Court approved provider and Central Monitoring Agency for Lincoln County, OR. providing services in Lincoln, Linn, Benton and Polk Counties OR.

33 years Facilitating BIP programs, 36 years involvement with Violence against Women Intervention initiatives (Domestic Violence / Sexual Assault)

MELANIE KELLY, LCSW: CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATIONS

 Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Oregon Board of Clinical Social Workers #3784

WashingtonState Licensed Independent Social Worker- #LW00009366

Member-National Association of Social Workers

Clinical Associate Member-Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA)

Certified Clinical Therapist-Sex Offender Treatment Oregon board- STB-T-10125498

Washington State certified domestic violence offender treatment program

COUNSELING AND EVALUATION SERVICES

Therapeutic Solutions Inc. provides a broad range of behavioral counseling services to individuals, couples and families that include: Mental and behavioral health treatment, relationship improvement, anger management, social skills development, self-esteem building and sexual abuse treatment (victim and offender).  Ms. Kelly evaluates individuals for mental and behavioral health needs. Ms. Hertrich conducts group and individual services as well as conducts domestic violence and anger management evalautions.   Therapeutic Solutions Inc. provides many services to individuals who are court-ordered or who are going through legal proceedings (criminal, divorce, child custody and juvenile).  We have excellent credibility with the courts in Oregon and Washington.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Ms. Kelly holds a masters degree in Social Work received from PortlandStateUniversity in 2003.  She has been licensed as a Clinical Social Worker since December of 2005.  She has been working with victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence for the past 15 years.  She has provided community based family therapy as well as individual therapy surrounding mental health and violence issues.  Ms. Kelly has worked in the alternative school setting providing mental health treatment for at risk youth in addition to providing sex offender specific treatment.  In addition she has worked as a co-therapist providing services to domestic violence offenders.  Ms. Kelly was trained in working with adolescent sexual offenders at the Kempe Children’s Center in Denver, Colorado.

Ms. Hertrich has worked for 20 years in the criminal justice and social service field.  She has a Bachelor’s degree in Family and Childhood development and has specialized training in victim and offender treatment.  Ms. Hertrich was trained in DenverColorado at the Kempe Children’s Center where she was certified in working with adolescents who have committed offenses.  Ms. Hertrich in addition has been trained in Domestic Violence Offender treatment through Allies in Change by Chris Huffine.

APPROACH TO COUNSELING

Therapeutic Solutions Inc. utilizes a cognitive-behavioral model of treatment that focuses on thinking, feeling and behaving.  We have a very practical, solution-oriented approach to counseling.  The first step is helping the client to identify the problem(s) in their life and then developing an action plan to cope with the problem and resolve the issue(s).  We encourage clients to take responsibility for their behavior and use a variety of self-improvement tools to prevent hurtful behavior and track their progress.  These tools include:  prevention plans, journals, positive self-talk, workbooks, art therapy and situation scripting-tapes.  We are firm believers that people are inherently good, but they sometimes do destructive and hurtful things to themselves and others.

All my professional study and work is guided by the question of how we treat each other.

BA Anthropology – Antioch College
Mediator/Conflict Specialist – Marylhurst University
Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor II

2009-2011 – Clackamas Co. Community Corrections – Women’s Empowerment Project – education group for women impacted by DV – curriculum development/co-facilitator

2010-2011 – Clackamas Women’s Services – TurningPoints Project – education group for women impacted by DV – curriculum development/co-facilitator

2010-2013 – Multnomah County Circuit Court – small claims case mediator

2012-Present – ChangePoint/Central City Concern – group facilitator/counselor for combined DV offender intervention/addictions program. Piloted female offenders program.

Oregon Mediation Association Conference Presenter
2011: Gunsmoke’s Marshal Matt Dillon: Conflict Specialist
2014: Motivational Interviewing: Using Resistance to Create Change
2015: Domestic Violence Intervention: Changing the Conversation (panel discussion with DVIP participants and facilitators)
2018: Accountability: Why It Matters and How to Get There

TurningPoints Training:
2020: DV 101 for Substance Abuse Counselors – one-day course on addressing domestic violence within the scope of addictions counseling

Japan Lutheran Thoelogical Seminary and College  B. Th. 1973

Christ Seminary Seminex                                                     M. Div.  1977

Portland State University                                                     MS            1988