Registered Clinical Social Work Intern, Florida licensed attorney, and Certified Florida Supreme Court Family Mediator. Certificates in Nutritional Psychiatry and Gut Health. Extensive experience counseling women and men of all ages, younger adults, as well as seniors in the general population. Specialized training and expertise in treating clients with cognitive and memory difficulties, impulse control and addictions, eating disorders, and trauma, as well as Coercive Control/Domestic Violence, and LGBTQ+ issues. Author, speaker founder, and former Executive Director of a Non-profit and creator of a nationally recognized volunteer training program. Intuitive, innovative, empathic, passionate, creative, committed, spiritual, mission-driven.
Registered Clinical Social Work Intern, License # ISW 18981, Florida, Exp 06/27/2028
"Hiding in Plain Sight: Coercive Control and Effects on Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes," Postpartum Support International Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, 2023
"Hiding in Plain Sight: Coercive Control and Effects on Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes," Association of Maternal Child Health Partners Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2023
"Hiding in Plain Sight: Coercive Control and Effects on Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes," Florida's Annual Perinatal Mental Health Conference, Tampa, Florida, 2022
"Held Hostage: Identifying Coercive Control in Family Law Cases," Family Court Professionals Coalition 12th Judicial Circuit, Sarasota, Florida, 2022
"You Can't Tell By Looking: Understanding Perinatal Distress," Centerstone Behavioral Health, Bradenton, Florida, 2022
SISTERMoms Mother-to-Mother Volunteer Mentorship Training Program, Sarasota, Florida, 2015-2018
Partners, Parents & Personality Couples Workshop, Lakewood Ranch Hospital, Bradenton, Florida, 2015, 2016, 2017
"SISTERMoms: A Mother-to-Mother Mentorship Program," Florida Annual Perinatal Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2016
"You Can't Tell By Looking: Understanding Perinatal Distress," Manatee County Healthy Start Coalition, Bradenton, Florida, 2015
"You Can't Tell By Looking: Understanding Perinatal Distress," Lamaze/DONA International Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, 2015
"You Can't Tell By Looking,: Understanding Perinatal Distress" La Leche League of Florida and the Caribbean Islands, Biannual Conference, Cocoa Beach, Florida, 2015
"Parenting with Personality: Connecting through the Power of Personality Type" La Leche League of Florida and the Caribbean Islands, Biannual Conference, Cocoa Beach, Florida, 2015
"Postpartum Distress 101," Interview on "Maternally Yours" radio program, Sarasota, Florida, 2013
"You Can't Tell By Looking," Interview on "Salt & Light" radio program, Bradenton, Florida, 2013
Certification in Nutritional Psychiatry, Nutritional Psychiatry Academy, Mass General/Harvard Medical School, Dec 2023
Eating Disorder Specialist Core Courses, currently under supervision, IAEDP, Nov 2023 to present
Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy training, currently under supervision for Certification, Sep 2023 to present
Certified Gut Health Specialist, AFPA, completion expected Dec 2023
Connect(R) Attachment-Based Parents of Teens facilitator workshop, March 2023
Certification in Serving LGBTQ Youth in Residential and Out of Home Care, NCTSN, May 2022
Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist – Sex Trafficking & Sex Industry Exploitation (CCTS-S) Training, HC Solutions Training & Consultations, Completed May 2022
ADD/ADHD Coursework - Simply ADHD 102 & Personality Transformation, ADDCA, Completed Mar 2022
Circle of Security Parenting(R), COSP, Nov 2021
Certification in Classical Mat Pilates, AFPA, Nov 2021
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Introductory Course, Mindful Leader, Aug-Oct 2021
Certification in Dance Fitness and Hip-Hop Aerobics Instruction, ASFA, Aug 2021
Licensed Zumba(R) Instructor, Aug 2021
High Conflict Diversion Program, Life Lessons of Manasota, Dec 2020
Training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Washburn Institute
Certification in Trauma and Resilience, FSU, May 2021
Certification in Parent & Family Coaching, ACPI, Jun 2019
Qualification in Parenting Coordination, 12th Judicial Circuit, Jan 2019
Certification in Florida Supreme Court Family Mediation, Oct 2017
Certification in MMTIC(R) Children's Personality Type Instruction, Mar 2015
Certification in MBTI(R) Personality Type Instruction, Jun 2013
Musical theatre, choral music, dance fitness and Pilates, animal-assisted therapy, women's social issues and reproductive justice, and spending time with my four children and my partner and her four children and our ark of animals.
Author, It Just Got Real, Praceclarus Press, 2016
Author, Partners, Parents & Personality, Createspace, 2014
Vocalist, Composer/Lyricist/Producer, "MiTunes: Mother-Infant Music," 2014
Creator, Nationally-recognized New Parent Mentorship Program, "SISTERMom," 2016 (NPR Article 2017)