Professional Licenses and Endorsements:

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist MT3797, State of Florida Department of Health

• Endorsed as a Transdisciplinary Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Practitioner, California Center for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health

• Certified Safe and Sound Protocol Facilitator

• Dr. Amen Licensed Brain Health Trainer

Masters Degrees and Graduate Certificates:

• Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy, California School of Professional Psychology- Los Angeles

• Masters in Education, University of Florida- Gainesville

• Specialist Graduate Certificate in Infant-Preschooler Mental Health, California School of Professional Psychology- Los Angeles

• Graduate Certificate in Play Therapy, University of Central Florida- Orlando

Specialized Training in Children’s Mental Health Treatment:

• 15 Months of in the field training in Downtown Los Angeles on Skid Row and Surrounding Areas

• 18 Months of Graduate Level Courses within University of Central Florida’s Counselor Education & School Psychology Department

• Training and Consultation using Reflective Practice with Sherry Berg, Ph.D., Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, 2015-Present

• Bank Street's Safe and Sound Schools Conference, Bank Street College of Education in New York, Lesley Koplow, LCSW

• Dr. Becky Bailey’s Conscious Discipline Summer Institute Graduate- Conscious Discipline is an evidence-based comprehensive emotional intelligence and classroom management system.

• Theraplay Level 1 and MIM

• The Nature of Play Taking TraumaPlay™ Outdoors

• Evidenced Based Trauma Treatment: Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Ages 3-17

• Sand Tray Play Therapy Levels 1 & 2, The Institute of Playful Healing

• FirstPlay®- From Dr. Janet Courtney’s Developmental Play and Attachment Therapy, Inc.

• Managing Adaptive Practices- MAP coordinates and supplements the use of evidence-based practice for children’s mental health.

Professional Background:

• Former Adjunct Instructor, Valencia College, Osceola Campus

• Former Teacher, Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, Florida

• Former Florida Child Care and Education Program Director’s Credential, Florida Department of Children and Families Child Care Services

Training in Parenting and Maternal Mental Health:

• Single Motherhood and its Effect on Mental Health

• Dr. Adrian Hickmon’s, Young Adults and Adolescents vs. Addiction: Maximizing Success by Retracing the Vine to its Roots Beyond Trauma to Attachment Capacity and Intimacy Connections

• Triple P Level 4 (Standard) and Level 5 (At-Risk) Parenting

• Maternal Mental Health Professional Certificate, Postpartum Support International

• Registered Circle of Security® Facilitator

• Gottman Bringing Baby Home Educator

Training in Mental and Physical Health:

• Instructor Training from Balanced Body Pilates in Reformer One, Two, & Three

• Forensic Mental Health Evaluation Workshop, National Board of Forensic Evaluators, Inc.

• Dr. Jared Pingleton’s Mental and Relational Healthcare for the Church: The Struggle is Real

• Dr. David Hawkins’ In Sickness and in Health: The Physical Consequences of Emotional Abuse in Marriage

• Leslie Vernick, M.S.W.’s Identifying Treatment Strategies for Individuals and Couples in Destructive Marriages

• Trained in Mental Health Issues in Older Adults: Proven Strategies for Cognitive Deficits, Depression and Anxiety

Professional Memberships:

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Black Mental Health Alliance, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, The American Association of Christian Counselors, Sandplay Therapists of America, Association for Play Therapy United States, Mental Health Association of Central Florida, Central Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Florida Association for Infant Mental Health, Zero to Three, Therapy for Black Girls, Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, and Children and Nature Network