Front: D. Gudvangen, B. Anderson
Back: K. Anderson, M. Jorgens, D. Wilson, D. Christie
Management Team
Front: D. Gudvangen, B. Anderson
Back: K. Anderson, M. Jorgens, D. Wilson, D. Christie
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Dan Wilson, LICSW Executive Director
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Dan Wilson has
served as the Executive Director for the Northwestern Mental Health Center
since August of 1986. Prior to that time, he was the Executive Director of
the Polk County Developmental Achievement Center from 1981 to 1986, during
which time he also taught two semesters of Social Work Administration at the
University of North Dakota. He served as the Assistant Director for the
Northwestern Mental Health Center from 1973 to 1978 working closely with
Developmental Achievement Centers as well as with the development of ICF/MR
facilities in the region. From 1978 to 1981 he served as the Assistant
Director for Mental Health, focusing on the development of the Community
Support Program and Northwestern Apartments. Mr. Wilson holds a Master's degree in Social Work from the Tulane University School of Social Work in New Orleans attending under a fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health. He received a Bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 1967, during which time he also worked for Northeast Neighborhood Services, a youth and family services organization. He served in the United States Peace Corps in Montevideo, Uruguay from 1969 to 1972 providing rehabilitation services at the Escuela Taller de Recuperacion Ocupacional. |
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Kathy Anderson, A.S. Financial Director
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Kathy Anderson has served as Financial Director since April 1997. She joined the Center in November 1988 as Bookkeeper/Statistician. |
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Don Christie, M.Ed.,
M.A., LICSW Clinical Director
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Don Christie
is the
Clinical Director of the Outpatient Program at the Northwestern Mental
Health Center. He is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and
holds a Master of Arts Degree in Mental Health Counseling from North Dakota
State University, and a Master of Education Degree in Educational Psychology
from California State University in Northridge. He has worked as a
psychotherapist for 24 years and his current practice focuses primarily on
adult mental health issues including relationship counseling. Don has
special interest in the joining of spiritual, philosophical and phase of
life problems with more traditional mental health issues. He also has
extensive experience in chemical dependency and domestic abuse issues.
Don lives in Crookston, and has worked at the Mental Health Center for 14 years. He has two adult daughters and five grandchildren. He enjoys listening to and playing music (piano and guitar), reading, writing, motorcycling, canoeing, and exploring spiritual issues.
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Brenda Anderson Director of Family & Children's Services
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Brenda Anderson is the Director of the Children and Family Services Unit at Northwestern Mental Health Center as well as the Polk County Collaborative’s Children’s Mental Health Coordinator. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Social Work from the University of North Dakota. She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and has been working for Northwestern Mental Health Center since 1996. Aside from her administrative duties, Brenda continues to provide individual and family counseling and has received advanced training to provide Functional Family Therapy. She specializes in working with adolescents and their families. Brenda has also been an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Dakota since 2003. Brenda is a native of East Grand Forks, MN and currently resides in Crookston with her husband and their two children. She enjoys spending time with her family, going to the lake, traveling, reading, playing volleyball and golfing. |
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Michal Jorgens, Psy.D.,
LP Residential Program Director
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Dr. Michal Jorgens
is a licensed
clinical psychologist. She works with a wide range of individuals, and
specializes in working with the most severe disabilities. She earned a
doctorate in clinical psychology from Minnesota School of Professional
Psychology/Argosy University in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Dr. Jorgens
works part of the week in the outpatient clinic doing testing, psychological
evaluation and individual therapy. She is also the Director of residential
services for the Mental Health Center’s programs at Northwestern Apartments
in Crookston. Dr. Jorgens has an extensive background in developmental
disabilities, having provided administration and consultation to such
programs for over 15 years. She was appointed to and served on the
Governor’s Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities. Michal’s APA
internship training included forensic evaluation, inpatient psychiatric
treatment and assessment, and assessment and treatment of developmentally
disabled adults.
Dr.
Jorgens has served as an adjunct faculty at University of Minnesota,
Crookston, since 1995.
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Denise Gudvangen,
M.A., LP Adult Community Services Coordinator
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Denise Gudvangen earned her Bachelor’s of Art in Psychology from Moorhead State University and her Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota Duluth. She started working at the Northwestern Mental Health Center in 1993 as a Professional Home Based Therapist in the Children and Family Services Division. In 1998 she became licensed as a Psychologist in the state of Minnesota and began doing some clinical supervision in the Children and Family Services Unit and in Day Treatment in the Adult Services Program. She continued doing home based family therapy and her clinical supervision roles until 2001 at which time she moved into being a clinical supervisor in the Adult Services Program full time. In 2004 she became the Adult Services Coordinator with the Adult Services Program. Denise is a native of Warren, Minnesota. She currently resides in Fertile, Minnesota with her husband and their two daughters.
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