From the very beginning of her career, Dr. Lepage has been focusing on children and families; whereas most psychologists have an undergraduate that is, like their doctorate, in psychology, Dr. Lepage has an undergraduate in Child Development & Family Relationships. Her many years of specialization in child development and families make her highly sought out by parents seeking help for their child. Dr. Lepage has worked with teenagers and their families in outpatient settings, schools, and for the courts, and served as the clinical manager for a residential treatment center for teens. She is experienced with a range of issues that affect teens, such as adolescent depression, difficulties in interpersonal relationships with family and peers, reactions to divorce, anxiety due to academic pressure, AD/HD, LD, trauma recovery, sexual issues, substance abuse, acting out / delinquency, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder, substance use, body image concerns, and social problems to include awkwardness, shyness, and isolation. Dr. Lepage completed specialty training at the University of Virginia Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy that qualifies her as an expert in Juvenile Forensic Evaluation. She also has extensive experience with couple’s/family issues, to include couple’s therapy for those staying together, and assisting couples who decide to divorce to do so with a minimal amount of conflict in that process. Dr. Lepage is certified to act as a Parent Coordinator in NC, and is an expert in Cooperative Co-Parenting. Dr. Lepage provides individual therapy for teens, psychological evaluations for teens, risk assessments for delinquent behaviors, competency to stand trial for teens, couple’s and family therapy, custody evaluations, and an extensive range of divorce services.


Dr. Colleen Hamilton is a clinical and child psychologist, with her training focused on work with children, adolescents, and families. She specializes in children, and has a wide variety of experience working with children and their families. Dr. Hamilton's fun and creative spirit as a child therapist makes her uniquely skilled at engaging children in the process! She is well versed in a variety of approaches that engage children to include play therapy, sand tray therapy, art therapy, music therapy, and body movement therapy. Depending on the presenting problem, her direct work with the child may focus on lessening sadness or anxiety, developing coping skills or problem solving skills, social skill improvement, self-esteem raising, anger management / emotion regulation, or behavior modification. Concurrently she includes parent training and coaching. One area of common concern often presented is noncompliance at home or at school. Dr. Hamilton works with the family and school to develop a behavior modification plan to improve behavior. She stresses full participation from all those involved, including the child, to achieve optimal success. Dr. Hamilton also has a special interest in and extensive experience in working with traumatized children, and she worked as both a Therapist and Research Coordinator for a Child & Adolescent Traumatic Stress Program. Her trauma work with children is often done with a combination of individual therapy, family therapy, and parent sessions. Dr. Hamilton focuses on teaching the parent to support the child through their recovery while strengthening the parent-child relationship. When dealing with all childhood issues, Dr. Hamilton recognizes the importance of the family and works extensively with parents to understand how their child's development and external stressors impact their child's functioning. She has also conducted sibling groups to improve sibling interactions and develop conflict resolution skills. In addition to therapy, Dr. Hamilton provides educational and psychological testing for children, for AD/HD, learning disorders, and to discern the impact psychological issues such as depression or anxiety may be having on the teen's school performance or behavior in general.

As a therapist, her creativity has made her a favorite among children and parents, who find sessions both effective and fun! (If you haven't read her main bio page, click here to go there and learn more about her wonderful creativity as a therapist!)


Dr. Imbraguglio’s work with children and teens also spans assessment, therapy, and research. She has extensive experience in conducting psychoeducational evaluations across the academic spectrum, to include evaluating for learning disabilities and AD/HD as well as gifted children and adolescents. In addition to conducting the assessments, her work in the schools involved performing behavioral observations in classroom settings, and attending special education meetings to report evaluation results to teachers and administrators and to advocate for the child as needed. She has also conducted comprehensive psychological and behavioral assessments for children and adolescents to aid in differential diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and determinations of adoption readiness. Dr. Imbraguglio has experience working with children and adolescents with a variety of common teen and childhood issues such as depression, anxiety, dealing with divorce, behavior problems, problems with peers, social problems, AD/HD, family and school difficulties, shyness, aggression, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), substance use, bi-polar, body image concerns, and Asperger's. Her experience extends to working with parents and families as well, to include parent coaching and family therapy. Having worked on a children’s crisis stabilization unit with clients between 5-17 years of age who were a threat to themselves or someone else, she is also well equipped to assist parents in de-escalation techniques, as well as teaching children how to self-regulate emotions. Dr. Imbraguglio’s research includes working as a Clinical Analyst on the Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit at a large hospital, and she has authored, for professional journals and presentations, articles on common executive function deficits in girls and boys with AD/HD, screening for executive function deficits in AD/HD and non-AD/HD youth, and determining if individual tests of executive functions predict performance on an executive function battery for all children.

Her warmth, friendly demeanor, and natural connection with children and teenagers make Dr. Nicole (as she is called by the kids) a favorite among children and parents.

Dr. Jason Machalicky has seen children for a variety of concerns, including childhood depression, child anxiety, school anxiety, separation anxiety disorder, AD/HD (‘ADD’), behavioral acting out, coping with loss, adoption issues, sibling rivalry, autism, asperger’s, and psychosis. His child medication evaluations are very comprehensive, and include extensive parent education on the benefits as well as any potential side effects of medication. Likewise, his medication management with children is comprehensive as he helps guide the child toward improvement. Dr. Machalicky also provides play therapy for children and parent coaching. He utilizes cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and play therapeutic techniques, and tailors his approach to the individual child and family.



Dr. Katrina Kuzyszyn-Jones is a specialist in assessment. She has experience assessing children with educational challenges, such as AD/HD and learning disorders, and with children facing school failure. She also has broad experience working with individuals with developmental and learning disabilities. Dr. Kuzyszyn-Jones conducts psychological and psychoeducational evaluations for children, completes risk assessments for behavioral issues, and offers consultation to parents. Her child work also includes assessing children as part of custody evaluations; she completed specialized training at the UNC-Chapel Hill Forensic Psychiatry Service in performing child custody and parental competency evaluations.

Doctoral Trainees
We also have at times have Ph.D. students who the licensed psychologists at Lepage Associates supervise. Our doctoral trainees are currently enrolled in programs to obtain their doctorates in clinical psychology. The word “trainee” can be misleading: they already have a master’s degree in psychology and have a wealth of experience working at the master’s level. You can learn more about our doctoral trainees on the Psychologists & Philosophy page.