Betsy Peirce

Skilled and compassionate mental health therapist with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Builds meaningful relationships with clients and families. Collaborative and team-oriented, quickly establishes trust and rapport with patients. Experienced in providing exceptional care for children, adolescents and adults experiencing mental health issues.

• Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association
• American Counseling Association
• Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic Honor Society

Practicum student, Salvation Army of La Crosse, LaCrosse, WI  Spring 2020

• Completed a 150-hour practicum serving adult clients who experience homelessness
• Completed 300 hour Internship in student counseling center
• Facilitated and co-facilitated a life-skills group for adult residents of the shelter, as well as non-residents
• Provided one-on-one mental health therapy for residents of the shelter
• Provided substance abuse related support to residents in the life skills group
• Participated as a member in a multi-disciplinary collaborative care team
• Assisted clients seeking collaborative care amongst providers

Internship student, Viterbo Counseling Services, Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI, and Salvation Army of La Crosse, WI, Fall/Spring 2020-2021

• Completed 600-hour internship between two locations
• Provided counseling to college students in-person and via telehealth
• Developed and implemented training in Motivational Interviewing for Salvation Army staff
• Participated in planning and implementing mental health student-awareness activities on a college campus
• Worked collaboratively rounding with staff psychiatrist at Salvation Army shelter
• Provided supportive one-on-one counseling for Salvation Army residents

• Participant, 2018 QPR Suicide Training, Decorah, IA
• Participant, 2019 Applying the Collaborative Care Approach, La Crosse, WI
• Participant, 2019 Narcan Training, La Crosse, WI
• Participant, 2020 Opioid Recovery Summit, La Crosse, WI
• Participant, 2020 Telehealth for Mental Health Professionals, 2-Day Distance Therapy Training, PESI
• Participant, 2020 Trauma-Informed Resilient Schools Training, Starr Commonwealth
• Participant, 2020 Child and Adolescent Mental Health in an Uncertain Time
• Participant, 2021 Opioid Recovery Summit, La Crosse, WI
• Participant, 2021 Circle of Security 4-day Intensive Training, La Crosse, WI
• Participant, 2022 Theraplay Level 1 and MIM Training, Waterloo, IA.
• Recipient, 2022 Iowa Children's Justice Initiative Grant: Theraplay Practicum experience
• Participant 2023-24, Intensive in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Complex IFS Therapy Immersion, EMDR and Parts work for Treating Complex Trauma, Integrative Attachment Family Therapy, and Trans Affirming Care and Practices, PESI