Our Team
Ruchita Ervin, MS, LPC, CSAC
ruchitae@ourgentherapy.com
Co-founder/ CEO/ Service Director/ Therapist
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Ruchita has been practicing mental health and substance abuse counseling since 2014. She has worked in sober living environments, 30-day substance use treatment programs, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), and outpatient clinics. Ruchita has provided counseling services to ages 8+, with evidence-based approaches such as CBT, REBT, and Motivational Interviewing. She currently provides therapy 1:1, group therapy, and clinical supervision.
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Ruchita has been practicing mental health and substance abuse counseling since 2014. She has worked in sober living environments, 30-day substance use treatment programs, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), and outpatient clinics. Ruchita has provided counseling services to ages 8+, with evidence-based approaches such as CBT, REBT, and Motivational Interviewing. She currently provides therapy 1:1, group therapy, and clinical supervision.
Conner Hirt, MBA
Connerh@ourgentherapy.com
Administrative & Business Operations Manager
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Conner serves as the Administrative & Business Operations Manager at Generations Therapy, where he supports the clinical team and clients by managing operations and building sustainable systems. His role includes referral coordination, employee onboarding, bookkeeping, data reporting, and overseeing website/technology management. He is often the first point of contact for clients, ensuring they feel welcomed and supported when reaching out to the office.
Conner holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dubuque. He is currently pursuing a Master of Accountancy and Data Analytics at Arizona State University. His professional focus is on creating efficient, reliable structures that allow therapists and staff to devote more energy to client care
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Conner serves as the Administrative & Business Operations Manager at Generations Therapy, where he supports the clinical team and clients by managing operations and building sustainable systems. His role includes referral coordination, employee onboarding, bookkeeping, data reporting, and overseeing website/technology management. He is often the first point of contact for clients, ensuring they feel welcomed and supported when reaching out to the office.
Conner holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dubuque. He is currently pursuing a Master of Accountancy and Data Analytics at Arizona State University. His professional focus is on creating efficient, reliable structures that allow therapists and staff to devote more energy to client care
Ramona Charles, MS
ramonac@ourgentherapy.com
Assistant Cinical Director
She is a passionate and empathetic psychoeducation provider with strong counseling abilities and an understanding of the impact that negative experiences can have on one’s well-being. She has experience leading clients through challenges with depression, anxiety, work/life balance, stress management, and managing other negative emotional responses. Through clinical experience, compassion, and empathy, she supports and assists those willing to make a positive difference in their lives. Ramona prides herself in providing a safe and supportive space, to work side by side to overcome challenges, traumas, and barriers. Specialize in providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to help clients identify personal and interpersonal skill to help negative cycles (with some DBT and Emotionally Focused techniques as well), she is fully committed to listening and offering best professional practices to help client go from challenge to change.
She is a passionate and empathetic psychoeducation provider with strong counseling abilities and an understanding of the impact that negative experiences can have on one’s well-being. She has experience leading clients through challenges with depression, anxiety, work/life balance, stress management, and managing other negative emotional responses. Through clinical experience, compassion, and empathy, she supports and assists those willing to make a positive difference in their lives. Ramona prides herself in providing a safe and supportive space, to work side by side to overcome challenges, traumas, and barriers. Specialize in providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to help clients identify personal and interpersonal skill to help negative cycles (with some DBT and Emotionally Focused techniques as well), she is fully committed to listening and offering best professional practices to help client go from challenge to change.
Brock Schultz, MS, LPC
brocks@ourgentherapy.com
Therapist
Brock has been providing mental health services in the Madison area since 2015. He meets clients where they are to address concerns from a place of collaboration and transparency. He helps them explore their current lives, past experiences, and intersecting identities within the context of the many systems that society places us in. This allows the cultivation of fresh insights and expanded awareness. He aids them in mobilizing current strengths, developing new skills, and applying fresh strategies to create meaningful change. He frequently draws on interventions based in CBT, DBT, narrative therapy, family systems, Motivational Interviewing, and interpersonal process. His specialties include depression, anxiety, life transitions, sleep, trauma, and sexuality.
Brock has been providing mental health services in the Madison area since 2015. He meets clients where they are to address concerns from a place of collaboration and transparency. He helps them explore their current lives, past experiences, and intersecting identities within the context of the many systems that society places us in. This allows the cultivation of fresh insights and expanded awareness. He aids them in mobilizing current strengths, developing new skills, and applying fresh strategies to create meaningful change. He frequently draws on interventions based in CBT, DBT, narrative therapy, family systems, Motivational Interviewing, and interpersonal process. His specialties include depression, anxiety, life transitions, sleep, trauma, and sexuality.
Tige Pollard, MS
tigep@ourgentherapy.com
Therapist
Tige Pollard is a compassionate and dedicated provider with over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health in the Janesville, Beloit, and Madison area working with children and adults. He is committed to helping individuals learn skills to help them cope with their daily stressors, offering a safe and supportive space for healing and growth. With a warm and empathetic approach, Tige specializes in treating anxiety, depression, behavioral, academic, and relationship issues. His therapeutic style is integrative, drawing from evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Center Therapy, and Solution-Focus Therapy. Tige believes that every person controls the narrative to their story and he tailors his therapeutic interventions to meet the specific needs and goals of each client. His goal is to empower individuals to gain insight, develop coping skills, and build resilience, ultimately fostering positive change in their lives.
Tige Pollard is a compassionate and dedicated provider with over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health in the Janesville, Beloit, and Madison area working with children and adults. He is committed to helping individuals learn skills to help them cope with their daily stressors, offering a safe and supportive space for healing and growth. With a warm and empathetic approach, Tige specializes in treating anxiety, depression, behavioral, academic, and relationship issues. His therapeutic style is integrative, drawing from evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Center Therapy, and Solution-Focus Therapy. Tige believes that every person controls the narrative to their story and he tailors his therapeutic interventions to meet the specific needs and goals of each client. His goal is to empower individuals to gain insight, develop coping skills, and build resilience, ultimately fostering positive change in their lives.
April Laakkonen
Aprill@ourgentherapy.com
Peer Support Specialist
April brings a warm, compassionate approach to her work as a Certified Peer Support Specialist and Individual Skill Developer. Drawing from her own lived experiences with Mental Health challenges and incarceration, she offers genuine understanding and connection to those on their recovery journeys. April believes that no story looks the same and that healing happens at each person’s own pace. She encourages creative expression and self-care as ways to explore growth and build resilience. Through her supportive presence, April helps others recognize their strengths and write their own path toward wellness. April comes from a very diverse family where she supports and advocates for POC, LGBTQ+ and Substance abuse.
April brings a warm, compassionate approach to her work as a Certified Peer Support Specialist and Individual Skill Developer. Drawing from her own lived experiences with Mental Health challenges and incarceration, she offers genuine understanding and connection to those on their recovery journeys. April believes that no story looks the same and that healing happens at each person’s own pace. She encourages creative expression and self-care as ways to explore growth and build resilience. Through her supportive presence, April helps others recognize their strengths and write their own path toward wellness. April comes from a very diverse family where she supports and advocates for POC, LGBTQ+ and Substance abuse.
Guadalupe Ortiz, SAC-IT
Guadalupeo@ourgentherapy.com
Substance Abuse Counselor / Service Facilitator
She is a dedicated Substance Abuse Counselor who specializes in evidence-based and person-centered approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, harm reduction, trauma-informed care, and holistic health recovery. Driven by the belief that everyone deserves the chance to build a life that feels meaningful and worth living, she is passionate about empowering clients to reconnect with their strengths, heal at their own pace, and move toward long-term recovery. Outside of her clinical work, she enjoys traveling, painting, reading fantasy novels, hiking, journaling, scrapbooking, movies at the cinema, and lounging around with her two cats.
She is a dedicated Substance Abuse Counselor who specializes in evidence-based and person-centered approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, harm reduction, trauma-informed care, and holistic health recovery. Driven by the belief that everyone deserves the chance to build a life that feels meaningful and worth living, she is passionate about empowering clients to reconnect with their strengths, heal at their own pace, and move toward long-term recovery. Outside of her clinical work, she enjoys traveling, painting, reading fantasy novels, hiking, journaling, scrapbooking, movies at the cinema, and lounging around with her two cats.
Sarah Groeschel, LPC-IT
Sarahg@ourgentherapy.com
Therapist/Service Facilitator
Sarah has experience working with clients of diverse backgrounds and cultures, ranging from ages 4-80 years old, in various outpatient settings. She specializes in evidence-based and person-centered approaches with the belief that the client knows their experience best. Her modalities include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Sarah uses a warm and empathetic approach to help every client move towards healing and growth by feeling they are in a safe, nonjudgmental, and supportive space.
Sarah has experience working with clients of diverse backgrounds and cultures, ranging from ages 4-80 years old, in various outpatient settings. She specializes in evidence-based and person-centered approaches with the belief that the client knows their experience best. Her modalities include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Sarah uses a warm and empathetic approach to help every client move towards healing and growth by feeling they are in a safe, nonjudgmental, and supportive space.
Katelyn Hirt, BS, SAC-IT
katelynh@ourgentherapy.com
Therapist
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Katelyn has been working in Behavioral Health for 7 years, with experience in emergency departments, residential crisis units, community settings, and outpatient settings. Her work has been mainly with adults, and she has extensive experience with people in crisis and in culturally specialized programs catered to BIPOC. Her primary treated modalities are Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Seeking Safety, Mindfulness, and Integrative Therapy techniques. She specializes in Substance Use Disorder treatment, with an emphasis on distress tolerance and emotion regulation. She is LGBTQIA2S+ friendly!
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Katelyn has been working in Behavioral Health for 7 years, with experience in emergency departments, residential crisis units, community settings, and outpatient settings. Her work has been mainly with adults, and she has extensive experience with people in crisis and in culturally specialized programs catered to BIPOC. Her primary treated modalities are Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Seeking Safety, Mindfulness, and Integrative Therapy techniques. She specializes in Substance Use Disorder treatment, with an emphasis on distress tolerance and emotion regulation. She is LGBTQIA2S+ friendly!