Qualifications

I hold four different certifications

• Associate Certified Coach, International Coach Federation since 2015
• Certified Organizer Coach® since 2014
• Certified Professional Organizer® since 2009
• Certified Professional Organizer in Chronic Disorganization® since 2009

My first career was in nursing, and continues to influence my perspective. I was licensed as an RN in 1985, and converted to inactive status in 2021.

Since 2006, I have worked full time helping people address their organizational challenges, and my clients have been some of my best educators.

I meet my formal continuing education requirements through conferences, workshops, webinars, and interactive teleclasses. My areas of focus are ADHD, coaching competencies, habit building, mindfulness, mood disorders, perfectionism, procrastination, resilience, self-compassion and the psychology around clutter and time management.

I have earned multiple individual certificates of study and specialization through the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD).

Some highlights of my education

Live, interactive teleclasses

• Knowledge is Power: ADHD Education: Coach Approach for Organizers Advanced Training, 7.5 hours over 5 weeks, with Dr. Ari Tuckman and Denslow Brown
• Coaching the ADHD Client from Awareness to Action: Coach Approach for Organizers Advanced Training, 10.5 hours over 7 weeks with Cameron Gott and Denslow Brown
• Productivity Coaching: Fostering Awareness, Perspective & Action: Coach Approach for Organizers Advanced Training, 9 hours over 6 weeks, with Casey Moore and Denslow Brown
• Holistic Time Coaching: Coach Approach for Organizers Advanced Training, 9 hours over 6 weeks, with Julie Gray and Denslow Brown

In person, interactive half-day workshops

• Developing Shame Resilience, based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, by Certified Daring Way Facilitator Mary Ann Lowry, MCC
• The Adult ADHD Tool Kit: Using CBT to Facilitate Coping Inside and Out by Dr. Anthony Rostain and Dr. J. Russell Ramsay
• A Clinician’s Guide to Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Adults with ADHD by Dr. John Mitchell

Multiple six-hour recorded video courses from the Institute for Brain Potential

• Understanding and Experiencing Mindfulness-Spectrum States
• Using Neuroscience to Facilitate Meaningful Change
• The Habits of Stress-Resilient People
• The Pathology of Perfectionism: How to Tame the Inner Critic
• Mind Over Misery: Stress, Anxiety, Mood, and Pain