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.
Caitlyn Taylor
Executive Functioning Coach
She is a dedicated Peer Support Specialist with a strong background in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). She specializes in building social skills, strengthening life skills, and modeling appropriate behaviors to support adults in their daily lives. She is passionate about helping individuals increase independence, confidence, and overall quality of life through compassionate, person-centered support.
Her experience in ABA allows her to understand behavioral patterns, reinforce positive change, and provide structured guidance while maintaining a supportive, peer-driven relationship. She focuses on creating safe, trusting environments where clients feel empowered to set goals, develop coping strategies, and practice skills that enhance their well-being.
Whether collaborating with care teams or supporting individuals one-on-one, she brings patience, empathy, and practical approaches to every interaction. Her goal is always to meet people where they are and help them build the tools they need to thrive.
She provides life coaching and executive functioning coaching, helping clients build practical skills, confidence, and structure in their daily lives. Her approach is highly supportive and hands-on. In addition to traditional coaching sessions, she offers in-person services-including meeting clients at home, support groups, work, and more.
Whether a client needs help organizing tasks, building healthy habits, managing time, or staying accountable, she works alongside them to create real-life change.
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.