Brenda Carlsen, BA
Mental Health Professional
In the Mental Health field since 1989.
BA Psychology, 1986QMAPBilingualAreas of expertise include these populations: Adults and the Elderly Treatment expertise includes: Case Management and Group Therapy. Issues of expertise include: Depression, Anxiety, Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Personality Disorders. Additional Languages; Spanish I started working at CMHC in 1989 with the CSP program, working with severely and persistently mentally ill adults. When I first started I was doing primarily case management. I am now involved in 6 skills training or therapy groups per week and do some individual therapy also. I am on the QI team and have been involved with the cultural etiquette team. I am also on the emergency services rotation and generally am on call for emergencies about 3 or 4 days a month. I have been through the QMAP training for medication management. I continue to provide case management services to my clients as well and assist them with accessing resources in the community, managing benefits, dealing with medication issues, and getting through crisis situations. | 
Jody Strouse, AA
Mental Health Worker
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Tracy Kumke, BA
Mental Health Worker
| Melissa Morales, BS
Mental Health Worker I
In the Mental Health field since 2006.
Areas of expertise include these populations: Children, Adolescents, and Family. Treatment expertise includes: Individual, Group, Family, and Play Therapy. Issues of expertise include: Grief and Loss, Behavioral Disorders, Anger Management, Emergency Services, Sexual Abuse Victims, Domestic Violence Families, and ADHD. I have over 10 years experience working with at risk children. I started as a day care teacher, and in 1995 I accepted a job with DHS. There I supervised parenting time for children who were in foster care. I worked my way up to "Parenting Time Specialist" with the EPP Program. I taught parenting skills to parents and how to interact with their children. In 2000 I had my daughter and decided to stay home with her until she started school. Once she was in school full time I accepted a position with CMHC, as a mentor. I enjoy working with children and their families. I have seen many of the children in the mentor program grow and work towards reaching their true potential. We do lots of fun things in the mentor program while working on social skills, anger management, and other issues that may arise. I also like to work with the family and teach them new ways to relate to each other. I hope to be a part of the mentor program at CMHC for a long time, being a positive role model to our children. |
