Frager Associates has strived for years to be able to provide quality counseling services to our clients. Our associates include marriage and family therapists, counselors, licensed clinical social workers, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychological and other mental health professionals.
We realize how difficult it can be to make the decision to seek professional help in reaching your goals in life. But when the time comes and you know you are ready to make a change, Frager Associates is here for you.
We realize how difficult it can be to make the decision to seek professional help in reaching your goals in life. But when the time comes and you know you are ready to make a change, Frager Associates is here for you.
Day, Evening and weekend appointments are available. We accept most of the health care insurance plans.
Call: 502.426.4716
Monday—-Friday 9:00AM—6:00PM
to set up your appointment today.
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Jim Yockey
Jim earned his Masters Degree in Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville following his BA in Management and Economics. He has conducted groundbreaking research on the psycholinguistic coherence of emotion states, and on new methods of affecting performance behavior.
Experienced as a consultant for Strategic Planning, High-level Sales Training, and Leader Development, Mr. Yockey published 2 books and over 30 influential articles on financial, sales or leadership topics. -
Sunita Bhatnagar
A graduate from University of Houston, Clear-Lake, Texas, with a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology. She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a National Certified Counselor. Her professional counseling experience includes years of experience providing individual, family, and group counseling to children age 7 to 17 and their families, resolving conflicts related to behavioral, emotional, social, and school problems, immediate crises, and issues related to long term and short term stress, and mental illness.
Her extensive experience includes conducting workshops for enhancing the self-esteem in children, and parenting skills enhancement in adults. She has also conducted a wide range of group counseling, and parenting skills workshops. She was an invited speaker for radio talk shows (on K.G.B.C, Galveston, TX) to discuss diagnosis and treatment, and parenting skills forA.D.H.D. She has presented workshops for A.D.H.D. parent associations in Galveston, TX. In addition she is highly skilled in counseling children and adolescents who are in trouble with juvenile probation, truant or running away from home. Mrs. Bhatnagar was recognized for her outstanding counseling services by Family Service Center, Galveston, TX.
She is happily married for eighteen years and is raising her two children. Sunita Bhatnagar's counseling philosophy is based on her deep belief that we can achieve anything if we set our mind to it. By striving for success and having confidence in ourselves we can achieve our goals. All we need to do is to recognize our strengths, overcome our weaknesses, and love and respect ourselves and others around us. By taking one step at a time toward our goals we can succeed in life. She believes success depends on who we are, how we perceive ourselves, how well we communicate with others, and how well we relate to the people around us, Successful people have ambition and the desire to be successful and they believe in themselves. Her goal is to help families and children believe in themselves and strive for success.
She helps her clients to know themselves better and to learn the skills to achieve your goals in life and to be successful. She offers the following topics for group discussion between her clients and their families: Attention Deficit Anger Management Conflict Resolution Self Esteem Development Study Skills Social Skills Parenting Skills Healing from Sexual Abuse Communication Skills Stress Management Major Depression Bipolar Disorder Schizophrenia
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John L Hockman Jr.
MSSW, LCSW, CADC, ICAADC, CADAC-IV
John graduated from Spaulding University in 1996 with a bachelor of science in social work: Cum-Laude. He then went on to the University of Louisville’s Kent School of Social Work and graduated in 1997 with a Masters of Science in Social Work.
John is licensed and certified to do many things including: a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Kentucky and Indiana, a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Kentucky, a Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor-IV in Indiana, and an Internationally Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He is also a Certified Recovery Dynamics Instructor and has over 16 years working knowledge of 12-Step Recovery Programs.
John’s specialty is in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. He is mindful that addiction is a family disease and treats the entire family as well as the addict. John uses eclectic therapy modalities and a straight forward approach to recovery, knowing that not all people are the same.
“People want RESULTS not TALK”
Before becoming a social worker, John was an industrial electrician. He worked everywhere. Including but not limited to power plants, factories and coal mines throughout the mid-south. This has helped him form a strong relationship to the issues of the “working man or woman.”
John is married and between him and his lovely wife they have four children and 13 grandchildren.
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Natalie Stipanovic
Natalie Stipanovic, Ph.D. is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate. She is an assistant professor at the University of Louisville in the Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology. Dr. Stipanovic has over 10 years of experience in psychology and counseling and has worked with a both adults and children. Her central focus is on children and adolescents and issues related behavior disorders, learning disabilities, alcohol and drug usage/addiction, and clinical issues (e.g. depression, anxiety).
Dr. Stipanovic’s counseling philosophy is that a whole-person, systemic approach is necessary for effective treatment and change. This means that for individuals to be successful in overcoming diversity we must be comprehensive in our approach (cognition, behavior, emotions, health, etc.) and we cannot solely rely on individual treatment—in that family, school/work, and social interventions are necessary for change.
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John Warner
Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Louisville in 1993, and I am currently working on a Ph. D. in Psychology from Capella University. I currently hold LCSW licenses in Kentucky and Indiana and have over ten years experience treating substance abuse and mental illness disorders in adolescents and adults. My specialty is treating co-occurring disorders of addiction and mental illness, as well as anger management, and I am currently designing a dual diagnosis program for a local mental health agency, as well as an Anger Management program offered exclusively at Frager Associates.
Addiction and mental illness disorders are devastating conditions that affect not only the individual suffering from the disorder but their families friends, and others concerned about the turmoil that results from these disorders. My philosophy is to help the client understand their disorder, as well as to recognize triggers that may result in relapse into their addiction and/or mental illness disorder, and to design a Recovery plan that will give the client skills and resources to develop a more healthy lifestyle and to recognize warning signs of relapse. I also believe that clients have greater success in Recovery when they develop and maintain a strong support system for their Recovery Program. If you feel that you or a loved one is suffering from addiction and/or mental illness, please contact me for an appointment. I also strongly encourage you or your loved ones to contact me if you would like to join our Anger Management Group. There is hope for you or your loved one and it is never too late to make the call. I look forward to working with you
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Sharon Naylor
MSN, ARNP
Registered Nurse Practitioner
Sharon Naylor has 20 years of health care experience. She has cared for individuals across the life span, in settings that range from bariatrics, primary care, and mental health to maternal and newborn nursing. She received her Master's degree in nursing with a specialty as a Family Nurse Practitioner, from Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, where she did her research projects on postpartum depression. She will be happy to discuss with you how medication may help you, with your other theraputic modalities.
