Thanks for visiting me. My name is Jill and I am an independently licensed independent social worker providing clinical therapy / mental health services in the Des Moines Metro region - in Clive. I completed my Masters of Social Work from the University of Northern Iowa in 2005. My areas of expertise include lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and questioning concerns, post traumatic stress disorder and Veteran specific needs, depression, grief, anxiety, and addiction.
Much of my career has been dedicated to providing individual therapy and coordinating clinical programming in federal and non-profit settings. I rely heavily on a person-centered approach and finding internal motivators for change. I enjoy the central tenants of Buddhism and other spiritual journeys we seek to find meaning and purpose in life.
I most often utilize an approach called Internal Family Systems. I believe we all have "parts" of our personalities that are either undiscovered or have become blended with us and this makes life confusing. I'm interested and passionate to discover theses sides to help people live more enriched lives.
Most recently, I've been doing some work using the Enneagram and have found this to be a more cognitive approach that blends easily with IFS and is showing good qualitative evidence thus far based on client response and feedback.
I will be trained in the summer of 2020 through Jerome Wagner, ph.D in a narrative tradition utilizing this formally. Dr. Wagner has been studying it's usefulness in clinical practice since the early 70's at Loyla University and I'm passionate about the possibilities we can utilize from it.
I am blessed to have been mentored by wonderful people who helped me embrace the capacity for change and resilience. It is an amazing experience to help others improve the quality of their lives and build relationships. I believe in the capacity for healing and hope in every person, even in the most difficult circumstances.
Much of my career has been dedicated to providing individual therapy and coordinating clinical programming in federal and non-profit settings. I rely heavily on a person-centered approach and finding internal motivators for change. I enjoy the central tenants of Buddhism and other spiritual journeys we seek to find meaning and purpose in life.
I most often utilize an approach called Internal Family Systems. I believe we all have "parts" of our personalities that are either undiscovered or have become blended with us and this makes life confusing. I'm interested and passionate to discover theses sides to help people live more enriched lives.
Most recently, I've been doing some work using the Enneagram and have found this to be a more cognitive approach that blends easily with IFS and is showing good qualitative evidence thus far based on client response and feedback.
I will be trained in the summer of 2020 through Jerome Wagner, ph.D in a narrative tradition utilizing this formally. Dr. Wagner has been studying it's usefulness in clinical practice since the early 70's at Loyla University and I'm passionate about the possibilities we can utilize from it.
I am blessed to have been mentored by wonderful people who helped me embrace the capacity for change and resilience. It is an amazing experience to help others improve the quality of their lives and build relationships. I believe in the capacity for healing and hope in every person, even in the most difficult circumstances.
Birdie the Good Canine Citizen
The Addiction, Technology Transfer Network (ATTC) and the University of Iowa trained me in LGBTQ sensitivity for providers in 2009. I was also certified in Motivational Interviewing and Motivational Enhancement Therapy awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2012.
I am an advocate of LGBTQI civil rights and was nominated and elected to the Board of Directors of One Iowa in February 2015. While I no longer serve on the board, I'm eternally grateful for my time spent with One Iowa and specifically to Donna RedWing who further ignited my passion for having a voice and utilizing ones abilities to impact change efforts.
Other interests include spending time with my twin toddlers and dedicating my life as a mom. I'm interested in animal assisted therapy and have a love of Bernese Mountain Dogs and am a professional photographer and do freelance writing. I previously had a Good Canine Citizen who lost her battle to lymphoma and keeping her photo up on this page because she was so special, important, and a healer that helped a whole lot of hearts.
I am an advocate of LGBTQI civil rights and was nominated and elected to the Board of Directors of One Iowa in February 2015. While I no longer serve on the board, I'm eternally grateful for my time spent with One Iowa and specifically to Donna RedWing who further ignited my passion for having a voice and utilizing ones abilities to impact change efforts.
Other interests include spending time with my twin toddlers and dedicating my life as a mom. I'm interested in animal assisted therapy and have a love of Bernese Mountain Dogs and am a professional photographer and do freelance writing. I previously had a Good Canine Citizen who lost her battle to lymphoma and keeping her photo up on this page because she was so special, important, and a healer that helped a whole lot of hearts.
Pal - Office Buddy
I am currently training a new gift and dog-buddy named Palidan (aka: Pal) for therapy work and will be certified as a Canine Good Citizen as well.
Central Iowa Therapy Solutions, LLC - Mental / Counselor Services - Des Moines, Iowa
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