Edward A. Wise, Ph.D. is a licensed Health Service Provider in Psychology and the President as well as founder of Mental Health Resources, PLLC.  He received his Bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis and Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming.  He has been in practice for over 25 years, treating individuals in a variety of outpatient and inpatient settings.  He has extensive experience with mood disorders, substance abuse disorders and personality disorders.  He conducts psychological and forensic evaluations, including pre-surgical, fitness for duty and risk for violence assessments.  He has published extensively in peer reviewed journals and has served as a Reviewer for many esteemed publications.  He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment, Diplomate of the American College of Forensic Examiners and Distinguished Practitioner of the National Academies of Practice.  He has been nominated as a Health Care Hero by the Memphis Business Journal, received the American Psychological Association’s Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice and was named Outstanding Alumnus by the University of Wyoming.

Learn more about Dr. Wise (pdf downloads below)
  Outstanding Alumnus Award, 2006
  Psychologist’s work wins national Award.  Commercial Appeal, 2005.
  Mid-South Asset.  Commercial Appeal, 2004
  Health Care Hero Award, 2003

Kim McCaskill, M.S.  is a Licensed Professional Counselor who received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi and her Master’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2000.  She has achieved the specialty Mental Health Services Designation from the State of Tennessee and conducts individual and group therapy.  She has worked with adults in both outpatient and hospital settings.  She is a lead clinician in the Psychiatric IOP, conducting both a traditional process group as well as numerous coping skill training groups.  Her special interests include family of origin issues, depression, anxiety and anger.  She is a member of the American Counseling Association and the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselor's Association.

Linda Williams, M.S.S.W.  is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who received her Bachelor’s degree from Union University and her Master’s degree from the University of Tennessee in 1987.  She has conducted individual, group, couples and family therapy in outpatient, hospital and residential settings with children, adolescents and adults.  She has also served in various administrative roles, including Program Director, Director of Clinical and Social Services, Social Work Supervisor and Coordinator.  She is the lead clinician in the Dual Diagnosis / Substance Abuse IOP, where she conducts a traditional process group as well as numerous coping skill training groups.  Her special interests include Addictions issues, such as dual disorders, codependency, adult children of alcoholics and relapse prevention.  Additionally, she enjoys working on family of origin issues, trauma, anger, anxiety and grief.  She is a member of the National Association for Social Workers.

Anne Knight, M.S.S.W, is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and received her M.S.S.W. from UT, Memphis. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Tennessee and Mississippi. She started her career at Family Services of the Mid South, where she was the Director of the 24 hour Crisis Intervention Service. She was directly responsible for the training and coordination of volunteers to provide emergency services to individuals in acute psychiatric distress. During her 16 year tenure at Family Services, she served a diverse population and maintained a caseload of individual, couple and group therapy clients. She also worked closely with the legal system, providing groups for domestic violence offenders. Anne has always had a keen interested in the treatment of the co-occurrence of psychiatric and addictive disorders and has worked at various treatment facilities serving this population, including a methadone maintenance clinic and a residential treatment facility. She has a wealth of experience, having served in a multitude of roles, from Counselor to Program Director. She specializes in anger management, addictive and dual disorders. Anne is a member of National Association of Social Workers and volunteers her services at the Crisis Center and Juvenile Court.

Carolyn Jones received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Memphis in 1972 and her MSSW from the University of Tennessee in 1982.  She is Licensed by the State of Tennessee as a Clinical Social Worker.  Carolyn has over 24 years of experience providing individual, group, family and crisis counseling to children, adolescents, adults and families on both hospital and outpatient settings.  She worked for a national managed care organization as an Employee Assistance Program counselor.  She has provided Intakes and group therapy to psychiatric and substance abuse patients in Partial Hospitalization Programs.  She has also worked in a hospice program where she obtained extensive experience working with grief and loss. 

Les Smith, M.D. received his M.D. from the University of Tennessee in 1986 and received his postgraduate training at Dartmouth Medical Center.  He is Board Certified in both Pediatric and Adult Psychiatry.  He holds a Diplomate from the National Medical Board of Examiners and is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association and the American Academy of Child Psychiatry.  He has been in private practice since 1993 and has served as a consulting psychiatrist on numerous psychiatric and medical units.  He is a frequent speaker for numerous medical groups on a wide variety of topics, including mood disorders, attention deficit disorders, and numerous medications.

Irfan Ali, M.D., received his medical training in 1989 from the Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan, followed by a surgery residency.  He then served as a Medical Officer in hospital settings until 1994, at which time he was accepted at the University of Tennessee Psychiatry Residency Program.  He completed his Residency in Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee in 1998, and went on to finish a Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry there in 2000.  He then worked at a community mental health center in Jackson, TN, where he treated adults, adolescents and geriatrics on an in and outpatient basis, including Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization Programs.  He also served as the Medical Director for an Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center in Jackson.  He left the mental health center in 2008 to establish his private practice.

Office Staff

Lisa Burnside is our Office Manager and oversees our daily office operations, including Billing, Collections and Patient Accounts. Lisa has over 15 years of experience in various medical settings, including rehabilitation, oncology and mental health. She has served as an Accounts Receivable Manager, Regional Business Office Manager, Business Office Manager and Director of Billing and Reimbursement in corporate, private practice and community mental health settings. She has performed all Business Office and Human Resource functions, participated in Quality Assurance Audits, Facility Site Reviews, provider credentialing and managed care contracting.

Terry Bonds is our Patient Account Representative and is responsible for our Billing operations.  She has an over 15 years of experience in medical claims, insurance billing, accounts receivables and reconciliation.  She has worked as a medical biller and accounts representative in corporate, hospital and nursing home settings.  She has served in numerous roles, including an Administrative Assistant, Customer Service Representative and Team Leader.  In addition to her billing skills, Terry also types correspondence, answers multi-line phones, over sees collections and makes sure our daily operations run smoothly.

Maria Turner works in the Front Office as our Receptionist / Billing Clerk.  In addition to checking patients in and out, she answers our multi-line phones, verifies and files insurance, posts charges and payments, and coordinates appointments.  Maria has over 15 years experience in medical insurance, billing and collections in hospital, corporate and private practice settings.  For seven of those years she was the Financial Counselor Supervisor for a local psychiatric hospital.  She has also worked as a Patient Account Rep, Insurance Coordinator, Collection Specialist and Patient Referral Counselor.

Bertha Starks now works with us part time, after nearly 10 years as a full time Receptionist / Billing clerk.  Bertha primarily follows up on insurance claims and helps clients work out account balances.  Bertha has a life long history of service in various administrative and secretarial capacities, but prior to coming to work for us, she retired from the Defense Depot after 29 years, where she worked in numerous roles, including Inventory Management Specialist, Supervisor and Labor and Employee Relations Specialist.  After she retired from the Defense Depot she served as the Secretary to the Pastor of her church and then came to work for us in 1996.  Since retiring from MHR, Bertha has enjoyed spending time every day with her grandchildren, and comes to work with us in her spare time. 

Kasedi Payne works as a Billing / Collections Clerk.  She has worked in medical offices for the past ten years, assuming various positions, including Receptionist and Billing Clerk.   She has  checked patients in and out, answered phones, filed insurance and collected on accounts.

Barbara Boydston has been with us for over 20 years and also works part time.  She has been employed as a Receptionist and Transcriptionist in the mental health field for over 30 years.  Barbara works behind the scenes, typing all of our reports, evaluations and manuscripts.  She occasionally answers the phones and fills in at the front desk when needed.

Binny Patel is currently a student at the University of Memphis.  She has worked for us a clerical assistant, answering phones, procuring supplies, filing, faxing, mailing, and entering data into the computer since 2005.  She has become a “jack of all trades”, helping out where ever she is needed.  Binny hopes to attend graduate school and become a Counselor.

Sarah Cheon is currently a graduate student at the University of Memphis, where she is studying for her Ph.D. in Textural Studies in English.  She has worked for various organizations, including the Tri-State Defender, Playhouse on the Square and interned at the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center and the American Diabetes Association.  Sarah currently works part time to help with various clerical duties, including filing, taking messages and data entry.