Our Counselors

Debbie Mauger M.A., LMHC

After being a wife, mother, and homemaker for 17 years and for
volunteering for seven years as a client educator for True Life Choice, I felt God’s call to enter back into the world of academia to work toward getting a degree in counseling.  I began at Geneva College, finishing with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management. I then applied and was accepted into the Master’s in Counseling Program at Reformed Theological Seminary. I graduated from RTS with my Master’s Degree in Counseling in 2003.  At that time I entered into private practice as a mental health counselor intern with BraveHeart Counseling Center and counseled clients with a variety of issues from mood disorders and personality disorders, to marriage and family relationship issues. After the required two years of internship and 1500 hours of face to face counseling, I sat for the State Board, passed, and became a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in 2005.

I am currently working with Orangewood Church, as an independent contractor providing for the counseling needs of the church family and those in the surrounding community. I am also an active Supervisor for the counseling students at the Oviedo Counseling Center associated with RTS.

I feel extremely privileged to walk alongside of those who are working through personal struggles as I have worked through my own over the years. It is my belief that each of us lives to some degree in an identity crisis as we look to understand our worth from other people and things in this life instead of looking to God to understand how we uniquely reflect His Image and our worth as a result.

Neal Salzman M.A., M.Div.,  LMHC MH# 9261

I graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2000 where I received my Bachelor of Arts in communication and minor in psychology.  I continued my education by earning my Master of Divinity and Master of Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary in 2005.  Since then, I have been working in private practice and for one year I held a position at the Center for Drug Free Living as an adult counselor. I have experience leading seminars in the area of adolescent development/spirituality as well as taking the opportunity to lead weekend long retreats.

I enjoy working with all types of people, but I often find my interests lie in a few specific areas.  Addictions, relationships, gender issues, young adults, and adolescents are a few areas my heart beats for a bit faster than usual.  I also enjoy leading group therapy where clients have the opportunity to grow in community.  It is important for my clients to have a safe place to express themselves and process what they are learning with others who are engaged in similar battles.

I practice a relational model of counseling with an existential and object-relations focus.  Healthy relationships with honesty and openness are key dynamics in mental health and they play a vital role in my counseling.

My former position as a youth director for two different churches has given me a great deal of experience working with adolescents and their families.  I enjoy watching young people gain awareness in their relationships and understand their feelings as they journey through those difficult adolescent years.  Working with college students and families was an added bonus during those ten years.

On a personal note, I enjoy relaxing in the mountains, reading, playing soccer, and spending time with my wife, Jessica.  I hope to one day become an avid whitewater kayaker and photographer, two dreams of mine.