The Kadkhodaian Behavioral Health Center is a 501c3 organization whose mission is to empower, support and promote healing throughout the community of Delta County, Colorado, by providing exceptional, compassionate, affordable and accessible mental health and wellness services. Our vision is to create a thriving community where mental health is valued and prioritized, and where the residents of Delta County have the support they need to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. We strive to be a center of hope and healing, breaking down barriers to accessing quality and ethical mental health care and transforming lives through holistic, evidenced-based and humanistic approaches.
MEET Dr. Ray Kadkhodaian
Dr. Ray, alongside his wife, Jean, is the dedicated Co-Founder of three impactful organizations: the Kadkhodaian Behavioral Health Center (KBH Center), a nonprofit established in 2024 to serve the mental health needs of Delta County, Colorado; the Lighthouse Emotional Wellness Center, a mental health clinic in the Chicago suburbs; and Couples Synergy, LLC, an international company specializing in couples coaching. As a dually licensed practitioner, Dr. Ray brings a wealth of cross-state clinical expertise to his leadership, serving as an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and a Colorado Psychologist Candidate.
MEET Jean Kadkhodaian, MA
Jean Kadkhodaian is a highly experienced relationship coach renowned for her work in helping couples build stronger, more fulfilling relationships. Alongside her husband, Dr. Ray Kadkhodaian, she boasts over 25 years of experience in the field of coaching, relationship education, and personal development. As the Coordinator of Non-Clinical Programming at the Kadkhodaian Behavioral Health Center (KBH Center), Jean channels her extensive background into designing and overseeing educational and community-focused initiatives that empower individuals and families throughout Delta County. In this pivotal administrative role, she directly coordinates all of the center’s peer support programs, ensuring that non-clinical, community-led recovery and mentorship initiatives are seamlessly organized and effectively delivered.
MEET Edward L. Oriole, MA, LCPC, CADC, LPC
Edward “Eddie” L. Oriole is a Nationally Certified Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) who brings a rare depth of real-world experience to his role as a Telehealth Licensed Professional Counselor for the KBH Center. Utilizing secure digital platforms, Edward provides highly accessible, remote clinical care to individuals navigating complex behavioral and emotional landscapes, breaking down geographical barriers to deliver critical mental health services wherever his clients are located.
MEET Reba, MA, LCPC, LPC
Reba is a Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor who serves as a vital Telehealth Licensed Professional Counselor for the KBH Center. Utilizing secure, advanced virtual platforms, Reba delivers high-quality remote mental health care, making transformative therapy accessible to individuals and couples regardless of their physical location. Guided by the motto to meet her clients exactly where they are, her virtual practice is a safe, inclusive space built on empathy, flexibility, and deep cultural understanding.
MEET ANGELA ZECHIN
Angela Zechin is a Colorado native and professional musician whose family has deep roots in the Blackhawk area of the Colorado Rockies. Shaped by this upbringing—and inspired by the many nephews and family members currently serving in the military—Angela has long been passionate about supporting veteran families through both the challenges and triumphs that come with military life. Her perspective deepened significantly when she met her husband, a three-tour Iraq veteran. Realizing she could offer him a new outlook from the home front, Angela discovered a unique way to contribute by bridging the gap between service members and their loved ones. When the opportunity arose to join the KBH Center and support its mission for veterans, she jumped at the chance to make a meaningful impact on the community that helped shape who she is today.
MEET Angela Zender, MA
Angela Zender is a Qualified Mental Health Professional and Coach who helps others pick up an axe to break down the overwhelming wall of anxiety. Her work with clients centers around first understanding their obstacles and then learning tools to grow past them. She utilizes grounding exercises, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, and psychoanalytic techniques to help individuals heal their emotional wounds, drawing on a wealth of knowledge regarding the brain and behavioral patterns to empathize and empower others.
MEET Alicia N. Stirnkorb
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Alicia now calls the beautiful Western Slope of Colorado home, where she lives with her husband Eric (married since 2004!), their daughter—a proud junior at Cedaredge High School—and a lively little mini-farm that keeps life fun and full.
Alicia is a Certified Peer Support Specialist / Mentor and a certified Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) Facilitator, currently serving her community at Kadkhodaian Behavioral Health. Driven by a deep passion for supporting families and communities, she brings over a decade of diverse experience in nonprofit administration, family law, and behavioral health to her clinical practice.
MEET Corey Roberts
Corey Roberts is a U.S. Army veteran who brings 14 years of dedicated service, deep operational experience, and profound leadership to his work in veteran advocacy and community health. He serves as the Executive Director of Sovereign Roots, an organization where he channels his military background into creating healing, purpose-driven spaces where veterans can reconnect, rebuild, and move forward. Driven by a lifelong mission to serve with unwavering integrity—both in and out of uniform—Corey has successfully spearheaded community-building projects across Colorado’s Front Range and Western Slope.
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Dr. Ray, alongside his wife, Jean, is the dedicated Co-Founder of three impactful organizations: the Kadkhodaian Behavioral Health Center (KBH Center), a nonprofit established in 2024 to serve the mental health needs of Delta County, Colorado; the Lighthouse Emotional Wellness Center, a mental health clinic in the Chicago suburbs; and Couples Synergy, LLC, an international company specializing in couples coaching. As a dually licensed practitioner, Dr. Ray brings a wealth of cross-state clinical expertise to his leadership, serving as an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and a Colorado Psychologist Candidate.
Dr. Ray’s roots are in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago. He pursued his passion for psychology at Creighton University in Omaha, NE, earning a BA in the field. Returning to Chicago, he furthered his education with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Roosevelt University. His career has encompassed a broad spectrum of mental health settings, including inpatient, outpatient, community mental health, and residential facilities. He has contributed his expertise to prominent organizations such as the Kenneth Young Center, Forest Hospital, Linden Oaks Hospital, Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, Alexian Brothers Mental Health Center, and Gateway Foundation. Dr. Ray holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology / Argosy University and possesses diverse certifications and training in coaching, alcohol & drug counseling, group crisis intervention, biofeedback, hypnotherapy, and marital therapy.
Together, Dr. Ray and Jean have pioneered the Couples Synergy Model, a distinctive and effective approach to working with couples. For more than two decades, their expertise has guided thousands of couples, establishing them as leading figures in the realm of marriage and relationships. They have also developed Family Synergy Therapy, a structural model for family therapy.
Dr. Ray is particularly passionate about empowering husbands within their marriages. He focuses on teaching vital communication skills and enabling them to foster happy, healthy, and renewed relationships with their spouses. Working in tandem with Jean’s guidance for wives, Dr. Ray serves as an advocate for husbands, educating them on the typical developmental stages of relationships and providing support in navigating these challenges. His work with couples has also equipped him to effectively support individual men facing a range of issues, including career shifts, addiction, conflict management, and navigating transitional or familial relationships.
Jean Kadkhodaian is a highly experienced relationship coach renowned for her work in helping couples build stronger, more fulfilling relationships. Alongside her husband, Dr. Ray Kadkhodaian, she boasts over 25 years of experience in the field of coaching, relationship education, and personal development. As the Coordinator of Non-Clinical Programming at the Kadkhodaian Behavioral Health Center (KBH Center), Jean channels her extensive background into designing and overseeing educational and community-focused initiatives that empower individuals and families throughout Delta County. In this pivotal administrative role, she directly coordinates all of the center’s peer support programs, ensuring that non-clinical, community-led recovery and mentorship initiatives are seamlessly organized and effectively delivered.
Jean’s diverse professional background includes 13 years of dedicated service in the Army Reserves. Her passion for learning and analyzing serves as the foundation for her success in her own life and the lives of those she guides. Her operational philosophy is to utilize any effective tool available to help a person understand, learn, and grow. Driven by this adaptable mindset, Jean holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, is certified in Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), and is a certified hypnotherapist. This robust academic and behavioral framework allows her to integrate structured development models and advanced motivational techniques to help individuals break through personal barriers when they feel stuck or in pain.
In 2002, Jean and Dr. Ray founded The Lighthouse Emotional Wellness Center, where they successfully created “Couples Synergy,” a unique and transformative method for relationship coaching. As a team, they do not just teach relationship power tools—they lead by example. They have expanded their reach globally as co-hosts of both the Couples Synergy Podcast and the Healing Our Community Podcast.
Jean believes deeply in the wisdom of Socrates, who stated that “an unexamined life is not worth living,” adapting it to her own guiding principle: “An unexamined relationship is not worth suffering”. She recognizes that because we are often wounded through our closest connections, we must also heal through connection, using deep understanding to discover what our partners have to teach us. Outside of her professional life, Jean actively pursues growth and adventure. She enjoys traveling, hiking, painting, motorcycle riding, creating stained glass, and caring for her unique pet stingrays and shark.
Edward “Eddie” L. Oriole is a Nationally Certified Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) who brings a rare depth of real-world experience to his role as a Telehealth Licensed Professional Counselor for the KBH Center. Utilizing secure digital platforms, Edward provides highly accessible, remote clinical care to individuals navigating complex behavioral and emotional landscapes, breaking down geographical barriers to deliver critical mental health services wherever his clients are located.
Edward’s clinical philosophy centers on helping clients evaluate whether the patterns in their personal and professional lives are useful or counterproductive. Specializing in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), he works virtually with clients to pinpoint cognitive errors that trigger anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, or deep-seated fears. By uncoupling disruptive emotional consequences from illogical belief systems and substituting them with logical frameworks, Edward empowers individuals to reshape their thinking habits and achieve lasting behavioral transformation.
His unique path to clinical psychology began on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. After graduating early from Holy Cross High School, Edward enlisted in the United States Air Force at age seventeen, completing six years of active and reserve duty. He transitioned into civilian service by joining the Chicago Police Department, where he dedicated twenty-eight years to protecting the community—fourteen in uniform and an additional fourteen as a negotiator in the elite Hostage, Barricade, and Terrorist unit. It was during his intense training as a hostage negotiator that Edward discovered his passion for psychology, observing firsthand that patient, non-judgmental responses and a high tolerance for uncertainty were the keys to preserving life in high-stakes crises.
Driven to answer where behavioral dysfunction originates and how to treat it, Edward formalized his lifelong devotion to human behavior by earning his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Northwestern University, followed by a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the same institution. Initially focusing on veterans and first responders, his clinical identity has expanded significantly over years of diverse practice.
Edward’s extensive clinical background includes supporting children, adolescents, and adults facing severe behavioral and mood disorders across inpatient, residential, and outpatient settings. In addition to his specialized addiction work as a CADC, his virtual practice at the KBH Center encompasses guiding youth in need of purpose, treating couples using advanced relationship frameworks, and partnering with families to establish a healthy, supportive balance. As a veteran, retired law enforcement negotiator, and single parent, Edward blends rigorous Northwestern academic training with profound real-life wisdom to offer an empathetic, grounded, and life-changing telehealth experience.
Reba is a Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor who serves as a vital Telehealth Licensed Professional Counselor for the KBH Center. Utilizing secure, advanced virtual platforms, Reba delivers high-quality remote mental health care, making transformative therapy accessible to individuals and couples regardless of their physical location. Guided by the motto to meet her clients exactly where they are, her virtual practice is a safe, inclusive space built on empathy, flexibility, and deep cultural understanding.
Reba’s approach to counseling is an integrated therapeutic style that weaves together evidence-based modalities tailored to the unique narrative of each client. She specializes in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), an innovative technique utilizing bilateral eye movements and voluntary image replacement to effectively alleviate symptoms of PTSD, OCD, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. Additionally, she is trained in the prestigious Couples Synergy model developed by Dr. Ray & Jean Kadkhodaian, allowing her to virtually guide couples toward deeper connection and communication. Her clinical toolkit also draws from psychodynamic theory, person-centered therapy, trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), and multicultural counseling.
Her profound appreciation for diverse life experiences was sparked early in life. Growing up, Reba’s family hosted over 30 exchange students from all corners of the globe, an experience that opened her mind to different cultures and fueled a lifelong passion to see the world. An avid traveler who loves meeting people from all walks of life, she even met her husband while visiting India. This rich, multicultural background beautifully informs her clinical practice, allowing her to honor and navigate the unique cultural frameworks of the clients she treats online.
Reba holds a Master’s degree in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University. She also holds a Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration, which provided her with an extensive platform to work closely with young adults and broadened her mastery of diverse population dynamics. Reflecting the wisdom of Wayne Dyer, Reba believes that “peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” Through her dedicated telehealth practice at KBH Center, she partners with her clients to achieve that very peace, offering grounded guidance for healing, growth, and resilience.
Angela Zechin is a Colorado native and professional musician whose family has deep roots in the Blackhawk area of the Colorado Rockies. Shaped by this upbringing—and inspired by the many nephews and family members currently serving in the military—Angela has long been passionate about supporting veteran families through both the challenges and triumphs that come with military life. Her perspective deepened significantly when she met her husband, a three-tour Iraq veteran. Realizing she could offer him a new outlook from the home front, Angela discovered a unique way to contribute by bridging the gap between service members and their loved ones. When the opportunity arose to join the KBH Center and support its mission for veterans, she jumped at the chance to make a meaningful impact on the community that helped shape who she is today.
Angela brings a wealth of expertise to her work, serving as a Certified Peer Support Specialist and a certified Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) Facilitator at the KBH Center in Delta, Colorado. Dedicated to empowering vulnerable populations, she specializes in delivering trauma-informed crisis support, de-escalation, and on-site behavioral health screenings within both shelter and outpatient environments.
In her work, Angela facilitates Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) groups tailored for justice-involved and unhoused populations, focusing on emotional regulation, coping skills, and successful community reintegration. Under the supervision of a Licensed Professional Counselor, she implements targeted behavioral health interventions aligned with Individual Treatment Plans (ITPs). Angela is also highly skilled in Targeted Case Management, coordinating seamless “Warm Handoff” transitions and helping clients navigate vital resources.
Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Regis University, Angela leverages an extensive professional background in high-level client relations, conflict resolution, and service coordination. She beautifully marries her diverse passions for communication, music, and community advocacy to provide empathetic, structured, and life-changing support to veterans, their families, and individuals navigating recovery and reintegration.
Angela Zender is a Qualified Mental Health Professional and Coach who helps others pick up an axe to break down the overwhelming wall of anxiety. Her work with clients centers around first understanding their obstacles and then learning tools to grow past them. She utilizes grounding exercises, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, and psychoanalytic techniques to help individuals heal their emotional wounds, drawing on a wealth of knowledge regarding the brain and behavioral patterns to empathize and empower others.
In tandem with her clinical practice, Angela serves as a vital Organizational Administrator, orchestrating the infrastructure that allows high-quality behavioral healthcare to thrive. She expertly manages the intersections of medical billing, strict regulatory compliance, professional licensing, and managed care coordination. By streamlining complex institutional processes and navigating insurance networks, Angela ensures that operational workflows remain seamless, compliant, and deeply supportive of both practitioners and the individuals they serve.
Angela was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and briefly lived as a Georgia peach before growing up in the suburbs of Chicago. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she honed her research and analytical skills working in a communication and language laboratory. She later earned her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University, an integrative program that instilled a rich variety of psychological frameworks and treatments that continue to inform both her clinical and administrative leadership today.
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Alicia now calls the beautiful Western Slope of Colorado home, where she lives with her husband Eric (married since 2004!), their daughter—a proud junior at Cedaredge High School—and a lively little mini-farm that keeps life fun and full.
Alicia is a Certified Peer Support Specialist / Mentor and a certified Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) Facilitator, currently serving her community at Kadkhodaian Behavioral Health. Driven by a deep passion for supporting families and communities, she brings over a decade of diverse experience in nonprofit administration, family law, and behavioral health to her clinical practice.
In her current role, Alicia facilitates Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) groups, manages a dedicated caseload of children and adolescents, and provides critical trauma-informed crisis triage and intensive case management. She specializes in rapport building, emotional regulation, and helping justice-involved, unhoused, and youth populations navigate complex systems with dignity.
Before transitioning into behavioral health, Alicia spent years as a high-level administrative professional and family paralegal. In her legal work, she found her niche in mediation, masterfully navigating the complexities of child custody agreements with empathy and clarity. This rich background in advocacy, crisis management, and structured problem-solving beautifully informs her current peer support and mentoring work.
Outside of her professional life, Alicia is all about the good stuff—reading a great book, kayaking, spending time in the mountains or at the beach, and soaking up every moment with her family. She believes in living each day with purpose, joy, and a little bit of adventure.
Corey Roberts is a U.S. Army veteran who brings 14 years of dedicated service, deep operational experience, and profound leadership to his work in veteran advocacy and community health. He serves as the Executive Director of Sovereign Roots, an organization where he channels his military background into creating healing, purpose-driven spaces where veterans can reconnect, rebuild, and move forward. Driven by a lifelong mission to serve with unwavering integrity—both in and out of uniform—Corey has successfully spearheaded community-building projects across Colorado’s Front Range and Western Slope.
In addition to his leadership at Sovereign Roots, Corey works part-time at the Riverbend Resource Center as a Certified Peer Support Specialist for KBH Center. In this vital role, he utilizes his lived experience to walk alongside fellow veterans and vulnerable individuals, bridging the gap between military service, crisis, and stable civilian life. By providing empathetic, structured, and culturally competent support, Corey performs essential de-escalation, helps peers navigate complex transition systems, and fosters lasting resilience and healing within his community.