Congratulations to STLPI’s 2021 Graduates
As Dean, I offer my congratulations to all of our students– APP graduates and Practicum graduates. We applaud your commitment to psychoanalytically informed education and practice and are pleased to welcome you to our community of graduate therapists. We hope you will consider our Institute your professional home, and look forward to working with you, and seeing you at programs, in the future. Sincerely, Mary Nielsen, Dean
Everyone here at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute community joins me in well wishes upon your graduation. You have each had opportunities to partake of all that was offered here at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute to make your own. As you now once again begin anew, we welcome you, as alumni, colleagues, and professionals.
-Tina Marie Dale, LCSW APP Director
Sadly, we cannot gather as an Institute family this year to celebrate the completion of the Schiele Clinic Practicum. It is an accomplishment that deserves recognition and we hope the time will come soon that we can meet in person, at a formal graduation, to share our thoughts and feelings about this accomplishment with you, your family, and your friends. We look forward to future opportunities to take pride in your growth and accomplishment and hope that you will look to the Psychoanalytic Institute for support, learning opportunities, and collegiality. – Stuart Ozar, PhD., Clinic Director
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Student Biographies:
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Schiele Clinic Training Program Graduates:
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Katherine Lozano holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Walden’s University. She Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Katherine has worked with children with physical disabilities, children who have experienced bereavement, teens and adults with substance abuse issues, and victims of violence that would need to testify in court. Katherine speaks Spanish fluently which has allowed her to currently focus primarily on immigrants, so language is not a barrier anymore for an individual to communicate and ask for help if needed. Katherine is currently working on acquiring her hours to obtain her license in counseling. Katherine loves to travel, spending time with her family, going to the beach and watching movies on rainy days.
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Michael Salinas (MA, PLPC) is a recent graduate of Webster University’s Counseling program. He is currently practicing with a private group practice, Marble Wellness, where he is able to provide care for adult and adolescent individuals and couples. It is his hope to continue in this type of setting with his own private practice in the coming years. Michael also has a background in the arts and is interested in the convergence of clinical work and artistic expression. He is a proud father to a delightfully spunky 3-year-old and he hails from New Orleans. Michael is sincerely grateful to be a part of the Psychoanalytic Institute community.
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David Oliver, MS, LPC, NCC recently completed the practicum offered by the Institute’s Schiele Clinic. “The practicum experience at the Schiele clinic has deepened my understanding of the mind and allowed me to provide a deeper level of compassion and rapport”. He is now working in a private practice. His clinical interests include sexual identity and LGBTQ concerns and strength-based interventions. Plans for future professional development include coursework at the Institute to incorporate attachment-based theory within clinical work.
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Deborah Zweifel, MSW, earned a clinical Master’s in Social Work in 2020 from St. Louis University. Her clinical interests are individual therapy for grief, loss, perinatal mood disorders, and perinatal & infant loss. She is currently under supervision with Behavioral Help, LLC to earn licensure as a clinical social worker, which will allow her to operate her private practice, Garnet Counseling & Therapy, LLC. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering with Society of St. Vincent DePaul, hiking, sewing, and looking for new adventures with her children & grandchildren. “The APP program and the Clinical Practicum were beneficial in providing me with the education and experience that I needed to complete my degree and licensure. I plan to continue to take classes at the Institute in the coming years.”
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Tina Vora, MA Graduated from Lindenwood University May 2021 with a Masters in Professional Counseling. Tina will be with the Clinic through September of 2021 and will also work with Dynamic Works Wellness in Webster Groves while provisionally licensed.
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My name is Fallon Collins-Garden and I am a recent graduate from the University of Phoenix. I completed my Master’s in Mental Health Counseling. I have many counseling interests, but I am most interested in working with children. I have a background in childhood trauma and worked for the Department of Social Services for many years. I am currently a Social Worker at a Rehab Hospital in Clayton, MO. In the future, I am hoping to open my own practice and provide counseling services to my community.
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Johnny Kim is a 3-2 student from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Psychology in 2020. Johnny will be graduating with his MSW this upcoming August 2021. His clinical interests involve discovering and interconnecting multidisciplinary practices to inform his future clinical services; refining clinical techniques to provide effective and efficient psychotherapy; and providing genuine care that many individuals may be unable to receive. Johnny is seeking higher education and plans to pursue his clinical psychology degree, coupled with training from another psychoanalytic/psychodynamic institute. He plans to obtain employment in between enrollment and application cycles.
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David Ross will be graduating in August with a master’s degree in mental health counseling. He has liked his time at the Schiele Clinic so much that he is staying another year while he accrues licensing hours. He hopes to develop a private practice that is primarily telepsychodynamic, a term he may have just made up.
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My name is Michelle Woods, LPC, NCC. I am a Clinical Psychology PhD student with Fielding Graduate University. I have my LPC and NCC licenses in Missouri and am furthering my education to, hopefully one day, become a Clinical Psychologist. My clinical interests include forensic and neuropsychology, but I have also loved working with children during my practicum placement with The Schiele Clinic. So, I might try to integrate those interests. I am currently unemployed and after graduation plan to open my own private practice. Thank you for this practicum opportunity!
