Clinical Work

Clinical Experience

Inpatient Dual Diagnosis Therapist  
December 2020-May 2020 | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Supervisor: Antoine Douaihy, M.D.

Strategies Targeting Alcohol Responsibility (STAR) Therapist  
August 2019-March 2020 | University of Missouri Psychological Services Clinic, Columbia, Missouri
Supervisor: Susan O’Neill, Ph.D.

Crisis Interventionist  
August 2017-August 2020 | Leadership through Education and Advocacy for the Deaf (LEAD) Institute, National Videophone Crisis Hotline, Columbia, Missouri
Supervisor: Stephanie Logan, Ph.D.

Individual Psychotherapist 
August 2016-August 2019 | Leadership through Education and Advocacy for the Deaf (LEAD) Institute, Columbia, Missouri
Supervisor: Stephanie Logan, Ph.D.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Therapist
May 2015-September 2016 | University of Missouri Psychological Services Clinic, Columbia, Missouri
Supervisors: Tim Trull, Ph.D., Susan O’Neill, Ph.D., & Jeremy B. Skinner Ph.D.

Individual Psychotherapist & Assessing Clinician
August 2014-Present | University of Missouri Psychological Services Clinic, Columbia, Missouri
Supervisors: Jeremy Skinner, Ph.D., Nan Presser, Ph.D., Tim Trull, Ph.D., Erika Waller, Ph.D. & Susan O’Neill, Ph.D.

Community Living Services Intern
January 2012-May 2012 | The Guidance Center, Flagstaff, Arizona
Supervisors:  Michelle Martin & Kelly Lalan

Clinical Training

Motivational Enhancement Strategies for Building and Maintaining Treatment Engagement
April 2018 | Center for Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health and Family Access Center of Excellence of Boone County, Columbia, Missouri
Four-hour training on the topic of Motivational Interviewing and related techniques relevant to treatment engagement for adults and families.
Trainer: Keith C. Herman, Ph.D.

Caring for Transgender and Gender Expansive Individuals
March 2017| Transgender Health Network, Columbia, Missouri
Four-hour training on the topic of providing mental health services to transgender and gender non-binary clients.
Trainers: David Tager, Ph.D., Jessica Semler, Ph.D., Kerri Schafer, Ph.D., Kimberly Conde, Psy.D., Kurt DeBord, Ph.D., and Susan Pereira, M.D.

Crisis Training
June 2016 | Leadership through Education and Advocacy for the Deaf (LEAD) Institute, Columbia, Missouri
Forty-nine hour crisis training covering various topics including sexual assault, child
abuse, domestic violence, and suicide.
Trainers: Stephanie Logan, Ph.D., Wendy Savley, & Megan Steen

Making DBT Work in Our Communities
October 2015 | Longview Community College, Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Two day training providing an overview of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and its use in the community.
Trainer: Ronda Oswald Reitz, Ph.D., DBT Coordinator at Missouri Department of Mental Health

Safe Space Training
May 2015 | University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Two-hour training providing education on how to be an ally for LBGTQ individuals in the community.
Trainer: Sean Olmstead, Coordinator of University of Missouri LGBTQ Resource Center

Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Addictive Behaviors Workshop
October 2014 | University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
One day training providing an overview of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for groups with addictive behaviors.
Trainer: Bruce Liese, Ph.D., Professor of Family Medicine at University of Kansas