EDUCATION & TRAINING
I have a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Human Development from St Mary's College (1991). I received my Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Naropa University (1999). I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Psychotherapist, Level 1 IFS therapist, Couples Therapist, Grief Group Facilitator, and Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist. I have over two decades of experience working in private practice. My pre-masters clinical experience was fulfilled at Human Passages, a private clinic which provided inpatient counseling services to the Boulder/Denver community at large. My pre-masters fieldwork experience was conducted under the supervision of Conrad Boeding, PhD, known for his work in the area of perinatal and attachment trauma. I provided inpatient and in-home psychodynamic and trauma-informed counseling services for families, children, and adolescents. I continued my clinical training working in community mental health where I provided counseling to female adolescents in a shelter with mental health and co-occuring substance use disorders. I have also worked as a clinical caseworker working in child protection and with at-risk youth and as a clinical evaluator in a hospital emergency room. I completed my post-graduate supervision for licensure for two years along with in-depth clinical training for six years at the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute (BPI), under the supervision of Betty Cannon, Phd, in Applied Existential Psychotherapy (AEP). I pursued additional trainings in Gestalt Therapy, Somatic Therapy, EMDR, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Schema Therapy, IFS Level 1 Therapy and IFIO Couples Therapy. I am dedicated to the study and practice of psychotherapy, in addition to my practice in couples therapy. Psychotherapy offers the opportunity to know thy 'self' and relate to oneself and another that facilitates a deep and more expansive exploration of the unconscious core material, as well as a present-time working through of implicit memories and conditioned ways of experiencing the self, others, and the world. I provide a higher frequency model with a titrated, subtly-attuned, and deeply relational approach of contemporary psychotherapy for those who may be interested in an experience with relational continuity and in an depth exploration of your parts.
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