Our Team | Tierra Nueva Counseling Center

Our Team

Leadership Team
Denise Moore

Denise Moore, MA, LPCC, ACS, CCTP

Clinical Director
Denise Moore is licensed as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor...
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Angelica Gabriel

Angelica Gabriel, MA, LMHC

Operations and Training Manager
Angelica Gabriel is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a passion for...
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Aileen McAteer

Aileen McAteer, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Supervisor
Aileen McAteer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of New Mexico.
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Licensed Therapists
Evan Kottle

Evan Kottle, MA, LMHC

Licensed Therapist
Evan Kottle is a student therapist completing his MA in Counseling at Southwestern College...
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Meredith Jarocki, MA, LMHC

Licensed Therapist
Meredith is a graduate of Southwestern College and holds a master's degree in...
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Jonah Emerson

Jonah Emerson-Bell, MA, LMHC

Licensed Therapist
Jonah Emerson-Bell is an IFS-informed therapist with a background in Hypnosis and Integration Coaching.
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Iza Bruen-Morningsta

Iza Bruen-Morningstar, MA, LMHC

Licensed Therapist
Iza is a master’s student at Southwestern College, undergoing her field training in counseling at Tierra Nueva Counseling Center.
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Chris Rose

Chris Rose, MA, LMHC

Licensed Therapist
Chris Rose is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor specializing in trauma and recovery...
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Stephanie Malouf, MA, LHMC

Licensed Therapist
Stephanie is bicultural Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a Master’s in Counseling from Southwestern College and a Bachelor’s in Human Biology from Michigan State University.
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Alisa Blinova, MA, LMHC

Licensed Therapist
Alisa is a bicultural licensed mental health counselor with an MA in Counseling from Southwestern College and a BA in Biology from Cornell University. .
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Alexandra Esquibel

Alexandra Esquibel, MA, LMHC

Licensed Therapist
Alexandra Esquibel, MA, LMHC is a native of New Mexico and is excited to serve the Santa Fe community at TNCC. Alex attended Eastern New Mexico University majoring in music with an emphasis in voice and a minor in psychology and graduated in 2019....
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Katie Graham

Katie Graham, MA, LMHC

Katie is a student art therapist in the Art Therapy/Counseling Master’s program at Southwestern College.
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Interns
Jen

Jen

Jen Zakur is an Art Therapy and Counseling Intern with a background in the fast-paced world of creative production.
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Kelsi Kendall

Kelsi Kendall

Kelsi comes into art therapy through a background in both fine art and education.
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Mariana Leon

Mariana Leon, BA

Mariana Leon is a bilingual student art therapist pursing a Master's of Art Therapy and Counseling at Southwestern College.
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Meredith Jarocki

Grace De Gruccio, BA

Grace De Gruccio is a student art therapist at Tierra Nueva Counseling Center, where she ran the Kids' Art Club for a year.
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Wren Sharkey

Wren Sharkey, BA

Wren Sharkey is a student therapist pursuing a Masters of Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Adam’s State University. He has a B.A. in liberal arts from St. John’s College.
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Practicum

Lily Evans, BA

Lily is a student counselor pursing a master’s degree at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, NM. Guided by a deep respect for the human capacity to heal and grow, even in times of deep pain, uncertainty, or change,.
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Lexie Beechler

Lexie Beechler is a counselor-in-training pursuing her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. .
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Kim Botvin, BA

Kim is a student therapist completing a Master of Arts in Counseling at Southwestern College. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in economics from the University of New Mexico..
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Ethel Rodriguez

thel Rodriguez (she/her) is a Peruvian American artist, Spanish-speaking art therapist-in-training, and counseling practicum student at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, NM.
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Bailey Thomas, BFA

Bailey is a student art therapist currently pursuing a Master’s in Art Therapy and Counseling at Southwestern College.
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Tides Profeta, BA

Tides Profeta (they|them) is a student therapist pursuing a Masters of Counseling from Southwestern College in Santa Fe, NM.
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Laurel Hunziker, BFA

Laurel Hunziker is a student therapist pursuing her Master's in Clinical Counseling at Southwestern College in Santa Fe.
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Debbie Cohen, MS

Debbie Cohen is a student therapist at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is currently pursuing a second masters degree in Clinical mental health counseling..
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Juliette Pascale, BA

Juliette is currently pursuing her MA in Art Therapy and Counseling at Southwestern College. She received her BA in Art History and Studio Art from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2017.
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