Conduct trauma-focused individual therapy sessions using Developmental Transformations Drama Therapy model in Saint Paul area schools.
Equip students with the ability to share about their stress, process trauma and understand the experiences of their peers through use of play and drama.
Collaborate with school staff and teachers to help build healthier schools embracing the whole child.
Lead open classroom conversations blending trauma-informed care, SEL, and resiliency building.
Mental Health Therapist
Acres For Life, Center For Growth & Learning
01.2020 - 06.2021
Facilitate individual and group therapy sessions using equine assisted growth and learning model.
Design and implement interventions involving the environment and expressive arts as platforms for meaning-making.
Maintain relationships with care teams in order to provide holistic services.
Create detailed documentation of all treatment information using electronic healthcare software systems.
Community Based Mental Health Therapist
David Hoy And Associates
12.2018 - 10.2019
Provide culturally responsive in-home counseling based in family systems theory to children, families, and adults.
Support children and families facing challenges around family separation, adoption, loss, bullying, and toxic stress.
Write diagnostic assessments, treatment plans and maintain articulate and organized documentation of all practices.
Education
Master of Arts - Counseling And Psychological Services
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
10.2019
Master of Fine Arts - Studio Arts
School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
05.2013
Mental Health Trainings
Developmental Transformations Drama Therapy Model, 2021-present (ongoing)
Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Model Skillsets, 2020
Brainspotting Training Phase 1, 2019
Foundations in Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Therapy, 2019
Perinatal Mental Health and Psychiatry Training, Postpartum Support Minnesota, 2019
Timeline
Therapist and SEL Program Consultant
Miss Kendra Program
09.2021 - Current
Mental Health Therapist
Acres For Life, Center For Growth & Learning
01.2020 - 06.2021
Community Based Mental Health Therapist
David Hoy And Associates
12.2018 - 10.2019
Master of Arts - Counseling And Psychological Services