Family Ties Program Staff

Carolyn Berg, MSW, LICSW Professional HB Therapist/ Clinical Supervisor
Monica Halvorson Family Facilitator
Phylis Harrington, BSW, LSW Professional HB Therapist/ Reg. Wraparound Coordinator
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Tricia Hellerud, MSW, LICSW Professional Home Based Therapist
Cheryl Langei, BSW FGDM Team Leader/ Professional Home Based Therapist
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Richard Mosher, B.S. School Program Coordinator
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Amy Paul, BSW, MSW School-Based Mental Health Practitioner	Amy Paul is the School-Based Mental Health Practitioner at Win-E-Mac school. She grew up in northwest Minnesota, graduating from Fertile-Beltrami High School in 2000 and graduated in 2004 with an undergraduate Political Science degree from UND. Amy continued her education and graduated with her Bachelor in Social Work in 2007, and now her Master in Social Work in 2008, all from UND.
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Cheri Skavlem, MSW, LICSW Outpatient Therapist
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Heather Taylor, M.A., LPC Children's Mental Health Therapist/ Early Childhood Specialist
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Nancy Trickey, MSW, LICSW Professional Home Based Therapist	Nancy Trickey is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. She obtained her bachelor and Master degrees at the University of North Dakota. She has been working at NW Mental Health Center since 1997. Nancy provides psychotherapy services in Crookston, East Grand Forks and Mahnomen MN. She enjoys serving adults, couples, teens, and families. She has experience in disaster service, crisis intervention, and community organization. Nancy has specific training in Functional Family Therapy, Evidenced Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She has experience working with diverse ethnic, spiritual, cultural and economic populations. Nancy spends her free time with family and friends. She loves time at the lake, outdoors with the grandchildren, and traveling anywhere.
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Jessica Shockman, MSW, LICSW Mental Health Practitioner/School Based Mental Health Grand Manager	Jessica is a fulltime employee within our Children’s Services and spends half of her time coordinating the School Based Mental Health Grant for 22 sub-contracting school districts within the 6 county service region. The other half of her time she is providing In Home Family Therapy or training various professionals from around the region in Non-Violent Physical Crisis Intervention. Jessica is a 1997 graduate of Crookston High school and thereafter attended UND and attained a BS in Social Work in 2002 and a MS in Social Work in 2004. In 2005, Jessica was trained by the Crisis Prevention Institute and became a Certified Crisis Trainer. To date she has trained over 1,200 professionals in ways to better handle agitated individuals and avoid a crisis. Jessica resides in Crookston along with her husband and three children.