RENATA PLONSKA-BROWN, LCSW, JOINS CARE TEAM AT WAYNE MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

Honesdale, PA (June 23, 2026)— Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers (WMCHC) is pleased to announce that Renata Plonska-Brown, LCSW, has joined its Integrated Behavioral Health Services team and is currently seeing patients at both the Sterling Pediatric Center in Lake Ariel and the Women’s Health Center in Honesdale.

Through its Integration of Care (IOC) model, WMCHC utilizes a collaborative approach to treatment by embedding behavioral health clinicians within primary care office settings.

“I look forward to working closely together and truly partnering on providing integrated treatment,” stated Plonska-Brown. “Treating the whole person in their environment is a vision very much worth getting behind. I feel humbled to have this opportunity at WMCHC.”

Renata has been a Clinical Social Worker for nearly 15 years. Her extensive experience spans across hospital, community, outpatient mental health and private-practice psychotherapy settings. She specializes in trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, personality disorders, and relationship conflict. She is skilled in crisis intervention and evidence-based treatment such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness approaches.

Prior to joining WMCHC, Renata was employed by the Jacobi Medical Center in Bronx, NY for 13 years. She served as a Clinical Social Worker through the center’s Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) for nine years before taking on the role of Clinical Social Work Supervisor. A position she held for the past four years.

Any patient established with a WMCHC primary care provider can be referred for Integrated Behavioral Health Services. Patients are encouraged to speak to their PCP about these services if experiencing depression, anxiety, feeling overwhelmed, dealing with an acute stressor or struggling to manage chronic medical conditions.

            For more information about all of WMCHC’s services, visit www.wmchc.net or call 570-253-8390.