Clinical Internships at Volunteers of America

Jodi Geis-Crowder has a passion for the helping profession to ensure access to care for all. This passion is evident in her mentoring, supervising, nurturing and training professionals and interns to reach their professional potential. Jodi has spent the past 25 years dedicating her professional efforts to ensuring that individuals in rural, frontier areas in Northeast Colorado and Southeast Wyoming have access to quality, culturally meaningful behavioral health care and substance use disorder services. 

A native of Wyoming, Jodi holds an Associate of Science Degree in Education from Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Sciences with areas of emphasis in psychology, economics, political science and anthropology, and a Master of Science Degree in Counselor Education and Human Development with an emphasis in Leadership from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. She holds professional counseling licenses in good standing in Colorado (LPC-2476, March 2000) and Wyoming (LPC-1602, September 2016), is an Approved Clinical Supervisor, a certified Solution Focused Brief Therapy practitioner, holds a certificate in the Human/Animal Bond from the Denver University Graduate School of Social Work, has studied and gained numerous continuing education credits in the area of the human/animal bond, has been registered with three therapy dogs (2005, 2010 and 2019) and is a tester/observer for Alliance of Therapy Dogs, a national credentialing organization for therapy dog teams headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

Jodi states, “My passion for assisting others in their professional development has grown during my years in the behavioral health care field. I am focused on supporting and developing practicum students and interns as they are the future of quality services in the behavioral health care field.”

I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Senior Director of Outpatient and Medical Services for Volunteers of America- Northern Rockies (VOA). I obtained my undergraduate and graduate degrees from Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, CA. I completed my pre-doctoral training with the Rocky Mountain Internship Consortium in Colorado and specifically, University of the Rockies Counseling Center in Colorado Springs, CO. I went on to pursue my post-doctoral training at the Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center in Loma Linda, CA where I earned my expertise in the treatment of eating disorders. I practiced as the primary Treatment Coordinator for the Partial Hospital (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) eating disorder programs at Loma Linda for 2 years before moving into administration within the hospital system.

My passion for community mental health and the front range called me to Wyoming in 2017 when I accepted a director position with Peak Wellness. Peak has since been acquired by VOA. In 2019 I accepted a five-year appointment to the Wyoming Board of Psychology by Governor Mark Gordon and have been serving for the past several years. I continue to serve clients through individual and group therapy and have also managed to keep my hand in academia through adjunct professor opportunities. My current passions include advocacy and training in the field of psychology, and I am grateful that my current roles allow me the opportunity to tackle both.

As a practitioner-scholar, I strive to utilize evidence informed treatment with all clients. As an organization, Peak follows current research and trends in the field of psychotherapy to ensure our clients are progressing toward treatment goals. Additionally, treatment outcomes are monitored, and client feedback is solicited to ensure well-informed care. Nonetheless, I encourage my supervisees to find the theoretical orientation that fits them best. I believe that knowledge and skill in a variety of intervention strategies are essential to quality treatment. As a supervisor, I follow the developmental model of supervision; guiding and coaching my supervisees through the supervision process as developmentally appropriate. Different goals for training are created at varying points in the learning process based on the individual needs of the trainee. Overall, I strive toward a validating and supportive supervision relationship to facilitate growth and learning.