Kristy received her Professional Counseling Master’s degree from Bradley University; and double majored in Crisis Counseling as well as Addiction and Recovery from Liberty University. While in school she was a sexual assault advocate for SARP in Green County. For two years, she co-owned Vitality Youth Services where she facilitated Peer support groups for NAMI of Green County and co-facilitated survivors of suicide support group. She also went into Monroe High School once a month to facilitate a LGBTQIA+ support group and provided school based mental health in the Argyle school district. Kristy is also vice president of a non-profit, Village Youth, and a hospice volunteer by offering bereavement and grief counseling services for SSM Health hospice. She is married with three children of which two are neurodiverse (intellectual disability, learning disability, a deaf son, etc.). Her pets include an Angora rabbit named Lola and two dogs: Bentley and Bella. Kristy does not follow one specific approach in counseling as everyone is unique; she focuses on strengths and person-centered therapy approaches. She is a believer in meeting clients where they are currently at in their life. 

Populations:

• Anyone ages 5 and up

• Autism Diagnoses

• Learning Disability Diagnoses

• LGBTQIA+

Familiar With:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Sandtray Therapy

• Play Therapy

• Identity Struggles

• Eating Disorders

• ADHD

• Depression

• Anxiety

• PTSD

• IEP Advocacy

• Grief Counseling

• Safety Planning

Coty completed her Applied Clinical Psychology and Theory Research Psychology degrees from Cardinal Stritch University in 2022. Coty is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Behavioral Analysis through UW- Whitewater. Coty has also conducted and completed a full analytical research study, approved by the IRB in 2021, focused on behavioral personality traits.

Coty has extensive experience working with individuals and families within their natural environment and community settings: including but not limited to schools, daycares, public centers, professional facilities, and outpatient offices. She has 6 years of family, youth, and adolescent behavioral experience. She is especially knowledgeable in ABA services for autism, IEPs, IFSPs, case coordination, special education, emotional regulation, senior behavioral health, and trauma-based systems. Coty has worked as a Birth to Three Behavioral Coordinator, ABA Therapist for Autism, and Senior Behavioral Health Therapist providing Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy to youth, adults, and seniors.

Coty engages in mindfulness, active listening, conflict resolution, and psychoanalytical techniques. Some practices she pulls from are Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Therapy, Family Based Systems Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Play Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution Focused Therapy. She specializes in ABA, developmental delays, educational delays, emotional regulation, attachment disorders, youth/senior behavior, anxiety, depression, and ADHD.

Populations:

●     Youth (Ages birth - 12 years)

●     Adolescence (Ages 12+ years)

●     Young Adults

●     Senior Community

●     Family or Individuals

●     Autism

●     Developmental and Educational Delays

●     Physical Developmental Delays

Specialties:

●     Self Regulation

●     Autism Spectrum Disorder

●     Cultural Inclusion

●     Community Inclusion

●     Gerontology

●     Pediatrics

●     Behavioral Health

●     Trauma (Individual and Family)