Terrence Rusin, President and CEO, first joined PSIMED as a marketing and sales director in 1991. He became the Chief Operating Officer and a partner in 1993, the controlling partner in 2000 and became the sole owner in January, 2006. Mr. Rusin was instrumental in developing OASIS, the rehabilitation Division of PSIMED as well as securing the mental health services contract for the WV Division of Corrections Mount Olive Correctional Complex. PSIMED was able to expand this contract to include statewide mental health services. In addition to this contract, in 2007, Mr. Rusin was successful in obtaining mental health contracts to service the West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services and the West Virginia Regional Jail Authority.
MargaRita Pauley began her career with PSIMED CORRECTIONS, LLC working as a therapist at the Mount Olive Correctional Complex (MOCC) in 1996 and in 1999 she was promoted to MOCC - Mental Health Director. PSIMED CORRECTIONS, LLC, expanded their WVDOC contractual services statewide in 2001 at which time Ms. Pauley was promoted to Vice President of Operations and is responsible for managing contracts for PSIMED CORRECTIONS, LLC.
MargaRita received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from West Virginia State University, a Master of Arts in Counseling from Marshall University and a Master of Arts in Psychology with a concentration on Diagnosis and Intervention from Marshall University.
Trudi Blaylock, M.A. began her career with PSIMED CORRECTIONS, LLC in 1996. She spent seven years as a Mental Health Professional at Mt. Olive Correctional Complex providing direct mental health services to offenders, developing and implementing group modules for sexual offending, anger control, victim awareness, stress management, conflict resolution, sleep disorders, and training institutional staff. She was then promoted to the position of Program Mentor to oversee the implementation of Sex Offender Treatment, Anger Management, Crime Victim Awareness and Batterers Intervention Prevention Programs for all West Virginia adult correctional programs. Trudi began working with the Juvenile Services Division in 2007 and was promoted to Vice President of Juvenile Services in 2010.
Trudi received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from West Virginia State University and Master of Arts in Counseling from Marshall University. She also completed the Sex Offender Treatment Specialist program through Ohio University.
Dr. Tim Thistlethwaite has practiced behavioral health for over 19 years, serving part of that time as chief resident for Charleston Area Medical Center's Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry. He is a certified member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is licensed with the West Virginia Board of Medicine. Dr. Thistlethwaite has a broad range of psychiatric experience in private practice, institutional, inpatient, and outpatient services. He currently serves as the Medical Director for PSIMED CORRECTIONS, LLC, while maintaining a full-time private practice. Dr. Thistlethwaite oversees psychiatric servies for contracts serving the WV Division of Corrections and the WV Regional Jail and correctional Facility Authority and has served as a psychiatric consultant to the Forensic Evaluation Unit at the South Central Regional Jail. Dr. Thistlethwaite is a long-standing member of the American Psychiatric Association and West Virginia Psychiatric Assocation and has achieved Diplomat status with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He has also presented both nationally and internationally.
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Terrence Rusin
MargaRita Pauley
Trudi Blaylock
Timothy Thistlethwaite
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