Reflective Practice FAN Training Program (CLINICIAN4)

Lindsey Ondrak is an Outreach and Training Specialist at the Nebraska Resource Project for Vulnerable Young Children at the University of Nebraska's Center on Children, Families, and the Law. Lindsey is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner and Licensed Professional Counselor and provides outpatient treatment for children and their families with specialized training in trauma and attachment. She is trained in Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Integration of Working Models of Attachment into Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (IoWA-PCIT), Trauma Focused Attachment Therapy/Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), Theraplay (Level 1), Brainspotting and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). Lindsey is also a Reflective Practice Trainer in the Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) model, a Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator, a Provisional Trainer in the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5) and she is an Endorsed Infant Mental Health Clinical Mentor.

In 2007, Lindsey received her Master of Arts in Community Counseling in Harrisonburg, VA. Prior to her current position, she worked with at risk teenagers in residential treatment in CO and worked with a foster care agency in NE.

Samantha Byrns is an Assistant Project Director at the Nebraska Resource Project for Vulnerable Young Children at the University of Nebraska’s Center on Children, Families and the Law. Samantha is a Nebraska Trainer in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Integration of Working Models of Attachment into Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (IoWA-PCIT) and a Provisional Trainer in the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5). She is also a Reflective Practice Trainer in the Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) model developed by the Erikson Institute and provides reflective practice and consultation for therapists and other professionals, including RS/C for endorsement as she is an Endorsed Infant Mental Health Clinical Mentor. Samantha enjoys providing outpatient therapy in her community on a limited basis, specializing in evidence-based, attachment and trauma-informed practices for children and facilitating Circle of Security-Parenting classes. She is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), Nebraska Counseling Association (NCA) and the Nebraska Association for Infant Mental Health (NAIMH).