Licensure
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the States of Colorado, Georgia, and North Carolina. I was a Licensed Addiction Counselor in Colorado from 2012-2025.
Education
I received my Master of Social Work at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine in 1999. I completed my undergraduate studies with a concentration on Art, Culture and Society at the Eugene Lang College of the New School in New York City in 1992.
Experience
As a social worker, I have worked in diverse settings and contexts, spanning direct clinical work to policy and advocacy work nationally and internationally.
My early social work career was spent in Portland, Maine, in a range of roles in community mental health and crisis services, university student services (counseling center and women’s resources), sexual assault response services, and international social services.
The next chapter of my career was in international humanitarian aid, primarily addressing sexual and gender-based violence with communities affected by conflict, and addressing women’s and human rights internationally. I worked in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan (West Darfur), and India with a number of local, national and international organizations.
The most recent chapter has been as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist with seven years at an eating disorder treatment program followed by ten years in private practice. I developed a passion for working with people with co-occurring eating disorders, substance use disorders, and trauma-related and dissociative disorders, including adult survivors of childhood physical, sexual, emotional, psychological abuse and neglect. During this period I also taught for the University of New England’s online Master of Social Work program.
Professional Development
I have delighted in being an eternal student and throughout my career maintained a strong commitment to ongoing professional development. There’s just so much to learn and be curious about!
As a clinical social worker and psychotherapist I sought extensive post-graduate training through the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, as well as training in ego state theory and therapy, EMDR, somatic approaches to working with trauma, eating disorders, addictions, and more.
Professional Memberships
Current Membership
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). I have been actively involved with ISSTD through several volunteer roles and committee membership including the Public Health Committee and the Eating Disorders Special Interest Group.
Past Memberships
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Association for Addiction Professionals
EMDR International Association
International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, Founding Treasurer, IAEDP Denver Metro Chapter 2013-2014
National Association of Social Workers