Education and Experience
MFT Courses and Certifications
Couples Therapy Using Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Approach 2020 - 2021
NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model) Certified Practitoner on 3/2016
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Certified Level 1 Practitioner on 2/2008
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) Trauma Therapy Certified Level 1 & 11
Play Therapy Practitioner in Sandplay Therapy, Play Therapy for Trauma, Interactive Play Therapy, and Attachment Play Therapy
5 Rhymes Essentials for Therapeutic Movement and Dance 1/2010 & 1/30 -2/2011
The Mindful Brain in Psychotherapy 8/7-8/11/2006
Somatic Developmental Psychology 9/97 -12/97
Licensure
Arizona Board of Marriage & Family Therapists, LMFT licensure issued July, 2017 to present.
Nevada Board of Marriage & Family Therapists, licensure 1993 to 2017.
Nevada Board of Registered Nurses, Nursing licensure 1991 to 2016.
Education
Master's Degress in Counseling Psychology
1993 - Pacifica Graduate Institute
Bachelor of Science Nursing
California State University Chico
Public Health Nursing Certification
Professional Experiences
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST
10/1996 TO PRESENT
Private practice in established group practice setting specializing in couples therapy, systemic family therapy, individuals, child & play therapy, and trauma therapy. Trauma therapy includes NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and EMDR.
Psychoeducational model for parenting education, communication skills, grief and loss, divorce therapy, and substance & alcohol use disorder in the family.
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST
3/1999 - 4/2016
Mojave Behavioral Health Community Outpatient Clinic working with children, teens, adult and families with chronic mental illness. Family therapy focused on mood disorders, behavioral problems, attachment, substance/alcohol abuse disorders, and trauma. Challenges of social economics, housing, individualized educational programs, and foster & adoption care coordinated with therapy, community agencies and services. Group therapy facilitator for Adult Day Treatment Program for Mindfulness Skills Building.
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Lecturer at University of Nevada Psychiatric Residents Program for School of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Lectures on "The Psychotherapeutic Process of Play Therapy",
1997-2010.
Community parenting education program for MOPS (mothers of preschoolers).