Courses
- 41700 Clinical Treatment of Abusive Family Systems
- 60800 Child and Adolescent Trauma
Job experience
- Director of Child and Family Programs, Center for Contextual Change
- Outpatient psychotherapy with children, adolescents, adults, families
- Treatment of sexual abuse survivors, family members and offenders of sexual abuse
- Home based reunification and family preservation counseling
Fields of Special Interest
- Evaluations and treatment of children and adolescents who have experienced trauma, particularly abuse and neglect
- Children with problematic sexual behaviors
- Adolescents and adults who have committed sexual offenses
- Body centered trauma treatments for all ages
- Compassion fatigue
Publications or presentations
- Cyber-bullying, Baker Dem School, Evanston, Illinois
- Decoding the Language of Little Ones, Kmetko, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
- Internet Safety for Children and Families, North Network Coalition, Winnetka, Illinois
- The Truth about Sexual Offenders, Sexual Assault Awareness Conference, Chicago, Illinois
- Five Essential Ingredients in Treating Child Sexual Abuse, Midwest Conference on Sexual Abuse, Madison, Wisconsin. Co-presented with Mary Jo Barrett
Child Welfare Witness
Many scholars don’t get an opportunity during their entire career to testify on Capitol Hill. Ashley Lepse has already done so as a Master’s student at SSA.