Formal Education

Master in Clinical Psychology

     Saint Michael’s College (May 2015)

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature

Minor in Anthropology and Sociology

     Roger Williams University (May 2006)

Certified as Child Life Specialist by the Association of Child Life Professionals (April 2009)

Licensed as Clinical Psychologist, masters (April, 2022)

Professional Experience

Title: Certified Child Life Specialist, children of adult patients

Date: May 2011-January 2021

Location: University of Vermont Medical Center

Description: One-on-one, family, and group therapeutic interventions for children impacted by the serious illness of an adult loved one. Parenting interventions around supporting children through a loved one’s serious illness. Grief and loss specialty.

Title: Certified Child Life Specialist, Comfort Zone

Date: September 2009-May 2011

Location: University of Vermont Medical Center

Description: Therapeutic support in a pediatric pre-sedation center. Support for children and families impacted by pediatric medical stressors.

Support Group Facilitation

• Seasonal Grief Gatherings (2023)

• Supporting Holiday Grief (2022)

• Parenting with Cancer (2018-2020)

• Children and Family Grief Group (2009-2020)

• Teen Talk Night: For teens who have a loved one with cancer (2012-2020)

• Children’s Workshop: For children who have a parent with cancer (2012-2020)

• Caregivers of Cancer Patients (2014-2016)

• Cancer Survivors (2014-2016)

• Camp Knock Knock’s Young Children’s Grief Group (2018, 2019)

Community Involvement

• Camp Kesem Advisory Board (2017-2020)

• Camp Knock Knock Advisory Board and Arts and Crafts Chair (2011-2019)

• Camp Knock Knock volunteer facilitator (2011-present)

• Supervision for UVM Children’s Hospital’s Child Life Department (2024-present)

Workshops, Trainings, and Consultations Provided:

• Supporting the Sibling: Assessing the Needs of Siblings and How We Can Help

  Pediatric Palliative Care Education Day (March 2023)

• Family-Centered Care: Supporting Self and Family in the Midst of Cancer

  Stowe Weekend of Hope (May 2014, 2017)

• Supporting Parent Patients and the Children Who Love Them

  Associations of Child Life Professionals National Conference (May 2012)

•  Supporting Children and Families Impacted by Death

  Wake up To Dying (2014, 2015, 2016)

• Healing Through Play: Strategies to Care for Self and Family

  Women’s Health and Cancer Conference (October 2014)

  Stowe Weekend of Hope (May 2015) 

• Family-Centered Care

  Embracing the Family Tree Retreat (September 2015)

• The Tentacles of Cancer: Supporting Children During an Adult’s Cancer

  Women’s Health and Cancer Conference (October 2019)

• Supporting the Children of Adult Patients

  National Child Life Conference (2012)

• Parenting with Cancer: Navigating the Cancer Experience While Raising Children

  Women’s Health and Cancer Conference (October 2017, 2018)

• Grief, Loss, and Our Response

  Camp Kesem Training (Annually 2018-2024)

• When Children Can’t Sit Still

  Camp Knock Knock Training (Annually 2015-Current)

• Supporting the Grieving Student

  Vermont School Nurses (August 2019)

  Howard Center School Clinicians (November 2020, 2024)

My practice is also governed by the Rules of the Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners. It is unprofessional conduct to violate those rules. A copy of the rules may be obtained from the Board or online at http://vtprofessionals.org/

 Information on making a consumer inquiry, or filing a complaint with the Vermont State Office of Professional Regulation, is available through the Vermont Secretary of State’s offices, National Life Building, FL2, Montpelier, Vermont, 05620-3402.  That office may also be reached by telephone (802) 828-1505, or through their web site, www.vtprofessionals.org.