PROFILE INFORMATION FOR: MARNEY EARNEST, LCSW, AASW, SSW

Marney Earnest is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the State of Colorado with certifications in school social work (SSW) and animal assisted social work (AASW). Marney has over twenty-five years of experience providing different clinical assessments and therapeutic care to children, adolescents, and adults seeking help with issues related to: anxiety, cancer, depression, hematology, trauma, grief and loss, traumatic brain injuries, maternal infant health care, and women with substance abuse and co-occurring mental health issues. She completed her Bachelor’s in Social Work at Eastern Michigan University and her Masters at the University of Denver.

Marney is known for her compassion and empathy, utilizing a strength-based, person-centered, and collaborative approach with her clients; meeting them where they are at, at any given time. Her desire in working with you or your child is to meet both of your goals and aspirations in life, whether short or long term, and with a better balance for you in life’s “good times” and the more challenging or “difficult times,” when one can often feel stuck and troubled, but is desperately seeking the calm and happiness that life does have to offer. In addition, she uses mindfulness and solution or trauma focused therapy, along with cognitive behavioral therapy, or motivational interviewing – keeping in mind, both the current needs of the client, their flexibility and motivation, and/or needs for “their” future goals as well.

Marney seeks first to establish a safe, warm, and caring relationship to assist you with your strengths, and your resilience identifiers. She will then collaboratively assist you with the empowerment and self-esteem you may have been previously over-looking. Marney has an extensive work background including: schools, nursing homes and hospitals, maternal infant health care, pediatric oncology, trauma burn, and substance abuse with women and co-occurring mental health issues.

Education:

University of Denver:

Masters (MSW) in Clinical Social Work with certifications in Animal Assisted Social Work (AASW) and additional focus in School Social Work (SSW).

Experience:

Children (infant thru 11 years)

Adolescents (12-17)

School Social Work and Special Education /Coping Strategies

ADHD

Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT)

Anxiety/ Depression 

ASD/Autism

Cancer/Hematology Issues 

Cognitive (CI), Developmental, and Emotional Impairments (EI)

Domestic Violence

Grief and Loss

Maternal Infant Health Care

Trauma Brain Injuries (TBI)

Women with Substance Abuse and Co-occurring Mental Health Issues