Kit Baker Email & Phone Number

Clearfield, Ut, Us

Farmington, Utah, United States

Clearfield, Utah, United States

Mental Health AssessmentsQuantitative EEG (QEEG) based assessments for neurofeedback (full 19 channel) with children, teens, and adults to generate surface brainmaps and sLORETA maps to improve accuracy of neurofeedback protocols.• Owns necessary equipment: neuroamp – BrainMaster Discovery 20 and laptop with needed system requirements.• Maintains current subscription to the qEEG-Pro normative database.• Administers evidence-based computerized neurocognitive assessments (CNS-Vital Signs) with mental health scales (e.g. DASS, PCL-5, GAD-7, etc).• Submits EEG recordings to certified neurologist for quality assurance and to assess for/rule out paroxysmal patterns (e.g. TBI, seizure activity, etc); useful for medical referrals.• Knowledge of neuroanatomy and physiology.• Provides accurate interpretations of EEG patterns from raw recordings and from brainmaps.• Explains complex brain systems and EEG patterns in ways that are easy to understand and engaging by using visuals and analogies.• Writes detailed profile reports with recommendations.• Administers regular follow-up assessments to measure progress.• Effectively helps nervous youth feel relaxed and engaged during the assessment.Progress letters for DCFS and court as neededClinicalAdminister QEEG guided neurofeedback protocols to treat symptoms associated with conditions such as depression, anxiety, trauma/complex trauma, ADHD, ASD, and OCD with a 90% success rate as evident by follow-up QEEGs and reports from clients and parents.• Live z-score (LZT) neurofeedback• sLORETA neurofeedback• Amplitude (or power) training• Alpha/Theta neurofeedbackIndividual, couples, and family therapy using the following modalities• Solution Focused Therapy• Internal Family Systems Therapy• Polyvagal Theory• Play Therapy• TF-CBT• DBT• Gottman Method• Motivational Interviewing

Ogden, Ut

Individual and family therapy for DCFS referred clients.Individual and family therapy for post-adopt children / adolescents and their adoptive families.DBT; assist a preteen female in regulating borderline personality traits.TF-CBT; aiding young female and her adoptive family in overcoming trauma associated with past sexual abuse.Solution Focused Therapy; help an adopted adolescent female discover more appropriate coping skills to depression and attachment issues in place of cutting. Structural Family Therapy; encourage DWS and DCFS referred families to recognize and change patterns of enmeshment allowing them to form more appropriate subsystem boundaries and parental hierarchies.Strategic Therapy; addressing an issue of a preteen female using her presenting symptoms as a means to deliberately manipulate DCFS and the court.Bowen Family Systems; use genograms to help families recognize multigenerational patterns of abuse thus creating space for family members to make more positive changes in family interactions.Narrative Therapy; collaborating with client in overcoming effects of past child abuse and domestic violence through externalization of symptoms and creating narrative maps with unique outcomes.Play Therapy; uncovering patterns of inconsistent and extreme parenting from a client 3 years of age through her play, as later confirmed by custodial parent.Motivational Interviewing; regularly apply, especially with clients in precontemplation stage of treatment such as resistant adolescents and court ordered clients to engage them in treatment.Neurofeedback; aiding a 5 year old female prenatally exposed to meth to better control aggressive behaviors thus allowing adoptive family to implement Love & Logic and other appropriate parenting skills.Hypnotherapy; guiding client in overcoming low self-esteem and sex addiction as evident by reported examples of improved interactions with members of opposite sex.

Clearfield, Ut

Supervise activities and behaviors of adolescent sex offenders.Take youth on outdoor activities.Model appropriate social skills and boundaries. Provide anger management and crisis intervention when necessary.

Ms, Marital And Family Therapy

Course work includes, but not limited to: Crisis Intervention Counseling, Child Abuse and Family Violence, Narrative Therapy, Advanced.

Ba, Minor In Psychology

Activities and Societies: Y Group Leader - Through the BYU Student Association, mentored incoming freshmen in adjusting to university life.