Social Worker/Therapist, Author, Trainer and Consultant

I will be presenting “Best Practices for the Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)” at the 2024 NASW National Conference— Social Work: Leading Social Change in Washington DC June 19-24, 2024.

I presented “Dissociative Identity Disorder: Diagnosis, Stabilization and Complex Trauma Treatment in Clients with DID” though PESI on 2/21/2024. The digital version is available here.

“Dissociative Identity Disorder” article published in Encyclopedia of Social Work: link

 

This is my stay-at-home video conferencing version of myself due to the dangers of COVID-19.

I have been working in mental health for forty years and am now semi-retired. My specialty has been working with individuals who have been diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously called Multiple Personality Disorder). I am available to provide workshops and trainings. I also provide individual supervision to social workers, and consultations for therapists working with clients with DID.

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Workshop Presentations

I have presented workshops and trainings in the following topics:

Diagnosing and Treating DID

Vicarious Trauma

Preventing Burnout

Narrative Therapy

Social Work Ethics

HEG Neurofeedback

Intuition in the Therapeutic Process

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Education

  • Masters in Social Work (MSW)

    I graduated with honors in 1983 from Loyola University School of Social Work in Chicago, Illinois. I am a member of the Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW).

  • Narrative Therapy

    I had the privilege of being trained by Michael White in Adelaide Australia in 1999.

  • Professional Trainings

    I have been trained in numerous therapy modalities including:

    • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    • Brainspotting (BSP)

    • Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM)

    • Parent-Child Intervention Therapy (PCIT)

    • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT)

    • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

    • Motivational Interviewing (MI)

    • Mediation

    • Hemoencephalography (HEG) Neurofeedback

    • Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)

  • Teaching Experiences

    Adjunct Instructor

    • University of Iowa School of Social Work where I have taught Master level classes in DSM and Intervention with Individuals

    • Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City, Iowa where I have taught Introduction to Social Work, Ethics, Comparative Religions, and General Psychology

    Field Instructor, MSW level

    • University of Iowa, School of Social Work

    • University of Nebraska at Omaha, School of Social Work

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work

Therapy

 

Community Mental Health

Most of my therapeutic work has been in community mental health centers in Sioux City and in rural Monona County. I currently provide therapy at Burgess Health Center in Onawa, Iowa one day a week.

Private Practice

I was in private practice from 2000 to 2007 with Dean and Associates in Sioux City Iowa.

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital

I began my mental health career working in a state psychiatric hospital in Butner North Carolina. I have also worked on an inpatient Psychiatric Unit in Maui, Hawaii.

Management

I was the Director of the Mental Health Department of Burgess Health Center in Onawa, Iowa from 2007 to 2017.

Licenses

I am a Licensed Independent Social Worker in the State of Iowa (License # 00710) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Hawaii (License # 4331)