Training and Experience
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and maintain active licensure in the following states: Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia. I have a Masters of Science in Professional Counseling earned at Carlow University in 2013 and have over 15 years of experience working in the mental health field. Prior to establishing Healing Connection Counseling in 2017, I worked in various settings throughout the continuum of mental healthcare including an inpatient psychiatric hospital, an intensive outpatient program, a long-term structured residency, and was a mobile county crisis responder in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
I have been trained in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), and Disaster Outreach & Crisis Referral Team (DCORT). I additionally completed basic crisis response training with the Keystone Crisis Intervention Team (KCIT) and basic training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). I maintain active certification with the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) and am a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). I also maintain active certification with the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP) as a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Level II (CCTP-II).
I hold additional qualifications including a Proficiency Partner Diplomate Certification with Surviving Mold that allows me to offer the opportunity to assess for and support those with environmentally acquired illnesses including Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome. I am one of the few licensed mental health professionals in the world with this credential.
CIRS can be an underlying root cause of not only physical, but also mental illness. I can provide:
- world-class referrals to aid in medical evaluation and treatment for these illnesses
- collaborative care alongside your Shoemaker Certified Physician