Meet Your Village
Our team is full of experienced and talented practitioners. Each person offers valuable services and knowledge to our community. Get to know your village!
Dr. Kari O'Grady
CEO & Licensed Psychologist
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Dr. O'Grady is a licensed clinical psychologist with a focus on being with people in their suffering and fostering resilience. Her extensive experience includes leading teams to address collective trauma in various locations worldwide, publications on trauma and resilience, and training hundreds of psychologists and mental health clinicians. She has served in leadership roles within the American Psychological Association. Known for her compassionate approach, she specializes in trauma-focused therapy and consultation, operating from an ecological perspective in both clinical practice, training, and research.
Kennedy Demboski, LCMHC
Individual Therapy, EMDR Children and Adults
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Kennedy uses a blend of evidence-based therapeutic approaches to support clients through their unique circumstances. She is trained in EMDR, DBT, TF-CBT, the ARC early childhood trauma treatment model, and child-focused play therapy. Kennedy has advanced training in the evidence-based suicidal intervention model--CAMS and CAMS4rteens. She works with all client populations including LGBQI+ clients and addresses most mental health issues including personality disorders, conduct disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and self-harm. Kennedy offers services in English and Spanish.
David Briggs, Ed.S, NCSP
Psychological Testing & Individual Therapy
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David has experience working with children, adolescents and young adults in various settings on mental health challenges such as anxiety, anger, depression, ADHD, Autism and ODD. He has extensive psychological testing experience having worked as a school psychologist and in private practice.
Areas of testing expertise include cognitive, academic, personality, social, emotional, behavioral, adaptive, autism, ADHD and executive functioning. David’s therapy approach is grounded in trauma-focused CBT and DBT with elements of mindfulness and acceptance.
Camille Anderson, ACMHC
Individual Trauma Informed Psychotherapy
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Camille contributes decades of experience to the Resilience Village, having worked with many populations and settings to reduce human suffering. Her therapeutic work is founded in research-based holistic, humanistic, developmental and trauma-informed theories. She most frequently incorporates nonviolent communication, cognitive and dialectical behavior therapies, internal family systems, and mindfulness therapies.
She collaborates with clients in all stages of their treatment, and fiercely prioritizes client autonomy, agency, and values as primary agents of change. Camille helps individuals with anxiety, depression, neurodiversity (ADHD, ASD), relationship struggles, life transitions, unwanted negative impact from traumatic experiences (including sexual trauma), perfectionism, and any combination of life that contributes to poor mental health.
Brittany Woorwood
Yoga & Sound Healing
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Brittany is certified in both Vinyasa and Yin styles of yoga. Vinyasa involves flowing movements synchronized with breath, promoting harmony between mind and body. In contrast, Yin yoga focuses on stillness with passive, longer-held poses targeting deep tissues. She integrates trauma-informed healing into both yoga approaches with the intention of reconnecting people with their bodies.
Brittany incorporates sound healing, utilizing specific vibrational frequencies and tones to promote relaxation and healing for mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
Thomas Yeung, AMFT
Marriage & Family Therapy, EMDR
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Thomas is passionate about using systematic processes to improve clients' physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual health through an experiential approach to counseling. Specializing in interracial marriages and first-generation immigrant/international students, Thomas possesses a unique understanding of the struggles and perspectives of international students.
He was awarded the AAMFT Minority Fellowship in 2022 and named Student of the Year in 2023 by the Utah Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (UAMFT). He holds certifications in Gottman Therapy Level 1, EMDR Basic Training Part 1, CAMS-care and is informed in SFBT, DBT, experiential therapy, and ACT. He offers services in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin Chinese.
Desiree Green, SUDC, AMAC
Culturally Rooted Therapy, Trauma & Recovery
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Desiree’s work focuses on intergenerational trauma, recovery and strengthening families and cultural connections. She integrates Client-Centered Therapy, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, as well as culturally grounded practices to help clients build resilience, find balance, and reclaim their well-being. Desiree is a Native American Clinician, with extensive experience supporting healing and successful reintegration across diverse populations. She has comprehensive experience facilitating group therapy and developing innovative psychoeducational curriculum that engages clients meaningfully. Desiree is certified in Moral Recognition Therapy, Motherhood Is Sacred, Fatherhood Is Sacred, and The Red Road to Recovery. Through her work, Desiree helps empower individuals to heal, grow, and thrive.
Callie Canlas, CMHC Intern
Individual Therapy
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Callie has been part of the mental health community in Utah for nearly a decade, contributing to programs and services that support healing and resilience. She is a graduate-level counseling intern who works with teens and adults as they navigate trauma recovery, relationship challenges, identity development, and major life transitions.
Callie has a particular interest in supporting those within the LGBTQ+ community and individuals navigating divorce. Her approach is gentle, holistic, and collaborative, drawing from trauma-informed and somatic practices alongside evidence-based care. In her work, she honors each person’s story while helping them discover new ways of relating to themselves and others.
Katie Atkinson
Intern
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Learn More About Us
Our team works in extreme trauma contexts around the world to understand healing and resilience processes from a scientific and on-the-ground perspective. Our research and field work informs our practice with individuals, organizations, communities and nations seeking to heal wounds and grow capacity. Dr. O'Grady and Dr. Orton are co-founders of the Center for Resilience Leadership and Resilience Village.
Dr. Kari O'Grady
Founder & CEO
Dr. O'Grady is a licensed clinical psychologist whose work as a professor, clinician, leader and researcher has focused on being with people in their suffering and helping them grow resilience. She has taken teams to conduct research and provide training and consultation services to people experiencing collective trauma and crisis in places such as Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, The Netherlands, China. Ferguson, Missouri USA, and Baltimore, Maryland USA. She has also served in leadership roles in the American Psychological Association. Her clinical practice and research takes place from an ecological perspective. She has built a reputation for working with complex problems with compassion and care. She has expertise providing therapy and consultation to physical and behavioral healthcare workers.
