Qualifications & Certifications
Research Assistant at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Reynold’s Institute on Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease Center
2004-2006
Taught the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course at UAMS and through the Mindfulness Center for Healthy Living
2005-2008
Master of Social Work
2008
Outpatient PTSD Clinic, CAVHS Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS)
Trained and certified in two primary evidence-based therapies for PTSD: CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy) and PE (Prolonged Exposure Therapy)
2010
2009
Completed 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Circle Yoga Shala
2011
2011-2015
Created and led first Yoga Class for Women Veterans with PTSD at CAVHS
Taught weekly yoga class at Blue Yoga Nyla yoga studio
2011-2020
Completed 500-hour Yoga Teaching Training, Circle Yoga Shala
Created and implemented yoga program with VA’s Outpatient PTSD Clinic and Integrative Pain Care Clinic
Trained in EMDR through the Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute
Joined faculty of Circle Yoga Shala Yoga Therapist Training Program
2017-2019
2017
2015
2014
2014
Completed year-long MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) training through VA
Completed 700 hours of training in Yoga Therapy
2019
Ego State Therapy Training with Robin Shapiro, LICSW followed by 9 months of group consultation with Shapiro.
Completed 20 hours of EMDR supervision toward EMDRIA Certification
Completed Somatic Integration and Processing Training at Beyond Healing Center
Completed 8-week Internal Family Systems (IFS) Training with Bonnie Weiss, LCSW
Complex Trauma and Dissociation: Enhancing EMDR w/ Structural Dissociation, Attachment Theory & Parts Work Webinar with Rachel Walker, LPC
2022
2022
2021
2021
2020
Began consultation with Eline Potoski, LCSW to consult on integration of EMDR and IFS-informed parts work
2022