Board Members


	Collette Dawson-Loveless, LCSW President Collette has a Bachelor of Behavioral Sciences degree with an emphasis in Social Work from UVU and a Masters of Social Work from BYU. Collette's passion for helping individuals, families and children drove her to partner with Guerry and Elsebeth in founding The Green House Center in the fall of 2004. Collette has completed her internships at The State Hospital and Wasatch Mental Health serving many adults, children, couples and families. Collette has continued her therapeutic practice at The Green House Center. Collette’s plans to pursue her interests in play therapy, EMDR, art therapy and marriage and family therapy and has been instrumental in establishing those resources at the Green House Center. Collette is married to Jesse Loveless and has 4 children, 5 step-children and 18 combined grandchildren. Collette is the sixth of seven children in her family and is originally from Sunnyvale, California.
	Marilee Woolstenhulme, CSW Secretary Marilee has both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Social Work from Brigham Young University in Provo. While earning her first degree, Marilee worked as a counselor in an elementary school, and it was at this time that Marilee realized her passion for working with children and their parents to enhance relationships. Since that time she has worked in various capacities with children, adolescents and adults in outpatient, crisis residential, and long term residential treatment centers in both Utah and Idaho. One of Marilee's passions is teaching a parenting class meant to help parents enhance attachment to their children. Marilee employs traditional therapy, EMDR, art, sand-tray and especially play therapy techniques in her capacity as a therapist at the Green House Center for Growth & Learning in Pleasant Grove. Marilee's other passions include: pursuing spiritual growth throughout her life's journey, being a wife and mother, and studying relationships and child development. Her hobbies are cooking, sewing, crafting and blogging. She loves to teach!
	Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S Vice President Clair Mellenthin, LCSW holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California. Throughout her career, she has focused on providing therapy to children, teens, and their families. Before joining Wasatch Family Therapy as the Director of Child and Adolescent Services, she worked in a successful private practice. Ms. Mellenthin is a sought after supervisor, training graduate students and interns in play therapy, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Utah MSW program, and Utah Valley University. In addition to being an experienced play therapist and teacher, Ms. Mellenthin frequently presents professional play therapy and family therapy trainings and appears on local and national TV and radio as an expert on children and family issues.
	Stuart Harper Treasurer
	Debra Olson-Morrison, PhD, LCSW, RPT, MT-BC Consultant Bachelors Degree in Music Therapy: University of Evansville Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Social Work: University of Utah Debra has been working with children for over 14 years, and is currently on sabbatical in New Zealand.
	Cindy Lee, LCSW, RPT-S Consultant Cindy Lee, LCSW, RPT-S is currently in private practice at Hearthstone Counseling. She teaches Play Therapy at BYU. She was Clinical Director at Family Support and Treatment Center for nine years. She loves working with families and children. Walking the journey with a child as they heal from trauma and abuse is one of the most powerful experiences that life can bring. Her passion in life is her grandchildren, traveling, sewing and reading.
	Larry Dunning, PhD, RPT-S Communications & Website Coordinator Larry was born in upstate New York, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from State University of New York at Potsdam. He then went on to pursue a master's in psychology from Purdue University, took a side trip into music at Indiana University (Bloomington campus), getting another bachelor's. Then, he completed a doctorate in psychology at Brigham Young University. Larry has worked in the Youth Outpatient program at Wasatch Mental Health in Provo for the past 22 years. He is an RPT-S, and has recently served as President of UAPT.He is married to Debra (formerly Colletti) and has three children: Chris, who married his beautiful Peruvian bride in June of 2009; Ryan, 21; and Nick, 18. His current passions are play therapy, choral music, biking, reading, and anticipating his first grandchild.
	Annabella Hagen, LCSW, RPT-S Newsletter Editor BS: Brigham Young University; MSW: Brigham Young University Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor Annabella has been a therapist for the past eleven years working with children, adolescents, and families. Areas of expertise: trauma, mood and anxiety disorders, childhood disorders, adoption/foster care issues, family issues, parent education and training. Annabella is fluent in Spanish and sees clients at Sierra Counseling. Passions: Husband, grandchildren, daughters-in-law, sons, traveling, classical music, reading, exercising, seafood, chocolate, and play therapy!
	Elsebeth Green, LCSW, RPT-S Training Coordinator Elsebeth has worked with children and families for the last 14 years and specializes in relationships and attachment. She has worked at the Division of Child and Family Services as a family preservation worker, at the Youth and Family Centered Services as their Family Services Supervisor, and the Utah Foster Care Foundation, where she trained foster and adoptive families for Western Region. Finally, in 2004, along with her husband, Guerry, and business partner, Collette, she opened the Green House Center for Growth and Learning, where she serves as the Clinical Director. She uses a variety of modalities including EMDR, play therapy, sand tray and art therapy, and traditional CBT techniques. Elsebeth enjoys presenting on a variety of topics professionally and as a volunteer in the community. She is the proud mother of six and the grandmother of 5.
	Kate Hofer, LPC Assistant Training Coordinator Kate Hofer received her M.S. in Recreation Therapy from the Uof U and has worked as a recreation therapist at Benchmark Psychiatric Hospital in Woods Cross, at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute, The Center for Change in Orem, and Remuda Ranch in Arizona. While in Arizona she received her MA in Professional Counseling from Ottowa University with a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Expressive Arts Therapy. She did her practicum in play therapy at an elementary school for homeless children in Phoenix. Her internship was with Free Arts of Arizona, using art therapy with the homeless children at an elementary school in Tempe. She moved back to Utah in 2006 and worked at Family Support and Treatment Center in Orem using play therapy with child clients and art/sandtray therapy with clients of all ages. She recently started working at the Green House Center, specializing in art/play/sandtray therapy. Kate loves working with children of all ages, using experiential therapy for healing trauma and building family cohesion. Kate lives in Lindon, Utah with her husband. They have a blended family of 10 children and 8 grandchildren. Her passions are playing with her grandchildren, art, hiking and reading.
	Vicki Crowe RPT/RPT-S Coordinator
	John Burr Librarian & Conference Chair for 2012
	Sharlene Christensen 2012 Conference Co-Chair