Sydney Elks, MA, LPC
​Education: Master’s in Counseling Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology 
Specialties & Techniques: Child centered play therapy, creative expression and mindfulness activities; Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, an approach used with children and their caregivers following a traumatic event.
Supporting Sydney’s therapeutic approaches is the firm belief that each of us has the internal resources we need to affect change in our own lives.
Works with: Children, adolescents, and adults.

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Carmen Hickman, MA, LPC—Bilingual:Spanish-English. 
Education: BA in Human Services from Mesa State College; Master's in Community Counseling from Adams State College.
Specialties & Techniques:  CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), Social Learning Theory, both of which are problem focused, active, and goal-oriented.
Works with: Adults and Spanish-speakers
Carmen has over 30 years of service with the Colorado Dept. of Human Services and has been with CEC for 14 years.

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John Isaacs, BA, MA
Education: Master’s in Counseling, Adams State University
Specialties & Techniques: Mindfulness and self-compassion based treatments, Somatic Experiencing, emotionally-focused couples therapy, and EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprocessing)--a technique primarily used in those who have experienced trauma.
Before becoming a counselor, John had a career running a masonry business for many years.

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Michael Lambert, MSW, LCSW
​Education: Master’s in Social Work, University of Utah
Specialties & Techniques: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), addiction treatment, resiliency-based approaches. His approach tends to be client-centered, as opposed to therapist-driven whenver possible. 
Works with: Adolescents and adults
Before coming to work at CEC, Michael worked as a therapist at an expressive arts residential program for adolescent women.

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Linda Manchester, MSW, LCSW, Senior Counselor
​Education: Master’s in Social Work from the Colorado State University School of Social Work
Specialties & Techniques: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy, and Brief, Solution Focused Therapy.
​​Linda’s clinical experience includes working in an in-patient psychiatric program, developing and implementing a child and adolescent residential psychiatric care facility, providing family mental health services, working as an integrated care therapist in an out-patient medical practice, assessing child development and providing parenting education in a pediatric clinic, and serving in a military and family life consulting program.

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Katie Salazar-Schuckman BS, MA
​Education: Master's in Counseling, Colorado Christian University
Specialties & Techniques: Child-centered play therapy, person-centered therapy, mindfulness-based approaches, and Cognitive Behavioral therapy.
Works with: Children and adolescents

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Michelle Trosclair, MA, LPC
Education: Master’s in Counseling, Adams State University 
Specialties & Techniques: Michelle is trained in the Hakomi method of psychotherapy, and also draws from experiential modalities and mindfulness practices.
She believes that therapy is a process in which our deepest struggles are seen and understood. Then, in partnership we begin to look at what keeps us stuck, and how we can move forward. 
Michelle is a retired teacher, having worked for 32 years with K-12 students.

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Shawn Williamson, MS, LPC
Education: Masters in Mental Health Counseling, University of Phoenix, Salt Lake City
Specialties & Techniques: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Therapy, mindfulness/relation. 
Works with: Adults and adolescents

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Administrative Staff

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​​Christian Mueller, Executive Director, email: Chris@CecWeCare.org
​Colleen Pahl, Administrative Assistant
Jim Lauer, Financial Coordinator
Nancy Crowell Ruspil, Development Coordinator
​Karen Allee, Data Specialist