Aimee McCann, MSW, LISW-S

Bio

Aimee McCann is the owner and psychotherapist of a group private practice, Golden Oak Counseling, LLC in Powell, Ohio. Golden Oak is focused on the treatment of CPTSD, attachment/developmental trauma and dissociative disorders through a neurobiological lens. While serving patients/clients in need of higher levels of care, Aimee founded and serves as CEO of Banyan Mental Health, a 501c3 treatment, training and advocacy center hoping to bring skilled and empathic providers to those with all forms of abuse, including co-occurring symptoms of chronic suicide ideation, non-suicidal self-injury and eating disorders. Improving attachment from birth, Banyan intends to provide preventative education and support to new parents with perinatal trauma outpatient services in Powell, Ohio.
As a social worker, Aimee brings a macro and micro lens after years of work in pediatric and adult hospitals, nonprofit organizations in prevention services, family preservation and trauma therapy, child protective services and mental health consumer group development. However, Aimee’s focus in serving those with trauma related symptoms and disorders to improve overall healthcare outcomes has become her passion. Aimee now serves as a supervisor and consultant to therapists to improve the treatment community’s ability to provide accurate diagnosis, appropriate treatment and reduce re-traumatizing events in all levels of healthcare. Aimee is a speaker with a professional and lived experience perspective. She also provides training in topics related to navigating the mental healthcare system, treatment trauma and attachment trauma treatment.
Aimee earned her BSW from Capital University followed by a Master of Science in Social Work from The Ohio State University in 1991. She values continuous learning and is trained in Deep Brain Reorienting, Embodied Recovery for Eating Disorders (L1), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (L1), SCID-D, Finding Solid Ground, Complex Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), DBT, TF-CBT, Attachment Theory, Gestalt, (and seeking certification in) EMDR, IFS-Informed, TIST and believes Finding Solid Ground and the Embodied Recovery Approaches will become the foundation of Banyan Mental Health’s IOP/PHP programming. Wanting to contribute to evidenced-based methods, Aimee was a researcher and co-author of the Finding Solid Ground groups study through Purdue University.
Aimee serves on the NASW-Ohio Legislative Advocacy Committee. And served as Secretary of the Acute Care Special Interest Group of the ISST-D January 2024-March 2025, in addition to other volunteer activities throughout her career.