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Email: Karla@GroffandAssociates.com
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Dr. Karla Calumet
PhD, Marriage and Family Intern
Throughout my lifetime, I’ve been privileged to walk with individuals, couples and families on their journeys as they have faced life transitions, difficult challenges and loss within their lives. As a young mother, our five-year-old son was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes which was life-changing for our young family. Understanding and empowering individuals to be hopeful in the midst of what seems impossible is something that I believe comes from my own experiences, education, training and relationship with God. It is from these collective experiences that I have pursued the role of a Marriage and Family Therapist. To walk with others and offer them the opportunity for hope, healing and encouragement as they embrace their lives in the midst of uncertainty and change. It is a privilege I am most grateful to embrace.
Education
- M.S., Northwestern University, Marriage and Family Therapy, expected
graduation December 2025. - Ph.D. Walden University. Doctorate of Philosophy in Psychology.
- MHA. St. Joseph’s College, Master in Health Services Administration.
- Basic Sciences, St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine.
- B.A. Drake University. Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Counseling Specialties
- Individual Therapy: Specializes in child and adolescent issues, mood issues, anger management, and stress
- Marital Therapy: Relational distress, conflict resolution, and reconciliation of relationships
- Family Therapy: Medical family issues, blended family, divorce recovery, grief and loss, and trauma
Training/Experience
- FOCCUS Facilitator for Premarital Counseling
- Author, “HOPE MATTERS: Positive Health in Breast Cancer and Beyond!”
- Adjunct Professor, Boise State University. Boise, Idaho. United States.
Subjects taught; Health Law & Ethics, Health Care Administration, Health Policy and Ethics. - Speaker, Psychology Consultancy, Health Promotion.
Professional Society Memberships
- AAMFT, Student Member, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
- APA, Member, American Psychological Association
- CPA, Member, Catholic Psychotherapy Association
- Peer Review, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
- RCI, Member, Rotary Club International
Publications
- Pregnancy, Stress & Three Techniques. (2013). International Journal of
Childbirth Education. Psychology of Pregnancy. 28 (3) 96-98. - Calumet, K. (2017). Breast Cancer, Mana’olana/Hope and the Experience of Native Hawaiian Women. ProQuest.
- Calumet, K. (2019). HOPE MATTERS: Positive Health in Breast Cancer & Beyond! Amazon.