Provides therapeutic services to individual adults, children and families. Issues commonly addressed: depression, anxiety, parenting, life changes, and grief and loss.Specializes in working with adoption triad members. Also works with birthparents and adoptees in search & reunion issues.

Completed international and independent adoption home studies, assessments and post placement reports. Supervised families during the post placement period. Facilitated parent education groups.

Provided pregnancy counseling, parent education and adoption planning with birth mothers and fathers. Mediated meetings between birth parents and adoptive parents and facilitated contracts between the two parties. Developed community network systems. Completed independent adoption home studies and post placement reports.

Planned and facilitated groups for adopted children dealing with loss, separation and identity issues.

Provided case management and therapy to children, adolescents and their families. Served as a clinician on a multidisciplinary team implementing wrap-around services. Planned and co-facilitated sexual abuse treatment groups for girls and for parents whose children have been sexually abused. Provided intake information and completed intake process for clients seen at the agency. Developed a strong community network.

Facilitated family reunification, served as a liaison to juvenile justice system. Provided written client assessment and court documentation. Ensured safety of children in foster care. Assisted caseworker in reviewing adoptive home studies. Helped present families at adoption committee meetings.

Provided in-home services to developmentally delayed infants/toddlers and their parents. Trained new teachers in the areas of gross motor, fine motor, social, language, cognition and parent education. Provided written assessments and quarterly and yearly reports.