Education​

M.S. in Counseling — University of Phoenix (2007)

B.S. in Social Work — Colorado State University (1988)

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Licensure

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) — Colorado, License #5846

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Brainspotting

I have pursued deep, progressive training in Brainspotting — one of my primary treatment modalities — including advanced study with its founder.

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• Brainspotting Phase 1 — Louisville, CO (August 2019)

• Brainspotting Phase 2 (November 2019)

• Brainspotting Master Class — David Grand, PhD, Founder (March 2025)

• Brainspotting Expansion Technique Training (July 2025)

• Brainspotting Phase 3 — David Grand, PhD, Founder (October 2025)

• Brainspotting & Internal Family Systems: Brainspotting the Self, Protector Parts, and Exiles — EngagedMinds Continuing Education (April 2026)

 

EMDR​

• EMDR Basic Training, Levels I & II — EMDRIA Approved
  Julie Greene, MA, LPC — Boulder, CO (2012–2013) — 40 hours

 

Somatic & Body-Centered Training

My somatic training is extensive, rooted in study with some of the field's most influential founders.

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• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute — Training for the Treatment of Trauma
  Pat Ogden, PhD, Founder — Boulder, CO (2008–2009) — 100 hours

• Trauma Affects the Whole Organism: Working With the Body in Traumatic Stress Patricia Ogden, PhD & Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD — Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (2008)

• Affect Regulation, Attachment and Trauma: A Sensorimotor Approach
  Pat Ogden, PhD — Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (2011)

• Somatic Experiencing® Beginning I Training
  Peter Levine, PhD, Foundation for Human Enrichment, Boulder, CO (2003)

• Somatic Psychotherapy: Exploring the Role of the Body, Sensation, and Movement in Counseling - Noeticus Counseling Center (2015) — 15 hours

• Body-Centered Psychotherapy: Psychoneuroimmunology Colorado School for Family Therapy (2007) — 30 hours

• Stress, Trauma & the Body: Introduction to Somatic Trauma Therapy
  The Love and Trauma Center, Denver (2014)

 

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

• IFS Circle Training (March 2019)

• Internal Family Systems Therapy: Step-by-Step Procedures for Healing Traumatic Wounds - Alexia Rothman, PhD — PESI (2022)

• Start to Finish IFS Therapy Training: IFS for Trauma, Anxiety and More
  Stacy Ruse, LPC — PESI (2025)

 

Trauma & Relational Healing

• Healing Relational Trauma & Intimacy Disorders, Levels I & II Based on Pia Mellody's Post Induction Therapy Model (2017) — 27 hours

• Working with Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma: Brain, Attachment & Somatic Therapy - Michael F. Barnes, PhD, LPC — Wings Foundation (2014)

• Trauma, PTSD & Traumatic Grief: Practical Assessments & Interventions -
  PESI (2006)

• Clinician's Suicide Prevention Summit — PESI (2021)

 

Mindfulness-Based Approaches

• Mindfulness, Healing and Transformation — Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD — PESI (2011)

• Certified Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator Dr. Jamie Marich, Creator — Institute for Creative Mindfulness (2014)

• Mindfulness: Practical Application for You and Your Clients — PESI (2006)

• Mindfulness: Enhance Your Therapeutic Skills with Powerful Mind-Body Awareness Techniques Cross Country Education (2008)

 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy 
  Dreya Blume (AKA Andrew Matzner), MSW, LCSW CE Training Workshops (February 2024) — 7 hours

 

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

• EFT Level 1 Training — Susanne Peach, EFT-ADV (2008)

• EFT Level 2 Training — Susanne Peach, EFT-ADV (2008)

 

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• DBT Training — Odyssey Training Center (2008) — 14 hours

 

Energy Psychology

• Essential Skills in Comprehensive Energy Psychology, Level 1
  Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP) (2016) — 12 hours

 

Grief

• Grief 101: A Foundation for Professionals
  Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW — What's Your Grief (2023)

 

Codependency & Relational Trauma

• Unlocking Codependency: Understanding & Transforming Relational Trauma People House Professional Development Series (2015)

 

Highly Sensitive Persons & Giftedness

• Psychology of Giftedness in Women
  Linda Kreger Silverman, PhD - Institute for the Study of Advanced Development (2018)

 

Neurodiversity

• Strengths-Based Autism Interventions — PESI (2023)

• Developing Core Competencies as an Autism Specialist through a Neurodiversity Lens — PESI (2023)

• Not Just Surviving but Thriving with Autism — PESI (2023)

• Techniques for After an Autism Meltdown — PESI (2023)

• Treating Autism and PTSD Comorbid Through a Polyvagal Informed Lens — PESI (2023)

 

Medical & Integrative Behavioral Health

• Certificate Program in Primary Care Behavioral Health University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (2012) — 36 hours

 

Embodiment & Movement Certifications

• Certified Yoga Instructor — CorePower Yoga, 200-Hour — Boulder, CO (2009)

• Anusara Yoga Immersion — 100 Hours — Amy Ippoliti (2011)

• Nia Technique White Belt — Intensive Training (2013)

• Certified Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator — Jamie Marich, PhD (2014)

• Mindful Movement & Dance Experience Facilitator — 6 years community practice

 

Energy & Integrative Healing

• Healing Touch Level 1 — Healing Touch Program, CO (2013)

• Healing Touch Level 2 — Healing Touch Program,  CO (2013)

• Healing Touch Level 3 — Healing Touch Program, CO (2013)

• Reiki Master - Lisa Shiavoni, Boulder, CO (2011)

 

Jennifer Lusk, MS, LPC | Fort Collins, Colorado | License #5846 Online therapy throughout Colorado | (720) 710-1806