The Trauma Therapy AZ Team

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As an LPC Juan utilizes trauma focused modalities such as EMDR, sandtray, and structural dissociation (parts work) and other methods depending on client needs. Juan has over 12 years of crisis and trauma focused experience working with adults of all cultures, first-responders, kiddos, couples and families. 

 Juan began his career working in the community with Terros crisis and providing counseling in the IOP/PHP program at St. Lukes Behavioral. Juan has also worked with the SMI community in the Arizona prison system as well as providing trauma therapy in residential treatment facilities. 

The last 3 years Juan has been in private practice in the East Valley working with adults, minors, and couples providing outpatient trauma therapy. He has worked with first responders and those with TBI in various capacities over the years, and has found that his trauma focused therapy approach works well with the challenges these populations face.  Juan is also an Arizona board approved Clinical Supervisor.

Additional Advanced Training

• EMDR Basic Training – EMDRIA
• Stabilization and EMDR Preparation Strategies with Children – Ana Gomez
• Certified clinical trauma specialist – Family – Robert Rhoton
• Sand Tray Therapy Level 1 – Theresa A. Kestly, Ph.D.
• Sand Tray Therapy Level 2 – Theresa A. Kestly, Ph.D.
• Sand Tray Therapy Level 3 – Theresa A. Kestly, Ph.D.
• CBT – Narrative Exposure Therapy: The Heart and Soul of Trauma Memory Processing – Dr. Eric Gentry
• Multicultural Perspective of Trauma Treatment – Stacy Eggsware, MC, LPC
• Making Space to Foster or Adopt –Dr Roderick Logan
• Working With Couples with EMDR – EMDRIA Deborah S. Kennard MS, PTI Founder
• Improving First Responder Resiliency with EMDR – EMDRIA Sara Gilman, PSY.D., LMFT
• The Role of Spirituality in Trauma Wounding and the Healing of EMDR Therapy – Certificate
• Healing the Whole Self Parts 1&2: Treating Dissociation in Harmony with EMDR Therapy – Sarah A. Jenkins MC, LPC
• Advanced PTSD Conceptualization- Stephanie Sacks, PhD
• Socratic Dialogue: Improving Therapy Outcomes
• Early Detection of Psychosis
• Treating Health Anxiety

Kristi has been a dually licensed therapist in the state of Arizona since 2004.  Prior to that she was a City of Phoenix police officer and FTO, who came into law enforcement with time as a Victim Advocate for  the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office in Major Crimes, Vehicular Homicides and Sex Crimes cases. Kristi is a past and present spouse of a first responder, which provides her lived experiences of the dynamics of first responder marriages, along with her personal experiences as a first responder. Kristi has over 25 years of experience as a mental health clinician, having worked in tribal communities, health care systems, university and community college settings, faith-based communities, and private practice settings. She is an EMDR trained clinician, Trauma therapist, suicide prevention specialist, certified clinical trauma professional, certified first responder counselor, and a Gottman trained couples therapist who provides individual and couples therapy.  Kristi specializes in treating mood disorders, addictions, trauma, relationship issues, PTSD, moral injuries, grief, chronic health conditions and spiritual struggles. Her approach in therapy is direct yet compassionate, offering reflective challenges from a values-driven and calm perspective. Identify sabotaging patterns that negatively impact your world and developing sustainable responses that are healthy is a common focal point in Kristi’s therapeutic care.  Away from work, Kristi enjoys doing life with her amazing humans and dogs, listening to great live music, skydiving, and working out.