Mission
Emotional regulation is fundamental for individual happiness, relationship success, and parenting and contributes to improving equity in society. My professional mission is to increase the health of the community and individuals, children and adults, by providing counseling services and education to clients, practitioners, and caregivers.
Degrees
Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology, Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado.
Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Experience
Private Practice, Boulder, Colorado
Play Therapy, Adult Trauma Resolution, Couples Counseling
Access Counseling Family Team, Boulder, Colorado
Provided counseling services to over 40 children, adolescents, couples, and families as an intern member of the Family Team at Access, a low-income clinic serving Boulder and Broomfield counties.
Juvenile Services, Boulder County Juvenile Detention Center
Yoga Teacher, Volunteer
Men's Project, Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA), Boulder, Colorado
Gender separate classroom presentations, and counseling for male partners of victims of sexual assault.
Juvenile Services, Boulder County, Wilderness Work Camp
Field Instructor, Group Facilitator, 9 night wilderness trips for adjudicated teens.
Second Nature, St. George, Utah
Anasazi Foundation, Tempe, Arizona
Field Instructor, Psychiatric Technician, Wilderness Therapy. Outdoor therapeutic environment for adolescents and young adults.
San Francisco Unified School District, High School Math Teacher
Training
Brainspotting, Phase I and Phase II, David Grand, Ph. D.
“Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing, and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of challenging symptoms.”
http://www.biolateral.com/brainspotting.htm
200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training, Core Power Yoga, Boulder
Play Therapy Intensive Training, Kathryn Clarke, LPC, RPT/S
http://www.a4pt.org/ps.index.cfm?ID=1653
EMDR Level I and Level II, Molly Geirasch, Ph. D.
“EMDR is now accepted as a treatment of choice by numerous mental health departments, and trauma organizations. EMDR has a broad base of published case reports and controlled research which supports it as an empirically validated treatment of trauma [PTSD]. The Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Practice Guidelines have placed EMDR in the highest category, recommended for all trauma populations at all times." http://www.emdr.com/efficacy.htm
Trauma Affects the Whole Organism: Working With the Body in Traumatic Stress, March 2008; Bessel van der Kolk, Ph. D., and Pat Ogden, Ph. D.
Trauma Intervention: In Integrated Approach, The Polyvagal Theory, Social Engagement and the Restorative Process, Santa Fe, NM, January, 2008; Stephen Porges, Ph. D., Stanley Rosenberg and Amber Gray
Wilderness Therapy Symposium, Naropa University, September '05, '06, '07, '08
Supervisor's comments: “Andy possesses a comprehensive knowledge of theory, clinical applications and protocals, various treatment modalities, research findings, developmental stages, communication models and more. He has an excellent capacity to integrate all of these into his clinical practice with a wide variety of clients, issues and client systems.
Andy's masterful use of EMDR protocal and trauma work with children and adults has allowed his clients to address these trauma issues in a safe environment which supports resolution.
Andy is able to elicit trust and create safety for children of both genders and provide an experiential play therapy container that supports the growth of their ego strength and self-esteem as well as resolving issues of trauma and loss.
Andy brings intelligence, compassion, and authenticity to all of his work. He carries vision that translates into action and is a true team player, respected by his peers and Access staff members.”
