BJ Stober

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and Nationally Certified Counselor Therapist
Practicing for over 25 years...

​I am the mother of five grown children and three grown step-children.
I have twelve delightful and energetic grandchildren.
I enjoy community service, camping, reading, ​visiting with friends, and my quiet time alone. 

How I help people:

• Brain Gym®
• Brain-Body Dominance Profiling
• Vision Circles 
• PTSD Trauma Therapies
• Anxiety Reduction Skills
• Mind Matters
• Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
• EMDR Therapy
• Developmental Kniesology
• Tapping
• Suicide Intervention

• Individual, Family, and Group Therapies,
• Workshops
• Retreats
• Corporate Training
• Keynote Speaking

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Vita

Graduate Work  University of Nevada - Reno, Nevada -  Master of Arts: Counseling and Educational Psychology, Marriage Family  Play Therapy Therapy Community Counseling Trauma Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Skidmore College -  Saratoga, New York  Weber State University - Ogden, Utah                                                                                                Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA - Community Counseling West Chester University - West Chester, Pennsylvania                                                       Brigham Young University - Provo, Utah - Teacher Certification Coursework   Undergraduate Studies  Westminster College - Salt Lake City, Utah -  Bachelor of Science, Graduated Cum Laude  Utah State University - Logan, Utah  Ohlone College - Fremont, California                               Brigham Young University - Provo, Utah  San Joaquin Delta College - Stockton, California                                Stockton College - Stockton, California Vallejo Junior College - Suisun, California                                           Extended Educational Training (partial listing)  EMDR certification  Domestic Violence Group Facilitator Intern  Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence Annual Conference Before The After, 40 hr Core Training  EAGALA Equine Assisted Psychotherapy  Level 1 Certification  Level 2 Certification Play Therapy and Filial Therapy    Extra courses, workshops, conferences and mentoring  American Counseling Association  Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA  National Board of Forensic Evaluators  Forensic Psychological Evaluator Certification Training CITI Course: The Protection of Human Research Subjects   Nevada Association for Social Workers  Women and Shame Nevada Association for Marriage and Family Therapists  Sexual Addiction Counseling Covey Leadership Center, Provo, Utah  Train the Trainer Facilitator Training Presentation Training Educational Kinesiology Foundation, Ventura, California  Advanced Consultation Technique Creative Vision Language of Movement Brain Organization Profile Physiological Basis of Edu-K Educational Therapy Process Brain Gym for Educators/Teacher Training Movement Re-Education The Systems Balance Vision Circles Vision Circles/Teachers Training Whole Brain Reading Infant & Developmental Kinesiology Touch for Health Association, Malibu, California Touch for Health I, II, III & IV - Kinesiology, Anatomy and Acupuncture Touch Career Track, Boulder, Colorado  Stress Reduction Workshop for Women Organizational Skills Conflict Resolution Georgia Speakers Association, Atlanta, Georgia - Monthly Training Meetings  Impact International, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah - Leadership Management Workshop   Career and Work Experience Self-employed/private contractor (Reno, NV) MFT-intern ++ Self-employed (Reno, NV) Educational Consultant, Kinesiologist Contours of Intellect, International (Atlanta, GA) Owner Covey Leadership Center (Provo, UT) 7 Habits Facilitator Bright Light Early Learning Center (Exton, PA) Teacher Pottstown School District (Pottstown, PA) Teacher Heritage Bottle Water Company, Inc. (Orem, UT)  Co-owner/Manager Utah Valley Community College (Orem, UT) Director: Annual Giving & Alumni Events Dan Marriott for Governor Campaign (Salt Lake City, UT)  Regional Field Dir. Porta-Plants, Inc. Oil Extraction (Salt Lake City, UT) Assistant to President H. C. Nielson Congressional Campaign (Orem, UT) Finance Chairman Monarch International (Pleasant Grove, UT)  Business Manager Nebo School District (Spanish Fork, UT) Substitute Teacher Westminster College  (Salt Lake City, UT) Director: Annual Giving & Alumni Event Utah State Board of Tax Commission (Salt Lake City, UT) Political Intern Tracy Collins Bank & Trust (Salt Lake City, UT) Consumer-Education Newark Unified School District (Newark, CA) Supervised Gifted Program K-12 Community and Professional Activities (partial listing) Legislative Advocate for Education – successful annual budget increases Consultant to several school districts for gifted education   Consultant to several school districts for Brain Based Learning/Brain Gym® Workforce Evaluations and Communications, Performance and Team Training             Board Member Utah Pageant of the Arts Past President, Utah Parent Association for Gifted and Talented Co-Chairman L.D.S. Single Adult 4-Day Conference Co-Chairman Newark, CA Citywide Carnival Event Chairman Utah County Fourth of July Parade Finale Member of Curriculum Review Team of International Educational Kinesiology Foundation Advisor for Local and Regional School, Church and Community Youth Groups Republican Party Education Officer- Utah County Member Hinckley Institute of Politics Volunteer for Presidential Campaigns Board Member League of Women Voters Vice President Utah State Chapter Republican Women Advisory Board Member: National Learning Foundation Active in PTSA, Cub Scout den mother and Boy Scouts committee member   Other (Partial Listing) PRESENTER for IBM - Technical Symposium  University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina            FACILITATOR - Stress Management Workshop – G&K Services, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia                                                 INSTRUCTOR Whole Brain Based Teaching Workshops (partial listing I trained several school faculties per month throughout the South) Hickory Hills Elementary School, Marietta, Georgia  Montessori Educators of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia Montessori Educators of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama  CONSULTANT~TRAINER - Workforce Evaluations and Communications, Performance and Team Training  Odegard, Inc., New York City, New York                                                                   INSTRUCTOR - Brain Gym for Educators  Valley School District, Hazelton, Idaho  (Teacher’s were given Two Semester Graduate Hours credit for this course - Idaho State University)            INSTRUCTOR - Brain Gym for Educators® –  Leon County School District, Tallahassee, Florida INSTRUCTOR - Brain Gym for Educators –  County School District, Seneca, South Carolina INSTRUCTOR - Brain Gym for Educators - The Torrance Center for Creative Studies - University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE - Gifted Education Funding  - Utah State Legislature – Joint House Committee on Education Research Client Base Study: Basal Brain-Body Dominance Profiles Role of Basal Brain-Body Dominance of AT-RISK KIDS in Family Relationships, Educational, Social and Work Settings, and Individual Self-esteem.   Divorce Process Over 1,000 women throughout the United States were surveyed and interviewed regarding contributing factors leading up to their divorce, the divorce process and post divorce adjustment.  Adjunct qualitative family data was included. Unpublished data compiled in this study has been used for research papers and conference presentations.   Honoraria (partial listing) IBM Technical Symposium - University of North Carolina, Charlotte - Charlotte, North Carolina National Association of Laboratory Schools Conference - Berry College - Rome, Georgia League of Professional Schools Conference - Program for School Improvement - Department of Social Foundations of Education, University of Georgia - Savannah Continuing Education Center - Savannah, Georgia Professional Organizations American Counseling Association (ACA) National Board Certified Counselors (NBCC) Association for Play Therapy (APT) Nevada Association of Play Therapy (NVAPT) International Educational Kinesiology Foundation of North America (EDU-K) Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) PI LAMBDA THETA ​