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Services

Leadership & Organizational Development

I integrate expertise in trauma psychology and leadership development to guide leaders in creating healthy and successful organizations. My work emphasizes the importance of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and trauma-informed practices to cultivate work environments characterized by safety, trust, and collaboration. Ultimately, I help leaders build thriving organizations where both individual well-being and collective goals are prioritized.

To learn more, please see the Leadership page.

Training/Presentations

With experience presenting nationally and internationally to audiences of all sizes, I am deeply passionate about empowering individuals to heal and reclaim their lives and supporting organizations to integrate trauma-effective practices. This passion fuels my dynamic presentations, which are firmly rooted in the research and science of trauma and healing. My commitment to ongoing learning ensures I can translate the latest advancements in trauma-informed care into practical and impactful takeaways.

TYPes of training

I collaborate with organizations and conferences to develop customized training and presentations tailored to the audience size and professional scope. Offerings include introductory sessions, staff in-services, half-day and full-day workshops, and keynote addresses. A portfolio of previous presentations is available here.

Possible Presentation TOPics

• Addiction/Substance Use Disorders & Trauma

• Attachment/Developmental Trauma

• Communication

• Dissociation

• Eating Disorders & Trauma

• Integrating Treatment Approaches

• Leadership

• Meditation

• Military/Veteran Populations

• Mindfulness

• Neurobiology

• Resilience

• Secondary/Vicarious Trauma

• Self-Care/Burnout

• Spirituality

• Trauma

• Traumatic Grief

• Trauma-Informed Care

• Workplace Wellbeing

Therapy

Please note that I am currently mobilized with the military and therefore unable to offer individual therapy services outside of this context. I will update this website with practice information when my availability changes in the future.

Clinical Consultation

My approach to clinical consultation mirrors my approach to therapy with an emphasis on authentic relationality. Integrating my experience with clinical work and advanced training, I strive to co-create a safe space in which healing professionals can first and foremost develop a deeper understanding of themselves as people and professionals. Through an emphasis on the person of the therapist within the therapeutic experience and the interaction between the therapist and introduction of therapeutic interventions, expanding our self-awareness allows us to show up differently to the therapeutic process. Consultation frequently includes an exploration of clinical impasses, discussion of how to best work with individuals with highly complex presentations, and the integration of different approaches to trauma therapy.

Trauma Models

Much of my early training as a therapist was grounded in psychodynamic theory. An emphasis on understanding the unconscious world of the client, understanding the impact of the past on the present, and a heightened attention on relationality remains central in my approach to therapy. As our field continues to better understand the importance of attachment within the developmental experience and across the lifespan, this research also informs my work.

I am certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a body-centered, integrative therapeutic approach to healing trauma and developmental/attachment trauma and fostering wholeness and wellness. I have also completed certification in Compassionate Bereavement Care, a mindfulness based, holistic approach to supporting those navigating the aftermath of traumatic loss.

Additionally, I have completed advanced training in:

• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Adaptive Internal Relationship (AIR) Network

• Brainspotting

• Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM)

• Dharma of Trauma I

• Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation: Foundations of Polyvagal Informed Practice Part I

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)

• Mind Body Medicine

• Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR)

• Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)

Through my involvement with MN Trauma Project, I have had the opportunity to learn directly from many leaders in the field of attachment, trauma, and dissociation, including Alex Katehakis, Janina Fisher, Jerry Lamagna, Kathy Steele, Lisa Schwarz, Pat Ogden, Richard Chefetz, Richard Schwartz, Robert Muller, Ruth Lanius, Stan Tatkin, and others.

Other Advanced Mental Health Training (MILITARY TRAINING)

• Aeromedical Psychology

• Combat Operational Stress Control

• Traumatic Event Management

Clinical Supervision

I am qualified to provide supervision to LP candidates and also approved as a supervisor for LPCC candidates by the MN Board of Behavioral Health Therapy (BBHT).