2022

• IFS Online Circle: Foundations of the IFS Model
• Overview of IFS & The Flow of the Model
• The Protective System & Fears of the Protectors
• Working with Exiles & The Trauma Behind the Rage
• Conflicting but Complimentary & Direct Access and In-Sight: A Decision
• Parts of the Therapist and the Therapeutic Relationship + Integration
• The Body & the Autonomic Nervous System & Pulling it All Together
• January–April: PSY 420 class: Contemplative Practicum- used IFS as my self-reflective practice, weekly practice, journal entries, term paper, and a 1 1/2 hour session leading classmates in the practice of Internal Family Systems.

2023

• Attendance at the 2023 Internal Family Systems Conference
  (funded by Bishop’s University B.E.S.T. project fund award)

2024

• B.A. Sports Studies, Athletic Development and Health and Exercise Concentrations, Minor in Psychology. With distinction and University Prize in Sports Studies. Want to know the classes I took? (Link to official transcript)
• Recognition of achievement from the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) from the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC). Part A and Part B of the Competition-Introduction context and modules C1 to C6 of the Competition-Development context.
• Mental Health in Sport Training- Coaching Association of Canada

2024 IFS Institute Certifications

• Intimacy From the Inside Out
• IFS Continuity Programs: Values & Beliefs in the Therapy Room – Through an IFS Lens and Legacy and Cultural Burdens with Ann Sinko and Dick Schwartz
• An IFS Approach to Foster Secure Internal Attachment by Dick Schwartz (offered through NICABM)

1989:

Lyndon State College. Earned BS: Business Administration and Minor: Recreation Management (1989), also and A.S. in Business Administration (1987)

1994:

Admission to the Vermont Bar – through the Vermont Law Office Study Program (Instead of going to Law School, this program allowed me to clerk with an admitted Vermont attorney, my supervisor was Joseph C. Benning, Esq., for 4 years, study on my own, then be eligible to take the Bar Exam)

Opened my own Law Office upon admittance to Vermont Bar.
This included from May, 1994-2000 being contract counsel for the Juvenile Defender (representing parents in CHINS cases, and juveniles in juvenile delinquent cases with more than one juvenile.)

I also did residential real estate and probate work during this time.

2000:

I became pregnant, and terminated the conflict counsel contract, and concentrated on my residential real estate practice, with limited probate work, to date. Concurrently, my child was enrolled in the VT Dept. of Education Home Study Program from 2007–July 1, 2014. Which is to say, during this time of my career, I also was a full time mother and homeschooled my daughter from birth (2001) until September 2014, at which time she attended East Burke School as an eighth grader.

2016-2017:

STOP GRANT position SV/DV (sexual violence/domestic violence) prosecutor for Caledonia County. Upon request of Lisa A. Warren, then Caledonia County State’s attorney (Now Superior Court Judge) I was requested to apply for the sv/dv prosecutor position, which was a 25 hr. a week commitment. I spent a year at the job before going back to my real estate practice full time.

Notable Studies During College

Independent Study with Business Law Professor, Mark Bertolini, in his Law Office (Bertolini and Benning.) Worked on contracts, real estate, probate issues. This independent study lead to Vermont’s Law Office Study program where I was able to clerk under the supervision of Joseph C. Benning, Esq. to be eligible to take the bar exam as opposed to going to law school.