Ashlee Maixner

Nurse Practitioner, APN - C

Ashlee Maixner, APN-C, is a Board Certified Advanced Practice Nurse at MindSense in Parsippany, New Jersey. Emphasizing a holistic approach to psychiatric and primary medicine, Ashlee focuses on the patient perspective to ensure her patients feel heard and comfortable, and values their personal values, goals, and life experiences.

Passionate about providing health care services, Ashlee began her education at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She later attended Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, achieving her Master of Science in Nursing as an Advanced Practice Nurse.

Ashlee started her nursing career as a registered nurse at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, and then served as a shift supervisor and registered nurse at Saint Clare's Health in Denville, New Jersey where she also was a Daisy Award Recipient. Eager to develop her skills, she accepted a position as a registered nurse at the world-renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, New York.

While developing a progressive and integrative approach to health care at MindSense, Ashlee offers her expertise in treating individuals of all backgrounds with a comprehensive approach; and helping patients find the results they need. Ashlee shares a focus expertise of primary care/family medicine, psychiatry specialties (adult and pediatric): ADHD, OCD, depression, anxiety, women’s health related, LGBTQI population . With Ashlee’s compassionate and comprehensive approach to care, she can help you over come your challenges and achieve greater well-being. She looks forward to connecting with new patients and establishing positive relationships with them.

Cassandra Merklinghaus, LCSW

Specializing in Trauma, CSAT Candidate, Autism, LGBTQI+

Are you an overwhelmed teen or adult bothered by intrusive thoughts, behaviors and feelings? Do you want to live a happy, fulfilled life instead of just getting through each day?

I want to show you strategies that you can use every day to overcome daily stressors. Using evidence-based, science-supported techniques, I will give you the tools you need to make lasting change. My goal is to introduce you to actionable skills so that you can quickly tap the tools you need on the fly to avoid emotional meltdowns and live your best life.

As a professional helper, I will be by your side to help you uncover your inner strengths and pinpoint the solutions to best solve problem situations. I believe the solutions are already within you and I will work by your side to find an effective solution that is customized to your particular struggles.

Whether your issues are with relationships — family, marriage, parenting, love — or professional — work, education, promotions — I will help you develop the skills you need to improve your overall sense of well-being and workplace effectiveness. I use a blend of therapeutic approaches that are personalized to your specific needs, including CBT, psychodynamic and person-centered therapy, Gestalt, and more.

I have experience with children, families, couples, adolescents and adults and specialize in LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning) as well as overcoming trauma of all kinds. I treat anxiety, depression and mood disorders and in resolving issues of childhood-behavioral problems, trauma and developmental delay. I am currently a candiate for my CSAT in which I have helped people with sex addiction and pornography addiction. I also specialize in working indivduals who are diagnosed with nuerodivergent diagnosis such as Autism Spectrum Disorder. Together we can drill-down to reach your experiences, thoughts and feelings to discover solutions for a healthier and well-balanced outlook and future.

Experience: 3 years in practice, graduated New York University (NYU) 2019