LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

NOT ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS

Celeste Turner, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, has been with the company for five years. Prior to she has spent over 8 years providing trauma informed clinical case management for children and families and outpatient treatment services for both children and adults for over three years.

Celeste primarily works with those whom are vulnerable and underrepresented to empower growth and healing in our communities. She is dedicated to creating a sufficient and punctual environment for each client, where professional relationships can be built. Celeste actively works to create a calm, therapeutic, nonjudgmental, safe space for each client.

Celeste facilitates individual, couples/family therapy and group therapy. Celeste maintains a small number of clients. Celeste’s treatment focus are trauma and stressor related disorders, depression, anxiety, and grief and loss. Her treatment models include but are not limited to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), person centered therapy, Trauma-informed care, Perinatal Mental Health and Solution focused therapy.

“My mission is to empower my clients and guide them through processing their trauma, relational issues and other life conflicts in order for them to be the best version of themselves.” – Celeste Turner

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK INTERN

NOT ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS

Alexandria Nelson, Clinical Social Worker, currently practicing under an internship that is supervised by a certified Nevada LCSW. Alexandria recently joined the company and prior to working for Changing Minds, Alexandria worked for The Children’s Cabinet in Reno, Nevada creating opportunities for families to reunify, creating safety plans, and advocating for families in Northern Nevada Rural communities to have more support services.

Alexandria provides individual therapy and family counseling. Alexandria has a background in working with children, teens, young adults, and families experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, and behavioral difficulties. Alexandria provides services using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MCBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Interpersonal Therapy, Trauma Informed Care, and Psychoeducation. Her goal is to help her clients overcome the challenges and stressors of life, traumatic experiences, or other circumstances that have impacted the client, while increasing a development of self, strengthening coping skills, and create an understanding to maintain wellbeing.

In Alexandria’s free time she likes to go hiking with her dog Jax, camping, traveling to new places, and spending quality time with her family and friends.

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK INTERN

Sarah Wise is a Clinical Social Work intern (CSW-I) after completing her MSW (2023) and BSW (2022) at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her passions stem from wanting to know more about the clinical side of social work learning how to be the best clinician possible. One of Sarah’s favorite things about clinical social work is that it allows rapport and helps establish relationships with clients. Sarah has had experience with Special Education, Adolescents, children, the elderly population, Skilled Nursing, and more.

Some of her favorite things to do in her downtime is to read, paint, write, and relieve stress by yoga or the gym. In addition, Sarah has written a poetry book called, “Gray Matter” and is an established professional painter outside of social work. When she’s not doing work or these activities, she can be found attending music concerts or traveling home to Ely.