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12 Kelsey Stoos Joins LIOS as Academic Program Coordinator At the end of January, Kelsey Stoos assumed her parttime duties in Academic Administration, where she assists Julia Sondej (Director of Academic Affairs) and Heidi Dahl (Academic Program Administrator). In her position, she will liaise with Saybrook San Francisco in areas such as registration, student accounts, and business affairs. She will also work hand-in-hand with Heidi in making Resident Conference arrangements and supporting faculty and students in providing handouts, tracking program progress, etc. Kelsey was raised in southeastern Minnesota and graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead where she earned a BA in psychology. After her 2006 graduation, she worked at Fraser, Ltd., a human services nonprofit organization that supports children and adults on their life’s journey towards independence. While there, she served as Program Coordinator and Program Development Coordinator, working as an internal case manager for adults with intellectual disabilities, ensuring that residential program systems met accreditation standards, grant writing, legislative testifying, and guaranteeing quality care for the people supported by Fraser. Kelsey moved to the Seattle area in August of 2010 to attend the PsyD program at Northwest University in Kirkland. “Northwest University has a doctoral program with a multicultural focus,” she says. “Considering our country continues to develop multiculturally, I felt getting that kind of an education was important to my development as a psychologist.” With that focus in mind, Kelsey traveled this last January with NWU graduate students to Kolkata, India, where she worked with homeless children, children attending local village schools, and children attending a school for the blind. “We worked with Mercy Hospital Ministries and looked at its programs from a psychological perspective,” she says. “We evaluated what is going well, what needs improvement, and where they can go in the future.” Coming to LIOS was like entering a current of humanity, a current I had been part of all along but somewhere at the periphery, in the stream's slack waters and shallows. Starting school was a brisk dive into the central current. Kelsey learned about LIOS from NWU cohort Alda Yu, (LIOS Executive Assistant to the President), who spoke glowingly about the school. When Alda informed her of the job opening, she jumped at the opportunity. “Psychology and education are my two passions,” she says. “I was attracted to LIOS, because here I can integrate the two. I can promote psychology and education along with the unique LIOS approach to experiential education.” When Kelsey isn’t occupied with homework and working at LIOS as the Academic Program Coordinator, she enjoys spending time at the gym, singing in the Holy Family Catholic Church Pro Deo choir, supervising undergraduate researchers at Northwest University and spending time with friends. She has thoroughly enjoyed her first Pacific Northwest winter and looks forward to spending more time outdoors without negative temperatures or blizzards. – Katie Talbott, MA (LIOS '10) (See Co n n e c t i o n s, page 18)
13 Creative Voices By Beth Jenson, ma Quills and Soft Bellies Editor’s Note: Beth Jenson, MA (LIOS ’08, www.bethjenson. Beth Jenson com), is a Marriage and Family Therapist in Woodinville, WA, who works with teens and adults with Asperger's Syndrome. Her therapeutic approach includes emotion coaching and affect interpretation. Jenson submitted her poem with the following comment and “emoticon”: “I wrote this poem to describe to a delightfully explosive young man the relationship between raging and feeling vulnerable. By the way, I spent my two years at LIOS smoothing my own ‘quills’ and allowing others access to my soft, fluffy belly.” :-) Porcupine Belly My quills are up! Better watch out! I’m Swaggering Stomping Scaring and I’m Coming after you. Little do you know – (or do you?) Porcupines Really have A soft underbelly That is *Quite* Ticklish. Alumna to Speak at April 1 Washington Women in Need Luncheon and Advisory Council. She is a past Director of Clinical Education and Youth Programs for the National Mental Health Association of Georgia. LIOS alumna Kristine Medea, MA, LPC, BCETS ( LIOS ’95 BS; ’98 MA), will be the keynote speaker at the Washington Women In Need (WWIN) luncheon, Friday, April 1, 12 noon to 1 p.m., Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Metropolitan Ballroom (11:15 a.m. Registration; 11:30 a.m., Ballroom doors open). Her address, “Bearing Witness: My Life in Ten Short Chapters,” will focus on the resilience and power of people believing in one another. A recipient of a WWIN scholarship, Medea says, “I am so excited about the event. WWIN is an awesome organization, and the intersection between the scholarship I received and my experiences at LIOS has been life changing. I will be speaking about both.” Medea, whose ThrivingHeart Counseling & Consulting practice (http://thrivingheart.com) is located in downtown Atlanta, GA, was recently appointed to a seat on the Georgia Mental Health Planning Medea specializes in trauma resolution, attachment facilitation and healing, particularly for adults and children dealing with issues surrounding foster care and adoption. A popular speaker and consultant, she has offered commentary on mental health and child development for numerous organizations and media, including CNN and ABC World News Tonight. Washington Women In Need is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of low-income women in the state of Washington through financial assistance for health care and education. Its April 1 spring benefit luncheon is based on the theme, Creating Brighter Futures. LIOS is sponsoring a table at the WWIN event and encourages those from the LIOS community to attend. For more information or to reserve a place at the LIOS table, please contact Alda Yu: 425.968.3402; ayu@lios.saybrook.edu.
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