Meet Our Supervisors!
Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, RPT-S
Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, RPT-S, has a master’s degree in counseling & marriage, family & child therapy as well as an MBA from University of Phoenix in Colorado. Since entering the therapy field, Liliana has developed an interest and niche in treating children and families who have experienced trauma, abuse, and multicultural issues from an attachment lens. To better treat these populations, Liliana has received training in different modalities, some of which she is a trained educator. Liliana is also a AAMFT Approved Supervisor, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, Synergetic Play Therapy Consultant, EFT Supervisor, EMDR Certified, TheraPlay Level 1, Independent Facilitator of the Becoming a Love and Logic Parent Curriculum, Bring Baby Home Gottman Trained Educator, Gottman Seven Principles Program Educator, Completed Level 2 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. She brings a unique cultural lens into her therapy and supervision sessions. Liliana is passionate about working with fellow mental health professionals to embrace curiosity, inspiration, and discover meaning to rise to their full potential from attachment and cultural lenses.
**Liliana is available Monday - Thursday from 9am - 4pm MST.
Valarie Bruno, LPC, RPT-S
Valarie loves teaching aspiring and practicing clinicians about their authentic self and how to navigate that with kids and families (to find THEIR most functional, authentic selves). Valarie incorporates systems and synergetic play, as well as psychoeducational models of supervision to connect and grow folks as they navigate effective, productive therapeutic interventions. Valarie feels passionately about neurodivergent folks, especially kids, and prioritize inclusivity, diversity, and acceptance as key components to growing as clinicians.
**Valarie is not available on Tuesdays.
Rose LaPiere, LPC, RPT-S, ACS
Rose LaPiere is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has counseled children, adolescents, and adults for over 20 years. She is a writer, presenter, parent coach, EMDR consultant, registered play therapist supervisor, and synergetic play therapy supervisor. She works with others through the lens of attachment, mindfulness, therapeutic powers of play, and interpersonal neurobiology. Rose is passionate about integrating nature, sand tray, EMDR, and play therapy. Rose has co-edited and co-authored Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies: Interventions for working with children, teens and families.
**Rose is only available for independently licensed clinicians.
Brooke Harris, LPC, ACS, RPT-S
Brooke Harris, is the owner and clinical director of Creative Counseling of Evergreen in Evergreen, CO. She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the state of Colorado as well as an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). Additionally, she is a Registered Play therapist Supervisor (RPT-S™) with the Association for Play Therapy. Brooke’s certifications include an endorsement in infant mental health (IMH-E®), Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) and EMDR. Brooke uses play therapy with clients across the entire lifespan. Brooke’s supervision style is encouraging, reflective, and creative. She enjoys mentoring play therapists-to-be and sharing her passion for play therapy with others.
Catherine Romero, LCSW, RPT-S
Catherine Denham is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Florida, and a registered play therapist-supervisor with 10+ years of experience providing therapy to individuals and families. She has worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma/abuse, high conflict relationships, parenting issues, and low self-esteem. Her experience includes outpatient, inpatient/residential, school based setting, in-home services, and telehealth. Catherine is EMDR trained, and a certified facilitator for Circle of Security Parenting.
**Catherine is only available for independently licensed clinicians.
Kamini Verma, LCSW, RPT-S
Kamini Verma obtained her Master of Science in Social Work from the University Of Texas School Of Social Work in 2010. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), a Social Work Board Approved Supervisor in Texas, and a Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor (RPT-S). She has 12+ years of experience working with children, adolescents and their families on topics related to healing from trauma and abuse, crisis intervention, creating home stability, adoption, anxiety, grief and loss, mindfulness and explorations of sexuality and identity. She is a Trust Based Relational Intervention ® Certified Educator and completed Level One of Theraplay training. During the course of her professional care, Kamini has worked as an advocate for children in the foster care system, in a neurobehavioral-focused residential treatment center, a community health clinic, and private practice before returning to her non-profit roots at a local counseling agency that serves all people and has a focus on military families. Kamini also presents trauma-informed parent workshops within the community and her agency, as well as clinical trainings for therapists.
Kamini currently provides counseling to children ages 5-17 years, having been trained in a variety of treatment modalities, including play therapy, solution-focused therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, Synergetic play therapy, Experiential play therapy and using sand tray in therapy. Her theory of practice is prescriptive and person-centered, leaning towards a more directive approach while ensuring a focus on what the client brings to, and needs from, session. Her supervision style matches her client work, focusing on what the clinician brings to session to enhance and channel their clinical work.
**Kamini is only available Fridays before 2:00 CST/1:00 MST.