Life Works Therapies

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Psychiatric Consultation and Medical Management

Life Works offers a psychiatry clinic on the first, third and last Wednesday of each month. This provides an opportunity for collaboration between board-certified Psychiatrist, Dr. Steven Croley, the participant, and his/her person-centered team members. Psychiatric needs are assessed and treated through evidence-based psychosocial therapeutic treatments and medication management.

Psychological Supports

Life Works’ therapeutic support team of Licensed Psychologists, Licensed Psychological Associates, and Licensed Certified Social Workers are key components of treatment teams. With a humanistic and integrated therapeutic framework, clinicians utilize evidence-based practices in diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, and individual therapeutic sessions. Additionally, clinicians play an active role through on-going collaboration with the participant’s active person-centered treatment team and Psychiatrist.

Positive Behavior Supports

Through a multi-faceted collaboration between service providers, Board Certified Behavior Specialists complete a strength-based functional behavioral assessment to identify support needs. Clinicians develop a goal-oriented Positive Behavior Support Plan which includes strategies of strength-based, positive reinforcement that facilitates positive replacement of identified target behaviors.

Nutrition Supports

A team of Licensed Registered Dietitians assist participants with setting and obtaining goals targeted at improving their physical well-being. This includes individual nutrition assessments and treatment plans, diet education, meal planning, caregiver trainings, and monitoring progress of treatment outcomes.

Occupational, Physical, and Speech-Language Therapy

Occupational, Speech-Language, and Physical Therapists provide individual and environment consultation, evaluation, and treatment. Therapists have access to Life Works’ on-site therapy gym for therapeutic service provision. Additionally, therapists collaborate with natural and paid support systems to address individual needs, treatment plans, and maintenance.

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is an evidence-based practice for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities. ABA services are effective across an individual’s lifespan (i.e., childhood, adolescence, and adulthood) and are designed with compassion, empowerment, and client dignity in mind.

A Board Certified Behavior Analyst will get to know the client and their family and gather information on their individualized needs. Next, the Behavior Analyst will complete a Functional Assessment and write a Behavior Intervention Plan, which identifies the socially-significant and person-centered goals for the client.

With the plan in place, Registered Behavior Technicians work with the individual and their family to carry out interventions as they occur in their typical settings and schedule. Providing services across various settings is a crucial component to the effectiveness of ABA therapy.

The Behavior Analyst will continually monitor, modify plans/interventions as needed, supervise, and provide ongoing family/caregiver training and support.

In young children with developmental disabilities such as ASD, comprehensive, intensive, and individualized interventions focus on a variety of skills: cognitive, language, social, and self-help, to name just a few.

For adolescents and adults, ABA focuses on behaviors essential to effective functioning in the home, school, and community settings. ABA services also advocate for the individual and their rights, and help address severe problem behaviors that may endanger health and safety and limit educational, residential, or vocational options. LifeWorks is currently credentialed with many insurance plans.

Email us here: ABAtherapy@esinc.org

Behavioral Health & Psychological Services

Board Certified Behavior Analysts offer supports to children and/ or adults of varying abilities who struggle with problem behaviors within the home, school or community. Service plans can include: Discrete trial training, acceptance and commitment therapy, activities of daily living training, toilet training, community-based instruction, academic instruction, functional behavior assessments, behavior support plans, caregiver training, and problem behavior reduction. 

Life Works’ therapeutic clinical team of Licensed Psychologists, Licensed Psychological Associates, and Licensed Certified Social Workers offer specialized services for individuals, couples, or families experiencing social, emotional, cognitive or behavioral difficulties. With a humanistic and integrated therapeutic framework, clinicians utilize evidence-based practices in diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, and therapeutic sessions.

Life Works is committed to collaborative clinical service provision. Clinicians partner to provide skillful education groups that include mindfulness, self-advocacy, parenting, social skills, and relationships.

About Life Works

Lifeworks Integrated Therapeutic Solutions consists of a clinical support team of Licensed Psychologists, Licensed Psychological Associates, Licensed Psychiatrist, Licensed Behavior Analysts, Occupational Therapist, Registered Dietitians, and Licensed Certified Social Workers that offer specialized services for individuals, couples, or families experiencing social, emotional, cognitive or behavioral difficulties. With a humanistic and integrated therapeutic framework, clinicians utilize evidence-based practices in diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, and therapeutic sessions. Life Works is committed to collaborative clinical service provision. Clinicians partner to provide skillful education groups that include mindfulness, self-advocacy, parenting, social skills, and relationships. Lifeworks Integrated Therapeutic Solutions offers the following services: Occupational therapy, behavioral health such as ABA therapy, psychiatric consultation and treatment, psychological supports, positive behavior supports, and nutrition supports.

Our clinicians

Stacy Seale
Director of Therapies

Stacy Seale, MS, LPA, BCBA, LBA is a Licensed Psychological Associate, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and Licensed Behavior Analyst. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University and has a Master’s of Science in Clinical Psychology. She is the Director of Therapies at Lifeworks. She has extensive experience with working with individuals with Autism and other Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Ms. Seale enjoys the transitional period of young adulthood and working with individuals and their families to create and maintain reasonable mature goals.

Danon Ditto
Positive Behavior Supports Specialist

Danon Ditto, MA, is a Positive Behavior Support Specialist.  She graduated from Western Kentucky University and has a Master’s of Arts in Special Education.  She has extensive experience in working with children and adults with Autism, Down Syndrome and various behavioral, intellectual and developmental disabilities.  She has a passion for helping individuals with disabilities and their families meet their needs. 

Sarah Jackson
Positive Behavior Support Specialist

Sarah Jackson, MAT-LBD, is a Positive Behavior Support Specialist. She graduated from the University of Kentucky and completed her Master’s of Teaching in Learning and Behavior Disorders. Sarah is also a Certified Teacher that has taught Special Education within Fayette County Public Schools. She has experience working with both children and adults with various intellectual and developmental disabilities and enjoys helping each individual and their families work to meet their goals. Sarah is married with two children. Outside of work, Sarah enjoys spending her time outdoors, reading, and being involved with her children’s activities. 

Sandra Anderson
Autonomous Certified Psychologist

Sandy is an Autonomous Certified Psychologist with over thirty years of experience as an Outpatient Psychologist, including sixteen years working as a Behavior Specialist focused on the treatment of Adults with Developmental Disabilities.  Over the past eight years, her current focus is providing Outpatient Psychology Supports to adults utilizing a blend of Dialectic and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies.

Samantha Orihuela
Positive Behavior Support Specialist

She received a Masters in Moderate and Severe Disabilities from the University of Kentucky in 2014 and her certification in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of Louisville in 2017. Samantha is passionate about teaching and assisting individuals of all ability levels and their families various ways to reach personal goals and meet their individual needs. Samantha’s work is focused on functional and life skills, basic and functional communication, social skills acquisition and independent living skills and training. Samantha lives in Central Kentucky with her husband John and 4 children. 

Kaylyn Johnson
Speech Pathologist

Kaylyn Johnson is a licensed speech language pathologist. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 2014 with a Master’s of Arts in Communication Disorders. She has experience working with both children and adults with various intellectual/developmental disabilities in varying settings including schools, out patient clinics, in the home, and in the community. 

Lora Hall
Board Certified and Licensed Behavior Analyst

Lora Hall is a licensed and board-certified behavior analyst. She received her Master’s degree in special education with an emphasis in applied behavior analysis from the University of Kentucky in 2018 and her certification in behavior analysis in 2020. Lora served as a special education teacher in Fayette County Public Schools for ten years. She is currently a Ph.D. fellow at the University of Louisville focusing on curriculum design and instruction. Lora’s work includes acceptance and commitment therapy, transitional life skills, and social skills acquisition. Lora splits her time between Louisville and Lexington.

Amber Johnson
Clinical Social Worker

I base my work on the beliefs that every individual has inherent dignity and worth and is deserves to be treated with compassion. That every individual is capable of personal growth, increased satisfaction and happiness in their life and the right therapy can help. I earned my masters in clinical social work in 2012 from the University of Kentucky.  I provide individual psychotherapy and positive behavior supports to adolescents and adults with a focus on individuals who experience intellectual and or developmental disabilities.  I offer psychotherapy with an emphasis on mindfulness utilizing DBT and CBT approaches and positive behavior supports with an emphasis on applied behavioral analysis and social skills training. 

Shorus Minella
Licensed and Registered Dietitian

Shorus Minella, RDLD, is a Licensed and Registered Dietitian. She has worked in a variety of settings to educate people on healthy and realistic eating habits. This experience includes service at the University of Kentucky’s Cardiac Rehab Clinic. She is a recognized authority on healthy eating, publishing online articles and appearing in local media. Ms. Minella enjoys working closely with clients to develop personalized plans to improve their diets, their cooking practices, and their mentality towards food. 

Brittany McDaniel
Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Licensed Behavior Analyst

Brittany McDaniel, MS, BCBA, LBA is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Licensed Behavior Analyst with seven years of experience working in the home, community, rehabilitation, and vocational settings. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University and has a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, she went on to the Florida Institute of Technology to receive additional training in behavior analysis. Brittany is the ABA Clinical Supervisor at Lifework. She has extensive experience working with individuals with Autism and other Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities of varying ages (childhood to elderly). Brittany is very passionate about working with individuals, assisting them in meeting their personal goals, and providing caregiver training to promote lasting, positive outcomes for their loved ones.

Justin Benton
Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Licensed Behavior Analyst

Justin Benton, MS, BCBA, LBA is a licensed and board-certified behavior analyst with several years experience working with early learners, adolescents, and adults, in the community, home, and clinical settings. He received his Master’s degree in counseling psychology from the University of Kentucky in 2017 and spent six years working as a registered behavior technician across two ABA clinics. Justin completed his ABA certification at Eastern Kentucky University in 2021. His practice as a behavior analyst values a trauma-informed approach, and he strives to create a professional relationship with clients that emphasizes inclusion, self-determination, creativity, and healthy living.

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