Meet the experts
Our Team
The robust Continued Counseling course library is developed and overseen by an experienced team of behavioral health professionals and industry professionals.
Katie Kirk
PsyD, LAC
Group Managing Editor, Behavioral Health
Katrinna Matthews
DSW, MEd, LAPSW
Managing Editor, Social Work
Olivia Walliser
CE Administrator
Chelsea Richardson
MSW, LCSW, LAC, C-DBT
Assistant Director, CEU Administration
Caitlin Grefe
Continuing Education Producer
Featured Presenters
The instructors and guest editors who present our counseling courses are skilled experts in topics such as ethics, mental health and trauma.
Dr. Aimee Kotrba is a nationally-known expert and speaker on the identification and treatment of Selective Mutism, a childhood anxiety disorder. She loves working with families to promote “brave talking”. Dr. Kotrba has authored Selective Mutism: An Assessment and Intervention Guide for Therapists, Educators, and Parents and Overcoming Selective Mutism: A Field Guide for Parents.
Fe Gonzalez Murray, EdD, CCC-SLP is an associate clinical professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders department at Northern Arizona University. Before joining the NAU faculty, she worked as a bilingual speech-language pathologist for 25 years in various
settings, including public schools. In addition to teaching and supervising
graduate students in their clinical rotations, Dr. Murray facilitates workshops
around the country on issues related to working with culturally and linguistically
diverse individuals and their families.
Dr. Valerie Velarde (pronouns they/she) is a postdoctoral fellow at Freelife Behavioral Health in Chicago, IL. Born and raised in Salt Lake, Utah, Valerie graduated magna cum laude from the University of Utah in 2014, where they spent much of their time providing cultural sensitivity education throughout Salt Lake County. From there, Valerie obtained a graduate certificate in LGBT Health Policy and Practice from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., before attending The Wright Institute’s Psy.D. program in Berkeley, California. Valerie dedicated their academic and practicum experiences to antiracism efforts on campus and working with societally disadvantaged groups, including those who are housing vulnerable, incarcerated, and living with serious mental illness.
Dr. Velarde graduated in 2023 and now enjoys providing psychotherapy to LGBTQ+ individuals and couples seeking greater life satisfaction and meaning. Valerie also teaches undergraduate psychology courses at Roosevelt University and, in her free time, loves to read or listen to podcasts and spend time with her cats.
Advisory Board
Continued Counseling benefits from the expertise of a distinguished Advisory Board, which provides topic-specific content in the development of the course library.
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