TEAM
Emily Watter
Licensed Clinical
Social Work (LCSW)
Healing begins with connection. As a licensed therapist, Emily Watter embraces a humanistic approach that centers on empathy, authenticity, and the inherent strengths within each person. She believes personal growth flourishes in a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental relationship, reflecting the values of the Modern Care Collective’s vision for compassionate, client-centered care.
Emily’s mission is to help individuals, couples, and families navigate life’s challenges with insight, compassion, and clarity. Whether facing anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, or life transitions, she creates a collaborative space where clients feel deeply heard, understood, and empowered to create meaningful change.
Drawing from evidence-based methods—including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and psychodynamic principles—Emily integrates these with a humanistic lens to honor each client’s unique experience. She works with warmth and authenticity, balancing active listening with thoughtful feedback, and views clients as experts in their own lives.
Recognizing that seeking support takes courage, Emily honors the vulnerability in reaching out. She currently offers telehealth sessions and welcomes contact by phone or email, providing care in the way that feels most comfortable for each individual.
Christine Timoney
Licensed Clinical
Social Work (LCSW)
Christine Timoney is an energetic, warm, and compassionate therapist who believes that adversity doesn’t have to break us—it can build us. She helps clients reconnect with who they are, or connect with themselves for the very first time, in ways that feel empowering, authentic, and deeply healing. Whether someone is feeling stuck, lost, or overwhelmed, therapy with Christine is about finding a path back to their own strength.
Christine’s approach is trauma-informed, strength-based, and grounded in neuroscience. She supports clients in understanding what’s happening in both their minds and bodies, while consistently reminding them of the resilience they already carry. She believes that healing isn’t about being “fixed”—it’s about uncovering what has always been there.
She adds to the Modern Care Collective’s vision by bringing a deeply humanistic approach—one that honors the whole person and emphasizes connection, presence, and authentic therapeutic relationships. Christine shows up as a real person and invites her clients to do the same.
Clients describe Christine as collaborative, affirming, and real. She works from the deep belief that everyone holds the potential for growth, change, and meaningful transformation. In therapy, she walks alongside her clients as they uncover that potential and create lives that feel more aligned with who they truly are.
Christine is offering in-person sessions and virtual.
Alina Barrera
Licensed Clinical
Social Work (LCSW)
Alina Barrera is a warm, grounding presence who specializes in helping individuals heal from trauma in a way that feels safe, steady, and deeply human. She creates a space where clients can slow down, feel understood, and gently reconnect with the parts of themselves that have been overwhelmed, silenced, or stuck in survival mode.
Her approach is compassionate and collaborative, rooted in the belief that trauma is not a flaw—it’s a human response to overwhelming experiences. Alina blends EMDR, mindfulness, CBT, DBT-informed tools, and psychodynamic insight within a humanistic, body-aware framework. She listens with care, offers thoughtful guidance, and supports clients in understanding their nervous system, rebuilding safety, and developing a healthier relationship with their emotions.
Clients often describe Alina as calming, intuitive, and genuinely supportive. She helps people navigate triggers, shame, anxiety, attachment wounds, and the lingering impact of past experiences with a pace that never feels rushed. Her work centers on restoring connection—to self, to body, and to a sense of inner strength that trauma may have obscured but never erased.
Alina believes healing is not about “fixing” yourself—it’s about reclaiming safety, trust, and compassion within. Her intention is to help clients feel grounded, empowered, and capable of moving forward with clarity and confidence.
Outside of sessions, Alina finds joy in reading, creative projects, and time outdoors—practices that help her stay connected, regulated, and present for the people she supports.
May Martinez
Registered Clinical Social Work Intern (RCSWI)
With more than nine years of experience serving children, adolescents, and families, May is a master's-level therapist and Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) who blends compassionate care with evidence-based practice. Her background spans early intervention, school-based services, and home and community-based work supporting individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and trauma-related concerns. May's approach is collaborative and person-centered, drawing from a blend of evidence-based therapies and ABA-informed strategies to support emotional regulation, coping skills, and functional independence.
Bilingual in English and Spanish, May partners closely with caregivers and interdisciplinary teams to support progress across settings. She is known for her clear communication, practical skill-building, and culturally responsive care that honors each client's strengths, values, and lived experience.
May earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Union Institute & University and her Master of Social Work from the University of West Florida, where she also completed the graduate course sequence in Applied Behavior Analysis. She is actively pursuing certification as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Her professional experience includes roles as a therapist, RBT, Infant Toddler Developmental Specialist, and clinical internships in pediatric disability services and behavioral health. At Banyan Treatment, she facilitated groups focused on mental health and substance use and provided one-on-one support in coping strategies and emotional regulation under licensed supervision. May is passionate about helping clients and their families work toward the goals that matter most to them. More than anything, she aims to create a space where people feel safe, understood, and genuinely supported as they take steps toward meaningtul change.
Vanessa Cunningham
Case Manager
Vanessa brings extensive, hands on experience in behavioral healthcare as a behavioral health technician and case manager. She has supported clients in detox, residential, PHP, and outpatient settings, giving her a deep understanding of how overwhelming and complicated the recovery process can feel.
She specializes in working with individuals navigating substance use and co occurring mental health challenges. Vanessa is steady, direct, and solution oriented. She understands that recovery is not just about appointments and treatment plans. It is about real life. Work. Family. Stress. Setbacks. Logistics. She helps clients stay organized, informed, and supported every step of the way.
Vanessa is especially skilled in FMLA paperwork, disability documentation, and coordinating care between providers, employers, and families. When systems feel confusing or intimidating, she steps in and helps simplify the process. She believes no one should have to navigate recovery alone or feel lost in red tape.
Life skills are a major part of her work. She helps clients strengthen communication, boundaries, accountability, and daily structure so that stability becomes sustainable, not temporary.
At Modern Care Collective, we value support that is proactive, responsive, and deeply human. Vanessa embodies that. She shows up consistently, advocates fiercely, and helps clients build a foundation that makes long term change possible.
Madeline Mintz
Registered Clinical
Social Work Intern
Maddy Mintz is a therapist and Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern with seven years of experience working in the addiction and mental health field. She works with individuals navigating addiction and trauma, specializing in EMDR and integrating strengths-based, solution-focused approaches to support practical, lasting change. Her work focuses on helping clients process difficult experiences, build on what is already working in their lives, and move forward with greater clarity and stability.
Maddy is committed to creating a space where people feel comfortable, supported, and not alone. She believes that healing happens when individuals feel safe enough to be honest about their experiences and empowered to take meaningful steps toward change. Her approach is collaborative and grounded in respect for each person’s unique story, pace, and goals.
She is passionate about walking alongside her clients as they reconnect with their strengths, deepen their self-understanding, and move toward a more stable and fulfilling future. Maddy grew up in Minnesota and later moved to California, eventually discovering that Florida is where she truly feels at home. She enjoys knitting, spending time at the beach, and values living life fully with her family.