A Look at Our Practice

Don Worth, Ph.D., has been a marriage and family counselor for over 25 years, having degrees in counseling Psychology from WVU, clinical psychology from Marshall University, and health psychology from Walden University.

He specializes in counseling with families, couples, and individuals (children, adolescents, and adults), as well as in substance abuse counseling and conducts substance abuse evaluations for individuals as well as the Dept. of Transportation, and in mediation. Don also specializes in high conflict divorced parent mediations.

Gerard J. “Gerry” Schmidt is a life long resident of Fairmont, graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Fairmont State College in 1971 and with a Masters in Community Health Counseling from West Virginia University in 1976. He is a licensed professional counselor (LPC), a certified addiction counselor (CAC) and is certified nationally as a Master Addiction Counselor (MAC).



Gerry is the Chief Operations Officer at Valley HealthCare System in Morgantown and has been since September 1980. Gerry has been in the mental health and addictions treatment field for the past fifty years. Since coming to Valley he has been instrumental in developing a comprehensive system of addiction outpatient and residential services in the region.

Gerry has a variety of publications to his credit including several articles on the development of Employee Assistance Programs in rural areas and wellness in the workplace. In May, 2005, he published an article in The Addiction Professional on his work and findings with the CSAT sponsored Practitioner’s Services Network (PSN) project. He served on the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Expert Panel for the National Treatment Plan development, which will shape the course of addictions treatment for the next ten years and has edited Treatment Improvement Protocols for CSAT for several years. In addition to this, he has been active with the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) in establishing, through their recent grant renewal, an inclusion for the State of West Virginia as a partner in the Mid-Atlantic ATTC region and currently sits on their Advisory Board in Richmond, VA. He has also provided consultation and training through NAADAC’s contract with Forrest Laboratory’s Campral Project and assisted in the development and implementation of a training series with Alkermes/Cephalon Pharmaceuticals. This project provides training for physicians and addiction treatment professionals across the United States in an effort to encourage more cooperative care in the use of extended release naltrexone for the treatment of alcohol addiction. Gerry had served as Chair of the NAADAC Certification Commission for nearly ten years and served on CSAT’s Expert Panel to review the revisions made to TAP 21. Gerry has worked in recent years with the implementation of SBIRT throughout north central West Virginia as part of a statewide initiative in West Virginia. In addition to this he has assisted in the development and training of The BIG Initiative focusing on the implantation of SBIRT in health settings with the coordination of behavioral health strategies. Gerry has also been involved with NAADAC in the development of five major Life Long Learning Series of educational programs focusing on the integration of counseling skills and medicated assisted treatment for counselors providing addiction treatment.

Gerry has chaired NAADAC’s Public Policy Committee in the past and has been instrumental in the development of the organization’s legislative agenda during this time. He has been active in NAADAC’s annual Advocacy Leadership Summit and has developed critical training for participants attending and assisted in arranging visits on the Hill. He has also been a lead in working with both Senate and House leadership championing legislative issues and was an active participant for many years on the Hill advocating for substance abuse and mental health parity. To this end, he was recognized and awarded the Senator Harold Hughes Advocate of the Year in 2010. In addition to his national work, Gerry has been active within West Virginia in advocating and supporting State legislative issues related to addictions and addiction treatment. Furthermore, he has supported legislation aimed at increasing the visibility and stature of the addiction treatment professional at the licensed level for the past 25 years. For his leadership efforts he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in 2003 by the West Virginia Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors.  He was recently awarded the NAADAC”s inaugural “President’s Award” in recognition for his 50 years of contribution to the addictions treatment profession. Gerry is a charter member of the State organization and has been certified by their Certification Board since 1983. Gerry is the past President of NAADAC, The Association of Addiction Professionals a membership organization representing over 85,000 addiction treatment professionals across the United Sates as well as internationally.

Gerry has received the Marion County Chamber of Commerce’s Chairman’s Award, the President’s Award from the Marion County United Way, the President’s Service Award from NAADAC, the Vocational Service Award from Rotary and is a Paul Harris Fellow from Rotary International. In addition to this he has serves on the Board of Directors of the Marion Regional Development Corporation, the Board of Your Community Foundation and is the past chair of the Marion County Chamber of Commerce, Marion County United Way, Fairmont State University Foundation and the Fairmont Urban Renewal Authority. He is currently the Treasurer for the WV Behavioral Healthcare Providers Association.

Gerry has trained extensively across the United States, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong Iceland and South Africa on a variety of addiction focused subjects including medication assisted treatment, co-occurring disorders, clinical supervision and Motivational Interviewing. He has consulted with national and international organizations on clinical and treatment structure and development and co-authored a variety of training and educational programs within these organizations.

Molly Straight, M.A. is a Licensed Psychologist who has been practicing since 1999 when she graduated from Marshall University with a Masters Degree in Psychology. Her track was Diagnosis and Intervention. She has been licensed since 2005. While the majority of her therapy work over the years has been done with children and adolescents, she does see some adult women for therapy. She uses primarily cognitive¬-behavioral therapy in her sessions. She also conducts psychological evaluations of adults, children, and adolescents for varying reasons. Some of these evaluations are at the request of agencies and courts in Harrison County and the surrounding areas.

Helen Woodyard, M.Ed., L.P.C., A.L.P.S. joined Family & Marital Counseling Center, Inc. in June 2015. She enjoys working with individuals, children, adolescents, families, and couples. Helen received her Masters in counseling education from Ohio University. She was Counselor of the year in 20 as voted by WV Counseling Association. Helen also worked in her own private practice in Harrison County from 1996 to 2002. She also works as an adjunct faculty professor at the Pierpont Community technical College where she teaches sociology and psychology. She first started teaching in 1996 at Fairmont State University and then from 2006-2008 she taught at Glenville State College. Ms. Woodyard has also provided counseling to school aged children in the schools when she served as a contracted counselor for Gilmer and Calhoun County Schools until 2014. Helen loves cats. She currently enjoys "Tabatha" whom she rescued from a harsh wintry day a few years ago. Helen works one day (Mondays) in our Clarksburg office and two days (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) at our Weston office.

Amy Ingram Sauls, M.A., Licensed Psychologist, is a 2010 graduate of Marshall University with a Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology. She has practiced with Christina Arco, PhD, Child Psychologist, at the Charleston Area Medical Center and with Open Doors, a provider of services for individuals with disabilities, as well as with practices in Beckley and Lewisburg, West Virginia. Amy has practiced at the Clarksburg and Weston locations of Family Marital Counseling Center since 2016. She works with children and adults doing individual, family, and marital therapy, as well as psychological testing and evaluations.

Joseph Wine, LPC received his Master of Science in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling in May of 2021, from Walden University.  He is also a National Certified Counselor through the National Board of Certified Counselors.  Joseph enjoys working with couples and families, but also works with individuals (Children, adolescents, and adults) with a variety of mental health issues. He primarily uses systems theory in his counseling but also incorporates some emotional focused techniques. Joseph’s heart is to help strengthen couples and the family unit with a belief that individual mental health is improved through close positive connections with others.