Experience

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Behavioral Health Division Director/Supervisory Clinical Psychologist

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  Responsible for all aspects of the BH division including mental health, addictions services, and behavioral health/suicide early intervention and prevention services. Provides direct clinical services for patient care and clinical supervision to advanced clinical psychology graduate students. Development and maintenance of an integrated health care model, utilizing principles of co-located collaborative care models, and maintaining Same Day Access clinic for warm hand-offs from Tribal Health care providers. Show less



Center for Justice Innovation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Tribal Justice Exchange Consultant

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Providing input in the development, piloting, evaluation, and use of tribally/culturally-appropriate tools for recidivism risk determination and outcomes improvement. Providing input in the development, piloting, evaluation, and use of tribally/culturally-appropriate tools for recidivism risk determination and outcomes improvement.



U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Primary Care Behavioral Health Fellow

  • Sep 2019 - Aug 2020

  Major focus: Health psychology in Primary Care Behavioral Health Minor focus: Administration and Leadership Minor focus: Telemental Health service delivery Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee Clinical focus: Primary Care Veteran population with presentations of a variety of mental health and behavioral health concerns including: depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, race-based stress, racial trauma, pandemic stress, and a variety of health-based concerns. Treatment modalities included Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain (ACT-CP), Exposure-Based Desensitization Protocols, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills (DBT), and Mindfulness. Show less

• Intern

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

  Predoctoral Internship with Rotations in: Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI), Chronic Pain Clinic, and Telehealth Co-chair of the Diversity Committee Predoctoral Internship with Rotations in: Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI), Chronic Pain Clinic, and Telehealth Co-chair of the Diversity Committee



Salish Kootenai College

• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2018

  Psych 315, Biological Psychology, in-person and online hybrid The course provided an overview of the structure of the central nervous system, principles of synaptic transmission, influences of hormonal and neurotransmitter systems and other processes related to brain-behavior relationships. The impact of biology on human development, emotions, normal and abnormal behavior, and other behavioral systems were addressed in this course. Psych 315, Biological Psychology, in-person and online hybrid The course provided an overview of the structure of the central nervous system, principles of synaptic transmission, influences of hormonal and neurotransmitter systems and other processes related to brain-behavior relationships. The impact of biology on human development, emotions, normal and abnormal behavior, and other behavioral systems were addressed in this course.