Lennie (She/Her) is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor with 15 years of experience working with trauma, anxiety, and relationship issues in the community. She has a strong belief that people do better when they are connected in meaningful ways and founded Project Connecting with the commitment to providing evidence-based mental health care while providing the connection and community required to achieve optimum wellness. Lennie has experience working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. She specializes in trauma-informed care and is proficient working with depression, anxiety, emotion regulation, relationship issues, LGBTQA, adoption and PTSD.
Lennie is a certified facilitator and the Rocky Mountain Region Leader for The Daring Way™, a curriculum based on the research of Brené Brown. Lennie presented at The Daring Way’s Courage Camp in 2017 and 2018 on incorporating trauma-informed care into the Daring Way curriculum.
Lennie has worked as clinical director, trauma educator, and adoption specialist. Lennie was on an expert on a panel for the 2014 Utah Adoption Conference, was a speaker at the 2015 Utah Adoption Conference, and the 2023 Utah Nonprofit Association Conference and has been interviewed recently by the New York Times and Harvard Public Health magazine. She has also been a guest on many webinars and podcasts.