About Me

Masters of Social Work (MSW) degree from Arizona State University with highest honors and an emphasis on trauma studies

Partner in Excellence award in recognition of my work as a trauma therapist in a community mental health setting

Experience supervising other therapists and co-managing a grant-funded trauma therapy program for survivors of interpersonal violence

Requested regularly to provide agency-wide training on the integration of ethics into service delivery

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the states of Arizona and Oregon

Organic Intelligence® Mentor and OI Expert (OIX)

SEP (Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner)

EMDRIA Certified EMDR Practitioner (specializing in dissociation)

Advanced studies in Touch Skills as taught by Dr. Kathy Kain

Significant hours of training and consultation in the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)™

My Lineage

I have been blessed to have had extensive mentorship, study, personal sessions, and consultation with:

Steve Hoskinson, MA, MAT, OICC

Kathy Kain, PhD

Robin Craig, LPC, SEP, OICC

Thomas “Tom” Campbell, Physicist, Author, Expert on Consciousness

Joshua Sylvae, PhD

Brad Kammer, LMFT, LPCC

Kathleen Martin, LCSW

Robbie Adler-Tapia, PhD

Conrad Brown, LPC

Lisa Hamilton-Clark, LCSW

Liesl Lang, LPC

Social Justice Disclosure

I am a proud advocate of 1) social justice for all beings, 2) social responsibility to the planet and all of life on it, and 3) individual responsibility for one’s own experience and behaviors.

I welcome and serve all individuals who have sincerity in their search for a better life, regardless of their creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.