Busy Bee Therapy, LLC

Busy Bee Therapy, LLC Services include therapeutic evidence based interventions and therapy for children, adolescents, and adults. Fully licensed in CO, FL, UT, ID, MI, and VT.

Sometimes stuff happens that is out of our control. Kids especially can be affected by this. At Busy Bee Therapy, our goal is to provide kids and families with effective therapeutic interventions for a variety of issues. Although our specialty is trauma based services, we also provide treatment for mood and anxiety disorders as well. We also provide parenting services using the Circle of Security

curriculum or the Safe Care curriculum. As all families are different, we avoid a "one size fits all" mentality. Interventions, skills, and techniques are tweaked to specific family needs. You may be wondering about me--what makes me qualified to do this? Well, firstly, I earned a masters degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Colorado (go buffs!) Secondly, I've lived in a variety of places over my career, and have four current, active licenses in four different states; Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Idaho; Clinical Mental Health Counselor in Utah; a Licensed Addictions Counselor in Colorado; and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida. While living in Colorado, I was faculty at the University of Colorado Medical School in the Department of Pediatrics since 2009, and was affiliated with the University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital Colorado since 2007. I worked with the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect from 2007 to 2014, and have experience working with families in crisis, who have experienced traumatic events, and parents who simply aren't sure where to go and what to do with children who are having difficulties. I will 100% brag about my colleagues at the medical school and hospitals--they were amazing, and the training I received in a variety of therapeutic interventions was among the best in the country--and I am grateful for it. I have been trained in such modalities as Child Parent Psychotherapy, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, Circle of Security, Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy, play therapy, Safe Care, Safe Start, and others. Working at university and hospital settings, as well as in private practice, allowed me to work with various community organizations and with a variety of families from different backgrounds and with various needs. Working with families to improve the lives of children is something I am passionate about. I look forward to working with your family soon!

Apparently buying a car in Washington is no excuse to stop working on tomorrowโ€™s training. ๐Ÿ˜‚Sitting at the dealership pu...
08/29/2026

Apparently buying a car in Washington is no excuse to stop working on tomorrowโ€™s training. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Sitting at the dealership putting some of the finishing touches on Holding the Line while we wait. Because what else was I going to do with this time?!

I have spent a ridiculous number of hours on this training, and Iโ€™m genuinely excited to finally get to teach it tomorrow. Weโ€™re talking about the messy part of working with high-risk clients that doesnโ€™t always fit neatly into an assessment tool: our own anxiety, countertransference, cognitive biases, over-responsibility, boundaries, consultation, clinical decision-making, and yes, documentation too.

If youโ€™ve been thinking about joining us, thereโ€™s still time!

Sunday, August 30
1:00โ€“4:15 PM MT
Live via Zoom | 3 CE hours

And PLOTTWIST still gets you 10% off. ๐Ÿ˜

Registration:
https://www.universe.com/events/holding-the-line-ethics-boundaries-clinical-judgment-w-high-risk-clients-tickets-SNG365โ ๏ฟฝ

๐Ÿšจ LAST-MINUTE CE TRAINING THIS SUNDAY!If you work with suicidal or high-risk clients, you probably already know how to d...
08/29/2026

๐Ÿšจ LAST-MINUTE CE TRAINING THIS SUNDAY!

If you work with suicidal or high-risk clients, you probably already know how to do a risk assessment.

But then comes the harder part...
NOW WHAT?

What happens when there isnโ€™t one obviously โ€œrightโ€ answer, and our own fear, urgency, countertransference, over-responsibility, or desire for certainty starts creeping into our clinical decisions?

Thatโ€™s what Holding the Line is really about.

Weโ€™ll be talking about:
๐Ÿ”น Clinician anxiety & countertransference
๐Ÿ”น Cognitive biases that affect our judgment
๐Ÿ”น Defensive practice & level-of-care decisions
๐Ÿ”น Boundaries when weโ€™re worried about a client
๐Ÿ”น Consultation (seeking perspective, not permission!)
๐Ÿ”น High-risk documentation

And yes, we ARE talking about documentation! ๐Ÿ™Œ
This isnโ€™t secretly a 3-hour documentation training ๐Ÿ˜‚, but weโ€™ll talk about how to document the clinical reasoning behind our decisions, not just:
โ€œDenies plan or intent. Safety plan reviewed.โ€

Youโ€™ll also get practical handouts and tools you can actually use after the training.

๐Ÿ“… Sunday, August 30
โฐ 1:00โ€“4:15 PM MT
๐Ÿ’ป Live via Zoom
๐ŸŽ“ 3 live CE hours
๐Ÿ“ Idaho & Utah CE options
IDAHO: 3 CE Hours
Su***de Prevention OR Ethics OR Boundaries
UTAH: 3 CE Hours: UMHCA Approved
2 Su***de Prevention + 1 Ethics

And because I had to reschedule after getting ridiculously sick the first time around...
๐ŸŽ‰ PROMO CODE: PLOTTWIST
10% off registration

Come join us Sunday! ๐Ÿ

Registration: https://www.universe.com/events/holding-the-line-ethics-boundaries-clinical-judgment-w-high-risk-clients-tickets-SNG365โ ๏ฟฝ

08/28/2026

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๐Ÿ BEE HERE TOMORROW. ๐Ÿ’›Busy Bee Therapy is participating in the Out of the Darkness Walk this October to support the Amer...
08/27/2026

๐Ÿ BEE HERE TOMORROW. ๐Ÿ’›

Busy Bee Therapy is participating in the Out of the Darkness Walk this October to support the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention!

And, because apparently we can't just casually participate in something without a theme, our team needed a name. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Bee Here Tomorrow. ๐Ÿ

It felt pretty perfect.

So much of the work we do at Busy Bee Therapy is ultimately about helping people build lives worth living. Su***de prevention is a huge part of that work, and we're excited to step outside of the therapy room for a day and support an organization doing important work in su***de prevention, research, education, advocacy, and support for those impacted by su***de.

The walk is also a fundraiser, and we've set up a fundraising page for anyone who would like to support us. There is absolutely no pressure to donate, but every donation and share is genuinely appreciated. ๐Ÿ’›

And yes... Bee Here Tomorrow shirts are already in the works. Because obviously. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ

If you'd like to support our fundraising efforts, you can donate here:

https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/participants/3570090

Well... PLOT TWIST. ๐Ÿ˜‚Last Friday's Holding the Line training did not go quite according to plan. An unexpected illness h...
08/24/2026

Well... PLOT TWIST. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Last Friday's Holding the Line training did not go quite according to plan. An unexpected illness had some very strong opinions about my schedule, so we are officially trying this again.

And there is a silver lining: registration is open again!

๐Ÿ Holding the Line: Ethics, Boundaries & Clinical Judgment with High-Risk Clients

๐Ÿ“… NEW DATE: Sunday, August 30
โฐ 1:00โ€“4:15 PM Mountain Time
๐Ÿ’ป Live via Zoom
๐ŸŽ“ 3 CE hours

This training is for clinicians doing the hard work of making thoughtful decisions when the stakes are high and certainty is nowhere to be found.

We'll talk about:

โ€ข Making sound clinical decisions under uncertainty
โ€ข Recognizing clinician anxiety, countertransference, and cognitive bias
โ€ข Avoiding defensive practice and unnecessary escalation of care
โ€ข Holding compassionate, ethical boundaries with high-risk clients
โ€ข Knowing when and how to get another brain in the room
โ€ข Documenting the thinking behind your clinical decisions

And because apparently we're embracing the plot twist...

Use code PLOTTWIST for 10% off registration this week. ๐ŸŽ‰

Regular registration: $129
With PLOTTWIST: $116.10

https://www.universe.com/events/holding-the-line-ethics-boundaries-clinical-judgment-w-high-risk-clients-tickets-SNG365

If you wanted to attend before but Friday afternoon didn't work for you, maybe this particular plot twist works in your favor. ๐Ÿ˜‰

I'm feeling much better, I'm incredibly excited to finally teach this training, and I'd love to have you join us on Sunday.

Sometimes the plan changes. We regroup. We adjust. And then we try the thing again. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ

A quick update about todayโ€™s Holding the Line training โค๏ธUnfortunately, I became acutely ill overnight and, despite real...
08/21/2026

A quick update about todayโ€™s Holding the Line training โค๏ธ

Unfortunately, I became acutely ill overnight and, despite really hoping I would improve enough to teach this afternoon, that has not been the case.

So, for the first time ever, I have had to make the very difficult decision to reschedule a training.

Holding the Line: Ethics, Boundaries & Clinical Judgment with High-Risk Clients has been rescheduled to:

๐Ÿ“… Sunday, August 30
โฐ 1:00โ€“4:15 PM Mountain Time
๐ŸŽ“ 3 Ethics CE hours | Idaho & Utah

I am genuinely so disappointed. I have poured a tremendous amount of time and heart into this training because I believe deeply in supporting clinicians who are doing high-acuity work, and I want to be able to show up and deliver the training the way it deserves to be delivered.

I chose August 30 intentionally so that clinicians who need their CE hours completed by the end of the month will still have that opportunity, while giving everyone as much notice as possible about the change.

If you're already registered: I have emailed you directly with information about the new date and refund options if you are unable to attend.

Thank you so much for your understanding and flexibility. I'm going to go take my own advice about knowing when you're not actually capable of doing the thing. โค๏ธ

I hope to see many of you on August 30.

๐Ÿ THIS FRIDAY: 3 Live CE Hours | Ethics, Boundaries & Clinical Judgment with High-Risk ClientsYou assessed the risk.Your...
08/20/2026

๐Ÿ THIS FRIDAY: 3 Live CE Hours | Ethics, Boundaries & Clinical Judgment with High-Risk Clients

You assessed the risk.

Your client has suicidal ideation, but no clear plan or intent. Theyโ€™re willing to safety plan. They have reasons for living. Maybe their risk is elevated from baseline, but they donโ€™t clearly meet criteria for hospitalization.

Now what?

This is the part of high-risk clinical work that I think we talk about far less often.

What do we do when there isn't one obviously correct clinical decision?

How do we balance safety with client autonomy? When is hospitalization clinically appropriate, and when might our own anxiety be pushing us toward a higher level of care? When does increased availability become a boundary problem? How much are liability concerns influencing what we do? And how do we document our thinking when multiple reasonable clinical options exist?

That is what we're talking about this Friday.

Holding the Line: Ethics, Boundaries & Clinical Judgment with High-Risk Clients

๐Ÿ“… Friday, August 21, 2026
โฐ 1:00โ€“4:15 PM Mountain Time
๐Ÿ’ป Live via Zoom
๐ŸŽ“ 3 Live CE Hours

This interactive workshop looks at the intersection of su***de prevention, ethics, professional boundaries, clinician anxiety and countertransference, cognitive bias, liability concerns, consultation, documentation, and clinical decision-making.

We're not going to spend three hours pretending there is a perfect checklist that can eliminate uncertainty from high-risk work.

Instead, we'll focus on how to think well when uncertainty remains and how to recognize when our clinical decisions are being driven primarily by the needs of the client versus our own fear of getting it wrong.

๐ŸŽ“ IDAHO CLINICIANS: The 3 CE hours may be applied toward Su***de Prevention, Ethics, OR Boundaries, depending on the requirement you need to fulfill.

๐ŸŽ“ UTAH CLINICIANS: Approved through the Utah Mental Health Counselors Association (UMHCA) for at least 2 CE hours of Su***de Prevention + 1 CE hour of Ethics.

There's still time to join us Friday!

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Registration is $129.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Register here:
"Holding the Line registration and training details" https://www.universe.com/events/holding-the-line-ethics-boundaries-clinical-judgment-w-high-risk-clients-tickets-SNG365

If you've ever finished a su***de risk assessment and thought, โ€œOkay...but what is the right thing to actually DO?โ€ this training is for that part of the work.

๐Ÿ Strengthening ethical clinical judgment when the stakes feel highest.

๐Ÿšจ ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด! ๐ŸIf you've been meaning to register for ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: ๐—˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€, ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ...
08/15/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด! ๐Ÿ

If you've been meaning to register for ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: ๐—˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€, ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†.

Registration is $119 through tonight, PLUS code ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ takes another 10% off, bringing your registration down to ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ.

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„: $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต.

Apparently I decided one discount wasn't enough. ๐Ÿ˜‚ But both disappear tonight!

๐Ÿ So, what are we actually talking about for 3 hours?

Most clinicians have been trained to assess su***de risk.

The much harder question is:
โ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—œ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ...๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐——๐—ข? โž

Especially when there isn't one clearly correct answer.

When is hospitalization actually clinically indicated? When might hospitalization cause more harm than benefit? How do we balance autonomy and safety? How do we recognize when our own anxiety, countertransference, fear of liability, or cognitive biases are influencing what we're recommending? Where are the boundaries when working with high-risk clients? And how do we document and defend a clinically reasonable decision when another competent clinician might have chosen differently?

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ฒ'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜.

Not how to eliminate uncertainty, because we can't.

How to make thoughtful, ethical, evidence-informed clinical decisions when uncertainty remains.

๐Ÿ—“ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ง ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ
โฐ 1:00โ€“4:15 PM Mountain Time
๐Ÿ’ป Live via Zoom
๐ŸŽ“ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—˜ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€

๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ผ: May be applied toward 3 hours of Su***de Prevention, Ethics, OR Boundaries, depending on the requirement you need.

๐—จ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ต: Approved through UMHCA for at least 2 hours of Su***de Prevention + 1 hour of Ethics.

๐Ÿ ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ: $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜

๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช: $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜:
https://www.universe.com/events/holding-the-line-ethics-boundaries-clinical-judgment-w-high-risk-clients-tickets-SNG365

Strengthening ethical clinical judgment when the stakes feel highest. ๐Ÿ

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