Board Members
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Debra Olson-Morrison, PhD, LCSW, RPT, MT-BCPresidentBachelors 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. She currently contracts with Primary Children’s Residential Treatment Center-North to run movement-based music therapy individual and group sessions, and she has a small private practice at Center for Human Potential in Salt Lake City where she specializes in therapeutic play. |
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Annabella Hagen, LCSW, RPT-SVice President RPT/RPT-S CoordinatorBS: Brigham Young University; MSW: Brigham Young University Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor Annabella has been a therapist for the past nine 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, granddaughter, four sons, three daughters-in-law, traveling, classical music, reading, exercising, seafood, chocolate and play therapy! |
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Ryan Grant, LCSW, RPT-SSecretaryBachelors Degree in Psychology and Social Work: Weber State University Masters Degrees in Social Work: University of Utah Ryan has worked at Valley Mental Health for the past 10 years and is currently working in the Children?s Abuse and Trauma Unit. Ryan has experience providing treatment to both children and adolescents who were victims of sexual abuse and/or who have engaged in inappropriate/abusive sexual behaviors. He also has experience working with youth and families in a therapeutic foster program, day-treatment program, and residential treatment facility. Ryan Grant is the principle author of the book Interventions for Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: Research, Theory, and Treatment. |
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Larry Dunning, PhD, RPT-SPublic RealtionsLarry 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, 20; and Nick, 17. His current passions are play therapy, choral music, biking, reading, and anticipating his first grandchild. |
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Dustin Bassett, LCSW, NIC-MTraining Co-coordinatorBachelors Degree in Sociology: University of California, Riverside Masters of Social Work: Brigham Young University Dustin has been working with children for the past 5 years, and currently is in the founder and clinical director at The Connecting Place Counseling Center in Lehi. Dustin works primarily with members of the d/Deaf Community and is certified by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf as one of only 2 people in the state of Utah to attain the highest sign language interpreting certification possible (NIC-Master). |
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Cindy Lee, LCSW, RPT-SMembership RecruitmentCindy 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. |
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Collette Dawson-Loveless, CSWNewsletter EditorCollette 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 here 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 here at the Green House Center. Collette is married to Jesse Loveless and has 4 children, 5 step-children and 14 combined grandchildren. Collette is the sixth of seven children in her family and is originally from Sunnyvale, California. |
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Stuart HarperTreasurer
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Vicki CroweOutreach
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John BurrLibrarian
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