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Presenters:

Ellen Byrne, MS, SEP

Ellen Byrne has been in private practice since 1995, offering therapeutic bodywork and body-based trauma resolution. She is a Body-Mind Centering Somatic Educator (2002), a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (2004), a Master Level NARM Informed Practitioner (2016), and has a Master’s in Counseling from Palo Alto University (2021).

In addition to her private practice, Ellen worked at the Menlo Park-based Camden Treatment Center, a private intensive outpatient facility for dual-diagnosis patients from 2017-2021. Camden provides comprehensive services and recognizes the role of Complex Trauma in mental health and addictive disorders. Ellen actively collaborated with the medical and clinical teams in creating and carrying out treatment programs for patients, lending her particular trauma-informed and body-based perspective.

As part of her clinical practicum work for her Master's degree, she co-led weekly grief groups in 2020 – 2021 for the recognized Bill Wilson Centre for Living with Dying in San Jose. Ellen co-facilitated groups for Loss of Partner and Loss of Child, sometimes providing additional private counseling for group members. Ellen recently relocated to Utah and is preparing to open her practice in the Park City area, offering NARM-informed trauma resolution and consultation. Therapists and bodyworkers seek her guidance, particularly in practice building, Scope of Practice, and becoming trauma-informed.

Alex White, CMHC

Alex White, CMHC, approaches his clinical work with more than 10 years of professional experience in residential, wilderness, and community-based treatment settings. As a private practitioner and staff therapist at the University of Utah Counseling Center, Alex approaches each session with a trauma-focused lens informed by specialization in the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM). Founded in somatic, relational, and attachment frameworks, this integrative approach focuses on the resolution of complex and developmental trauma and aligns closely with Alex’s belief in the power of the therapeutic alliance as a modality for healing. He recently completed the NARM Masters training and is entering a role as TA with the NARM Training Institute and is thrilled to be sharing on a topic of such significance, both personally and professionally, for him.

Alex is also passionate about the integration of therapeutic work with the natural world. He is credentialed as a Certified Clinical Adventure Therapist and specialized in Adventure-Based Psychotherapy during his graduate education at Prescott College. In collaboration with the Westminster College counseling program, Alex is developing a postgraduate adventure therapy certificate to begin in Spring, 2024.

Presentation Overview:

Please join us for a presentation on the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM ©) on
January 27, 6:00 PM. NARM is an advanced clinical model for mental health
practitioners who work with developmental trauma. It offers a comprehensive approach
to address adverse childhood experiences and to resolve complex trauma (C-PTSD).
Come learn about this ground-breaking model that goes beyond behavior change and
symptom reduction, addressing the causes and dynamics of trauma and relational
difficulties.

This event is co-sponsored by the NARM Training Institute NarmTraining.com

Presenter: Brian Curtis, Ph.D.

Brian Curtis, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and founder of Honest Sleep, LLC, a telehealth-based clinical practice specializing in the assessment and treatment of chronic insomnia and nightmare disorder. Dr. Curtis received a master’s in neuroscience and doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Utah. He has over 12 years of research experience, has published 11 peer-reviewed scientific publications in some of the world’s top journals in sleep medicine and neuroscience, and is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. Dr. Curtis’s work includes targeting comorbid sleep disruption for individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and major depression. As sleep disruption is transdiagnostic across most mental health concerns, Dr. Curtis is particularly interested in helping fellow mental health providers increase their competence in the assessment and treatment of sleep-related difficulties with their clients.

Presentation Description:

This presentation is for clinicians who want to increase their competence to assess and treat comorbid sleep disruptions in their clients with trauma-related difficulties. By participating in this presentation, you will gain proficiency in the following:

1. Describe the functions of sleep, the circadian and homeostatic processes regulating sleep, and how this knowledge informs clinical assessment and treatment.
2. Describe diagnostic criteria and implement standard assessment measures for clinically relevant sleep-wake disorders including insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, and nightmare disorder.
3. Describe the prevalence and consequences of sleep disruptions in clients with posttraumatic stress disorder.
4. Identify and implement the central components of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) for nightmare disorder, and Exposure, Relaxation and Rescripting Therapy (ERRT) for trauma-related nightmare disorder.
5. Generate a case conceptualization, individualized treatment plan, and identify when referral to a sleep specialist may be warranted.

Presenter: Toni Mazzaglia, CMHC

Toni Mazzaglia is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with a private practice in Utah and a parent coach with Solutions Parenting Support. She has been in the mental health field for over twenty years, working primarily with adolescents and their families in residential settings dealing with a variety of complex issues. Her focus has been treating attachment trauma, complex and dual diagnoses, complex family systems, and resulting symptoms and challenges. She is trained in EMDR, DBT, and MBSR and is a mindfulness practitioner and teacher. She believes in a mindful and holistic approach to supporting clients in healing what they need and building wellness.

Presentation: Adoption & Attachment- Supporting Adopted Teens & Their Adoptive Families

We will discuss various attachment issues related to adoption from a trauma-informed perspective as well as how to empower and support adopted teens in this developmental stage. We will also identify ways that adoptive parents can support healthy development and resiliency in their relationship with their adopted teens.

Presenter: Carolyn Scott, CHMC

I blend compassion and creativity with proven attachment-focused and trauma-informed techniques to help foster growth, healing, and change. I value both “top-down” (cognitive and skills-based) approaches and “bottom-up” (physical/emotional/integrative) approaches to therapy. Modalities I utilize include dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RODBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), Othmer-method neurofeedback, internal family systems (IFS), sand tray therapy, Gottman method couples therapy, exposure response prevention (ERP), compassion-focused therapy, and integrative processing technique (IPT).

Together with my clients, I address a host of topics such as stress, self-criticism, depression (including suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury), anxiety, trauma, dissociation, relationship issues, family dynamics, grief/loss, addiction, emotional dysregulation, personality disorders, multicultural issues, communication, LGBTQIA+ issues, ADHD, body image, and more. When I’m not at work, you’ll find me singing with my soul band, exploring the world, trying and sharing new recipes, laughing with friends, reading lots of books, and enjoying nature.

Presentation Overview:

Neurofeedback is one of many modalities and techniques that can be effective in helping clients heal from trauma. Othmer Method Neurofeedback is an effective evidence-based modality that involves brain training techniques that can help alleviate emotional, physical, and neurological instabilities and symptoms.  With this modality clinicians and software monitor brain waves and use individualized neurofeedback placements and frequencies to shift the brain towards a more healthy and stable state. This intervention provides a gradual learning feedback process for the brain and nervous system to achieve a more calm, focused, and regulated state which helps individuals better thrive and function in daily life.  It also provides stabilization and resourcing for clients to be able to do deeper and more effective work in other therapy modalities.

Join us for a discussion about the many ways that Othmer Method Neurofeedback can help enhance outcomes for professionals and clients.

Presentation Overview:

This presentation is an introduction to belief-focused EMDR. Participants will:

-Understand the adaptive information processing (AIP) model as the cornerstone of EMDR’s approach to psychotherapy.

-Understand EMDR as a comprehensive approach to therapy through an overview of the 8 Phases of EMDR treatment.

-Learn through experiential exercises stabilization skills that can be used for self and clients (calm/secure place, container skills, developing positive/adaptive beliefs about self).

Presenter: Amy Henderson, MSW, LCSW

Amy Henderson, MSW, LCSW, has been in the mental health field for over 15 years. She has been many things, but most recently, she has been a mental health therapist for the past 6 years. Over two years ago, Amy founded Inner Journey Counseling – here, she specializes in providing individual therapy and skills groups to adults and older adults wanting to heal from trauma, especially complex trauma, and grief and loss issues. Her primary and preferred treatment approach is EMDR (eye movement desensitization and re-processing). She also integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) and DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) into her work with clients. She runs a DBT skills group for adults with her wonderful colleagues where they teach 4 core skills: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. In her free time, Amy likes to daydream about a world where people everywhere are supported in their journey of healing trauma and every human is taught mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness skills. Amy is a native Utahn who currently lives in Salt Lake City and enjoys road cycling, Qi Gong, indoor and outdoor plants, trees and gardens, painting and loving on her two rescue huskies, Marco and Desmond.

Presentation Description:

This is a presentation on the benefits of Neurofeedback, which is a non-pharmaceutical approach to mental health and trauma. The presenters will cover a wide variety of information under this umbrella including:

-Brief History

-Othmer Method

– client centered model of brain regulation and stabilization

-Training Types

-Infra Low Frequency (Awake State)

-Synchrony (EEG guided mindfulness)

-Alpha-Theta (Deep State)

-Treatment in use of refractory or non-responsive diagnosis and co-morbid conditions

-Application to trauma informed therapeutic settings in correlation to EMDR and compassion fatigue prevention

-Benefits of neurofeedback with addiction recovery

-Limitations of neurofeedback

Presenters:

Danielle Musick, CSW

If you want to curate health, joy, and hope in your life, there are many tools that can help you achieve that goal. Health comes through engaging emotionally, physically and socially in your life. It takes great courage to ask for help but it is the first step to living a fuller and more joyful life. Success looks different for everyone. Reprocessing and understanding your life experiences can bring peace and self-compassion. I work with children, adolescents, and adults by providing specialized trauma-informed services. Neurofeedback is an incredible tool to regulate the body and mind. I have the most up to date and advanced training in the Othmer (EEGinfo) method of biofeedback. EMDR, IFS, and ketamine assisted therapy are also some of my favorite tools for healing. I understand the pain and struggle it can take to get out of bed every day. Let’s make you, the best you that you can be. A body of rigorous research into the efficacy of neurofeedback exists and is growing. Historically there has been a treatment emphasis on brain neurochemical interventions, not neuroelectric. Neurofeedback has potential to treat any significant neurological and psychiatric disorders in a way that is free from long term side-effects. Effectiveness in some hard to treat populations is promising. Frequently long-lasting effects are seen, as evidenced with PTSD and SPECT brain scans. Neurofeedback’s application is not only focused on deficits but has an application to peak performance in athletes, musicians and elites. The implications and outcomes are profound both scientifically and clinically.

Lyle “Cac” Cook, PA

Lyle “Cac” Cook is a Physician Assistant with nearly 30 years of medical experience. A graduate of the University of California Davis’ Physician Assistant program, he also completed a 1-year Psychiatric Fellowship through UC Davis and UC Irvine, and is a Neurofeedback Provider. Prior to joining our practice, Cac worked as a healthcare provider in family practice. Upon completing his most recent education in Psychiatry and Neurofeedback he is finding fulfillment by serving his patients in a different capacity by providing quality mental healthcare. It is his belief that all people, regardless of race, gender identity or sexual orientation, should have access to efficient and quality mental health care. To schedule an appointment with Cac please contact our front office.

Carolyn Scott, CMHC

I blend compassion and creativity with proven techniques to help foster growth, healing, and change. My goal is to help clients make sense of life experiences in a secure/comfortable/safe environment, to find empowerment, and to learn skills to create a life they believe is worth living. I have over a decade of experience working with diverse populations including children in leprosy colonies, youth in residential treatment, adults on probation and parole, survivors of trauma, families, and individuals struggling with various issues. I’m trained in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RODBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), sand tray therapy, Gottman method couples therapy, exposure response prevention (ERP), emotional release processing (a type of therapy that uses guided imagery and regression to help individuals process emotion about past experiences), and Promethean Spark life coaching through the arts. I have experience helping people with stress, low self esteem, depression (including suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury), anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, family dynamics, grief/loss, addiction, emotional dysregulation, personality disorders, multicultural issues, communication, attachment, LGBTQ+ issues, ADHD, body image, and more. When I’m not at work, you’ll find me singing with my soul band, exploring the world, trying and sharing new recipes, laughing with friends, reading lots of books, and enjoying nature.

Presenters:

Kristan Warnick, CMHC

Kristan Warnick co-founded the Trauma Informed Care Network of Utah in 2013 to facilitate networking and education between trauma informed mental health care givers and the community. In 2017 Trauma Informed Care Network was established as a formal non-profit organization and she currently sits on its Executive Board. She is also a member of the Trauma Resiliency Collaborative (TRC), another Utah trauma informed initiative group.

She currently serves as an appointee to the Utah State Advisory Board on Children’s Justice and Children’s Justice Act Task Force. Kristan is also a Clinical Mental Health Counselor and founder of Healing Pathways Therapy Center, a trauma and attachment focused counseling center with locations in Millcreek and Provo, UT. Previous to founding her private counseling practice, Kristan spent thirteen years working as a school psychologist in public schools in Utah and Alaska.

She also served on the faculty at Brigham Young University in the Counseling Psychology and Special Education Department. Kristan received her BS in Psychology (1994) and MS in School Psychology (1997) from BYU. She grew up in the Seattle area and currently enjoys spending time at home, being in the outdoors, traveling, and recreating with her son and husband. She is passionate about and appreciates opportunities to connect, network, and educate on issues surrounding trauma awareness and trauma treatment.

Dr. Lisa Gold, Ph.D

Presenter: Pati Reiss, BA, CHHC, CNRC

Pati Reiss, BA, CHHC, CNRC is a certified holistic health coach/nutrition recovery coach, educator and holistic chef.  Her work focuses on teaching & coaching healthy lifestyle upgrades, addiction/mental health nutrition recovery and holistic gourmet cooking. This is done using nutrition, food, amino acid therapy, meditation and qi-gong.

Through her own healing recovery Pati has found that vibrant health, hope and recovery are possible and advocates this in all her teachings. She is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, NYC New York 2000, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Human Services, Elementary & Special Education from Trinity College, Vermont 1978. She completed the Neuro-Nutrient Therapy for Addictive Disorders Training with Julia Ross in June of 2008 and her certification training as a Nutrition Recovery Coach through The Alliance for Addiction Solutions. Pati works on staff as a Recovery Food Educator and Nutrition Treatment Consultant for the Academy for Addiction & Mental Health Nutrition.  She has been a board member of the Alliance for Addiction Solutions promoting nutrition & integrative therapies for transforming the addictive brain since 2010, and was president of the board of directors from 2014 to 2019.

She currently has a private Holistic Health Nutrition & Recovery Coaching practice in Salt Lake City, Utah and also works long distance with clients throughout the country. She is currently and has been teaching nutrition, meditation and qi-gong for recovery at residential treatment programs, the Academy of Addiction & Mental Health Nutrition & in her local community of Salt Lake City. She also does holistic recovery trainings throughout the country. Pati is the founder of High Vibe Recovery and Zen Brain Nutrition, holistic recovery and lifestyle coaching programs, online and in person. The Holistic Gourmet offers cooking classes, “Plate UP” a 5 week online class, holistic recovery retreats, food & nutrition education classes.          

Contact Info  Website: www.patireiss.com Email: Pati@patireiss.com Phone: 801-688-2482

Presentation Topic: “Nutrition & High Vibe Food for Trauma” 

This class covers:

* The 5 Star Pro-Recovery Diet
* The role of Amino Acid Therapy in supporting Neurotransmitter Depletion
* Blood Sugar Balance
* Nutrients for Restorative Sleep 

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