About Dee
About Dee [Home] [About Dee] [Publications] [Workshops] [Contact Us]EDUCATION:
M.A., Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education University of Colorado
National Certified Counselor, NBCC Inc.
B.A., English
University of Colorado
CURRENT EXPERIENCE:
Families With A Difference®
Private Psychotherapy, Consulting, And Professional Speaking, Denver, CO.
Psychotherapy and consultation with adults, couples, children, families, and organizations; specializing in families with special needs, parenting, adoption and foster care, infertility, pregnancy and infant loss and women's health. Group facilitator, educator and speaker. Expertise in family and organizational systems and grief and loss.
Consultant and Educator:
Expert witness for adoption litigation - Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, WA.
Expert witness for adoption litigation - The Children's Legal Clinic, Denver, CO.
Adoption and Foster Parent Program - Department of Social Services, City and County of Denver, CO.
Adoption and Foster Parent Program - Department of Social Services, Boulder County, CO.
Small Miracles, Denver, CO.
Adoption Alliance, Denver, CO.
Catholic Charities Family Services, Denver, CO.
Colorado Christian Services, Denver, CO.
Speaker:
1998 Middle Tennessee Inter-Agency Adoption Coalition, Adoption Conference, Nashville, TN.
1998 PACT Spring Adoption Training, San Francisco, CA.
1998 Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parent Association, 25th Anniversary
Conference, Des Moines, IA.
1998 The Children's Home of Pittsburgh, Spring Adoption Conference,
Pittsburgh, PA.
1998 New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children, Statewide Adoption
Training Conference, Albany, NY.
1998 Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child Adoption Conference, Ft. Collins, CO.
1997 North American Council on Adoptable Children Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
1997 Joint Council on International Children's Services Annual Conference, Keynote Speaker, Washington, D.C.
1997 Larimer County Social Services' Adoptive and Foster Parent Annual Celebration Dinner, Keynote Speaker, Ft. Collins, CO.
1997 National Outdoor Leadership School, Leadership Trainings, Lander, WY.
1997 Iowa State University Adoption Conference, Ames, IA.
1997 Los Ninos International Annual Adoption Conference, Keynote Speaker, Houston, TX.
1997 Iowa Department of Human Services Adoption Training,Des Moines, IA.
1997 Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services, Michigan
Post-Adoption Services Training, Kalamazoo, MI.
1997 Adopting Families Together, Parent Training, Dallas, TX.
1997 Bay Area Adoption Conference, San Francisco, CA.
1997 National Open Adoption Conference, San Francisco, CA.
1997 Dillon International, Inc. Adoption Conference, Tulsa, OK.
1997 Missouri Division of Family Services Adoption Conference,Keynote Speaker, Kansas City, MO.
1997 The Children's Legal Clinic, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Denver, CO.
1997 Resolve of Colorado Seminar, Denver, CO.
1997 Colorado Heritage Camps, Winter Park, CO.
1996 North American Council on Adoptable Children Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
1996, 1995, 1994, 1993 Colorado Heritage Camps of Colorado, Inc.
(culture camps for transracial and international adoptive families)
1996 Colorado Parents of Multiples Annual State Convention.Denver, CO.
1995 North American Council on Adoptable Children Annual Conference, Norfolk, VA.
1995 Pacific Coast Fertility Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
1995 Society for Bioethics Consultation Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH
1995 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual conference, Seattle, WA
1994 National Open Adoption Conference, Denver, CO.
1994, 1993 Infertility Symposiums - Resolve of Colorado, Denver, CO.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
Adoption Coordinator, Lutheran Family Services
Denver, CO
Coordinated open adoption program for private adoption agency.
Responsible for recruiting/marketing of adoptive parents and birthparents, education/preparation program for prospective adoptive parents, conducting home studies and birthparent counseling, and post-placement programs for adoptive families and birthparents.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Board Member, Colorado Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Long-Range Planning Committee Member, The Adoption Exhange
American Counseling Association
Colorado Counseling Association
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Colorado Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
Society for Bioethics Consultation
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
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