Professional Experience
Professional Licensure, Interests and Expertise
- Retired Licensed Marriage + Family Therapist. Was in private practice 2000-2023, and in the field since 1996.
- Professional Tarot Consultation Certification with Katrina Wynne, M.A., completed November 2022.
- Warrior Heart (self-inquiry) Practice Facilitator, certified 2020
- Qualified Basic Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) practitioner, 2018
- Internal Family Systems model (Richard Schwartz) training ongoing since 2015
- Restorative Yoga Teacher Training completed October 2015
- Master Usui Reiki training and certification completed in November 2010
- Master Karuna Reiki training and certification completed in March 2011
- Emotional Freedom Technique certification, 2010
- Earth-based and shamanic courses with various healers ongoing since 2005
- Forgiveness/Self Mastery program with Mary Hayes Grieco, certified in 2008
- PREPARE/ENRICH certified (couples inventory)
- Body-mind medicine study, ongoing
- Spirituality as a key support in the change process, ongoing
- Body-mind integration, ongoing
- Creativity & the arts as resources for therapeutic change, ongoing
Education
- Master of Science, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Marriage and Family Therapy, 1998
- Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Journalism, 1988
Professional Experience
Integrative Psychotherapist / Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2011-retired in December 2023.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Co-Founder at Compass Center for Healing, Stillwater, MN, 2008-2011. I was part of a small team that created an integrative, collaborative healing center that includes a number of holistic practitioners from a wide variety of body-mind healing disciplines, a yoga & movement studio, and a local arts gallery. Offered a number of retreats, groups, and co-facilitated a retreat to Peru in Winter 2010.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist at Hudson Counseling Services, private practice 2000-2009. I provided individual, couples, and family therapy in a clinical setting for a wide variety of mental health issues. I created the following offerings:
- Presentations on Mind-Body Integration for the Hudson Hospital
- Began expansion of Mind-Body offerings at HCS which included creating collaborative therapy services with an energy therapist
- Presentations on Post-partum Depression for the Hudson Hospital
- Grief Education and Support Group
- Chronic Pain Management & Support Group
- Inner Source Women’s Day Retreats
- Women’s Personal Growth & Spirituality Support Groups
Lecturer/facilitator, UW-Stout, Marriage & Family Therapy Program, Spring Semester 2007, “Practical Applications of Marriage & Family Therapy.” I lectured, provided and graded assignments, and mentored a group of 12 students.
In-home Family Therapist, Family Based Therapy Associates, Coon Rapids, Minn., 1998 through 2001. I worked with families, couples, individuals, and groups; provided in-home family therapy to families with children at risk of placement and to multiple-issued families referred for Family Preservation services as well as correctional orders; worked collaboratively with community resources.
A variety of positions in writing, journalism, and corporate communications throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin.