Experience

I have over 25 years of experience in social work and began providing clinical therapeutic services to clients in 2000. My experience includes working with individuals across the lifespan, including older adults, adults, preteens, adolescents, children, and toddlers.

 

Throughout my career, I have worked in a variety of clinical and community-based settings, including outpatient therapy offices, telehealth, group therapy, in-home services, pediatric day treatment clinics, and school-based mental health programs.

 

My clinical training includes Crisis Intervention, Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychosocial Development, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and the ZERO TO THREE DC:0–5™ Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood.

 

My experience in the nonprofit sector has provided opportunities to serve individuals, children, and families through a wide range of programs and services. These include Early Head Start and Head Start; foster home supervision; adoption services; group home services for adolescent girls; and maternal and infant health initiatives through ZERO TO THREE focused on preventing teen pregnancy and improving birth outcomes. I have also supported parents in understanding child development and helping their children achieve developmental milestones, provided Intensive Family Preservation services, facilitated groups, delivered individual and family services to survivors of sexual abuse, and provided individual and group therapy to incarcerated women.

 

I have had the privilege of working in three geographic regions: eastern Nebraska, South Florida, and northwest Arkansas. These experiences have broadened my perspective and strengthened my understanding of cultural diversity, family dynamics, and the unique needs of individuals and communities across different settings.