Credentials and Training

Credentials:

LCMHC (Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor #A14041) NC, USA

NCC (Nationally Certified Counselor #1095664) USA

Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist with the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) 2021

Education and Trainings

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Transcending Trauma: Treating Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems (IFS), Presented by: Frank Anderson, MD, June 2023

Relational EMDR (Eye Movement, Desensitization and Reprocessing) Training (46 hours, ongoing), The Center for  Excellence in EMDR Training, April-September 2023

Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, (19 hours), The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH), 2023

Imago Couples Therapy Fundamentals, Module 1 (32 hours), The Imago Learning Center, 2022-2023

Hypnotic Applications for Complex PTSD, Trauma Resolution, and Attachment Repair with Louis F. Damis, Ph.D., 2022

Clinical Hypnosis Intermediate Course, ASCH (American Society of Clinical Hypnosis),  pain management, depression, anxiety, insomnia, phobias, IBS, substance abuse, process addictions, etc., 2020

Relational EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Trauma Therapy Master Class with The EMDR Institute, 2020 

Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) training with The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT), 2020 

Clinical Trauma Professional (CPT) Training with The International Institute for Trauma, 2020 

45+ Cumulative hours of training from the Mental Health Academy (NBCC approved) 2018-2021

  • ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) 

  • CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) 

  • Adolescent counseling 

  • Trauma Therapy 

  • Mindfulness Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 

  • The Microbiome and Counseling 

  • Using CBT for Social Anxiety Disorder

  • Using CBT for General Anxiety Disorder

  • Stress & Relaxation 

  • Narcissism 

  • Assertiveness in the workplace 

  • DBT (Dialectical and Behavioral Therapy) 

  • Couples Counseling

  • Borderline Personality Disorder 

  • Working with The Shadow 

Book Study

Eye Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization Therapy, Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures, Francine Shapiro, 2020

Doing Imago Therapy: In the Space Between (A Clinician’s Guide), Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, 2022

Easy Ego State Interventions, Robin Schapiro, 2022

Healing the Heart of Trauma and Dissociation with EMDR and Ego State Therapy, Carol Forgash and Margaret Copeley, 2022 

Master’s of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2018

DBT (Dialectical and Behavioral Therapy) for Borderline Personality Disorder, Northwestern AHEC, Dr. Zachary Rosenthal, Winston Salem, NC, 2018

Clinical Hypnosis Beginner Course, ASCH (American Society of Clinical Hypnosis),  pain management, depression, anxiety, insomnia, phobias, IBS, substance abuse, process addictions, etc., 2017

ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) for eating disorders, through the “ACT in Context Research Lab” at Duke University, Durham, NC, 2017

EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) through the Carolina Center for EFT, Greensboro, NC, 2016

Won Buddhist Meditation at The Won Buddhist Temple in Chapel Hill, with Reverend Won Gong, Chapel Hill NC, USA, 2012-2014

Compassionate Understanding/Vipassana Meditation, Wot Kow Tam with Rosemary and Steve Weissman, in Koh Phangan, Thailand, approx. 80 hours of silent meditation, 2011

Bachelor’s of Arts in English Literature with a minor in Biological Anthropology, The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2007

Professional Experience:

Freelance Consultant Therapist, Paracelsus Recovery August 2021-Present 

In-person and Online Counselor, Coach, and Hypnotherapist in private practice at Cohesion Counseling June 2019-present 

Online Counselor, Coach, and Hypnotherapist in private practice May 2018-June 2019

Mental Health Student-Counselor
The Nicholas A. Vacc Counseling and Consulting Clinic at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (USA) 2016-2018

Mental Health Counseling Intern—600+ hours,
Intensive Outpatient Group Therapist, Individual, Couples, Family Therapist, and Hypnotherapist,
Moses Cone Behavioral Health Hospital, Greensboro, NC (USA) 2017-2018

Graduate Research Assistant, Diagnostic Evaluator, ADHD Mentor/Coach,
The ADHD Clinic at UNCG,
The ACCESS Research Project (Accessing Campus Connections and Empowering Student Success), Greensboro NC (USA) 2017-2018