About Loving Minds
Loving Minds is a company that is dedicated to meeting a wide range of mental health needs for clients from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Some of the areas we treat include stress related challenges, mental health challenges related to stroke, depression, anxiety, family or relationship issues. We offer talk based therapy sessions, play therapy (including toys such as building blocks), neuropsychotherapy, couples therapy and family therapy. We also provide a range of activities such a Lego based therapy for children and adults, whatever would suit the needs of the client we are serving. We also provide neuro psychological, personality, and psycho-educational assessments with detailed recommendations to live your best life.
Meet the Team
Dr. Marlon Simpson, LPA, ASDI
DirectorI am a Licenced Associate Clinical Psychologist that has successfully completed my doctoral studies with an emphasis on trauma. I work with the REVAMP Centre at St. Joseph’s hospital (weekends) where I perform supervised neuropsychological assessments, and behavioural modification for patients who have had traumatic brain injuries. I am the Associate Clinical Psychologist at the Rehabilitation Institute of the Caribbean. I am also the clinical psychologist working with a company based in Belize as well as the Beijing/ Jamaica Embassy in China. In my private practice I see a range of clients, both adults and children . Specifically, I create treatment plans for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. I hold a diploma in Ministerial Studies and another in Psychology, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology, and a Master of Science Degree in Clinical Psychology and certification as an Autism Spectrum Disorder Informed Therapist. My undergraduate degree encapsulated research on levels of PTSD in the police force based on rank and gender. My masters research paper addressed resilience of children in state care. The doctoral project centres around stroke and levels of PTSD in patients.
Janice Lucas
Ms. Janice A. Lucas is an associate clinical psychologist with an MSc. in Clinical Psychology earned from the University of the West Indies, Mona in 2020. She also has professional certification in Crisis, Trauma and Grief Counselling earned from the Northern Caribbean University in 2021. Ms. Lucas has seen clients battling with depression and anxiety but is open to clients experiencing other challenges. She is a member of the Jamaica Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association.
Alexia Blair M.A., CCC-SLP
Alexia Blair is a speech-language pathologist who enjoys working with children and adults who have communication and swallowing impairments. She attended Nazareth College in Rochester, New York for undergraduate studies and the University of North Carolina Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina for graduate studies. Alexia has worked in schools, skilled nursing facilities, and hospitals. She is the director of Hello! Speech Therapy Ltd. She is a member of the American Speech and Hearing Association and the Jamaica Speech and Hearing Association. Her areas of clinical interest include augmentative and alternative communication, articulation, autism spectrum disorders, dementia, dysphagia/swallowing, fluency/stuttering, and stroke rehabilitation.
