Credentials

 
 

Experience

  • 15+ years of personal trauma recovery and resiliency experience

  • 21 years in higher education

  • 14+ years of formal meditation practice

  • 5+ years in private practice

 

Certifications

  • National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach

  • Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach

  • Certification, Grief and Loss after Trauma, International Critical Incident Stress Management (ICISM)

  • Certified Field Trauma, Green Cross Academy of Traumatology (GCAT)

  • Certified Compassion Fatigue Facilitator, GCAT

  • Certified Compassion Fatigue Educator, GCAT

  • Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Instructor, McLean Meditation Institute® SEED Meditation® method

 

Workshops, Classes, and Conferences

  • Stress Response Management™ First-year College Students, Monmouth College, Convocation

  • Stress Response Management ™ Workshop, Thrive, #205 School District, Faculty Professional Development

  • Stress Response Management™ for Acute and Chronic Compassion Fatigue, Florida Mental Health Counselor Association, Annual Conference

  • Stress Response Management™ Workshops, Red Bud Hospital, Providers and Leadership Teams

  • Stress Response Management and Compassion Fatigue Workshops, Illinois Regional Office of Education

  • Stress Response Management and Compassion Fatigue Presentation, Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network

  • Mindfulness Practices,  Galesburg Civic Art Center and American Cancer Society

  • Stress Response Management and Self-Care for Nursing Students, Carl Sandburg College

  • Stress Response Management Presentation, Carl Sandburg College, TRIO Program

  • Volunteer Compassion Fatigue Educator, GCAT, Paradise, CA

  • Anxiety and Coping Skills for First-Year College Students, Carl Sandburg College

  • 6-Week Stress Response Management Program for Carl Sandburg College, Community and Leisure

  • Stress Response Management and Compassion Fatigue Workshop, Churchill Junior High School

  • Stress Response Management Workshop and keynote speaker for Project Management International, Inc., Canada

  • Keynote speaker for Mood Disorders Association, Manitoba, Canada