Phillips County

Ann Tompkins, MS
Early Childhood Specialist
Serving children ages 0-8 years old

Areas of Expertise:  Social-emotional development of children, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss and play therapy.

Ann provides parent and caregiver education, including but not limited to developmental challenges and behaviors.  She is the facilitator of the ADHD clinic and the Dina Dinosaur Group.

• M.S. Mental Health Counseling, Capella University, 2011
• Nationally Certified Counselor
• Play Therapy Certified 

Jessica Varner, MA
Mental Health Professional

Populations served:  Children, Adolescents and Adults

Treatment expertise includes:  Individual, group and family therapy, psycho-educational therapy and play therapy.

Issue of expertise includes:  Mood Disorders, Anxiety, Adjustment Disorders, Dual Diagnosis - Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Crisis Evaluation and Intervention and Emergency Services.

Jessica began working for Centennial in October of 2012.  While attending the University of Northern Colorado, she completed an internship working with children, adolescents, couples and families.  Jessica also completed an internship working with victims of domestic violence in undergraduate school.  Jessica has some training in the speciality of music therapy.

• BA, Psychology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, 2008
• MA, Clinical Counseling, with an emphasis in couples and family therapy, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 2012 

Jose Leon, CAC II
Mental Health Professional
Professional Translator Spanish - English
In the Mental Health field since 2009

Populations served:  Adolescents, Adults and Families

Area of expertise:  Substance Use Disorders

Jose provides treatment services in Julesburg, Holyoke, Sterling, Yuma and Wray offices.  He is the co-facilitator for the Parenting With Love and Limits Program.  Jose provides both individual and group treatment substance use disorder services.  He also serves as a mentor for youth.

Kyle von Holtum
Mental Health Professional II
Parenting with Love and Limit Facilitator

Kyle provides Mental Health treatment for adults and adolescents.  Kyle is the facilitator of the Parenting with Love and Limits program, serving Logan, Phillips, and Sedgwick counties. 

After a stint in the military as a medical technician/technologist, Kyle had the opportunity to volunteer with the Boys and Girls Club of America, and that is when he decided he would much rather work with people than machines.  With some help from an old friend from the ski patrol, Kyle learned to rock climb, and since then he has had a taste for adventure.  In combining the two, wanting to work with people, and adventurous living, Kyle came up with his unique style of approaching wellness.  He often says, "It's worth the risk to invest in people, one adventure at a time." 

• MA, Western New Mexico University

Nicole Schroeder, MSW, LCSW
Mental Health Professional II
Nicole provides services in Holyoke, Julesburg and the Sterling Regional Med Center Speciality Clinic 

Populations served:  Children, Adolescents, Adults, Geriatric, and Families

Areas of expertise: Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Adjustment Disorders, At-Risk Youth, Chronic Mental Illness, Grief and Loss, Women's Issues, Crisis Management, Animal Assisted Therapy, Play Therapy

Nicole grew up around the Chicago suburbs, in a family of helping professionals.  The act of service was instilled in her from the time she can remember.  Prior to graduation from high school, she had been a part of several service learning projects throughout the US and abroad.  Due to her passion for helping others, Nicole decided to major in Social Work.  She graduated with honors from Winona State University in 2005.  While there, she completed field placements in a day treatment projgram for children and residential facility for chronically mentally ill individuals.  She completed her intership witht he Prenatal Care Coordination Program through Gunderson Lutheran Hospital.  Throughout her undergrad, Nicole was employed by the Mayo Health System providing support to Chronically Mentally lll individuals.

Nicole earned her Master's in Social Work with an emphasis in social work from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.  She completed her Master's level internship with a Community Support Program in Manatowoc County Wisconsin.  Her thesis work was in the area of post-partum depression.  While working towards her Master's Degree, Nicole worked as a medical social worker at Aurora Baycare Medical Center in Green Bay, WI.

After Nicole graduated, she accepted a position as a mental health therapist at a residential facility in Wisconsin, where she worked with high risk youth and their families.  Nicole joined Centennial in 2009.  She and her canine companion Noah became a registered pet therapy team to Therapy Dogs Inc. in July 2009.  Nicole completed clinical hours towards licensure in 2010 and earned her LCSW.  She is a trained Parenting with Love and Limits facilitator and was the primary therapist for this program until the Spring of 2012.

Nicole utilizes a system's approach, along with Solution Focused, CBT and DBT techniques.  Nicole is also trained in experiential play therapy.

• BSW, Winona State University, 2005
• MSW, Univeristy of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 2007
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, 2010