Instructor Credentials


Raquel Emdur, PsyD 

is the owner of Mari Counseling Services, LLC. Raquel’s experience includes providing psychotherapy to varied populations. She holds advanced clinical training in the mandala assessment research instrument, music therapy, trauma-informed care, play-sand tray therapy, mindfulness-based play-family therapy, post-traumatic stress disorder, eye movement and desensitization and reprocessing, forensic psychology, and psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approaches to name a few.

Patricia Gonzalez, LPC, MT-BC 

is co-owner of Spectra Support Services, LLC. The organization holds an accreditation from the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed. Patricia’s areas of expertise includes trauma informed care, music therapy, pain management, guided imagery, mindfulness-based play-family therapy, sand play, focusing, mandala assessment research instrument, cognitive behavior therapy, functional behavioral analysis, emotional freedom technique, and eye movement and desensitization and reprocessing to name a few. Patricia provides clinical supervision for established behavioral health professionals and therapists pursuing state licensure.

To date, Patricia established new creative arts therapy programs and behavioral health supports in settings such as residential homes, ambulatory healthcare settings, pediatric hospitals, pediatric rehabilitation centers, senior homes, homeless shelters, day programs, and schools. She is an advocate for the advancement of quality programming for people who have mental health needs. Patricia finds that she can influence this type of support through her leadership roles, clinical work, training programs, clinical supervision opportunities, and development of community programs that increases individuals’ access to specialized health services. It brings Patricia great joy to serve her community in this way.

Maleita Olson, LCSW

Maleita Olson, LCSW began her social work career over 20 years ago when she pursued a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. During her final year, she interned at the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council where she began a life-long role of advocating for persons with various intellectual and physical disabilities. She am a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania and former licensed social worker in New Jersey. She spent some of my first years after graduation serving as a Behavior Specialist with Wyomissing Behavior Analysts, Ltd.  She is a Certified Autism Specialist and have presented at many local, state and national disability and Autism conferences. She has a passion for working with families, and particularly with those who find it difficult to create or access the supports they need for individual and family success. she provides Mindfulness Based Play-Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Behavior Plans and Therapy and Life Coaching as well as clinical supervision for those pursuing master-level licensure in Pennsylvania. She is a past- President of ASCEND: the Asperger and Autism Alliance for Greater Philadelphia and a member of  National Association of Social  Workers and Autism Society of America and Association of Play Therapy.