Behavioral Health Providers

Cassopolis Family Clinic Network has been the healthcare home in our community for more than fifty-five years. It is the place where families come because they trust the people they know to provide the healthcare they need.

Michele Bowen, LMSW, Behavioral Health, Cass Family Clinic NetworkMichele Bowen, LMSW, CAADC, ACCTS

Therapist

Location: Niles Community Health Center

Education: Bachelor of Arts – Developmental Psychology, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana; Master of Social Work, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Joined CFCN: 2019

Certifications: Certified Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Counselor; Certified Advanced Alcohol & Drug Counselor.

Vicky Merrills, LMSW, Behavioral Health, Cass Family Clinic Network

Vicky Merrills, LMSW, CAADC, CCS-M

Therapist

Location: Cassopolis Family Clinic

Education: Master of Social Work, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan

Joined CFCN: 2018

Certifications: Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor

Lori Partee, LMSW, CAAD, Cassopolis Family Clinic Network, Niles, MILori Partee, LMSW, CAADC

Therapist

Location: NCHC

Education: Bachelor of Social Work, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan; Master of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Joined CFCN: 2021

Certifications: Michigan Certification Board of Addiction Professionals; Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor

Bette Spearritt, LMSW, CAADC, CCS

Therapist

Location: Niles Community Health Center

Education: Master of Social Work, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan

Joined CFCN: 2020

Certifications: Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor; Certified Clinical Supervisor

Stanley Ruder, PMHNP, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Niles Family ClinicStanley Ruder, PMHNP

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Location: NCHC (Niles)

Education: Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, Illinois; Master of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Joined CFCN: 2022

This health center is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n).