Fernanda Cavalaro, LMSW is passionate about helping individuals navigate life's challenges while building resilience, confidence, and meaningful change. She believes that every person deserves a therapeutic space where they feel heard, understood, and supported, regardless of their background or circumstances.

Fernanda brings experience working with adolescents, adults, and families across a variety of clinical and community-based settings. Throughout her career, she has provided mental health assessments, individual therapy, crisis intervention, care coordination, and case management services for individuals facing complex emotional, behavioral, and life challenges. 

Her professional experience includes supporting survivors of trauma and exploitation, individuals experiencing severe mental health concerns, and those navigating significant life transitions.

Fernanda has a special interest in intercultural therapy and working with immigrants and multicultural populations. She provides culturally responsive care that honors each client's unique background, values, and life experiences while supporting personal growth, resilience, and emotional well-being. Drawing from her own multicultural perspective, she recognizes the importance of understanding how culture, identity, family dynamics, and lived experiences influence mental health and the healing process.

Her therapeutic approach is compassionate, collaborative, and strengths-based. Fernanda works alongside clients to identify their strengths, develop practical coping skills, improve emotional well-being, strengthen relationships, and overcome barriers that may be preventing them from living fulfilling lives. 

She is committed to creating a safe, welcoming environment where clients feel empowered to explore challenges, discover solutions, and achieve lasting change.

She works with adolescents, adults, and older adults, tailoring treatment to each individual's unique goals, strengths, and needs. She is currently pursuing advanced clinical licensure and remains dedicated to ongoing professional growth and evidence-based practice to best serve the individuals and communities she supports.

Missy Gordillo, LMSW is a bilingual therapist with more than 10 years of experience helping adolescents, adults, and older adults navigate life's challenges and move toward greater healing, resilience, and personal growth. She is passionate about creating a safe, supportive environment where clients feel understood, respected, and empowered to make meaningful changes in their lives.

With experience in community mental health, higher education, and nonprofit settings, she has worked with individuals facing a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, relationship challenges, life transitions, and emotional difficulties. Her diverse background allows her to meet clients where they are while providing compassionate, individualized care.

A significant area of focus in her work is helping individuals process and heal from trauma. She recognizes that difficult life experiences can leave lasting emotional impacts that influence thoughts, behaviors, relationships, and overall well-being. Through a collaborative therapeutic approach, she helps clients gain insight into these experiences while developing healthy coping strategies and building resilience.

As a fluent Spanish-speaking therapist and crisis-certified professional, she is committed to providing culturally responsive care that honors each client's unique experiences and perspective. She provides therapy for adolescents through older adulthood, offering personalized care designed to meet each client's unique needs and goals.

Known for her warm, encouraging, and practical approach, she strives to help clients better understand themselves, strengthen their relationships, and develop the tools needed to navigate life's challenges with confidence. Whether addressing a specific concern or pursuing personal growth, clients can expect a therapeutic experience grounded in empathy, collaboration, and hope.

She offers in-person appointments in Hattiesburg as well as telehealth services for clients throughout Mississippi.

Katryn Scully, LMSW is dedicated to helping adults navigate life's challenges with compassion, authenticity, and evidence-based care. She believes that healing begins within a supportive therapeutic relationship where clients feel safe to explore their experiences, build insight, and create meaningful change.

Her clinical experience includes working with individuals facing depression, trauma, addiction, relationship difficulties, attachment concerns, and life transitions. She has a special interest in supporting individuals navigating interpersonal relationship conflicts, LGBTQ+ concerns, and issues related to love and sex addiction. Through a collaborative approach, she helps clients better understand the patterns that may be affecting their emotional well-being and relationships while developing practical tools for growth and healing.

Her background includes providing intensive community-based support services, assisting individuals with accessing community resources, coordinating care, and helping clients navigate daily living challenges. She has also worked alongside crisis response professionals, gaining valuable experience supporting individuals during periods of significant emotional distress and crisis.

Her training includes experience conducting biopsychosocial assessments, developing safety and distress tolerance plans, facilitating psychotherapy and psychoeducational groups, and leading Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills groups. These experiences have strengthened her ability to help clients build emotional regulation skills, improve interpersonal effectiveness, and develop healthier coping strategies.

Katryn utilizes a trauma-informed approach and incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and other evidence-based interventions tailored to each client's unique needs and goals. She is committed to helping clients build resilience, strengthen relationships, and move toward a more fulfilling and balanced life.

She works with adults ages 18 and older and provides individualized care that honors each client's strengths, experiences, and personal journey.