Training & Experience:
2024
Under neuro-affirming consultation towards EMDR Certification
Participant in Embodied Experiential Dreamwork Certification, a 9-month program with Dr. Leslie Ellis
Trainings:
Trauma-Informed OCD Treatments & Interventions with Bronwyn Shroyer, LCSW through Kase & Co
Autism & ADHD Assessment Training with Jamie Roberts, LMFT through NeuroPebble
Autism, ADHD & AuDHD Burnout with Clinical Psychologist Monique Mitchelson of Divergent Futures
“Going With” The Cycle of Death and Rebirth in EMDR, Clinical, and Wellness Work, Institute for Creative Mindfulness
Special Considerations for EMDR with Autistic and ADHD Clients, Parts 1 & 2 with Christine MacInnis, LMFT
The EMDR Autism Protocol, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
Overview of Established Modifications of EMDR Therapy for Dissociative Disorders, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
IFS-Informed EMDR - Advanced Training, Kase & Co
2023
Opened Private Practice; Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) at Creature Comfort Therapy
Trainings:
Somatic Therapy and EMDR - Advanced Training, Kase & Co
Polyvagal-Informed EMDR - Basic Training, Kase & Co
Inner Child Healing for Complex PTSD Workshop with Kina Wolfenstein, LMSW
2022
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist at Thrive Therapy & Counseling, a group therapy practice in Sacramento, CA
Trainings:
Neurodivergence, Trauma, Food and the Body, RDs for Neurodiversity
Exploring Nature-Based Expressive Arts Therapy with Cathy Malchiodi through CIIS
2021
Graduated with Masters in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychotherapy, Pacifica Graduate Institute
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist at Greenhouse Therapy, a non-profit serving autistic children, teens & adults in Sacramento, CA
Trainings:
Dreamwork for Personal and Collective Transformation, Dreamwork Teacher Luz C. Valverde & Dreamwork Practitioner Indigo Som through CIIS
Gestalt Approach to Life and Therapy, a 7-month training & process group through Bay Area Gestalt Institute
Ecotherapy Certification, Earthbody Institute Professional Certification Program
Environmental Trauma: Healing our Split with Nature, Jeffrey T. Kiehl, PhD
Autism and the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Nick Walker, PhD for Zur Institute
2020 & Earlier
Marriage & Family Therapist Trainee at Nexus Youth & Family Services, a non-profit serving children and families in Jackson, CA
Trainings:
Supporting Trans & Non-Binary Autistic Youth, Finn V. Gratton, LMFT, LPCC & Nathan Dorcey A. Johnson (2020)
Remote Application of Expressive Arts Strategies, Institute for Creative Mindfulness (2020)
Liberation & Celebration Practices in Counseling Queer & Trans People, SAIGE Institute (2020)
Parenting the Rainbow: Supporting Parents of Queer & Trans Youth, SAIGE Institute (2020)
Internal Family Systems: Applications of IFS Model, Frank Anderson, MD (2020)
Racialized Trauma 101, Cultural Somatics Institute (2020)
Wisdom of the Body: Transforming Trauma and Attachment Wounds, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (2020)
Dream Tending Workshop, Pacifica Graduate Institute (2019)
Gestalt Meets Sandtray, Karen Pernet, LCSW (2019)
Elemental Movement Workshop, Rae Johnson, PhD (2018)