CTA Training Partners

The following organizations and individuals are in the process of pursuing or have completed training certification on the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics.  Please note that NMT Training Certification (both organizational and individual) is a training process. It is meant to certify exposure to, and participation in, training activities.  It is not certification of clinical competence or skill.


Flagship Sites 

Alexander Youth Network
6220 Thermal Road
Charlotte, NC 28211

Alexander Youth Network (AYN) is a private, non-profit organization that serves children 5 to 21 with serious emotional and behavioral problems. AYN believes that children are best served by combining multiple programs under one system of care. AYN offers a full continuum of care including Outpatient Therapy, Community Support, Intensive In-Home Services, Day Treatment, Foster Care, Multisystemic Therapy, a Crisis Shelter, and a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility. They serve more than 450 children daily throughout North Carolina.

Berry Street Take Two
1 Salisbury Street
Richmond, 3121
Australia

Berry Street Take Two is a state-wide service, located in Victoria, Australia, that is responsible for therapeutic intervention with clients of Child Protection, aged from 0-18 years. These children usually have experienced developmental and complex trauma or/and have attachment difficulties.
 

Mount St. Vincent Home 
4159 Lowell Blvd. 
Denver, CO 80211

Mount Saint Vincent Home is a treatment faclity that partners with families and children to strengthen their ability to emotionally and socially participate in their community. Services include residential treatment, day treatment, out patient and psychiatric treatment, school based program, therapeutic and traditional preschool, Aspen house group home, and Creative Arts therapy programs. They provide services to children between the ages of 3 and 13 and their families.

Sandhill Child Development Center 
79 Romero Road 
Los Lunas, NM   87031

Sandhill Child Development Center is a residential program for children between the ages of 5 and 13 who are experiencing significant difficulties functioning in their current home environments, schools or communities due to an inability to regulate their emotional states. Their goal is to create an environment that facilitates intense, gratifying personal relationships, while at the same time confronting those behaviors that interfere with establishing close personal bonds. Through the use of well-trained staff and interventions such as neurofeedback, milieu work, EMDR, nutritional considerations and animals, they foster a safe, regulating environment where nurture is difficult to resist. As the children live in this milieu over the course of many months, their baseline of neurological functioning shifts from a state of fear and the associated distancing and controlling behaviors to a state of greater regulation and openness to relationships. By repairing a child's trust in care and adult guidance, Sandhill gives the child the tools necessary to proceed with healthy childhood development.

CTA Training Partners

Cal Farley's
600 W. 11th 
Amarillo, TX 79101 

Cal Farley's is a large privately‐funded, nonprofit child and family service organization specializing in both residential and community‐based services at no cost to the children and families in our care. Cal Farley's Boys Ranch is a residential childcare community located in the Northwest Texas panhandle.

Charles Hall Youth Services
513 E. Bismarck Expressway
Bismarck, ND 58504

Charles Hall Youth Services has responded to the needs of high risk youth in North Dakota for over 45 years. The agency maintains three group homes in Bismarck neighborhoods and annually serves close to 100 children, ages 12–18 from all backgrounds, with over 50% being Native American.  Charles Hall is known for its relationship-based programming, which includes experiential education, arts mentoring, strength-based case management, and community service.  These program components complement independent life and social skills education, spiritual life program activities, and individual and group counseling.


Dallas Children's Advocacy Center
5351 Samuell Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75228

The mission of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC) is to improve the lives of abused children in Dallas County and to provide national leadership on child abuse issues. DCAC coordinates the investigation and prosecution of the most severe cases of child abuse in our community.  Last year, DCAC served more than 2,400 children (and their non-offending family members) who were sexually abused, severely physically abused, or who had witnessed a violent crime. DCAC provides a warm, child-friendly environment to help children who are referred by law enforcement or CPS. Our average client is a 9-10 year-old girl, sexually abused by someone she knows and trusts.

DCAC offers forensic interview services and listens to the child’s story in a non-leading, developmentally-appropriate manner while law enforcement and CPS observe in separate room. This reduces trauma for the child and creates the foundation for a much stronger court case.  DCAC has expert child therapists who provide individual, group and family therapy via unique avenues such as: art therapy, play therapy, animal assisted therapy and music therapy free of charge. Clients are eligible to receive therapy services as long as necessary to enhance the potential for long term stability. DCAC is also known throughout the country as a leader in educating professionals about crimes against children. Each year, DCAC hosts the world’s largest professional training conference for federal, state and local law enforcement professionals, prosecutors, therapists and others who fight crimes against children and, in our new training facility, will begin similar year-round trainings for these professionals.

Dalwood Spilstead Centre
21 Dalwood Ave.
Seaforth, Sydney, NSW 2092
Australia

The Dalwood Spilstead Early Years Intervention and Support Service provides multidisciplinary health, education and support services for vulnerable families, who are in stress or experiencing difficulties in the care and parenting of their children under 9 years. An early intervention model of service delivery based on neuro-developmental research is utilized incorporating strengths-based, family centred and child focused services. The Spilstead Model attempts to provide a holistic and integrated approach to the needs of vulnerable families and children at risk with all services for both parents and children provided under the one service umbrella and from the one team. This enables maximum engagement with families and ensures optimal co-ordination and consistency of service delivery. The Dalwood Spilstead service combines parent support and home visiting with parent-child attachment interventions, while also providing home-based early childhood education, a therapeutic preschool program and intensive multi-disciplinary early intervention services for children.

Hull Services
2266 Woodpark Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2W 2Z8

Hull Services is a non-profit agency with expertise in issues that challenge children, families and communities.  Through individualized assessment and treatment, combined with compassionate commitment, Hull carefully selects and delivers evidence based practices to ensure high quality care and beneficial outcomes. Areas of intervention include the effects of child maltreatment, abuse and neglect, issues involving mental illness, behavioural disorders, sexual victimization, addiction, developmental delay, poverty and depression. Hull’s service continuum ranges from prevention and early intervention through to residential programs, and includes mental health and addiction services, in-home support, mentors, educational programs, family therapy, foster and kinship care, residential treatment and supported independent living.

NFI Vermont
30 Airport Road
South Burlington, VT 05403

Northeastern Family Institute, VT is a non‐profit children's mental health agency offering a statewide network of community based treatment and educational services to children and their families.

San Mateo BHRS
2000 Alameda las Pulgas, Suite 200
San Mateo, CA 94403


SAL Consulting
PO Box 232, Beecroft
NSW 2119  Australia

SAL Consulting is a clinical practice that is focused on providing customised support to people and agencies within the health and community services sector, including organisations focusing on supporting children, and youth; clients with a disability; and persons with mental health support needs; and their families.
 

St. Aemilian-Lakeside, Inc
8901 West Capitol Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53222-1706

St. Aemilian-Lakeside is a non-profit, non-sectarian child-welfare organization providing foster care, education and mental health services for all of Southeast Wisconsin and beyond. Now celebrating 160 years of service in the community, the organization acknowledges that neurological functioning and past trauma affect behavior and employs the most cutting-edge brain research to create interventions that empower children, families and adults and help them lead productive lives.

St. Peter - St. Joseph Children's Home
919 Mission Road
San Antonio, TX 78210

St. Peter - St. Joseph Children's Home, affectionately referred to as St. PJ's, has been helping children and their families for more than a century. Originally founded as an ophanage by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1874, today St. PJ's is an independently governed non-profit. Trauma informed care is provided to children from birth to age 17, who have suffered from abuse and/or neglect.  St. PJ's is licensed to provide emergency shelter, up t 90 days, for 59 children and to provide long-term residential care for a maximum of 84 children. Transitional living "apartments" are available for youth ages 15 - 17 who are preparing for adult living upon "aging out" of the child welfare system.  Each year, St. PJ's cares for hundreds of children with a priority of caring for sibling groups. St. PJ's is licensed as a child placing agency for foster family care and adoption.  St. PJ's couseling program provides trauma assessment, counseling and other supports for residents, individuals and families in crisis. Victim services include assistance with basic needs and case coordination.

TeamBuilders Counseling Services
2504 Camino Estrada
Santa Fe, NM 87507


The Village Network
17606 Coshocton
Mount Vernon, OH 43055

Since 1946, The Village Network has specialized in the treatment and care of abused, neglected and troubled youth. Integrated programs include residential treatment, day treatment, treatment foster care and alternative school programs at multiple locations throughout Ohio. This extensive continuum of care allows youth at The Village Network to move within programs and network locations to meet changing treatment needs.  There are multiple locations across the state including Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Columbus, Delaware, Knox County/Mt. Vernon, Lorain, Newark, Sandusky, Uhrichsville and Wooster.

Youthville 
4505 E 47th St. S 
Wichita, KS 67210

Youthville is a statewide behavioral healthcare organization operating a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility. Clients, both male and female, between the ages of 7-18 years are treated on the campus. There mission is Giving Children Back Their Childhood.


States Participating in NMT Training


New Mexico: Children, Youth and Families Department

Oregon: Addictions and Mental Health Division

Individual NMT Training Certification Program Participants

Ericka Anderson, M.A., LPC
Counselor/ChildCare Consultant, Private Practice
Glenwood Springs, CO
Status: Successfully completed Phase I CTA Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Early Childhood; Trauma
Phone: 970 974-0055
Email: CLOAKING
 
Maribela Arruda, M.Ed., CCC, RPT
Mental Health Therapist, Fort Vermilion School Division, No. 52
Fort Vermilion, Alberta
Status: Currently participating in Phase I CTA Training Certification
Areas of Expertise: General Mental Health, Trauma, Refugee Children, Youth & Families, Play & Art Therapy
Phone: 204 291-1231
Email: CLOAKING  

Cheri Barger, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Mountain Soul Resources, Inc.
Glenwood Springs, CO
Status: Successfully completed Phase I CTA Training Certification and is currently participating in Phase II Training Certification.
Areas of Expertise - 0 to 3 Early Intervention; Adolescent-Life Skills; SAFE Home Study; Child/Family Investigator
Phone: 970 319-4013
Email:  CLOAKING  

Jody Bekhuys, M.Ed., R.C.C.
Registered Clinical Counsellor, Private Practice, Stepping Stones Counselling Group
Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Status:  Currently participating in Phase I CTA Individual Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Trauma; Attachment; Play and Family Therapy; Foster and adopted children
Phone & Fax: 250 763-7414
Email:  CLOAKING  

David Belford, LISW
Private Practice
Albuquerque, NM
Status: Successfully completed Phase I CTA Training Certification and is currently participating in Phase II Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Early Childhood; Trauma & Loss; Child Development; Play Therapy
Email: CLOAKING  

Elizabeth "Libby" Bergman, LICSW
Executive Director, Family Enhancement Center
Minneapolis, MN
Status: Successfully completed Phase I CTA Training Certification and is currently participating in Phase II Training Certification
Area of Expertise - Child Sexual Abuse
Email: CLOAKING

Scott Chausse, M.A., LPC-I
Behavior Specialist/Consultant, Foster and Adoptive Families
Grand Junction, CO
Status: Currently participating in Phase I CTA Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Child development, Trauma, Behavior, Parenting
Phone: 970 216-6224
Email: CLOAKING

Kay Dechairo, M.A., LPC
Therapist, Center for Child and Family Therapy
Fort Collins, CO
Status: Successfully completed Phase I NMT Training Certification and Phase II/TTT Training
Areas of Expertise - Trauma, Attachment, Parenting, General Mental Health
Phone & Fax: 970 266-8644
Email: CLOAKING

Mandy Dexter, BPsych(Hons); AMAPS
Psychologist; Private Practice
Queensland, Australia
Status: Successfully completed Phase I CTA Training Certification and is currently participating in Phase II Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - General mental Health; childhood and adult trauma
Email: CLOAKING  

Eliana Gil, Ph.D. 
Clinical Director, Gil Center for Healing and Play
Fairfax, VA

Status: Successfully completed Phase I CTA Training Certification.
Area of Expertise -  Childhood trauma using an integrated approach
Email: CLOAKING  

Cherie Greville, B.A, Post Grad Dip (Psych), AMAPS
Psychologist, Take Two Berry Street; Clinical Coordinator Counsellor for Sexual Abuse Prevention Program 
Victoria Australia
Areas of Expertise - Forensics Children’s Court, Child & Adolescent assessment, Child Abuse and Residential Care Research, Attachment & Developmental Trauma, Program Design and Evaluation, Training.
Phone: 0435895131 or +61 (03) 5822 8100.
Fax: +61 (03) 5822 8199.
Email:  CLOAKING or  CLOAKING

Therese “Teri” Mosier Groves, LCSW-BACS, ACSW, BCD
Functional Therapy Services, LLC, Private Practice
Mandeville, LA
Status: Successfully completed Phase I CTA Training Certification and is currently participating in Phase II Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Clinical Social Work involving Neurobehavioral Health for Children, Adolescents, Adults, Parents and Families
Phone: 985 674-4020
Email: CLOAKING  

Shannon Harston, MFT
Mental Health Clinician, Plumas County Mental Health
Portola, CA
Status: Successfully completed Phase I CTA Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Child and Family Therapy; Foster and adopted children with trauma/neglect history
Email: CLOAKING

Diane Kukulis, ACSW, LMSW
Private Practice
Saginaw, MI
Status: Currently participating in Phase I NMTCTA Training in Individual Certification
Areas of Expertise -  Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Trauma, Attachment, Relationship-Based and Play Therapy
Phone: 989 790-2005
Fax: 989 790-2002
Email: CLOAKING

Deanne Leung M.Ed., R.C.C.
Coordinator/Therapist, Stepping Stones Counselling Group
Kelowna, British Columbia
Status: Currently participating in Phase I NMT Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Trauma, Attachment, Dissociation
Phone & Fax: 250 763-7414
Email: CLOAKING

Jeannie Lockinger, M.A., LPC
Supervisor/Counselor, People Places, Inc. Therapeutic Foster Care
Staunton, VA
Status: Currently participating in Phase I NMT Training Certification
Areas of Expertise:  Children, Family, Attachment Issues, Play Therapy, Sand Tray
Phone: 540 885-8841   540-437-1857
Email: CLOAKING

Lois Neace, LSCSW, RPT-S
Prairie View, Inc.
Wichita, KS
Status: Phase II NMT Training Certification Completed
Areas of Expertise - Child, Adolescent and Family, General Mental Health, Trauma
Phone: 316 634-4703
Email: CLOAKING

Renee Potgieter-Marks, Ph.D.
Consultant Therapist
England
Status: Currently participating in Phase I NMT Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Child Assessment, Developmental Trauma, Adoption, Children in Care, Expert Witness
Phone: (+44) 1484 862211
Email:  CLOAKING  

Silvina Rearte, M.A., LMFT, LPC I
Clinician, St. Michael's Home for Children/Catholic Charities
Houston, TX
Status: Successfully completed Phase I NMT Training Certification and is currently participating in Phase II Training Certification
Area of Expertise - Refugee Children
Email: CLOAKING  

Pam Segel, Ed.S, IMH-IV-Clinical
Independent Contractor
Albuquerque, NM
Status: Currently participating in Phase I NMT Training Certification
Areas of Expertise: Early Childhood Development, Autism
Phone: 505 898-3029
Email: CLOAKING

Kimberly Schellenberg, BEd; M.C.; R. Psych
Psychologist; Fort Vermilion School Division #52
La Crete, Alberta
Status: Currently participating in Phase I NMT Training Certification 
Areas of Expertise - General mental health; Childhood trauma; School psychology
Phone: 780 928-2732
Email:  CLOAKING  

Lisa Schwab, CTC, NCC, LCPC
Clinician/Owner, Possibilities Healing Arts Center, LLC
Status: Currently participating in Phase I NMT Training Certification
Peoria Heights, IL
Email: CLOAKING  

Karina Schreurs, BOT, NZROT
Director, Tent Peg Missions
Christchurch, New Zealand
Status: Successfully completed Phase I NMT Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Sensory Processing, Disability & Trauma, Child Soldiers
Email: CLOAKING  

Kelly Slaven-Terstriep, LCSW Supervisor
Director of Clinical and Professional Services, Genesis Women's Shelter
Dallas, TX 
Status: Successfully completed Phase I NMT Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Women and Children; Domestic Violence
Email: CLOAKING

Shirley J. Smith, M.S., LCMFT, RPT
Clinical Supervisor, Kansas Children's Service League
Wichita, KS
Status: Currently participating in Phase I NMT Training Certification
Areas of Expertise: Child and Family Therapy, Play Therapy
Phone: 316 942-4261 or Toll Free 877 530-5275
Fax: 316 943-9995
Email: CLOAKING

Eileen Swoboda, LISW
Clinician, Wadle & Associates
Des Moines, IA 
Status: Successfully completed Phase I NMT Training Certification and is currently participating in Phase II Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Play & Family Therapy, Children with history of foster care and adoption
Email: CLOAKING

Kim Viljoen, M.Ed., MA
Registered Clinical Counselor; Diplomat of the American Board of School Psychology
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Status: Currently participating in Phase I NMT Training Certification
Areas of Expertise: Play and Art Therapy, trauma, school counseling, school neuropsychological assessment, School psychology
Phone: 604 512-5725
Email: CLOAKING  

Kelly Winters, MA, LPC

Therapist, Center for Child and Family Therapy

Fort Collins, CO

Status: Successfully completed Phase I NMT Training Certification and Phase II/TTT Training

Areas of Expertise: Trauma and Attachment

Phone: 970 266-8644
Email: CLOAKING

Stacy York, LCSW
Private Practice, Head Quarters for Heart Change
Billings, MT
Status: Successfully completed Phase I NMT Training Certification and is currently participating in Phase II Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Trauma in children and families, mental illness in children, foster/adoptive families, infant brain development
Email: CLOAKING

Zohreh Zarnegar, Ph.D., MS, MA
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Child and Family Services Program
San Juan Capistrano, CA
Status: Currently participating in Phase I NMT Training Certification
Areas of Expertise - Birth to Five Mental Health, FASD Treatment Intervention
Phone: 714 747-5021
Email: CLOAKING