Our Team.
Karuna House is conveniently offered at 3 locations within Northwest Ohio with one office space in Sylvania and two office spaces in Perrysburg. Both of these locations are in the heart of their city’s downtown. Each location offers a wide variety of specialized therapists who will fit your needs. Find the right fit therapist by reading our teams’ bios and contacting them directly.
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KH on 3rd '51
217 W 3rd. St, Perrysburg, OH 43551
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KH on 2nd '51
119 W 2nd St, Perrysburg, OH 43551
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KH on Main '60
5648 Main Street, Sylvania, OH 43560
Meet the Karuna House Team
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Gretchen (Leu) von Seggern
Co-Owner, Psychotherapist, Consultant, Speaker, Business Coach, Lead Trainer and Consultant at The Karuna House Trauma Training Institute, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Clinical Supervisor, M.Ed., PCC-S, Certified EMDR Therapist, EMDR Approved Consultant and Certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist
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Andrew Lesniewicz
Co-Owner, Lead Trainer and Consultant at The Karuna House Training Institute, Therapist, M.A., PCC-S, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Clinical Supervisor, Certified EMDR therapist, EMDR Approved Consultant, Certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist
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Rebecca Brown
MSW, LISW-S, Certified EMDR Therapist, Level 1 Trained Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Certified Imago Relationship Therapist
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Emma Blum
LPC, M.A., EMDR Trained, Certified First Responder Associate
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Lexi Douville
M.A., LPC, EMDR Trained
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JD Reisinger
M.A., LPC, EMDR Trained, Level 2 Gottman Trained
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Rachel Westgate
M.S.Ed, LPC, EMDR Trained, CFRA, Certified First Responder Associate
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Erin Anderson
MSW, LSW, EMDR Trained
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Jerrica Lucero
MS, LPC
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Cole Graham
M.A., LPC, EMDR Trained
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Holly Cipriani
M.A., LPC
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Spencer Wilhelm
M.A., LPC, EMDR Trained
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Kayla Hawk
M.A. LPCC, EMDR Trained
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Samantha Brownlee
MSW, LISW, EMDR Trained
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Kenya Keller
M.A., LPC, EMDR Trained
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Andrea Ryan
M.A., LPCC, EMDR trained
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Jessica Oley
MSW, LSW, EMDR Trained
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Aisha Snyder
M.A., LPCC, EMDR Certified
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Sam Byrne
MA, LPCC, EMDR Certified
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Alexa Adkins
M.A., LPCC, LICDC, EMDR Trained
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Mallory Etzler
M.A., LPC
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Juanita Alvarado
M.A., LPC, EMDR Trained
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Alexa Levison
B.A., CT (Counselor Trainee)
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Lisa M. DeClark
M.Ed, PCC, LPCC
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Nova Bitner
Chief Compliance Officer, Primary Administrator, Insurance Specialist
Adjunct Staff
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Isabella Weik
President and CEO of Toledo Mindfulness Institute
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Rebecca Black
Expert Level Sound Healing Facilitator Reiki Master-Teacher, B.Ed.
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Brandi Smith
MSN, APRN, Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, EMDR Trained, TF-DBT Trained
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Emmah Leu
Marketing Director
Our Owners
Gretchen (Leu) von Seggern
Co-Owner of The Karuna House, Psychotherapist, Consultant, Speaker and Business Coach. She is a lead trainer and consultant at The Karuna House Trauma Training Institute, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Clinical Supervisor, M.Ed., PCC-S, Certified EMDR Therapist, EMDR Approved Consultant and Level 2 Trained Sensorimotor Psychotherapist.
“Mirror the light to the person that doesn’t see the light in themself.”-Judith Royal.
Over the past 25 years, Gretchen von Seggern has accompanied individuals and couples in their process of healing past and present psychological pain, opening them to the concept that life can be different. Understanding that our past informs our present and how we respond and embody our current pain shapes our present well-being is at the core of Gretchen’s work with her clients.
Gretchen is a trained EMDR Psychotherapist and an expert in the field of trauma and attachment trauma, supported by her interdisciplinary approach that includes EMDR therapy and Sensorimotor psychotherapy. Gretchen is passionate about her work in the field of Trauma, understanding that when people understand their trauma they can begin to understand and heal their pain. She maintains a continuous commitment to her professional training in the field of Mind-Body Trauma Psychotherapy and provides training in the field of trauma and consultation and certification in EMDR therapy to therapists around the country.
She is the Northwest Ohio EMDR Regional Network Coordinator and is actively involved in expanding trauma awareness, training, and treatment within the community, school settings, and police, fire, and rescue departments.
Whether your healing work exists in your personal life or professional world, all transformation begins with attachment to oneself and others. It involves the authentic expression of who we are and who we are to become. She welcomes the opportunity to work with you on your healing journey in both.
419.466.9891 | gretchenleu@karunahousellc.com
Andrew Lesniewicz
Co-Owner of The Karuna House, Lead Trainer and Consultant at The Karuna House Training Institute, Therapist, M.A., PCC-S, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Clinical Supervisor, Certified EMDR therapist, EMDR Approved Consultant, Level 2 Trained Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.
"Because I deeply believe that counseling makes a profound positive impact in people’s lives, allowing for transformation, healing, and growth, I have co-founded Karuna House, a wellness center, where practitioners’ work will embody ‘Karuna,’ any action taken to diminish the suffering of others."
It's not about the rupture but the repair. Andrew believes therapy is about the repair that allows us to unshackle ourselves from the procedural ways of responding to the world that no longer serves us. During our experiences as humans, we are faced with varying degrees of challenges that cause us to have to adapt to survive. Sometimes these adaptions become ways of responding to the world that no longer work for us in our adult life, but we need assistance in resolving the wounds that caused them in the first place. It is in this place that Andrew believes counseling/therapy makes a significant difference. When one is going on this type of journey, it is important to have a guide who is well versed in the terrain and can assist in shining a light into those areas that are difficult to see, to illuminate areas that may need attention and healing. Healing one’s trauma doesn’t happen alone or magically but by having someone there to bear witness, and offer support, empathy, validation, and understanding, things that may have been missing.
After two decades in the mental health field, Andrew utilizes a variety of counseling and healing modalities to aid his clients as they move to achieve lasting and meaningful changes in their lives.
Andrew deeply holds that each one of us has the capacity to heal, change, and grow. This fuels his commitment as a counselor. His work is informed by his ongoing practice of the Japanese martial arts, Aikido, meditation, and yoga. Aikido is often translated as the way of harmony, a concept that Andrew cultivates with clients to aid in the process of counseling. Andrew trains at Shobu Aikido of Ohio regularly, teaching classes there twice a week.
Andrew has also reached out to a wider audience co-presenting at the American Counseling Conference, the All Ohio Counselors Conference, Wood County NAMI, and radio spots on mental health and decreasing stress, as well as offering hypnosis seminars and numerous talks on mindfulness, coping with stress, grief, and humor.
Andrew continues to pursue professional training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and EMDR Therapy while developing professional and community based educational trainings to help broaden perspectives and knowledge bases on trauma and mental health issues with Karuna House co-founder, Gretchen Leu.
419.467.9406 | andylesniewicz@karunahousellc.com