Education and Trainings 

Licensure

• March 2016- Present LCSW (CSW.09924294) in the state of Colorado

• February 2015-March 2016 LSW (LSW.0009920701) in the state of Colorado

• September 2013- January 2015 LGSW (22755) in the state of Minnesota.

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Education 

• May 2013 University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota Master in Clinical Social Work, Advanced Standing Program

• ​May 2010 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, BS Social Work

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DBT Training

• DBT Intensive Behavioral Tech Training March 14-18, 2016 & September 26-30, 2016 (60 CEU Hours)- Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP and Elizabeth Dexter-Mazza, PhD

• Getting to Adherence in DBT Individual Therapy: Essential Strategies, Practical Tips, and Common Pitfalls (19.5 CEU) - Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP & Sara Schmidt, PhD

• The Strengthening Your Practice of DBT 18 CEU- Behavioral Tech Institute 

• DBT Core Strategies 12 CEU - Behavioral Tech Institute

• ​Tailoring DBT to be More Effective and Affirming for Autistic Clients (6 CEU) - Evidence Based Practices of New England

• ​DBT Tool Kit for Having Difficult Conversations on Team

• Gender-Affirming DBT: Research, Resources & Practice Guidelines (1.5 CEU) -Tyler Woody, MA, LPC — Affirm Counseling Inc.

• ​Inherited Wounds: Generational Trauma, Complex PTSD and the Development of Borderline Personality Patterns (2 CEU)- Cultivating Healers

• DBT with BIPOC Clients: Culturally Responsive Clinical Applications -Intermediate (2 CEU)- Sharea Farmer LCSW, RS Counseling and Wellness

• Why is my child acting this way!?!”; Parent guidance through the lens of dialectical dilemmas 1.5 CEU - Evidence Based Practices of New England

• Pre-treatment and commitment in DBT with Christopher Conley, M.S.W., RSW 3 CEU- Evidence Based Practices of New England

• International Society for the Improvement and Teaching if Dialectical Behavior Therapy Conference

• ISIT DBT 2019

  • Research Spotlight: Stress, Emotion Dysregulation, and Addictive Behaviors (Rajita Sinha, Ph.D.) 

  •  Acceptance and Change: Implementing DBT in Settings that Engage in Treatment Interfering Behavior (Patrik Karlsson, LCSW, Damian Cassells-Jones, Psy.D., Maggie Mullen, LCSW, Marlen Kanagui-Muñoz, Ph.D., Emily Schiller, Psy.D., Gary Shaller, Ph.D., & J.E. Raines, Psy.D.) 

  • Advanced Case Formulation in DBT (Anthony P. Dubose, Psy.D., Sara C. Schmidt, Ph.D., Kathryn E. Korslund, Ph.D., ABPP, & Emily B. Cooney, Ph.D.) 

• ISIT DBT 2020

  • Moving People with BPD and Substance Use Disorder off Drugs and Support with Work- Linda Demeff, PhD

  • Addressing the Challenges of Running and Effective DBT Team- Jennifer Sayrs, PhD

  • Doing the Best We Can and Doing Better: The Path to Antiracism in DBT (Vibh Forsythe-Cox, Clerissa Cooper, Emily Cooney, Zainab Suara, Nana Yaa Marfo & Esme Shaller) 

  • When Chaos Reigns & Rains: Session Management with Dysregulated Families. Presented by Alan Fruzzetti, PhD

• ISIT DBT 2021

  • What the Heck is Adherent DBT? A New Pragmatic Measure for Evaluating Adherence in Individual Therapy- Presented by Melanie Harned, Ph.D., ABPP & Sara Schmidt, Ph.D

  • From Values to Action Steps: Finding, Training, and Implementing DBT Co-leaders - Presented by Natalie Dunn, B.A., Eric Matsunaga, B.A., Carolyn Williams, B.A., Andrew White, Ph.D., ABPP, and Linda Dimeff, Ph.D.

  • Skills Groups for Clients on the Waitlist Presented by Andrew White, Ph.D., ABPP and Carson Robinson, LICSW.

• ISIT DBT 2022

  • The Changing Landscape of Youth Suicide and Suicidal Behavior:  An Examination of Racial Difference and Risk Factors (Arielle H. Sheftall, PhD) 

  • Clinical Workshop: Dancing with DBT dialectical dilemmas: The acceptance and change protocol (Andrea Gold, PhD, Suzanne Decker, PhD, Seth R. Axelrod, PhD) 

  • Going where angels fear to thread:  antiracism in clinical practice ( (Faria Kamal, PhD) 

  • How phone coaching in DBT-A will change your life (Ashley C. Maliken, PhD, Sabrina Darrow, PhD, Samantha Fordwood, PhD, Joan Jou, PhD, Natalie Todd, PsyD, Esme Shaller, PhD) 

  •  Incorporating intimate partners in BPD treatment: Lessons from couple therapy for BPD (Skye Fitzpatrick, PhD, C.Psych., Rachel Liebman, PhD, C.Psych.,Candice Monson, PhD, C.Psych.) 

• ISIT DBT 2023 (6.5 CEU)

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Parents of Struggling to Launch Young Adults; Finding Synthesis with SPACE- Amy Kalasunas LPCC-S & Lucene Wisniewski PhD

  • Increasing Effectiveness of DBT for Autistic Clients - Amara Brook PhD, Rachel Leah Kraus LCSW-C, Charity Chaney MA. LPSS-S & Charlie Swenson, MD

  • Emotion Dysregulation and Self Injury from a Life Span Development Perspective- Sheila E Crowell, PhD

  • The Racial and Historical Context of Zen and Buddhism: Considerations for DBT Practitioners 

• ISIT DBT 2024 (6.5 CEU)

  • Embodying Anti Racism and Anti Oppression for Liberation- Dr Natalie Edmonds

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy for LGBTQ+ Populations- Elizabeth Kingfield PsyD and Lily Assaad PhD

  • What is the Function -Clarifying Functional Assessment of OCD Self Harm and Suicidal Behaviors in DBT- Andrea Gold PhD and Christopher Conley PhD

  • Generational Perspectives on Depression and Suicide Risk: Theory, Research, and Interventions- Rohnda C Boyd PhD

  • Optimizing DBT for Autistic Individuals: Including the Client’s Neurotype in Case Conceptualization- Lori A Ritschel, PhD & Sami Ascario LCSW-C

DBT-PE Training 

• DBP-PE Behavioral Tech Training, March 18-21, 2019 (26 CEU Hours)-Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP & Sara Schmidt, PhD

• Using DBT PE with Adolescents 1.5 CEU- Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP with DBT-PE

• Understanding and Treating Moral Injury 1.5 CEU- Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP with DBT-PE

• Building the Ability to Experience Emotions without Avoiding: Using Informal Exposure in Stage 1 DBT 1.5 CEU- Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP with DBT-PE

• Understanding and Treating Traumatic Invalidation 1.5 CEU- Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP with DBT-PE

• Complicated Issues in Trauma Treatment; Dissociation and Fragmented Trauma Memories with Melanie Harned, Ph.D, ABPP. 2 CEU- Evidence Based Practices of New England

Exposure and Ritual Prevention Training

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Assessment and Treatment by Exposure and Ritual Prevention (EXRP) (24 CEU Hours)- Tracey K. Lichner, PhD., LP & Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety at University of Pennsylvania 

Ketamine Assisted Therapy Training

• Psychedelic Practitioner Immersive: Psychedelic Space Holding & Integration Ketamine Assisted Therapy Training 4 Day Immersive Training (30 hours)- An Enduring Love, Co and Reflective Healing with Dori Lewis, MA, LPC, LMHC, Dr. Craig Heacock, Shannon Hughes, MSW, PhD, & Dr. Rob Colbert, MA, PhD, LPC

Additional Focus of Training

• Advanced Somatic Trauma Treatment Method: Practical Tools for Clinicians (10 CEU)- Linda Thai LMSW

• Autism-Informed Care Training Series (9 CEU)-Tender Roots Training Co

• Consensual  Non-Monogamy in Clinical Practice: Affirming Care and Competency (2 CEU)- Alexis Frederick Bouy & Faith Iloka LAC

• The African American Studies Institute at PGCC presents: Black Culture Matters: A virtual lecture-discussion series (2 CEU)

• Cultural Betrayal of Black Women and Girls 2 CEU - Dr. Jennifer Gomez  

• Lifting Black Voices: Therapy, Trust, and Racial Trauma

• Anti Racist Leadership Series for White Allies with Jamie Morgan and Adrian Molina October 1, October 8, and October 15 (3 hours per week)

• Creating an Ethical, Impactful Presence Outside the Therapy Room, From Books, to Social Media, to Podcasting (1 CEU)- Joy Harden Bradford PSY

• Healing Invisible Wounds: Working Through Past Sexual Trauma in Relationships (1 CEU)- Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman

• Providing Inclusive, Respectful Care to Your Gender Questioning, Transgender, and Nonbinary Clients (1 CEU)- Dara Hoffman Fox LPC

• Jill Johnson Training; Therapist Facing and Supporting with Loss. September 29, October 6, & October 13 2021.

• The Science of Suffering and Moving Forward- The Pandemic and Beyond (1 CEU) - Dr Daryl Van Tongeren and Sara Showalter Van Tongeren, LCSW

• When Client/Therapist Values Clash (1 CEU)- Lambers Fisher LMFT

•  History of Psychology: Lessons in Neutrality presented by Faria Kamal, PhD.  (1 CEU)- DBTPA

• Intensive Motivational Interviewing Training (16 CEU)- Larimer Center for Mental Health 

• Introduction for Motivational Interviewing (6.5 hrs)- Larimer Center for Menal Health 

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Work Experience 

• May 2019- Present Renee Wieszcholek LLC Private Practice

• January 2018- May 2018 Therapist for Semester at Sea as Colorado State University’s Mental

• Health Representative

• July 2016- May 2019 Senior Staff iTEAM Therapist at Colorado State University

• August 2014 –June 2015 Outpatient Adult Therapist - Touchstone Health Partners, Fort Collins, Colorado

• December 2014 – June 2015 Touchstone Representative for Transitional Counselor for AIIM and Wellness Court

• September 2013 – August 2014 Independently Contracted Mental Health Practitioner -Minnesota Center for Psychology, St Paul, Minnesota 

• November 2013 – August 2014 Supportive Housing Case Supervisor- Mental Health Resources, St Paul, Minnesota

• September 2012 – September 2013 DBT Intensive Clinical Practicum - Minnesota Center for Psychology, St Paul, Minnesota

• February 2011 – July 2012 Program Coordinator and Activity Coordinator- Partners Mentoring Youth, Fort Collins, Colorado

• May 2010 – May 2011 Residential Counselor- Larimer Center for Mental Health, Choice House Residential Facility, Fort Collins, Colorado

• October 2010 - February 2011 Section 8 Housing Coordinator,- Larimer Center for Mental Health, Fort Collins, Colorado