Master’s Degree Topical Courses:

• Human Development

• Counselling Across Cultures

• Psychopathology

• Psychological Assessment, Measurement, and Testing

• Addictions and Codependency

• Psychopharmacology

• Contemporary Issues: Neuroscience and Counselling

• Crisis and Trauma Counselling

• Psychology of Emotion

• Contemporary Issues: Attachment Theory and Adults

• Marriage and Family Counselling

• Family Systems

• Introduction to Child and Adolescent Therapy

• Group Psychotherapy

• Integration of Psychology and Theology

• Congregational Care and Counselling

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Continuing Education, 2020-Present:

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Relationship Health:

• Attachment and How Close Relationships Shape Who We Are with Dr. Dan Siegel (5.25 hours)

• The Science of Female Sexuality: How Individuals and Couples Therapists Can Empower Women to Have Healthy Sex Lives with Dr. Stephanie Buehler (16 hours)

• Relational Life Therapy Level One Course with Dr. Terry Real (16 hours)

• Set Boundaries Without the Guilt: An Introduction to the Mindful Boundaries Method with Dr. Jordan Quaglia and Dr. Clarissa Cigrand (1 hour)

• Working with the Pain of Abandonment with NICABM (2 hours)

• How to Treat High-Conflict and Conflict-Avoidant Couples with the Power of the Developmental Model with Dr. Ellyn Bader (1.5 hours)

• “I Want You to Want Me”: 4 Keys To Effective Work With Higher-Desire Partners with Martha Kauppi (1.5 hours)

• Terry Real's Couples Therapy Immersion Training: Getting Started with Relational Life Therapy with Terry Real (6.25 hours)

• Healing the Impact of Emotionally Immature Parents with Dr Lindsay Gibson (0.75 hours)

• Redefining Love As the Act of Showing Up with Dr. Stan Takin (0.75 hour)

• ​The 5 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Clients Bring Up Intimacy with Bonnie Bliss of The Sexual Integration Institute (1.25 hours)

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Emotional Dysregulation:

• Suicide Prevention Summit with Mental Health Academy (13 hours)

• Productive Emotional Processing with Dr. Leslie Greenberg and Dr. Antionio Pascual-Leone (6 hours)

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) (taken in 2016; 12 hours)

• Moral Injury Interventions for Suicide Prevention: Techniques to Shift Clients Out of Shame with Dr. Wyatt Evans (1hour)

• Expert Strategies for Working with Anxiety with NICABM (1.5 hours)

• Anxiety Training with Kimberly Morrow Elizabeth DuPont Spencer (6.25 hours)

• ​Calming the Anxious Mind and Body with Alison Seponara (3 hours)

• How to Work with Shame with NICAMB (4 hours)

• 5 Steps to RESET Your Nervous System with Dr. Alex Howard (0.75 hours)

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Trauma:

• 2-Day Intensive Trauma Treatment Certification Workshop: EMDR, CBT and Somatic-Based Interventions to Move Clients from Surviving to Thriving with Dr. Arielle Schwartz (12.5 hours)

• 2-Day: Trauma Conference: The Body Keeps the Score-Trauma Healing Through the Senses with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (10.5 hours)

• Sexual Trauma Clinical Training: Interventions to Cultivate Safety, Release Shame, and Nurture Boundaries with Ashley Charbonneau and Jacque Sumida (6.25 hours)

• Grieving the Lost Childhood: A Somatic Approach to Healing Past Wounds with Dr. Janina Fisher (2.75 hours)

• Trauma and Memory Workshop: Clinical Strategies to Resolve Traumatic Memories and Help Clients Reclaim their Lives with Dr. Peter Levine (13.5 hours)

• Religious Trauma Treatment Training Clinical Interventions for Survivors of High-Control Religion and Spiritual Abuse with Natasha Helfer (6.25 hours)

• Treating Trauma Master Series with NICABM (4.25 hours)

• Healing Trauma at its Roots: Polyvagal and ACEs-Informed Strategies for Lasting Change with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and Dr. Arielle Schwartz (3 hours)

• Trauma and the Gift of Sleep with Dr. Bruce Lipton (1 hour)

• Self-Regulating for Trauma Healing with Dr Peter Levine (0.75 hour)

• Critical Incident Group Debriefing with John Koop Harder through The Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute (4 hours)

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Neurodiversity:

• ADHD, Relationships, and Sex: Strategies to Overcome the Over/Under-Functioner Dynamic with Dr. Ari Tuckman (2 hours)

• ADHD, Social Anxiety and Rejection Sensitivity: Moving Beyond Hello with Dr. Sharon Saline (1.5 hours)

• Autism Assessment in Adults: Differentiating the Complexities of Autism from Co-Occurring Mental Health Issues with Dr. Wenn Lawson (1.5 hours)

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Personality Disorder Support:

• Personality Disorder Certification Training: Advanced Diagnosis, Treatment, & Management with Dr. Gregory Lester (19 hours)

• Treating Personality Disorders: Advances from Brain Science and Traumatology with Dr. Noel Larson (3 hours)

• How to Deal with Those Who Exhibit Narcissistic Traits with Wendy Behary (1.25 hours)​

• The Fawn Response and Narcissistic Abuse: Strategies to Help Survivors Break Free from Trauma-Based Appeasement with Dr. Ingrid Clayton (1 hour)

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Food, Substances, Medication:

• Disordered Drinking: Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment Using Harm Reduction, MI, ACT & More with Amanda White (6 hours)

• Understanding Mental Health Medications with Jan Nerenberg (3 hours)

• The Missing Link in Mental Health Treatment with Dr. Leslie Korn (1.25 hours)

• How Metaphors Unravel the Mystery of Eating Difficulties with Dr. Anita Johnston (1.25 hours)

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Other Special Topics​:

• The 7 Types of Rest with Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith (0.75 hour)

• 2-Day Certification Conference: Alzheimer's, Dementias and Geriatric Mental Health Conditions with Dr. Micheal Shafer (12.25 hours)

• Social Media, Reality TV & Influencer Culture: CBT, EFT, and More for Enhanced Treatment of Clients Impacted by Toxic Content with Dr. Janine Oliver (6.25 hours)

• Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children and Adolescents: Nonmedication Approaches to the Most Challenging Behaviors with Robert Marino (6.25 hours)

• Social Media for Therapists: How to Practically & Ethically Become an Influential Clinician Online with Matthias Barker (6.25 hours)​​

• The Ethical Use of AI in Private Practice with Ted Faneuff, Dr. Amy Fortney Parks, and Candice Thompson (1 hour)

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Other Therapeutic Modalities:

• EMDR Core Skills Training with Stacy Ruse (30 hours)

• Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) Certification: The Practical, Integrative Approach Reshaping How We Heal Trauma, Anxiety, Depression & Relationships Across Every Modality with Dr. Dan Siegel (35.5 hours)

• Polyvagal Theory and the Neuroscience of Connection: How a Polyvagal Perspective Can Enhance the Treatment of Trauma and Anxiety with Dr. Sherri All (6 hours)

• EMDR Introduction with Sue Genest (3 hours)

• The Relational Foundations of Gestalt Therapy in Contemporary Times with Dr. Michael Reed (1.25 hours)

• (Please note: Couple's therapy trainings are included under 'Relationship Health')