Partnering with others to reach their goals in the Cleveland area since 2006
Welcome to Santore & Associates Health and Wellness, LLC, which is located in Northeast Ohio, a 40-minute drive from downtown Cleveland. Our professionals understand the interconnected nature of health and wellness, support clients in maintaining and strengthening mental and physical well-being, and emphasize collaboration in developing realistic, client-centered goals. Our work is guided by the following mission:
We aim to educate and treat our patients in a comfortable environment while offering them holistic, comprehensive care. We understand many people have anxiety about change, so we create a soothing environment. We meet people where they are, and our focus is on progress, not perfection. We utilize evidence-based treatment models and believe in using food as medicine.
Corinne Santore, LISW-S, LICDC
Corinne Santore is a licensed independent social worker and chemical dependency counselor, who obtained her bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and her master's degree from Case Western Reserve University. In the past 12 years of her professional experience, she has worked with diverse client populations providing outpatient counseling services for mental health and for substance use disorders. Corinne's most recent experience included co-developing and running an intensive outpatient program for mood disorders and substance use disorders in the Cleveland area. During this time she developed her passion and niche for treating first responders. Corinne's previous work experience includes her leading role in the provision of intensive outpatient care at a clinic in Michigan and her supporting role in developing and implementing an integrative treatment program at the Cleveland Clinic. She gained supervisory experience in residential treatment at Bellefaire JCB and has supervised multiple students of social work. Corinne's areas of specialty include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, adjustment disorders, and depression. She has specialized training in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and has strengthened her integrative approach to treatment in multiple settings with individuals, families, and groups.
Alexa Hirsch, MSW, LISW
Alexa “Lexi” Hirsch (she/her) is a licensed independent social worker who obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degree from Marywood University in Scranton Pennsylvania. Lexi’s clinical professional experience includes work with client populations in the school, home and community settings. She works well with individuals, particularly young adults, and often supports clients coping with stress and anxiety, mood disorders, eating disorders, infidelity, marital/premarital, and interpersonal issues. She appreciates trauma-informed approaches to treatment and believes no single approach is right for every individual, so she has been trained in a range of modalities including eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and emotionally-focused couples therapy (EFT). Lexi’s therapeutic style encourages humanness, humor and laughter as well as the practices of meditation, movement and mindfulness. Above all, Lexi’s committed to creating a space that is comfortable, connected and valuable.
Lexi is currently offering services via Telehealth.
Mary Kozina, LISW-S
Mary Kozina, LISW-S is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW-S) and dual diagnosis therapist who obtained her Master’s Degree from the University of Michigan. Mary has 30 years of professional experience providing individual and group therapy to diverse client populations. She has a broad range of clinical experience in treating substance use disorders, trauma, anxiety, depression, mood disorder, life and relationship issues, self-harm, suicidal assessment and risk reduction, and stress management. Her most recent experience has focused on providing substance use disorder treatment to adults, helping them overcome their illness and regain health and social function. Her passion is working with people to recover from substance use disorders using a compassionate and harm reduction approach to treatment as well as providing clinical supervision/training to students and professionals. Mary specializes in a variety of techniques such as DBT, CBT, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Relapse Prevention, Trauma Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.
Christie Rozman, B.A., CDCA
Christie Rozman is a chemical dependency counselor assistant (CDCA) who obtained her bachelor’s degree from John Carrol University in Sociology and completed a post graduate certificate program to obtain a license as a chemical dependency counselor assistant from Cleveland State University. Christie has worked in various settings helping individuals and families, both children and adults. In her current role with Santore & Associates, Christie serves as our Administrative Assistant.
