I have been working in the mental health/social services field since 1996 in varying capacities. I was a social worker with the County of San Diego in Child Protective Services, first as a case manager, then an investigator, and an individual and group therapist at a local children’s shelter. After taking early retirement from the County, I decided to focus on the mental health side of social serv
ices, working first as a therapist and a discharge coordinator at a mental health crisis house, and then as a care manager for patients at inpatient psychiatric facilities for various insurance companies. In August 2013, in a part-time capacity, and as of March 2014, in a full-time capacity, I finally achieved a long-term dream, and opened up my private practice. I started actively pursuing my Licensed Clinical Social Worker certification in 2007, and achieved that goal in late 2011. Native American Heritage
I was born in Wichita, Kansas in the 60s, and my birth mother gave me up for adoption at birth. For the first three months of my life, I was in foster care, and then, was adopted by the Campbells, a very nice white couple from, most recently, Northwestern Kansas, prior, Pennsylvania. Very little was known of my heritage, other than my father was listed as unknown, and my mother had “Indian, French, and English” ancestors. I did find out later that she was from Oklahoma, hence the name of my psychotherapy business, Five Tribes Therapy. It is almost certain that I am “blood” with these people, the Five Civilized Tribes, i.e., Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.
