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Professionally, I am a master’s level Clinical Mental Health Counselor licensed with the VT Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners and a registered play therapist through the Play Therapy Association. I have been a practicing counselor for over 15 years. I have a diverse background working with children, youth, families and schools from the islands in the south pacific, to the Mississippi Delta, to the rural Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. I believe in meeting people where they are at and working together to where they want to be. I am most experienced in working with those with depression, anxiety, ADHD, abuse and neglect, and trauma. I have training in EMDR, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), play therapy, nature based play therapy, animal assisted therapy, EFT (Emotional Feeling Technique), and Solution Focused Therapy. I incorporate biofeedback, the outdoors and nature, mindfulness, yoga, play and creative mediums into client's sessions. I have a certified Therapy Dog that assists me when appropriate, she is certified with Therapy Dogs of Vermont. I have over 600 hours in post masters continuing education hours. I believe people are most successful and happy when they are caring for themselves as a whole person, thus I take a holistic approach to working with clients. The diagram I created below is illustrates my beliefs on ways one can work on their own journey towards a healthy and balanced life and how counseling can fit into ones journey.
Professionally, I am a master’s level Clinical Mental Health Counselor licensed with the VT Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners and a registered play therapist through the Play Therapy Association. I have been a practicing counselor for over 15 years. I have a diverse background working with children, youth, families and schools from the islands in the south pacific, to the Mississippi Delta, to the rural Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. I believe in meeting people where they are at and working together to where they want to be. I am most experienced in working with those with depression, anxiety, ADHD, abuse and neglect, and trauma. I have training in EMDR, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), play therapy, nature based play therapy, animal assisted therapy, EFT (Emotional Feeling Technique), and Solution Focused Therapy. I incorporate biofeedback, the outdoors and nature, mindfulness, yoga, play and creative mediums into client's sessions. I have a certified Therapy Dog that assists me when appropriate, she is certified with Therapy Dogs of Vermont. I have over 600 hours in post masters continuing education hours. I believe people are most successful and happy when they are caring for themselves as a whole person, thus I take a holistic approach to working with clients. The diagram I created below is illustrates my beliefs on ways one can work on their own journey towards a healthy and balanced life and how counseling can fit into ones journey.
Self Care Wheel.pdfI grew up in southern Vermont. I obtained my BA from Castletown University. I spent the following two years in the United States Peace Corps in the Kingdom of Tonga working as a community educator. Afterwards, I traveled around the world before returning to the states to obtain my masters degree from Delta State University in Mississippi. I lived and worked for several years in Mississippi before moving back to Vermont. I currently reside in the NEK of Vermont with my husband, son and certified therapy dog named Luna. I am a mom of a very active teen. I am an avid outdoors person. I love camping, running, hiking, snowshoeing, gardening, skiing and traveling. I spend every summer on the road with my son on a quest to experience all the National Parks.
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