Current role:
- Clinical Faculty – School of Social Work, College of St. Catherine/University of St. Thomas
Committees and Positions:
- BSW Field Content
- BSW Practice Content
- Advisor Social Work Club
Courses taught:
- Junior Fieldwork in Social Work
- Senior Fieldwork in Social Work
- Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Current research interests:
- Community Building and Organizing
- Transpersonal Mental Health Therapy
- Spirituality and Social Work Practice
- Women’s Psycho-Spiritual Development
- Embodied Social Work Practice and Learning
- Cultural Ways of Knowing and Cultural Health Practices
- European American Identity and Responsibility
- Gender Violence and the Social Construction of Self
Academic experience:
- Ph.D. Transpersonal Psychology, Doctoral Candidate, Dissertation Phase Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA Expected completion of Dissertation, May 2009
- MSW Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
- BSW College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
Practice experience:
- 2007- Present. Transpersonal Mental Health Therapist and Consultant, Anan Cara Therapies, Minneapolis M
- 1998 - 2007 Clinical Social Worker/Cultural Guide, located at the Powderhorn Phillips Cultural Wellness Center, Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department, Minneapolis, MN
- 1995 – 1998 Senior Social Worker, located at Village Social Services, (Formerly, Hennepin County Children and Family Services) Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department, Minneapolis, MN
- 1995 –2003 Consultant, Co-parenting Workshop Facilitator, Storefront Youth Action, and Chrysalis, A Center for Women, Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN1993 - 1995 Support Group Manager, Chrysalis, A Center for Women, Minneapolis, MN
- 1990 – 1993 Mental Health Outreach and Project Coordinator, Prenatal Health Clinic Coordinator, Face-to-Face Health and Counseling Services, Inc., St. Paul, MN
Association Memberships and Affiliations:
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
- Community Faculty, Powderhorn Phillips Cultural Wellness Center
- Board of Directors, Powderhorn Phillips Cultural Wellness Center
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