Nancy Blieden, Ph.D.
Clinical Director​

Dr. Blieden has a B.A. and an M.A. in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UD-Mercy. She is an adult, child, and adolescent psychoanalyst, and Co-Director of Walnut Lake Preschool.

Don Spivak, M.D.

Dr. Spivak was a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and a certified child, adolescent, and adult psychoanalyst and co-founder of Walnut Lake Preschool. He also served as a faculty member of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute while acting as co-director at WLP. 
Board of Directors
  • Jodie Ostrowski - President
  • Stu Blohm - Treasurer
  • Nancy Blieden - Ex-Officio
  • Don Spivak - Ex-Officio
  • Ellen Bouchard
  • Jane Miller
  • Dan Zoller​
  • Lakshmi Kaza
  • Elizabeth Grace