Our Training Initiative

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Excellent supervision and clinical care is nonnegotiable.

We are committed to training and mentoring to continue to strive for excellence in all that we do and to shape excellence in the next generation.  To that end, we are a group of clinician-scholars that offer and attend countless trainings each month to improve and reflect upon our clinical skills.  We are also committed mentors who strive to shape the next generation of clinical-scholars, clinical research scientists, and data experts in healthcare informatics.

Our Training Team

  • Dr. Melinda Green

    As a Clinical Supervisor and Research Center Director, Dr. Green mentors undergraduate, graduate, and professional interns, research scientists, and clinical supervisees.

    Meet Dr. Green
  • A professional photo of Diana Dugalic, a social worker and supervisor. The image is in black and white, with her smiling face visible. The background features a starry sky. The frame around her photo is decorated with green leaf illustrations. The text below her photo reads: 'Diana Dugalic, Social Worker, LISW, WDM Clinical Director & Supervisor.'

    Dijana is a clinical supervisor whose approach to supervision and training aims to support and foster growth while ensuring client and therapist safety at Green Counseling Services.

    Meet Dijana
  • Black and white portrait of a man with styled hair, beard, and mustache, smiling supportively and holding a cat. The image is framed with a light-colored border decorated with green leaf illustrations and includes text below the photo reading "John Upshaw, Social Worker, LISW, Waterloo Supervisor & Clinician."

    John is an experienced clinical supervisor who specializes in training therapists in play therapy and other modalities. His approach to supervision fosters education and growth.

    Meet John
  • A professional identification badge featuring a black-and-white photograph of a woman with long hair and glasses, smiling. The badge has a decorative border with green leaf illustrations and includes her name, Christina Sowers, and her titles as Counselor, LMHC, Iowa City Supervisor, and Clinician.

    Christina’s approach to supervision of mental health professionals is to support the provider in training to reach goals while maintaining the highest standards of ethics.

    Meet Christina
  • A professional profile card featuring a black-and-white photograph of Tara Wilford, a woman with dark hair, smiling. The card is decorated with a light green leafy border and includes her name, Tara Wilford, in bold green text. Below her name, her titles are listed: Social Worker, LISW, Cedar Rapids Clinical Director & Supervisor.

    Tara's approach to supervision is to pair a strengths based approach to the cognitive behavioral model, with the goal of fostering a safe environment for clinician growth.

    Meet Tara
  • Black and white portrait of a smiling person with straight hair, framed by a decorative leafy border. Text below her reads: 'Lindsay DeMarle, Social Worker, LISW, Davenport Clinical Director & Supervisor.'

    Lindsay aims to guide clinicians in techniques that are client centered and solution focused. Lindsay’s approach to supervision is a focus on education with understanding and empathy.

    Meet Lindsay
  • A grayscale picture of Maygan Klug, a social worker and clinical supervisor, with decorative green leaves framing her face and the text 'Maygan Klug, Social Worker, LISW, Davenport Supervisor & Clinician' beneath her photo.
    Meet Maygan

Training Opportunities

  • Clinical Excellence Training Series

    The practice training team, leadership team, and clinical providers offer Clinical Excellence Training to all members of our provider staff in order to continue to develop and hone our clinical skills so we provide the best services possible to our clients.  Training opportunities are offered 3 times per month and include a focus on basic and advanced listening skills in the micoskills hierarchy as well as specialized skills from various empirically supported therapeutic approaches including ACT, CBT, DBT, IFS, CPT, MI, EMDR, and many others.  Training topics are also tailored to address specific presenting concerns and empirically supported protocols and etiological research for these concerns.  CEU credits are typically offered for these training opportunities provided for most of our staff completing the Clinical Excellence Training Series.

  • Eating Disorder Clinical Training Series

    One of our specialty niches as a practice is the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.  All of our staff are provided the opportunity to receive extensive clinical training on the most effective ways to prevent and treat these disorders via our Eating Disorder Clinical Training Series.  In this series, we focus on teaching and learning the latest science on the etiological factors which contribute to the onset and maintenance of eating disorders so we can effectively address these factors during treatment.  We also examine the most effective treatment approaches for a variety of eating disorders including ARFID, bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, other specified feeding and eating disorder, and unspecified feeding and eating disorder.  We provide training on CBT-E, IPT, DBT, RO-DBT, MI, Etiological Therapy, Dissonance-Based Therapy, Sociocultural Therapy, and Feminist Therapy as leading treatment approaches for the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.

  • State of Iowa Behavioral Health Network Training Series

    We provide CEU training opportunities for behavioral health providers across the State of Iowa at no cost in order to contribute to the development of a strong behavioral health community across our state.  We offer many CEU opportunities annually on a variety of topics ranging from the Etiology of Eating Disorders to the Neurobiology of Depression.  Please contact Dr. Melinda Green (insert contact link) if you would like to register for upcoming CEU opportunities.

  • Supervision for Providers with Temporary and Provisional Licenses

    We offer clinical supervision for providers with temporary and provisional licenses.  We are approved and credentialed by our respective boards to provide supervision for LMSWs, tLMHCs, provisionally licensed psychologists, and provisionally licensed LMFTs in the State of Iowa.  We offer .5-1 hour of individual supervision weekly (contingent upon license type) and 1-3 hours of group supervision weekly to our providers with temporary and provisional licenses at no cost.  We use a cognitive-developmental approach to mentoring, consistent with the best practices as indicated in the supervisory research literature.

  • Supervision for Preceptorships, Practica, and Clinical Internships

    We offer clinical supervision for Preceptorships, Practica, and Clinical Internships for graduate and professional students in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner programs.  Please contact Dr. Melinda Green for current opportunities at each practice location.