Speech Language Pathologist in NJ, Child Therapist Princeton NJ, Mercer County

Our experienced Speech-Language Pathologists hold master’s degrees, are nationally certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and hold a New Jersey License. Special education teachers, reading specialists, and learning consultants hold master’s degrees. Our staff continually stays ahead of the latest treatment advances by participating in national teaching and training conferences.

Marcie Fountaine, MS, CCC-SLP

Clinical Director

Marcie graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders and received her Master of Science degree in speech language pathology from Boston University. She has experience working in a variety of pediatric settings, including private practice, public schools, and a pediatric inpatient rehabilitation hospital. She has extensive experience treating children with a wide range of communication difficulties including autism spectrum disorders, articulation/phonological disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, receptive and expressive language disorders, auditory processing, and written language disorders and social communication disorders. Marcie has specialized training in PROMPT, Social Thinking®, and selective mutism. She has extensive experience in comprehensive language and social communication evaluations to assist appropriate academic placements. Marcie is the clinical director at PSLLC and has experience supervising graduate students and clinical fellows.

Carole Drury

Director of Business Operations

Carole has more than 10 years’ experience with PSLLC taking care of the business end of the practice. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her previous experience includes employment as an internal auditor in retail and a small business manager.

Carole also is a former Lawrence Township Board of Education member and a former trustee of the Lawrence Township Education Foundation.

Mark Cooperberg, PhD

Director of Psychological Services

Mark Cooperberg is a clinical psychologist licensed in New Jersey. He has a PhD in clinical psychology—with specialization in children and adolescents—from Case Western Reserve University, which he earned after a predoctoral internship at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry. His undergraduate degree in psychology is from the University of Michigan. Mark has extensive experience in conducting therapy and evaluations with children, adolescents, adults, and families, including individuals with wide ranges of presenting problems. He has worked in many settings, such as schools, specialized summer programs, community mental health centers, day treatment facilities, residential placement facilities, inpatient hospitals, and specialty outpatient clinics. Mark has acquired deep expertise in working with children and adolescents who have mood, behavioral, and social disorders; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; oppositional defiant disorder; Asperger’s syndrome; high-functioning autism; depression; bipolar disorder; and anxiety disorders. Mark also provides individual and family therapy, behavioral parent training, social skills training, and social and emotional learning in both individual and group formats. He also conducts functional behavior assessments and writes behavior intervention plans.

Elizabeth McHugh, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Elizabeth McHugh is a New Jersey–licensed psychologist and school psychologist who specializes in neuropsychological testing and evidence-based interventions. She has extensive experience in working with children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disabilities, learning differences, and emotional or behavioral-regulation difficulties and specializes in working with families to help identify concerns and diagnostic answers with regard to their children and adolescents in order to help connect them with evidence-based treatments for those areas of concern. Elizabeth is a certified school psychologist and has expertise in both guiding families through the special education system and providing school districts with recommendations for a child’s individual needs.

Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from The College of New Jersey and both a master’s degree in human development and a PhD in school psychology from Lehigh University. After completing a predoctoral internship at the University of Pennsylvania’s autism clinic, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology.

Sandra Sepulveda-Kozakowski, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Sandra earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Delaware and completed her clinical internship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She earned a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in psychology from Johns Hopkins University. Sandra completed a post doctoral fellowship at The John Jay College of Criminal Justice where she investigated the long-term impact of child maltreatment on adult attachment relationships.

Sandra has a specialty in early childhood, and she primarily uses cognitive behavior therapy to treat children with anxiety and mood disorders. She has been a child psychologist for over 17 years and has extensive experience conducting individual, child, and family therapy.

Emily Rudofsky, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Emily Rudofsky is a New Jersey–licensed clinical social worker who has extensive professional experience in treating mood and anxiety symptoms, disordered eating, trauma/PTSD, neurodivergent burnout, and challenges with adjustment through the lifespan. Her professional experience also includes body image work and LGBTQ+ issues. Emily incorporates holistic techniques into her sessions, including mind-body connections, mindfulness, nature and the outdoors, intuitive movement, and the expressive arts. Emily also has experience working with clients facing challenges with autism, ADHD, and bipolar disorders.

Emily received her master’s degree in social work from Rutgers University with intensive training in DBT. Recently she worked at Princeton House Behavioral Health in its partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. Her clinical experience in mental health includes work with youth, adults, families and couples, and groups, as well as working among various levels of client risk, including suicidality and self harming behaviors.

Melanie Rosenthal, MS, CCC-SLP

Senior Speech-Language Pathologist

Melanie graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders, and she received her master’s degree in speech-language pathology from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. She has experience working with a range of students in both the school setting as well as private pediatric clinic setting. Melanie has worked with clients ranging from 6 months to 26 years of age, and she has experience evaluating and treating children with a variety of communication difficulties, such as autism spectrum disorder, childhood apraxia of speech, articulation/phonological disorders, receptive and/or expressive language difficulties, social communication difficulties, stuttering, and selective mutism, as well as other diagnoses including ADHD, anxiety, depression, and OCD. Melanie has a great deal of experience with Social Thinking and Zones of Regulation curriculums, including treating students utilizing these methods, as well as providing staff and parent training to promote carryover and generalization of taught skills. Melanie has experience utilizing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices with students, including programming devices to facilitate functional communication and providing parent training on how the child can use his or her device to communicate with a variety of communication partners across different settings. She is also trained in PROMPT.