• Your Team

    Your Team

    Sarah Welker; Relationship Builder

    • children/adults
    • foster care
    • adoption
    • trauma
    • childhood transitions

      Sarah graduated from St. Bonaventure University with her Masters in Counseling Education in 2014. Sarah currently has her provisional license in Mental Health Counseling. Sarah's specialties include Solution Focused Therapy, Trauma Informed Care, and Therapeutic Interventions. Sarah currently works with children and families in the foster care system, and has experience working with children who have experienced trauma. Sarah also specializes working with children who are managing life transitions.

    Thomas Palmer, Esq.

    • Drafting attorney
    • Legal counsel
    • Mediator
    • Friendliest guy you'll ever meet

    That for the past forty two years Tom has practiced law in Buffalo, New York, and West Palm Beach, Florida. He has been actively engaged in the practice of family law and have prosecuted and defended numerous matrimonial action, with an emphasis on all aspects of family law, divorce, custody, child support, alimony or maintenance, property distribution, and business dissolution.

    He is a former Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a Member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section, and the Erie County Bar Association Matrimonial and Family Law Committee. He has lectured for the Erie County Bar Association extensively in the area of matrimonial laws with topics including Preparation of Agreements, Valuation Dates, and Direct and Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses How to Examine and Cross-Examine The Expert on the Value of Commercial or Residential Real Estate."Child Support Case Law Development." "Life Insurance Agreements." "Jurisdiction of Interstate Custody Disputes." "Motion Practice and Disclosure.""Tax Aspects of Maintenance Support and Property Distribution.""Pendente Lite Motions for Support, Maintenance and Counsel Fees. He has also lectured for the New York State Bar Association in the area of preparation of agreements and for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is a former member of the Board of Governors of the New York State Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; and has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America in Family Law by the publication The Best Lawyers in America, by Naifeh and Smith.

    He is a past Chair of the Erie County Bar Association Matrimonial and Family Law Committee 1990-1992; a former Member of the Board of Directors of the Erie County Bar Association, and served as the initial president of the Western New York Matrimonial Trial Lawyers Association.

    He is a court certified law family mediator, and is prepared to assist you through both the mediation and divorce process.

    Jessica Bedell; Relationship Builder

    • Depression
    • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
    • Attention Deficit Disorder
    • Parenting Skills
    • Always Smiling

    Jessica Bedell works as a part time therapist with The Creative Relationship Center. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who specializes in working with children and families who are experiencing difficulty in their lives. Miss Bedell also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work and a Master’s Degree in School Counseling.

    On a full time basis, Miss Bedell works as a school counselor in the City of Buffalo and has eleven years’ experience working with children and families.

    Miss Bedell specializes in working with children who are experiencing Depression, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder and/or Social Skill Issues. She is also available for counseling parents who are having difficulty parenting their children.

    Wendy Pegan; Relationship Builder/Founder

    • Mediator/Conflict Manager
    • Healthy Communication/Deepening Relationships
    • Trauma/Grief/Loss/Life Transitions
    • Relationship Skills
    • Herbalist/Holistic Health Nut
    Wendy is a communication specialist and founder of the Creative Relationship Center where she works with couples, families and businesses who want to become productive and connected through healthier dialogues. She practices within the belief that "healthy communication and relationship skills pave the way for emotional intelligence and financial stability - the foundation of every successful personal and business relationship."  

    Having struggled through her own losses, Wendy helps clients to refocus life's challenges by integrating the past to heal and embrace life in a more positive way. A Relationship Coach, Licensed Counselor, Mediator, and Herbalist, she likes to consider herself a "Relationship Renovator."   

    Wendy believes that her greatest accomplishments and biggest JOY is her 6 beautiful children, including twins and her new granddaughter. Considered a Communications/Relationship Architect, she lives in upstate New York, loves gardening, making herbal medicines and dancing her way through her arthritis.   

    New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)  

    Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC)  

    National Board-Certified Counselor (NBCC)  

    Certified Hypnotherapist  

    Trauma Specialist from University of Buffalo School of Social Work  

    Court rostered Mediator for Unified Court System Supreme Court and 8th District Family Court   

    Organizations served:
    • American Counseling Association
    • International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
    • Association for Family and Conciliation Courts
    • American Red Cross Disaster Teams
    • Association for Conflict Resolution
    • NYS Council on Divorce Mediation
    • NYS Dispute Resolution Association

    Deirdre Whelehan

    • -Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Pregnancy/Postpartum/Parenting
    • Role Transitions
    • Grief and Loss/adults

      Deirdre graduated from St. Bonaventure University with a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and is currently practicing under a limited permit in the state of New York. She specializes in working with adults struggling with anxiety and depression, as well as those working through life changes such as pregnancy, parenthood, personal relationships, professional transitions and grief/loss. In taking a person-centered approach, Deirdre works with her clients to help identify and ultimately achieve individualized goals in order to build a more centered, healthy, and fulfilling life.

    Max

    Max is our therapy dog. He is a standard-sized, 3-year-old GoldenDoodle. Max has received his therapy training from the Canine Academy in Clarence NY and is available for greetings and calming anxieties.