Catholic Charities provides counselors to seven PreK-8 schools in the Diocese, including St. Edward, St. Joseph, St. Ann, St. Patrick, St. Pius, Holy Rosary, and Immaculate Conception.

We serve students through:

• Individual counseling
• Group Therapy or Workshops: examples include grief and loss, divorce, military families, making friends, anxiety.
• Crisis counseling and intervention
• Classroom workshops for social-emotional development: examples include emotional regulation, mindfulness, kindness, anti-bullying, empathy, conflict resolution, etc.

We serve families through:

• Consultations and referral
• Family sessions for students who are clients
• Parenting resources and workshops

We serve teachers through:

• Consultations for teachers and principals on addressing social, emotional, or behavioral concerns in the classroom
• Training or education on issues like trauma, identifying and reporting abuse, suicide prevention, bullying, etc.

School-Based Services Team:

• Melissa Smith, LMSW, Clinical Program Manager
• Julie Bolles, LMSW, Compliance Program Manager
• Meg Braun, MSSW (St. Patrick School)
• Tandy Jackson, LPC (Holy Rosary Academy)
• Amanda Marshall, LMSW (St. Joseph School and St. Pius X Academy)
• Laura Ross, MFT (St. Edward School)
• Jennifer Washburn, LMSW (St. Ann School)