OUR PRACTITIONERS:

Formerly the Behavioral Health Manager at the Penitentiary of New Mexico, Clinical Coordinator for Behavioral Health at St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe and Clinical Director of Ayudantes Inc. He holds a fifth degree Black Belt in Aikido and is an instructor at the Aikido Insitute of New Mexico. His area of expertise is in Substance Abuse Sexual and Physical Abuse Sex Offenders treatment Crisis Intervention and Trauma related work. He is formally trained in Gestalt therapy, Bioenergetics, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy.

Throughout her career, Dr. Scott has provided clinical supervision, training, and mentoring of multidisciplinary practitioners to include psychiatric residents and fellows of UT Southwestern Medical School, psychologists, family therapists, counselors, nurse practitioners, and physician’s assistants. She has been recognized as adjunct faculty at UT Southwestern Medical School and has taught in the psychiatric nurse practitioner program at the University of Texas at Arlington as a Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing and Health Innovation. In addition, Dr. Scott has been fortunate to publish clinical research on the importance of Family Presence in the Emergency Room, attitudes about mental illness, and the importance of the father-daughter relationship in the treatment of adolescent girls with eating disorders to highlight a few.

Michael is a licensed independent clinical social worker and received his Master of Social Work degree with an emphasis on clinical social work practice from New Mexico Highlands University. Michael holds undergraduate degrees in both psychology and social work. Michael is certified as a clinical trauma professional and his areas of expertise are in: substance use disorders, psychiatric mood disorders, complex trauma, marriage and family issues, childhood/adolescence and aging. Additionally, Michael holds a second dan black belt in Iwama style Aikido. Currently, Michael works as the Deputy Clinical Director at the Santa Fe Recovery Center, and is a managing partner at Santa Fe Psychotherapy and Consulting.

Kimberly is a Registered Nurse and received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of New Mexico. Kimberly is bilingual (Spanish/English) and currently performs all intake assessments to establish and triage medical necessity. Once these assessments are completed the clients are assigned an individual or family therapist to continue treatment. Kimberly has been an intake specialist for many years and has performed intake assessments and triage assessments in residential treatment settings and is adept in mental health and substance abuse diagnoses and effective therapeutic interventions.