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Meet the team
Dr. Mary Lou Ancheta
Dr. Mary Lou Ancheta attended The California School of Professional Psychology and graduated in 2020. Her experience working with veterans and/or military families includes two years at the Department of Veterans Affairs where she provided clinical services, working on an interdisciplinary team to provide assessment, individual therapy, crisis triage, consultation, group therapy, and secondary care for medical appointments. She has worked with veterans from all branches struggling with combat PTSD, military sexual trauma, active suicidality, personality disorders, and mood disorders. She served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force for 6 years and served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves for 8 years.
Dr. Sheena Glover
Dr. Sheena Glover attended The American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University and graduated in 2016. She is an Air Force Veteran and her experience working with veterans and/or military families includes one year at Optum Serve, which is an independent contractor that specializes in the compensation and pension evaluation of active-duty service members and veterans from all branches struggling with combat PTSD, military sexual trauma, active suicidality, personality disorders, mood disorders, and a variety of other less common DSM-5 disorders. She works in a private practice treating the same population for similar disorders.
Dr. Stacy Rider
Dr. Stacy Rider completed a clinical doctoral degree program at the Georgia School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University in 2005. In addition to course work, she also completed a full-time pre-doctoral internship and a post-doctoral fellowship at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. She has worked in both private practice and for the Department of Veterans Affairs completing compensation and pension examinations and conducting psychotherapy with Veterans. She has also had a private practice since 2007 and has worked for the private sector as an independent contractor, completing compensation and pension examinations and medical opinions for 16 years. She has completed thousands of examinations and medical opinions in this capacity with service members and Veterans with varying demographics and mental health diagnoses.
Dr. Laura Schwerin
Dr. Laura Schwerin attended Fuller Theological Seminary’s Graduate School of Psychology and graduated with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in June 1995. She has 4 years of experience conducting C&P exams with veterans and over 24 years of experience performing psychological evaluations and providing therapy with adult populations. I served as Manager of Mental Health at Hazelden Betty Ford. While there she developed and launched their first Trauma and Addiction program. She has studied at the National Center for PTSD in Menlo Park, CA.
Dr. Aria DesRoberts
Dr. Aria DesRoberts earned a doctorate from the Wright Institute. After completing the requirements of her degree, she became a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of California in April 2016. She became licensed in the State of Colorado in August 2019 and in 2023, became a member of PsyPACT. Since obtaining her license, she has worked in both private practice, yet mainly conducting disability benefits evaluations for the VA and private Independent Medical Opinions. She has worked in this capacity for approximately eight years, conducting compensation and pension evaluations and IMEs for service members with varying demographics and mental health diagnoses. To date, she has completed over 15,000 disability assessments/evaluations.
Dr. Reed Vierra
Dr. Reed Vierra earned his doctorate in psychology from Antioch University, Santa Barbara, CA in 2020. His experience working with the military population includes three years at an inpatient psychiatric facility (Aurora Behavioral Health in Southern California), treating active duty service members struggling with combat PTSD, military sexual trauma, active suicidality, personality disorders, mood disorders, and a variety of other less common DSM-5 disorders. He continues to work with active duty and Veterans in private practice.
Dr. Sarah Zwetzig
Dr. Sarah Zwetzig attended the University of Northern Colorado and graduated in 2020. Her experience working with veterans and/or military families includes three total years at UT Health San Antonio, specifically with STRONG STAR, which is a leading research organization studying the best treatments for PTSD and related conditions in Veterans and U.S. service members. While at UT Health she treated Veterans and Service Members using evidence-based practices for PTSD and related conditions. During her postdoctoral fellowship, she was contracted to work at Lackland Air Force Base in their sleep medicine clinic, specializing in treating and researching insomnia and nightmares. She currently works at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System on the PTSD clinical team, treating Veterans from all branches struggling with combat PTSD, military sexual trauma, active suicidality, personality disorders, and mood disorders.
Dr. Erin Henderson
Dr. Erin Henderson attended the University of Pittsburgh, where she received her doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in Clinical Psychology and Developmental Psychology in 2003. Her experience working with Veteran and/or military families includes over fifteen years conducting compensation and pension examinations for mental health, post- traumatic stress disorder, and eating disorders as an independent assessment with Logistics Health/OptumServe. She has been certified in Eagala equine-assisted therapy and completed additional training to qualify for the designation of Military Designated Mental Health Specialist. She helped to develop an equine-assisted therapy program for Veterans at Horses with Hope in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Additionally, she also works in private practice, conducting assessments for neuropsychological disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism, as well as treating individuals with issues such as mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, obsessive- compulsive disorder, and challenges with transitions in life such as childbirth and coping with loss.
Dr. Stephanny Perea-Perez
Dr. Perea-Perez attended Alliant International University in San Diego, CA, and graduated with her doctorate in forensic psychology in 2017. Her experience working with the military population includes five years at an inpatient psychiatric facility (Aurora Behavioral Health in Southern California), where she developed and delivered the curriculum for their intensive outpatient group trauma therapy. She treated active-duty service members struggling with combat PTSD, military sexual trauma, active suicidality, personality disorders, and mood disorders. She continues to work with active duty and Veterans in group practice.
Dr. Nikole Roberts
Earned her doctorate from Fielding Graduate University in 2019, an APA-approved institution. Over the past six years, she has worked in community mental health settings, directly serving Veterans and their families. Additionally, for one and a half years, she has been conducting thorough evaluations for hundreds of veterans seeking disability claims, offering critical support in their journey towards receiving the benefits they deserve.