Cahaba Psychology Center is located in Hoover, Alabama near Highway 31 in the Riverchase area. Situated near the banks of a small lake, it affords a peaceful area to await your appointment or to collect your thoughts. Our clinical staff provide a wide range of psychological services to individuals across the life span.
Gayle S. Janzen, Ph.D.
Gayle Janzen received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1980 from The University of Alabama. She completed her Clinical Internship at the UAB Medical School where she began her interest and training in treating eating disorders. After working with teenagers and families at The Children’s Hospital, she opened her private practice associated with Brookwood Medical Center, where she was Staff Psychologist on both the Adolescent Unit and the Eating Disorders Unit for several years. Dr Janzen now maintains an office practice with teenagers and their parents, and with adults of all ages, both as individuals and couples.
Dr. Janzen specializes in treating eating disorders, adult survivors of sexual abuse, marital and relationship problems, and women’s issues – such as juggling career and family demands, divorce adjustment, “empty-nest” syndrome, menopause and aging. She enjoys helping couples listen to and understand each other better, and helping teenagers cope with their parents and vice-versa. For over 25 years she has treated a great number of people with depression and anxiety disorders, such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Panic Disorder, and she also helps those who suffer from PTSD.
Catherine B. Ramey, Psy. D.
Cathy Ramey received her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University in Atlanta. She completed her clinical internship at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. While there, she practiced individual and couple psychotherapy and conducted psychological evaluations on adolescents and adults. Some of her practice included work with forensic and psychotic inpatients.
Following licensure, Dr. Ramey returned to her home state of Alabama, where for three years she worked for Gateway, a private non-profit social services agency. She practiced individual and couple psychotherapy and conducted psychological evaluations on children, adolescents, and adults. Since 2003, she has been in private practice, continuing these same activities. In 2006, she joined Cahaba Psychology Center.
Dr. Ramey has a general practice with couples and individuals aged 6 to 80. She enjoys using therapy to alleviate anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, family conflict, behavioral difficulties, ADHD, stress, adjustment following trauma, and grief (including following separation, divorce, or the loss of a pet). She continues to conduct psychological evaluations as needed.
Patricia Jolly-Fleece, Ph.D.
Patricia Jolly-Fleece received her Ph.D. from Auburn University in 1979. She completed her Clinical Internship at the UAB Medical School, where she fulfilled requirements for specialties in both child/adolescent and adult clinical psychology. Prior to moving to Alabama, Dr. Jolly-Fleece attended Memphis State University in Memphis, Tennessee for her B.A. in psychology. Dr. Jolly-Fleece worked at the UAB Department of Psychiatry for several years prior to opening her own practice. She is a licensed psychologist. Dr. Jolly-Fleece taught Behavior Therapy/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to psychology graduate students at UAB with her spouse for 20 years. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at UAB.
Known as Dr. Pattie to most of her patients, she specializes in child, adolescent, and adult problems. Her areas of interest are anxiety disorders (panic, OCD, general anxiety, phobias, test anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, PTSD, obsessional thinking), depression, adult ADHD, adult Asperger's Disorder, and adjustment issues to life changes. Dr. Pattie is a wife and the mother of two college students. She is also an animal lover and currently has 5 mixed breed cats.
Mark H. Burge, Ph.D.
Dr. Burge completed his undergraduate work at the University of Kentucky and he obtained his doctorate at St. Louis University. His internship was through the University of Alabama-Birmingham consortium. Dr. Burge is a licensed psychologist who has practiced in Birmingham since 1996. He has worked for the Alabama Department of Youth Services, Samaritan Counseling Center, and in private practice. He sees children and adolescents and their families along with individual adult clients. He has a clinical focus on disruptive behavior disorders, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Depression, self-injury, anxiety disorders, family conflict, and marital/relationship problems. He also provides assessment and treatment for sexual offending in adolescents.