My Qualifications and Education

Masters of Social Work 2008  Loyola University of Chicago

Bachelors of Arts 2004 - Psychology Oberlin College

WA and IL approved Supervisor

Completed 15 hour Clinical Supervision Training - Eating Recovery Center

Completed 64 hour Exposure and Response Prevention Training and Supervision - University of Pennsylvania,Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety

Completed 60 hour Women in Leadership certification Yale School of Management

Certified Eating Disorder Specialist - International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals

Certified Exposure and Response Prevention Therapist - University of Pennsylvania, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety

Advanced level Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Behavioral Tech, LLC

Advanced level Training in Radically Open DBT - Tom Lynch, PhD

Advanced level Training in DBT- Prolonged Exposure Therapy - Melanie Harned, PhD 

Ongoing supervision & consultation for supervisors

Ten Years of Leadership experience, development, and training on managing and leading teams, supervising clinicians, and evidence-based treatments and programs.

In Process: Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Supervisor Credential

In Process: 45-hour Certification of Clinical Supervision 

My theoretical orientation is Evidence Based Behavioral Therapies that is influenced by object relations theory and mindfulness-based therapies.  As a supervisor my process is strengths based, collaborative, encouraging, and informative.  I see the supervisory relationship as a continuation of the clinician's master's level education.  For the next two years it is taking theory, principles, and putting it into practice.  It is the role of the supervisor to ensure that the supervisee is given a solid foundation in their clinical orientation, procedures, and understanding of the therapy process.  Through individual and group supervision, training, evaluation, discussion, feedback, review, and assessment together within the supervisory rel