Liz received her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Minnesota and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker.  Liz is certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), working toward certification in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), and uses a Developmental Repair lens in her work.  Liz has worked in a variety of community-based mental health positions, including school social work, Children’s Mental Health Case Management, and school-based therapy.  She is a board-approved supervisor by the Minnesota Board of Social Work.

In her current role, Liz oversees the mental health programs at CLUES and provides administrative support to programs across the Behavioral Health department.  She focuses her direct clinical work on supporting kids, teens, and their parents as they heal from experiences of complex trauma, and she particularly enjoys supporting young people with developmental differences in their healing process.  Liz is passionate about helping families and caregivers understand and work with the multiple systems that impact their children in a more empowered way, as well as advocating with those systems to make their processes more inclusive, culturally affirming, and equitable.  She believes strongly that building connections across settings and creating access to high-quality educational and supervisory experiences for providers is central to improving experiences for service participants.