Meet Andrea
Andrea has extensive career experience providing direct patient care for inpatient psychiatry, medical social work, Emergency Department assessment and crisis-intervention, Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), individual psychotherapy, and equine-assisted counseling.
Andrea specializes in anxiety, depression, substance, and trauma treatment for parents and children. She also specializes in treatment for medical professionals, physicians, and nursing staff who work serve patients with complex medical needs.
Andrea is passionate about continuing education and now provides EMDR Consultation for therapists seeking EMDRIA Certification in EMDR!
Recent advanced practice trainings include:
The Touchstone Institute (Advanced Perinatal EMDR)
Postpartum Support International (PSI)
The Postpartum Stress Center (Karen Kleiman)
Centimano Counseling (Meeka Centimano).
Trauma training-Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA)
EquiLateral (The Equine-Assisted EMDR Protocol)
After decades of navigating the medical/mental health systems both professionally (and personally as a NICU mom) Andrea has found her trifecta of passion providing equine-assisted mental health counseling for those in the medical and special-needs communities.
Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW)
Perinatal Mental Health Certified (PMH-C)
EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist
EMDRIA Approved Consultant-in-Training (CIT)
EquiLateral (equine-assisted EMDR) Clinician
Education
Professional
Advent Health System
Medical Social Worker (Care Management)
Outpatient Speciality Clinics Social Worker
ER Clinical Assessor Behavioral Health
Inpatient Psychiatric Clinical Coordinator
Intensive Outpatient Program Therapist (IOP)
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Manager, March of Dimes NICU Family Support ​​
Lead Austism Paraprofessional ​(Pathways)
Early Childhood Special Needs Paraprofessional
The University of Kansas
Post-graduate Clinical License, LSCSW
Master Degree Social Work, MSW​
Bachelor Degree Psychology, BS
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SMMC - Britain Infant Development Center
Bloom Empowerment
Practice Owner, Therapist
Director of Heartland Equine-Assisted Counseling