As the Assistant Director of Training at UCS, I work alongside the Training Director and other leadership team members at UCS to help support our various training programs. This includes supporting practicum trainees, pre-doctoral interns, and staff members who provide clinical supervision. I also support our licensed staff in their professional growth by helping to coordinate professional development opportunities for our agency. Also, I serve as the Psychology Practicum Coordinator and am responsible for providing introductory agency training and ongoing group supervision for our multidisciplinary practicum training program. My overarching goal in my roles is to support the training environment at UCS by helping implement evidence-based and culturally informed practices that foster growth and learning for our staff and for the next generation of clinicians.

In addition to these training responsibilities, I also serve as the Suicide Prevention Coalition Co-chair alongside the Director of UCS. In this role I coordinate with offices both within and outside of the Division of Student Life to provide suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention training and programs for our campus. 

Education

2021 – University of Iowa, Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology

Counseling Interests

My clinical practice primarily incorporates brief psychodynamic and interpersonal techniques with multicultural and feminist frameworks. This means that I place great emphasis on clients’ relationships with themselves and others, on their various identities, and on creating a collaborative therapy space that empowers clients to be able to make choices that help them continue to grow even after therapy ends. My clinical interests include adjustment concerns, anxiety, depression, working with survivors of violence and gender-based trauma, interpersonal/relational stress, family dynamics, and multicultural identity exploration.

Multicultural Interests

I work from a multicultural framework that includes a strong emphasis on cultural humility and engaging in self-reflection on the impact and power of my privileges. I pay close attention to the intersection between my own identities and those of my clients, as well as to the impact of systemic barriers and oppression on mental health and wellbeing. I strive to be a culture-centered psychologist, meaning that I view part of my role to be an agent for positive social change and social justice, empowerment, and advocacy. I have experience and interest in working with first generation college students, women’s health concerns, LGBTQ+ populations, and with rural mental health concerns.

Outreach Interests

I enjoy doing outreach programming on a variety of different topics including stress management, academic success, adjustment and transition concerns, preventing burnout, self-care, violence prevention, and chronic health issues awareness. 

Professional Affiliations

I am a member of the American Psychological Association with memberships in Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) and Division 49 (Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy).