Care Clinic

Our Staff

April Rectanus, LCPC
April Rectanus, our clinical director, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and has her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. She has worked at the Care Clinic for over 3 years. She previously worked at St. Vincent’s Center with severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and their families. Her work there consisted of providing individual, group, and family therapy as well as case management services, crisis intervention, and some direct care experience. Ms. Rectanus has over 10 years of experience working with maltreated children and their families and has obtained extensive training on trauma and related topics. Ms. Rectanus incorporates play therapy and cognitive-behavioral approaches in her work. Also she has provided training and supervision to other clinicians.

Randy Chang, PsyD
Dr. Randy Chang is a licensed psychologist and has been providing mental health services to children and families for over 5 years. He specializes in delivering trauma-based therapeutic and assessment services to children and families affected by child maltreatment (i.e., physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, exposure to domestic violence). Dr. Chang earned his doctorate in clinical psychology at Pacific University. His graduate education and training was geared towards specialized work with children and families. This included an internship at Monterey County Children’s Behavioral Health (in Salinas, CA) and a postdoctoral psychology residency at the University of Maryland Care Clinic. Dr. Chang’s clinical training and practice has included sites spanning the United States, including sites in Oregon, California, Georgia, and Maryland.

Adrienne Ekas-Mueting, LCSW-C
Ms. Ekas-Mueting is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Adrienne has been licensed in the state of Maryland for over 12 years and has experience in both social work education and direct clinical practice. She previously worked at the Children and Adolescent inpatient unit at Sheppard Pratt hospital with severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and their families. Her other clinical work has consisted of providing in-home and outpatient individual, group, and family therapy as well as case management services and crisis intervention. Ms. Ekas-Mueting also has supervised social work students, clinical interns and other clinicians.

Gary Klein, M.D.
Dr. Gary Klein is a licensed child and adult psychiatrist and has been providing psychiatric services for 30 years. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from University of Maryland Medical School. He has completed his postgraduate education at University of Maryland Hospital Child Psychiatry. He worked as a psychiatrist in Sinai Hospital. Dr. Klein worked as the director of training at the Center for Infant Study, University of Maryland Hospital where he supervised fellows, child fellows, pediatricians, and social workers. Currently he works as a consultant for counseling centers and institutions such as McDaniel College Counseling Center, Second Home Foster Care Agency, and Care Clinic. He sees his clients at the Care Clinic every Friday.

Latanya Black
Latanya Black is a community outreach worker at the Care Clinic and provides additional support to staff and clients. In addition to overseeing the waiting area she also helps to establish contact with outside agencies and referrals, maintain clinic databases, and help keep clients abreast about community resources. Latanya completed her undergraduate work at Villa Julie College and obtained a Bachelors degree in Human Services. Currently she is working on obtaining a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology at Bowie State University.

In addition to our main clinical staff, we also have graduate student interns who provide clinical services

This page was last updated on: February 16, 2012.

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