: Anxiety · Trauma · Crisis support · Children and teens · Family therapy · Life transitions · Bilingual and multicultural therapy · Spanish-speaking therapy · Portuguese-speaking therapy
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Master's in Social Work. In the field since 2019, with full clinical licensure earned in 2024. NJ License #44SC06437400.
✨ Now accepting new clients for individual, child, teen, and family therapy.
Amy McGowan Dowd, MS, LPC, NCC — Individual & Family Therapy |
In-Person & Telehealth across NJ
Amy works with individuals, teens, and families across New Jersey dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, and the emotional toll of caregiving. She has a natural ability to connect with clients who carry a lot for other people, the caregivers, the family members supporting aging loved ones, the ones working in high-stress, high-demand professions where stopping isn't really an option.
She creates a space where people who are used to holding everything together finally feel permission to put some of it down. That alone changes how a person breathes. Amy's work is trauma-informed and highly individual, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other evidence-based approaches to help clients understand their thoughts, emotions, and the patterns that have quietly run the show for years. She is also pursuing LCADC certification, expanding her clinical expertise into behavioral health and co-occurring concerns, the places where mental health and substance use overlap and where many clients have struggled to find the right kind of care.
Amy's style is warm, kind, and easy to talk to. She creates the kind of judgment-free space where meaningful change starts feeling possible, not because she pushes you toward it, but because she sits with you long enough that you find your way to it.
What Amy helps with: Anxiety · Stress · Trauma · Life transitions · Caregiver support · High-stress professions · Teen therapy · Family therapy · Behavioral health and substance use
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). Master's in Counseling. Nine years of clinical experience. NJ License #37PC00726800.
✨ Now accepting new clients for individual, child, teen, and family therapy.
Nancy Pavelka, MA, LPC, NCC — Family Therapy & Counseling for Adults |
In-Person & Telehealth across NJ
Nancy works with adults and families across New Jersey, with a particular focus on the quiet, complicated weight that families carry when life looks different than expected. She specializes in family systems work, developmental disabilities, caregiver stress, and the guilt, grief, and exhaustion that often go unspoken in homes raising children with disabilities or caring for loved ones long term. The families she works with often arrive having tried everything else, having held it together for years, and finally ready to be in a room with someone who actually understands what their day-to-day looks like.
She also works with individuals in long-term recovery who are focused on rebuilding relationships, rediscovering who they are, and creating a life that feels like their own again. Nancy draws on humanistic and cognitive approaches, including the work of Rogers, Ellis, and Maslow, to create a space where clients feel genuinely heard and safe to explore what's underneath the surface. Her sessions are collaborative and grounded in the belief that lasting change starts with feeling truly seen.
Nancy's style is warm, steady, and rooted in unconditional positive regard. You are welcome here exactly as you are.
What Nancy helps with: Family therapy · Developmental disabilities · Families raising children with disabilities · Caregiver support · Long-term recovery · Life transitions · Older adults · Anxiety and stress
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Master's in Counseling and a National Certified Counselor with four years of clinical experience. NJ License #37PC01234100.
✨ Now accepting new clients for individual, family, and long-term recovery therapy.
Kelly Maher, MA, LAC, NCC — Individual & Couples Therapy |
Telehealth Throughout New Jersey
Kelly works with adults and teens who are tired of feeling like they're working twice as hard as everyone else for the same result. Her focus is adult ADHD, anxiety, and the kind of burnout that builds when high-functioning people quietly run out of gas.
She's especially good with people adjusting to a new ADHD diagnosis, dealing with chronic illness, or moving through a big life change that's shifting who they are. Many of Kelly's clients have spent years suspecting something was off and are finally ready to stop performing and start understanding. Her sessions blend practical strategies you can use right away with deeper conversations about what's underneath the pattern.
Kelly's style is warm, direct, and quietly funny. Clients tell her they value her honesty, her acceptance of where they really are, and the fact that she doesn't pretend to have all the answers.
What Kelly helps with: Adult ADHD · Anxiety · Burnout · Chronic illness · Big life changes · Grief · Trauma
Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC) and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). Master's in Mental Health Counseling. Three years of clinical experience including graduate training. NJ License
37AC00951500
✨ Now accepting new clients for individual and teen therapy.
Ready to meet our team?
Call us at (732) 575-0506 or book an appointment online. We serve clients throughout Ocean & Monmouth Counties in person and across New Jersey via telehealth.
Phoebe King, MA, LPC, ACS — Individual & Couples Therapist |
Telehealth Throughout New Jersey
Phoebe works with adults and couples across New Jersey dealing with anxiety, depression, and the relationship patterns that quietly wear people down over time. She's especially well-suited for couples who feel stuck in the same fight, partners considering whether to stay or go, and anyone navigating a life change that's putting pressure on the rest of their world.
Phoebe is one of the few therapists in the area trained in the Gottman Method, the most researched approach to couples and marital counseling. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depression, and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) when the work goes deeper than skills can reach. Her sessions are both practical and emotionally grounded.
Phoebe's style is warm, collaborative, and direct. Clients consistently describe feeling truly heard and respected from the very first session.
What Phoebe helps with: Anxiety · Depression · Marital counseling · Premarital counseling · Couples therapy · Relationship patterns · Major life changes
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). Master's in Counseling. Twelve years as an LPC. NJ License #37PC00489100.
✨ Now accepting new clients for individual and couples therapy.
Finding the Right Therapist in New Jersey — It Starts With the Right Fit
"I don't think this is the right fit" — that's one of the bravest things a client can say in therapy, and it's completely okay.
Therapy is a relationship. Research shows that the connection between client and therapist is one of the strongest predictors of meaningful progress. You deserve to feel understood, safe, and comfortable.
That's why our group practice offers clinicians with diverse personalities, specialties, and styles — because healing isn't one-size-fits-all, and the right connection is key to effective therapy.
Found someone who feels like the right fit? Request an appointment and take the first step toward healing.
Behind Every Great Practice...
Megan Watkins is the Practice Operations Manager at MVCG Psychotherapy Svcs.
She is often the first friendly voice you hear when you reach out. She brings deep expertise in insurance benefits, claims, and billing, keeping the operations side of care running smoothly so that clients and clinicians can focus on what matters most.
Warm, approachable, and genuinely invested in every client's experience, Megan understands that navigating insurance and paperwork can feel overwhelming. She takes pride in walking clients through each step with clarity, patience, and care.
Behind the scenes, Megan plays a vital role in keeping the practice organized, welcoming, and running at its best. She is a trusted resource for both the clinical team and the people they serve.
Tina-Marie Metevier is a Practice Administrator at MVCG Psychotherapy Services
She is another key part of the team that keeps things running smoothly for both clients and clinicians. Known for her meticulous attention to detail and genuine care for every person she works with, Tina-Marie brings warmth to every interaction.
She handles the day-to-day operations of the practice, from scheduling and insurance verification to payment processing, making sure everything runs smoothly so you can focus on getting the support you need.
Ready to meet our team? Call us at (732) 575-0506 or book an appointment online. We serve clients throughout Ocean & Monmouth Counties in person and across New Jersey via telehealth.
Manuela V. Correia-Guerra, MA, LPC, NCC, ACS
Founder and Clinical Director, MVCG Psychotherapy Services, LLC
At MVCG Psychotherapy, compassionate and personalized mental health care is not just what we do. It is who we are.
I founded this practice with a clear vision: to build a team of clinicians who share one standard of care. Every therapist at MVCG is selected not only for their clinical expertise but for their ability to meet each client with genuine kindness, curiosity, and respect. Whether you are navigating anxiety, trauma, life transitions, relationship challenges, or family concerns, you will find the same warmth and commitment to your growth across every member of our team.
We believe therapy works best when you feel truly seen. That is why we take the time to match each client with the right clinician before the first session begins, and why our therapists stay. Continuity of care is not an accident here. It is a value we protect.
Our team offers individual therapy for teens and adults, couples and family therapy, and telehealth throughout New Jersey. Every clinician brings their own strengths and specialties, and all are united by the same foundation: you come first.
- Credentials and Licenses: Licensed Professional Counselor, Lic. #37PC00728200. National Certified Counselor (NCC). Clinical Supervision Certificate (CSC), 2025.
- Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) 2026.