AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
- Counseling Colorado PLLC has been named as a Top Counselor in Denver as well as ‘Top Ranked Firm’ the past three years 2023, 2022, 2021. Ranking methodology with Wimgo https://wimgo.com/s/colorado/denver/counselor
- 9 News Guest as an Expert on Stress Management 2021
- From 9 News Recognized For Companies in Colorado Making a Difference in The Community – Interviewed about Walk and Talk Therapy as well as Counseling Colorado’s Practice Helping Others Guest on the Morning Show on Channel 9 News Aired on 1/10/ 22
- All-Star Coach Award – 2019 Counseling Colorado
- Coaching Excellence Award – 2023 Counseling Colorado
- Paul Newman Rotary Award (2017) For Remarkable Leadership and Outstanding Service Work
- Graduate Honors and member of Chi Sigma Iota National Counselor’s Honor Society (while in my Graduate Counseling Program)
- Most Dynamic Public Speaker Award (University Of Colorado at Boulder 2002) Other Public Speaking Accolades: – Recognized for Strong ability to coordinate the efforts of many to meet organizational goals and offering innovative ideas
- Community Impact Accolade as a Trained Peer Counselor (University of Colorado at Boulder 2003)
- Voted Most Likely to Host a TV SHOW and Host A Game Show (J.K. Mullen H.S. 2000)
- Creative Photography Award (J.K. Mullen H.S. 2000)
- Career Awareness Award (J.K. Mullen H.S. 2000)
- Instagram Influencer for:
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS and CREDENTIALS
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
- Completed/signed off 2,000 clinically supervised hours and passed LPC test
- Passed the National Counselor Examination
- Obtained my LPP licensure prior to getting my LPC
Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC)
- Completed 3,000 clinically supervised hours in addictions counseling
- Passed the MAC test June 2013
- Completed necessary CAC classes. In the process of application processing
National Certified Counselor (NCC) through the NBCC – Certification Date April 1, 2013
National Counselor Examination (NCE) – passed in October 2012
American Counseling Association – Member 2008-2012
EDUCATION
- M.A. in Counseling from Regis University, Denver, CO – 2010
- Graduate Honors and member of Chi Sigma Iota National Counselor’s Honor Society
COUNSELING SKILLS / TRAINING
- Evidence Based Psychotherapies:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Behavioral Activation (BA)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Advanced Play Therapy
- Hypnotherapy and Mindfulness
- Life Coach
- Somatic Trauma Therapy
- Trained Public Speaker
- Trained in Sand tray Therapy
- Advanced Counseling Classes
Extensive training and counseling experience with:
- Addiction
- Eating disorders
- Grief and loss
- Drug/alcohol/ treatment
- Stress management
- Life coaching
- Children & play therapy
- Adoption
- Trauma / EMDR
- Teens
- Couples
- Solution focused therapy
- Adolescents
- Financial problems career
- Geriatrics
- Chronic pain
- Divorce
- Family
- Anxiety
- Marriage
- Groups and seminars
- Depression premarital
- Depression
- Adoption
- Couples
- Miscarriage
- Identity issues
- Gender issue
- Emotional disabilities
- Learning differences
- Parenting and attachment
- Women’s issues
- Body image
- Abuse
- Self-injury
- Suicidal ideation
- Gifted and talented
- Walk and Talk Therapy and Group Facilitation
Extensive experience with diagnoses and dual diagnosis for:
- PTSD
- TBI
- Bi polar
- Sex addiction
- Sleep disorders
- Learning disabilities
- Substance abuse
- Personality disorders
- Anxiety
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Mental/emotional disorder
- Anger management
- Personality disorders
- Domestic violence
- ODD
- Adjustment disorders
- ADD/ ADHD
- OCD
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Secondary PTSD
Clinical Skills
- Effectively utilizes all evidenced based counseling practices listed above
- Supervision and training of other counselors
- Teaching/lecturing psycho educational classes (approximately 50 patient audiences)
- Experience working with the DSM-IV-TR
- Assessments for Shipley-2, MMPI, and MBTI
- Observing, monitoring, and intervening in drug/alcohol treatment
- Developing individualized treatment plans, continued care, and referral planning
- Documenting behaviors and/or activities
- Managing difficult behaviors in association to physical or mental disabilities
- Therapeutic confrontation and structures
- Establishing boundaries while maintaining healthy relationships with clients
- Exercising patient confidentiality
- Working with various cultural backgrounds
- Ability to be open-minded and non-judgmental
- Collaborating with other mental health professionals
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Somatic Experience Therapy
Certified Addiction Classes at Odyssey Training Center and Denver Cares (Denver Health)
- Attended the 38th and 39th Advanced International Symposium for Addictive Disorders, Behavioral Health and Mental Health
- Attended the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018 Advanced Winter Symposium
- Attended workshop in Somatic Trauma Therapy (Feb. 22 from 9 to 5)
- EMDR Training 2010
- Frequently attend Continued Education training many times per year.
B.A. in Communications from University of Colorado, Boulder, CO – 2004
- Graduate Honors and member of Eta Phi Communications Honor Society
- Recipient of Most Dynamic Speaker Award (large groups of 20-200 as main speaker)
- Elected Social Chair of Gamma Phi Beta
- Studied abroad at University of Alicante in Spain (spring semester 2003)
J.K. Mullen High School, Denver, CO – 2000
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
- Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Denver Southeast now called Rotary Reimagined (Member Since Fall of 2013 to present)
- Rotary Community Services Chair for the (DSE) Denver Southeast Evenings Club 2014-2015
- Rotary Mental Health Initiative (RMHI) committee member and Co Chair for the State to the State Event RMHI (Rotary Mental Health Initiatives) Expo Committee 2016
- Project Cure Volunteer
- Safehouse Denver
- Warren Village (Tutoring Inner City Children)
- Catholic Charities Soup Kitchen
- Boys and Girls Club of Denver
- Social Chair Coordinator at my Sorority Gamma Phi Beta University of Colorado at Boulder 2002
- Voted Student Representative at University of Colorado at Boulder @ Academic Dormitory Sewall Hall 2000-2001