About Us
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Mary Pat entered the field of mental health care in the second half of life after raising and homeschooling her four children, and working for decades in ministry, education, and corporate America. She considers it a calling and a blessing to be able to walk with clients on their healing journeys. Teaching is a life-long passion that she hopes to continue to pursue for many years to come. During her free time she enjoys visiting her children in Arizona and California, traveling to National Parks, hiking with her sheepadoodle, Nuala, and tracking down interesting food trucks here in the Springs.
Education
M.A. Marriage and Family Therapy — California Licensure Track
Northcentral University, Scottsdale, AZ -- 2018
Drug and Alcohol Counseling Program
HealthStaff Training Institute, Temecula, CA — 2014
B.A. English and Religious Studies -
Summa Cum Laude
Mount St. Mary's University, Los Angeles -- 1985
Experience
Marriage & Family Therapy, Specialization in Sexual Addiction Recovery, Betrayal Trauma, Intimacy Anorexia
Aug 2021 - present
Turas Counseling, PLLC at Heart to Heart Counseling Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Mental Health Counseling/School Counseling Graduate Program
October 2020 - June 2022
Northern Arizona University, Department of Educational Psychology, Tucson Campus
Marriage & Family Therapy, Specialization in Complex Trauma
April 2020 - July 2021
Arizona Center for Innovative Stress and Trauma Treatment (ACISTT), Tucson, AZ
Marriage & Family Therapy, Integrated Care Setting Clinician
July 2017 - March 2020
St. Elizabeth's Health Center, Tucson, AZ
Drug & Alcohol Recovery Counseling, Intensive Outpatient Treatment
March 2014 - Jan 2015
Tender Loving Mercy Intensive Outpatient Clinic, Oceanside, CA