Meet Our Counseling Team
Erika Bandilla MSW - LISW
Erika Bandilla is the owner of Flourish Counseling and a Licensed Independent Social Worker and Clinical Supervisor. She is deeply committed to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges through her mental health services, offering compassion, insight, and evidence-based care. As a member of the Flourish Counseling team, Erika works with clients facing anxiety, depression, relationship dynamics, and other complex life transitions, providing a safe and supportive space to explore, heal, and grow. She is especially passionate about Internal Family Systems (IFS), guiding clients to connect with and understand the different parts of themselves to foster healing and self-compassion.
As a clinical supervisor, Erika also mentors and guides other clinicians on the Flourish Counseling team, fostering a culture of empathy, reflective practice, and high-quality care. She believes in the transformative power of therapy to help people uncover their strengths, honor their experiences, and move toward authentic, meaningful lives.
Rosario Garcia Fino - LMHC
Rosario Garcia Fino is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and the Clinical Director at Flourish Counseling. She is fluent in both Spanish and English and earned her counseling degree from the University of Northern Iowa. Rosario brings a unique perspective to her work, building on her background in Physical Therapy from her native Bogotá, Colombia.
As part of the Flourish Counseling team, Rosario specializes in evidence-based mental health services, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She helps clients navigate trauma, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, chronic pain, chronic diagnoses, and other life challenges. With extensive experience supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, she is also trained to work with military personnel and their families.
Rosario creates a safe, compassionate, and culturally sensitive space where clients feel understood and empowered to heal, grow, and develop the tools they need for lasting change.
Kate Collins - LMSW
Life can bring moments of deep pain, loss, and change that leave us feeling uncertain or alone. At Flourish Counseling, our pre-licensed LMSW, Kate Collins, provides a calm, compassionate, and trauma-informed space to help clients navigate these challenges and begin to heal.
With personal and professional experience supporting individuals through hospice, trauma, and veteran care, Kate works collaboratively with clients to process grief, cope with anxiety, and rebuild after difficult experiences. She specializes in providing mental health services for women, caregivers, and families in managing overwhelming emotions, finding balance, and reconnecting with hope and resilience.
Kate’s approach is grounded in compassion and trauma-informed care, offering a safe and supportive environment where clients feel seen, understood, and empowered to move forward. She believes that even in life’s most challenging moments, healing and growth are possible.
Ashley Schneider LMSW
Ashley Schneider is a pre-licensed LMSW who believes that therapy is most effective when it feels safe, supportive, and human. As part of the Flourish Counseling team, she brings both her lived experiences and professional training to her work, creating a space where clients feel truly seen, heard, and understood.
Ashley’s passion is helping individuals navigate trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and the challenges of feeling overlooked or misunderstood by systems meant to support them. She combines evidence-based practices—including trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and strength-based approaches—with a collaborative and compassionate style. Her goal is to help clients increase self-awareness, build practical coping skills, and reconnect with their sense of agency and self-worth.
Clients often describe Ashley as approachable, grounding, and empathetic. She believes that growth and healing are possible when we honor our experiences and approach change at our own pace. Whether you are processing trauma, overcoming self-doubt, or simply seeking someone who truly “gets it,” Ashley is there to walk alongside you—supporting you every step of the way. She currently has immediate availability for new clients seeking mental health services.
Billing Team - Kattie Valle, CPC
Kattie Valle is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) and the co-founder of Streamlined Billing. With extensive experience working with a variety of electronic health record (EHR) systems, she ensures that clients’ insurance benefits are accurately set up and maintained. Kattie is dedicated to providing prompt, clear communication, especially for clients of the counseling team at Flourish Counseling, reaching out whenever insurance questions arise regarding mental health services, and making the billing process seamless and stress-free. Her expertise and attention to detail help both clients and providers navigate the complexities of insurance with confidence and ease.