Kate O'Kelley Certified Trainer

The Collaborative Problem Solving Certified Community

With millions of kids struggling with their behavior in North America alone, Think:Kids is constantly working to expand access to our Collaborative Problem Solving® (CPS) approach. Thanks to our Certification Program, there is a growing community of people who are Certified and Certified Trainers across North America and the world!

Members of our Think:Kids Certified Community include parents, educators, mental health professionals, and more. They provide a range of services such as outpatient and in-home counseling, inpatient and residential treatment, and teach our Parent/Caregiver, Introduction, and Essential Foundation courses.

Search the map below to find someone who is Certified or a Certified Trainer near you. Don’t see anyone in your region yet? You could be the first! Learn how to become Certified in Collaborative Problem Solving.

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Kate O'Kelley

Lionheart Speaks LLC

https://lionheartspeaks.com/
kate@lionheartspeaks.com

Area Served: Columbia, MO, United States

Currently Offering Parent/Caregiver Classes
  • Yes, I currently provide CPS Parent/Caregiver classes
Currently Offering Non-Clinical, One-on-One Parent/Caregiver support
  • Yes, I currently provide non-clinical, one-on-one CPS parent support services.
Currently Providing Outpatient Child and/or Family Therapy
  • No
Type of Licensed Clinician
  • N/A
Languages Offered for the Above Services
  • English
About Me:
  • I found Collaborative Problem Solving after struggling as a teacher to respond to behavioral issues in my classrooms. I was curious why so many students were having a hard time, so I went back to school to study child and family therapy. During my clinical internship, I was introduced to CPS. It spoke to the part of me that was deeply frustrated with being told to just use my power to will kids and adults to change. As I deepened my practice, I found CPS to be an effective approach centered on what was important to me: empathy, empowerment, growth, and change.

    Since becoming a trainer in 2015, I've used the model in behavioral health programs and schools, leading efforts to implement CPS in therapeutic foster care programs and training service providers and parents in the model. I've learned a lot walking side-by-side with individuals and programs to support them in moving learning into effective practice. Now I continue to provide CPS training and coaching in foster care. I also work one-on-one with individuals and offer parent classes and Essential Foundation training. I love seeing the positive impact this model can have on people, organizations, and systems!

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