Our Therapists

At Ann Arbor Center for the Family, affiliates include fully licensed psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, and board certified psychiatrists. Each Center-affiliated professional has her or his own independent practice.You may contact an individual affiliate directly, or you may Contact the Center for assistance in the referral process.

Relationship of Individual Practitioners to Ann Arbor Center for the Family: Ann Arbor Center for the Family is an organization that provides support services to the independent private practices of its affiliated mental health practitioners. The Center provides office space and administrative support (such as receptionist and insurance billing support services); however, the responsibility for the treatment services provided rests solely with the individual practitioner.

Relationship of Individual Practitioners to Other Affiliates: Each affiliate of Ann Arbor Center for the Family practices independently of each other affiliate. While the affiliates participate in continuing education and information exchanges (including professional consultation regarding clinical issues), responsibility for treatment services rests solely with the individual practitioner, except in the instance of clinical coverage during the provider’s absence, or in the instance of choosing to work with more than one Center affiliate.

Individual affiliates’ practices are summarized below. For more information on any affiliate, please follow the link to her or his individual web page.

Naomi Alcaine, Ph.D.
Licensed clinical psychologist whose practice includes psychotherapy and neuropsychological testing for children, adolescents, and adults. Special interests include anxiety disorders and parent-child relationship problems, as well as testing for learning disabilities and attentional disorders such as ADHD.

Kenya M. Alexander, M.D.
Board certified psychiatrist whose practice includes psychiatric evaluations, medication consultations, psycho-education, and therapeutic interventions for children, teenagers, and adults.

Brian Ashin, LMSW, CGP
Clinical social worker whose general adult practice includes working with individual adults, couples, and groups. As a certified sex therapist, provides treatment for issues related to sexuality and sexual health.  He has a particular interest in helping clients understand and resolve their long-standing self-defeating patterns that lead to anxiety, depression, and general unhappiness. (Participates with various insurance plans)

Manal Assi, M.D.
Child and adult psychiatrist interested in the psychiatric evaluation and treatment of children, adolescents, adults, and families. (Participates with BCBS Community Blue [BCBS PPO])

Kate Drinkwater, LMSW
Clinical social worker whose practice includes treatment for children, adolescents, families, adults, and couples. Kate’s approach to treatment includes a blend of cognitive, behavioral, family systems, developmental and psychodynamic thinking. (Accepts UHC, MESSA, UBH, American Community, and off panel for Cigna and Aetna)

Douglas Ensor, Ph.D.
Licensed psychologist whose practice includes therapy with children, adults, couples, and families. His interests include the relationship between school and family problems, and families with members who have disabilities or chronic medical disorders. He also is a consultant and trainer to a number of agencies on these issues. (Participates with BCBS Community Blue [BCBS PPO], BCBS Traditional, Blue Care Network, MESSA, and Aetna)

Joy Wolfe Ensor, Ph.D.
Licensed psychologist whose general practice includes children, adolescents, families, and adults. She has special interests in parent-child relationship problems, children and adolescents with a variety of emotional and behavioral concerns, and adults experiencing life transitions. (Participates with BCBS; BCBS PPO, including BCBS Community Blue and MESSA; Blue Care Network, including University of Michigan Premier Care and Grad Care; and State of Michigan Mental Health Managed Network)

Paul Estenson, Ph.D.
Licensed clinical psychologist whose practice includes therapy with children, adults, couples, and families. Particular interests include issues related to compulsive/ addictive behaviors, chronic illness, and older adults. He has had extensive experience with hospital treatment of substance abuse and psychiatric problems and with consultation to both treatment settings and schools. (Participates with BCBS Community Blue [BCBS PPO], BCBS Traditional, MESSA, and Aetna)

Hilda Halabu, Ph.D.
Licensed clinical psychologist whose practice includes therapy with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Special interests include adoption, divorce, loss and bereavement, as well as domestic violence and other traumatic experiences. (Participates with BCBS, BCBS PPO, BC Community Blue, Blue Care Network, UM Premier Care, and State of MI Mental Health Case Management Program)

Moira Hubbard, Psy.D.
Licensed clinical psychologist whose practice includes adolescents, adults, and families. She has particular interest in women’s issues including eating disorders, relationship concerns and addictive behaviors. She is trained in short-term treatment strategies and takes a collaborative, strength-promoting approach. She participates with BCBS of Michigan, Community Blue PPO, MESSA, and Medicare.

Lori Lichtman, Psy.D.
Licensed clinical psychologist whose practice includes children, adolescents, adults, couples, parents, and families. Her special interests include working with families with a Deaf member, developing and fostering parent-child relationships, developing relaxation and coping skills for children, and facilitating client's’ prenatal and postpartum adjustment. (Participates with BCBS Community Blue, Blue Care Network, MESSA, Medicare, United Behavioral Health)

Eileen Mollen, Ph.D.
Licensed clinical psychologist whose general practice includes therapy with children, adolescents, families, and adults. She has extensive experience with adherence and coping with chronic medical conditions; working with all family members when a parent or child has a medical condition; and bereavement work. She is also interested in a range of therapy issues with children and adolescents, anxiety and/or depression in adults, as well as working with parents of young children. (Participates with BCBS Community Blue [BCBS PPO], BCBS Traditional, and Medicare)

Andrew Orosan-Weine, Ph.D.
Licensed psychologist whose practice includes children, adolescents, parents, families, and adults. His ways of working draw from cognitive-behavioral, family systems, and psychodynamic orientations. He often aims to foster coping and communication skills among clients of any age. With children and adolescents, he utilizes play therapy. With families or individuals, he helps explore and rework patterns of behavior in one's current, original, and extended families. He is co-author of Helping Transfer Children: Strategies for Educational and Social Readjustment (Jossey-Bass, 1992). (Dr. Orosan-Weine participates with BCBS MI, MESSA, BCBS PPO/Community Blue, Cofinity, Aetna PPO, Aetna Choice POS II, Aetna Elect Choice, and Aetna Managed Care.)

Ellen Barahal Taylor, Ph.D.
Licensed psychologist whose practice includes the treatment of children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Her clinical interests include: temperamentally “difficult” children; parent/child conflicts; the evaluation and diagnosis of developmental and learning problems; school adjustment; depression and the impact of divorce on families. Along with her clinical practice, Dr. Taylor is trained in divorce mediation and works with families to mediate divorce related issues. (Participates with BCBS Community Blue [BCBS PPO], BCBS Traditional, and MESSA)

Mary Whiteside, Ph.D.
A licensed psychologist with over 30 years of experience. Her practice includes therapy with families, couples, and individual adults; divorce mediation and mediation of post-divorce disputes; and consultation with families in family businesses. She is a Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution and has a Certificate in Family Business Advising with Fellow Status from the Family Firm Institute. She has published extensively in the areas of divorce, remarriage, and family-owned businesses (Learn more about or order How Families Work Together). (Participates with BCBS Community Blue and MESSA)