Resume

Summary

I offer enthusiastic counseling, course instruction, advising, supervision, strategic planning and leadership as a person with a diverse education base and an advanced therapeutic ability with over 20 years’ experience in human services. My greatest strength is my ability to lead systems towards optimum functioning through empowering strengths, coordinating creativity, and in fostering confidence and hope. As a leader I help relationships to become authentic and open, I help individuals to find purpose and congruence, and I bring humor and kindness to all my work.

Supervision, Instruction and Counseling Qualifications

·         Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado (#6156)

·         Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Colorado (#1204)

·         AAMFT Approved Supervisor, AAMFT Clinical Fellow, and clinical supervisor for LPC candidates

·         Post-graduate Faculty, Supervisor and Instructor

·         Experiential interventionist who operates from an integrated theory of change which draws from attachment theory, systems theory, narrative therapy, existentialism, neuroscience, humanistic psychotherapy, mindfulness, and positive psychology... along with many other philosophical and spiritual practices

·         Charismatic instructor with a specialized ability to facilitate effective group process and to utilize a diversity of teaching modalities to best support students from a vast array of learning styles and personality types

·         Advanced education in psychology and the way it relates to the fields of biology, neurology, philosophy, human development, clinical counseling, leadership and spirituality

·         Experience with professional documentation, care-coordination, and case management within community mental health centers, the public school system, and the post-graduate education setting

·         Developed and lead the continual improvement of a post-graduate marriage and family therapy curriculum

·         Created the educational outcomes and evaluative tools for an accredited marriage and family therapy program

·         Extensive experience working with people from a diverse range of cultures and world-views

·         Charismatic and engaging public speaking skills

·         Patient, humorous, dedicated, organized, loyal, adventuresome, health conscious and open-minded individual with a diligent work ethic

·         Write a well-followed psychotherapy blog (www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com)

Leadership and Administrative Qualifications

·        Executive Director of a Colorado non-profit for 5 years

·         Managed the business strategies, accreditation processes, general operations, curriculum, budget, psychotherapy clinic, student support services, school affairs and staff of a not-for-profit

·         Successfully ran all operations leading to a successful re-accreditation of a post-graduate certificate program

·         Offered direct management and leadership of faculty, staff, and students in a competitive academic environment

·         Worked on optimizing partnerships with other universities, clinics and programs supporting the underserved

·         Created, directed, and implemented marketing and branding strategies aimed at increasing client referrals, student applications, and donors

·         Experience with the hiring and firing of employees

·         Created, implemented, managed and presented monthly financial statements including an annual budget, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and financial projections for growth initiatives

·         Worked with lawyers to successfully resolve issues related to leasing, clinic liability, and student issues

·         Lead leasing and employment negotiations/contracts

·         Ensured compliance with all state, federal, and professional organization regulations relevant to higher education and to offering psychotherapy services in Colorado

·         Experience with QuickBooks, client management software, google platforms, and Microsoft office


Employment History

·         Steamboat Springs Therapy LLC, Steamboat Springs CO (2009 - current)

• Own and operate a private psychotherapy and clinical supervision practice in Denver, CO

 

·         Executive Director of the Denver Family Institute, Denver, CO (2012 - 2017)

• Created and implemented the strategic and business plan of a non-profit institute, which operates a community therapy clinic and an accredited post-graduate marriage and family therapy training center
• Clinical supervisor and faculty instructor in post-graduate education

 

·         Therapist at the Community Reach Center’s Day Treatment, Northglenn, CO (2008 – 2009)  

• Offered Individual, family, milieu and group therapy
• Taught affective education and provided care coordination

·         Vocational Trainer at Imagine!, Boulder, CO   (2003 - 2008)

• Offered emotional and social support, community involvement, behavioral intervention, behavioral plan review, social skills training, treatment planning and onsite vocational instruction to people with developmental disabilities

Education

·         Denver Family Institute (DFI), Denver, CO – (2007 – 2009)

• Post Graduate AAMFT approved certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy
• Over 500 hundred hours of supervised clinical work and 12 systems courses

·         Master of Arts, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO – (2006 - 2008)

• • Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling
  • Completed an additional specialized track in Couples and Family Therapy
  • 4.0 Cumulative GPA
  • Completed a practicum in Individual Therapy and a practicum in Couples and Family Therapy

·         Bachelor of Arts, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO – (1998 – 2002)

• • BA with a double Major in Psychology and Geography
  • Dean’s list, Golden Key National Honors Society, and Psi Chi psychology honors society

Recent Services & Professional Activities

·              Taught the ‘Couples 1’ course at Denver Family Institute and the University of Denver for 4 years
·              Offered a workshop on addiction and compulsive behaviors at the Steamboat Mountain School
·              Taught the ‘Use of Self Class’ at Denver Family Institute and The University of Denver for 3 year
·              Guest speaker at CU for an undergraduate communications class
·              Guest Speaker at DU’s graduate school of Social work for a family therapy class
·              Guest lecturer for a CSU’s graduate school of social work family therapy class
·              Guest lecturer for a University of Northern Colorado family therapy class
·              Volunteered for the Boulder Independent Business Alliance
·              Past Member of Denver Family Institute’s board of directors