DAVID E ADAMES, MA, LPC
Social Work at Parkside Dr, Colorado Springs, CO

Licensed Professional Counselor (Therapist/Clinician) at Aurora Mental Health Center

Mental Health Care

Aurora Mental Health Center since Jan 2010 - Licensed Professional Counselor (Therapist/Clinician) TESSA Sep 2009 - Dec 2009 - Licensed Professional Counselor (Psychotherapist/Clinician) TESSA Mar 2007 - Sep 2009 - Clinician TESSA Aug 2004 - Mar 2007 - Case Manager Devereux-Cleo Wallace 2001 - 2004 - Unit Supervisor Cleo Wallace 1997 - 2004 - Mental Health Worker/Unit Supervisor

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 2001 - 2007
Master's, Counseling University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 1997 - 1998
B.A., Psychology University of Colorado at Boulder 1992 - 1997
Bachelor's, Psychology Instituto Justo Arosemena

Trauma, Domestic Violence, Victimology, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Substance Abuse, Personality Disorders, work with children, work with adolescents, work with victims of Domestic Violence, work with non-court ordered offenders of Domestic Violence, more to be added

Seminars/Trainings: -DBT Intensive Training, Part I–05/2010 -Assessing & Managing Suicide Risk–11/2009 -The Cx-Supervisor Relationship: Wicked or Winning–10/2009 -EMDR-Level II Training-06/200 -Motivational Interviewing: Eliciting Ct's Own Arguments for Change-05/2009 -EMDR-Level I Training-04/2009 -Teleseminar: Strategies from Neuroscience that Improve Tx Outcomes: Change Lives by Changing Brains-01/2009 -Domestic Violence, Lifetime Trauma & Mental Health-01/2009 -Domestic Violence Expert Witness Training-11/2008 -Resolving Chronic Misbehavior at School & Home-10/2008 -Trauma, PTSD, & Grief-09/2008 -PTSD in the New Generation of Combat Vets from Iraq & Afghanistan-08/2008 -Advanced DBT-07/2008 -DBT-07/2008 -Play Therapy & Beyond: Tx Tech & Strategies with Children & Pre-Adolescents-06/2008 -The Macho Paradox-Why Some Men Hurt Women & How All Men Can Help-02/2008 -Healthy Sexuality & Female Offenders-06/2007 -Victim Issues & the Developmentally Disabled Ct-06/2007

Published as a Co-author:, "Temporal Dynamics of Visual Attention: An Examination Between Young and Older Adults." Widner, Robert L., Otani, Hajime, Adames, David, Mueller, Matt. Institute of Cognitive Science - Technical Report 00-04. University of Colorado, Boulder.

Counseling, Psychotherapy

Chronic Depression, Counseling-Adolescent, Psychotherapy, Trauma

Add & Adhd (Attention Deficit & Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), Adjustment Disorder, Adolescent Depression, Anxiety Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Depression, Conduct Disorder, Depressive Disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Pica, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychological Disorders, Psychotherapy, Psychotic and Anxiety Disorders, Psychotic Disorder, Relational Problems, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizoid Personality Disorder, Severe Anxiety, Severe Depression, Stress, Trauma

English, Portuguese, Spanish

The client is the expert in his/her treatment; the therapist assists in organizing the plan, obtaining commitment, and ensuring adhere to the plan while providing suggestions that promote progress. Theoretical orientation is mainly Rogerian person-centered, Gestalt, existential, and usage of CBT techniques.

Psychologist

11059 E Bethany Dr, Aurora, CO 80014