Anse Tauber, MA, QMHP

Mental Health Therapist

Anse Tauber is originally from Indiana. He received his master’s degree in Expressive Arts Therapies (Drama Therapy Option) from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. Anse joined Waterfall Community Health Center in the summer of 2021, and comes with four years of experience in working with children, teenagers, and adults. He is a Mental Health Therapist specializing in Drama Therapy, a form of Expressive Arts Therapy that uses elements of theatre and storytelling. Anse also specializes in writing letters for access to Gender Affirmation Care for transgender and gender-nonconforming people of all ages. He is very involved with local theatre companies, and serves on the board for Southern Oregon Coast Pride and volunteers with Q+A of Coos County. Anse also enjoys reading, writing, and playing video games.

Brennon Roth, MA, LPC

Mental Health Therapist

Brennon Roth is originally from Indiana and he received his master’s degree from Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. Brennon has experience working with grief and personality disorders. His approaches to therapy include faith-based, solution-focused, and Adlerian modalities, and he will be working as a therapist at Waterfall Community Health Center. He moved to Coos Bay in the summer of 2021, and he enjoys biking, hiking, baking, and listening to music.

Chelsea Pierson, MSW, CSWA

Mental Health Therapist

Chelsea Pierson is a local, as she grew up here in North Bend. Chelsea got her bachelor’s degree from Eastern Oregon University, before moving on to get her Master’s of Social Work from Walden University. With her experience in youth and adult mental health, she will be working as a Therapist here at Waterfall Community Health Center. Chelsea loves photography and music. You can often find her at concerts in the park and comedy nights at local restaurants.

Devyn Downum, CHW

Community Mental Health Coordinator

Devyn is the primary contact for the Coos and Curry County Behavioral Health Hub, and she provides additional support to Behavioral Health administrative staff. She has been working in the fields of behavioral health and social services for the last six years, taking on several different roles during this time. Devyn has experience in intensive case management, care coordination, outreach, and more, working with populations of all ages. She was born and raised in Merced, California and moved to Coos Bay in January of 2020. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from California State University Stanislaus in 2019 and is currently obtaining her Master of Social Work from Capella University. Devyn enjoys photography, nonfiction novels, riding her ATV on the beautiful Oregon Dunes, and all the fun outdoorsy things!

Dr. Antonia Perez, DNP, FNP, PMHNP

Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner

Antonia Perez is originally from the rural Texas Panhandle. However, she lived in Arlington, VA and worked in the District of Columbia for close to 20 years as a registered nurse and family nurse practitioner.  She feels blessed to have worked as a family nurse practitioner in multiple U.S sectors:  Washington DC, Baltimore, MD, and Austin, Tx regions.  She received her Master’s in Nursing Education from Marymount University (Arlington, VA), Family Nurse Practitioner degree (The Catholic University of America in the District of Columbia), doctorate degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and her Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner certification from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD. In her spare time, she loves spending time with her adult son, friends, and family.  She believes in helping the whole individual regardless of ability to pay.  She is happy to be helping this population in North Bend and Coos Bay.

Dr. Charles Majuri, PhD, LPC

Mental Health Therapist

Dr. Charles Majuri grew up in Southern California. He completed all of his education in San Diego, which included San Diego State University, University of San Diego, and his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from United States International University. Charles’ entire career has been working in child and adult mental health and psychology. He has worked in residential treatment, day treatment, acute care at Children’s Hospital San Diego, private practice and outpatient. Charles is also a nationally registered Horticulture Therapist and has consulted nationally and internationally on the subject. He joined the Waterfall Community Health Center family at the beginning of 2018 and has enjoyed it ever since. Charles loves gardening, swimming, hiking, and anything else outdoors. In December 2015 and January 2016 he walked the Camino Santiago de Compostella Pilgramge in Spain walking solo for 790 kilometers from Pamplona, Spain to Santiago, Spain.

Dr. Lorraine “Rainy” Davies, MD

Child Psychiatrist

Dr. Rainy Davies is originally from Indiana, but feels more at home on the West coast. She did her undergraduate work in Indiana and Utah, medical school at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, general psychiatry residency at UCLA San Fernando Valley, and child psychiatry fellowship at UC Irvine. She does medication management for mental illness in children. She has lived in Oregon for 8 years and loves hiking, biking, and yoga.

Dr. Robert Gerber, MD

Psychiatry Program Manager

Dr. Gerber completed his family practice residency in Miami and began his private practice in Coos Bay in 1992. In 1995, together with Barbara Tyson, RN and a few other medical folks Waterfall was formed as a volunteer organization offering medical care one evening for a week and eventually grew into a Federally Qualified Health Center.Dr. Gerber was our first medical Director, a volunteer position. Over the years, he has assisted Waterfall in various roles, always focused on excellent patient care. His most recent return in July of 2022 is to serve as the psychiatry program manager. In addition to his outpatient duties, Dr. Gerber is also the medical Director of Bay Area Hospital‘s Acute psychiatric unit.  Dr. Gerber is embarking upon a new program to develop a “Hub” of several mental health providers gathering to coordinate care for Coos County. Together with other key providers in the community,  the objective of the hub is to develop a community-based mental health group supporting local primary care providers in order to enhance the availability of psychiatric services to all of Coos and Curry counties, as well as occasionally serving the rest of the state of Oregon.

Dr. Tyler Cooper, DNP, PMHNP

Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner

Tyler is from rural Winnemucca Nevada and moved to Coos Bay in 2022 after graduating from the University of Utah with a doctorate degree. She loves rural communities and has experience serving in many different areas of healthcare including hospice, ICU, home health, and oncology. She provides medication management, psychotherapy, and EMDR with a passion for treating mental illness from a trauma-based perspective. Through healing trauma, she believes mental, physical, and emotional pain can be released and true wellness can emerge.  She enjoys spending time with her family, walking the beach, chocolate, coffee, reading, snowboarding, and expanding consciousness. She is excited to be a part of the Waterfall team and to serve the community.

Heather Robison, QMHP

Therapist

Heather Robison is an Oregon local; she grew up in Gold Beach and moved to Coos Bay 24 years ago. She and her Siberian Husky enjoy hiking, swimming, going to the beach, really anything outdoors. She recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Prior to obtaining her Master’s Degree, Heather worked as a veterinary technician for 21 years. During her years as a vet tech, she cultivated compassion when working with families during stressful life events. Her therapeutic approach is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.

Isaac Moore, MA

Professional Counselor Associate

Isaac grew up in the suburbs of Seattle before traveling halfway around the world while serving in the Navy. He went to university at Boise State University, earning first a bachelor’s in psychology before proceeding to earn a master’s in counseling. Before coming to Waterfall Community Health Center, Isaac worked at a psychiatric hospital for 4 years functioning as a mental health technician, activity therapist, and case manager. Isaac strives to provide inclusive care primarily focusing on cognitive behavioral therapy. A lifelong learner, Isaac loves the subjects of psychology, suicidology, and mindfulness and how to incorporate more practical mindfulness techniques and practices with the aim to reduce depression, anxiety, and trauma in life. Isaac lists his heroes and role models as Carl G Jung, Robert A Johnson, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Stephen King. In his spare time Isaac enjoys spending time with his partner either playing games or being outdoors; they enjoy tide pools, hiking, and camping. Isaac advocates for suicide prevention, improved access to mental health care for everyone, the environment, healthy living, and learning new hobbies.

Jordan McLaren, MS

Behavioral Health Assistant Program Manager

Jordan McLaren was born in San Diego, California. Her father was in the Marine Corps, so she moved around quite a lot and got to experience many different places, cultures and lifestyles around the country. Jordan attended Eastern Illinois University where she studied Health Administration. Upon graduating, she then went to graduate school at Saint Louis University where she received her master’s degree in Health Administration. Jordan moved to Coos Bay in the summer of 2021. She happened upon Waterfall Community Health Center by chance, and the mission resonated with her so she quickly decided to apply to work here. Her experience and passion was a perfect match so she came aboard the Waterfall team in August as a Behavioral Health Navigator. Jordan loves to bake, and is a pumpkin pie expert. She loves baseball, from the minor leagues, to her die-hard support of the Chicago Cubs.

Matthew Laird, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner

Matthew Laird is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC). Matthew is a native rural Oregonian, where he developed values, a commitment to family, community, and an instinct to lend hands to those in need.

After working as a CDL truck driver operating from coast to coast, his confidence, community minded spirit, and goal to become a Professional Nurse was realized in 2006, where he graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, earning his Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Matthew went onto gain experience in Critical Care, Burn, ER, Home Health and Behavioral Health, where he found his strength and passion in meeting people during their most vulnerable moments, ultimately pushing his research further to earn his PMHNP from Walden University in Minneapolis, MN in 2021 once completing all internship rotations in rural Arizona.

Calmly now he helps people by teaching, advocating for patient care, and utilizing his reassuring, compassionate nature to quickly find solutions to complex situations.  He excels in nonjudgmental care, helping others in their greatest times of need in their life while finding solutions to live their best life regardless of race, gender, age, nationality, orientation, or ability to pay.

He provides medication management, psychotherapy, and person-centered therapy.  He enjoys the outdoors, downhill skiing, spending time with family, rivers, forests, community projects, and exploring the beautiful West Coast. He is proud and honored to be part of Waterfall Community Health Center and serve the community he has always called home.

Meggan McLarrin, LPC

Child Therapist

Meggan McLarrin received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Eastern Oregon University and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University in 2013. She started her internship in Coos Bay Oregon as a Children’s Therapist at a community mental health agency and received training in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS), Solution Focused Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).  She then moved into private practice in 2019 where she worked with children, adolescents, and adults. Her approach to counseling is a client centered “whole person” approach with a focus on the mind and body connection. Meggan is licensed in the State of Oregon as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and is also NBCC board certified. She joined Waterfall Community Health Center as a Children’s Therapist in November of 2022. She loves spending time with family, being in nature, gardening, reading, and learning new things.