The Wellington Chamber of Commerce Has A
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For
Psychological Wellness Center
The Wellington Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce 
Psychological Wellness Center as one of its newest members. They are located at 12008 South Shore Boulevard, Suite 207 in Wellington, Florida and the practice is co-owned by Dr. Diane Kelly and Dr. Stephanie Lippman. In a nurturing and comfortable environment, Psychological Wellness Center’s skilled and supportive psychologists use techniques that are rooted in effective, scientifically tested methods, while keeping up with the latest advances in psychological research.
Diane Kelly was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and raised in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. After high school, Kelly attended University of Miami where she majored in Psychology. She then attended Nova Southeastern University where she received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Kelly did her internship at Oklahoma Health Consortium. She then returned to do her post-doctoral residency with University of Miami Mailman Center for Child Development. Kelly went on to work for the Palm Beach County Youth Affairs Division for approximately ten years.
Stephanie Lippman was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from York University in Toronto. She then moved to Tampa to do her graduate work. She received her Psy.D. in clinical psychology from the Florida School of Professional Psychology and completed both her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Palm Beach County Youth Affairs Division. While interning at the Palm Beach County Youth Affairs division, Lipppman worked with Kelly who was her supervisor. They soon decided to start their own practice. Lippman writes for parenting magazine and has done consulting work for television news anchor Roxanne Stein. She and Kelly recently joined the lecture team at Palm Beach Pediatrics.
Psychological Wellness Center focuses on services to everyone from individuals, families, couples and group therapy. They work with all ages. Lippman said, “We have a number of groups that we are running. We have an Aspergers social skills group; an ADHD group for parents to help them learn how manage their kids behaviors; a bullying group as well as an adjustment group for kids and adolescents. We are piloting a bio-feedback program where people can come learn strategies for relaxation and anti-anxiety strategies. We also do psychological evaluations, gifted testing, learning disabilities testing and diagnostic testing.”
The doctors stated that they are piloting a program with Wellington Regional Hospital which they hope will be up and running by April. They will be running a group for new mothers who will come in with their babies eight weeks post-partum and talk about the challenges and successes in adjusting to life with the new baby. There will also be a group for moms and dads to come in together and talk about the changes in their family structure after having had a new baby.
Psychological Wellness Center also runs a group called Building Blocks. This is a one hour “mommy and me” type of class to give new parents a chance to socialize with other parents and learn ways to play with their children to help them in their development. More importantly, qualified professionals are there to evaluate the babies’ behaviors and skills while playing and socializing with other babies in the group. Both doctors are moms so they know the worries that may come with a new baby. If they recognize that a child is not developing properly, they have screening tools to clearly define if there is a problem. If there is, they will recommend things such as games the parents can play with the child to help development in the problem area. Lippman said, “We’re moms and we know that a lot of moms have questions about whether or not their child’s development is normal. We have qualified professionals there to give advice or to screen the babies. It gives us an opportunity to have parents’ fears assuaged where we can say, it’s fine, this is normal.”
Describing their practice, Kelly said, “We’re both passionate about kids and families. We’re both moms; I have a 4 year old and she has a 3 year old so it’s something that’s close to the heart. We’re passionate about that and we’re both good at what we do. We use all of our tools to really help people. Our perspective is very much strength based; when you come to us we will work with you to find out what you are good at. Once we define what that is, we define how we are going to get you down the path you need to go in a successful way. We work real hard to help people.”
Psychological Wellness center believes that no client in need of treatment should be turned away. They offer a number of sliding scale slots per week for clients with little means and a big need for treatment. For information about Psychological Wellness Center call 561-207-7625. Email to dianekelly@psywellness.com or stephanielippman@psywellness.com. Their website is www. psywellness.com. For information about area business, call the Wellington Chamber of Commerce at 561.792.6525 and visit their website at www.WellingtonChamber.com.
Pictured L-R: Diane Carpenter, Bob Salerno, Mark “Boz” Bozicevic, Dinos Andreou, Adam Lippman, Stephanie Lippman, Joanne Dee, Carmine Marino.