TRAININGS AND SEMINARS

  • Master of Arts in Counseling with honors from St. Edward's University (2014)
  • Best Practices in Trauma Prevention: Strategies for Self-Regulation Workshop (May 2013)
  • Prepare and Enrich training for premarital couples (March 2014)
  • Heart of Health & Transformation: Principles of Psychological Well-Being Dr. Dan Siegel (April 2014)
  • Exploring the triple flame: Attachment, Intimacy and Sexuality, Esther Perel (November 2014)
  • EMDR Training (January 2015 through June 2015)
  • Discernment Counseling for Married Couples training (February 2015)
  • Spirituality, Archetypes and Trauma, Peter Levine (April 2015)
  • Bringing Right-Brained Grieving to a Left-Brained World: Using Attachment and Interpersonal Neurobiology to Humanize Our Approach to Grief, Candyce Ossefort (June 2015)
  • EMDRIA International Conference, Minneapolis, MN (August 2016)
  • The Art of EMDR Therapy, Roger Solomon, Ph.D. (August 2016)
  • The Hungry Ghost: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Addiction, Gabor Mate, M.D. (August 2016)
  • The Girl in the Mirror: Awareness and Ego State Projection in Treating Body Disturbance, Andrew Seubert, LPC (August 2016)
  • Breaking the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)/Poor Health Cycle with EMDR Therapy, Carol Forgash, Ph.D. (August 2016)
  • Understanding and Treating Catastrophic Shame, Richard Chefetz, M.D. (August 2016)
  • Mindfulness and the 8 Phase (EMDR) Protocol as a Template for Addiction Treatment, Stephen Dansinger, Psy.D., MFT (August 2016)
  • The Impact of Attachment in EMDR Therapy: Theory and Practice with Video, Andrew Leeds, Ph.D. and Dolores Mosquera, Psy. (August 2016)
  • EMDR Therapy Preparation for Adults with Attachment Trauma, Ann Potter, Ph.D. and Debra Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP (August 2016)
  • Middelberg's Integrated Therapy Training Program (September 2015 through May 2017)
  • The Whole-Brain Approach to Child and Adolescent Development with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson (November 2017)
  • Attachment in Psychotherapy: Relational Transformation and the Psychology of the Therapist, David Wallin (December 2017)
  • The NeuroAffective Relational Model™ (NARM) for Working with Developmental Trauma with Dr. Laurence Heller (February 2018)
  • Neurofluency: the Clinical Application of Neuroscience to Psychotherapy with Dr. Louis Cozolino (February 2019)

  • NeuroAffective Relational Model ™ (NARM) Practitioner Training Program: Advanced clinical training to work with developmental trauma which impacts our identity, emotions, physiology, behavior and relationships (June 2018 through May 2019)

  • Level 3 NeuroAffective Relational Model ™ (NARM) Master Level Training: How to work with the early formation of identity and new tools to work with personality disorders (borderline and narcissism) (August 2020 through July 2021)

  • Texas Board-Approved Supervisor Training for Marriage and Family Therapists- 40 hours (September 2021)

  • 33rd Annual Boston International Trauma Conference - Neuroscience, Embodiment, and the Restoration of Self (May 2022)

  • Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Practical Applications for Treating Trauma- Deb Dana at the Cape Cod Institute (July 2022)

  • Level 4 NeuroAffective Relational Model ™ (NARM) Post Masters Immersion Training. Clinical study group to continue to deepen and refine my understanding and clinical application of the NARM therapeutic process (February 2023 ongoing)
  • “HOT” Topics In Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Processing workshop with Diana Fosha, PhD (5-day training August 2023)
  • Advanced Systemic Training with Carol Middelberg, PhD: "Transforming the Dancers" with Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (September 2023 to May 2024)
  • The Unfinished Business of Our Childhoods: Helping to Heal the Childhood Wounds Through Authentic Supervision (January 2024)