Danielle graduated from the University of Utah with her BSW in social work. She than chose to continue her education by getting her MSW at the University of Texas at Arlington. Danielle has experience working with substance use, child abuse and neglect, emergency services, and mother and baby care. She enjoys working with individuals struggling with a variety of issues including trauma, substance use, and mental health. When working with a client Danielle enjoys learning the unique issues of each clientele and piecing together the pieces of the puzzle. She is able to empower clients based on their strengths and own contributions to their therapeutic goals and empower clients to feel vulnerable enough to speak on their circumstances. In Danielles free time she enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, reading, watching movies, cooking, and baking.

Luciana attended the university while living in Brazil. In that time, she became a therapist. She grew her knowledge and received the Gestalt therapist certification. She then decided to move to the states and continue her education at the University of Utah where she received her Master of Social Work Degree. Luciana has experience working with teenagers and adults. She has 10 years of clinical experience as a Gestalt Therapist in Brazil and 8 years of experience in the mental health field in UT. She also has experience as a social worker in crisis services attending the UT community’s mental health needs through suicide assessment and crisis intervention. Luciana has training in humanistic approaches, such as Gestalt-therapy and the person-centered approach. She practices motivational interviewing, CBT/DBT, Solution-Focused, Trauma-Focused, and highly consider body-mind connections and health in a holistic manner. Luciana has seen clients for depression and anxiety, thinking errors, suicidal ideation, relationship and attachment related concerns/Codependency, grief, life transitions, spirituality, aging, burnout, compassion fatigue, stress, and couple concerns.

Erica Bishop is a CMHC. She graduated from Utah state University with her bachelor of science in psychology. She then continued her education at Grand Canyon university to complete her masters of science in clinical mental health counseling. Erica has experience in working with neurodivergent issues, anxiety, OCD, relationships, attachment, childhood trauma, depression, and life stressors. She enjoys working with the youth and young adults in helping them realize who they are and their individual self worth. Erica has worked with children, adults, LGBTQ+, individuals, couples, and families. She works with the individual or individuals in an approach tailored to their needs. This is done by creating a safe, respected, comfortable, and valued space for her clients. In Erica’s free time she loves being creative, and being with her kiddos and husband. If she is not in the house, she is out in nature taking in the beauty and tranquility it offers to her.

Vanessa graduated from the University of Phoenix with her bachelor’s degree in psychology. She than continued her education at the University of Reno and completed her master’s in social work. Vanessa has recently moved to Utah from Nevada and is excited to start a new chapter of life. She has experience working with youth mentoring, substance abuse, relationships between child and parent/guardian, children, and trauma. Vanessa hopes to start working towards her trauma therapy certification. She enjoys working with any individual who may connect with her and need assistance in any situation and ensures that individuals get the help they need. Vanessa connects well with the youth and feels as though she allows them to feel heard in a safe environment. She enjoys listening and learning about each client’s life story and getting to know her clients as best as she can to better assist them. Vanessa truly loves helping the client better understand themselves and their circumstance so that they can work together in developing goals and a plan of action to overcome any obstacle they may be struggling within their workplace and/or personal life.

Myra Boardman will be in our accounting department! Myra graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting. She has experience working with Quickbooks and Excel. Myra enjoys numbers, data, analyzing, problem solving, and working with others. She believes in this company and feels that we provide a great service to our clients, this inspires her to provide timely and accurate accounting services. Her goal is to help the business expand and succeed. Myra enjoys many things and has lots of hobbies. All of which she enjoys experiencing more with family and friends.

We are excited to add another member of our team in Ogden! Dillon Peterson will be joining the team full-time, starting on May 16th. He is a CSW working on that LCSW and can do therapy in Spanish as well! Dillon graduated with his bachelors from Weber State University with his Bachelors of Art in Social Work. He then moved on to complete his Masters of science in Social work from the same university. He has trained in CBT, DBT, and exposure response and prevention. Dillon enjoys working with clients from all walks of life and at all stages in their recovery process. He also has experience working with clients of all ages and symptoms. Some examples being anxiety, trauma, OCD, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. Dillon strives to help clients overcome their fears associated with OCD and anxiety through building DBT skills and learning how to effectively do exposure therapy. In addition to that, he helps clients build distress tolerance skills so that they can stabilize and get better as they fight to improve their lives. In Dillon’s free time he enjoys yoga, the outdoors, biking, motorcycling, eating good food, traveling, and spending time with his friends and family.