Experience
I am a licensed mental health counselor in the states of Washington, Wisconsin, and Michigan and earned my master’s degree in counseling from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology in 2004. For my internship, I worked with Dr. Dan Allender at his Recovery Weeks, where we focused on the issue of sexual abuse. I wrote the workbook that accompanies Dan’s book, To Be Told, about the importance of telling the stories that have shaped you. At the annual Story Workshop, I have taught participants how to write their stories with more honesty and compassion and often lead one of the the groups for participants. I also have lead groups for the Lay Counseling Certificate program at the Allender Center.
Training
2020
- HIPAA Security Compliance in Mental Health with Roy Huggins, (1 hour)
- Lifting Black Voices: Therapy, Trust, and Racial Trauma with La Shanda Sugg, Dr. Tiffany Crayton, and L.J. Lumpkin (1 hour)
- Hey, White Therapist, Here’s Where We Start with Frank Baird (1 hour)
- Race Matters: Understanding Race Through Experience with Sam Louie (6 hours)
- Tending to Racial Trauma During Crisis with Melody Li and Sam Lee (4 hours)
- Basics of Transitioning to Telehealth: Legal and Ethical Considerations (2 hours)
- Human-Animal Intervention with Exotics (1.5 hours)
- Professional Ethics and Social Justice with Lisa Erickson (6 hours)
2019
- Legally Practicing Across Borders with Roy Huggins and Liath Dalton (1 hour)
- Psychodrama Training with Mary Bellofatto, T.E.P., (48 hours)
- Motivational Interviewing with Kriss Haran (6 hours)
2018
- Psychodrama Training with Mary Bellofatto, T.E.P., (12 hours)
- REST Training Day, addressing the issues of commercial sexual exploitation with Audrey Baedke, (8 hours)
- Human Trafficking: Clinical Identification and Treatment Approaches for Survivors of Modern Day Slavery and Sexual Exploitation with Shari Kim, Ph.D., (6 hours)
2017
- Balancing Risk Management and Practice for Therapists, (6 hours)
- Experiential Training Institute at Onsite with Karin Gomar de Schwank, (30 hours)
- Trauma Stage Processing at Onsite with Bill Lokey and Laurie Lokey, (23 hours)
2016
- Sexual Attitude Reassessment with Tina Schermer Sellers, Ph.D., (21 hours) June
- Working with Suicidal Clients, (6 hours)
- Digital Confidentiality According to Professional Ethics and HIPAA with Roy Huggins, (7 hours)
- Trauma, Attachment, and Neuroscience with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., (6 hours)
- An Evening with the Extraordinary Gina Ogden on sexuality, (3 hours)
- Living Centered Program at Onsite, (7-day intensive)
- The Embodied Practitioner, (3 hours)
2015
- Extreme Skeptics about DID: Why They Are Wrong with Colin Ross, M.D., (1 hour)
- Understanding Organized Abuse with Alison Miller, Ph.D., (6 hours)
- Treating Extra-Relational Affairs Workshop with David Schnarch, Ph.D. and Ruth Morehouse, Ph.D., (20 hours)
2013
- EMDR Basic Training with Barbara Parrett, (40 hours)
- Heart-Centered Digital Ethics: Protecting Clients and Ourselves in 21st-Century Practice with Roy Huggins, (6 hours)
2012
- Conference on Behavioral Health and Addictive Disorders, (18 hours)
- Reel Therapy 2: More Ethical and Professional Issues for Therapists with Michael Kahn, J.D., (1.5 hours)
- World’s Most Dangerous Drug and Beauty Mark, (2 hours)
2010
- Crucible Intimacy and Desire Clinical Workshop with David Schnarch, Ph.D. and Ruth Morehouse, Ph.D. (13 hours)
- New Perspectives on Desire with David Schnarch, Ph.D., (6 hours)
- Using Your Mental Health Code of Ethics with Lisa Erickson, (6 hours)
Education
M.A. in Counseling with coursework in theology
The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology
M.A. in English
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
B.A. in English
The College of William and Mary in Virginia
