Kathryn L. Bright, MA, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
PO Box 18761 (303) 817-7395
❖ MA, Counseling and Guidance, Community Agency track, CU-Denver – 1991
❖ Post-graduate coursework: Business Communication, Managing Teams and
Individuals, and Organizational Development, CU-Denver – 1998
❖ BS, General Studies with concentration in Social Sciences, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA – 1975
❖ Professional Counselor licensed by State of Colorado DORA – LPC.0015007
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Child and Family Investigator (CFI) (formerly Special Advocate) – 2004 to 2023
Parental Responsibilities Evaluator (PRE) – 2018 to 2023
Parenting Coordinator/Decision-Maker (PC/DM) – 2015 to present
Early Neutral Consultation/Assessment) team member – 2019 to present in the 20th Judicial
District, since July 2023 in the 17th Judicial District, for private and state pay clients
Jean E. Dubofsky, P.C. and The Dubofsky Law Firm, P.C. – Boulder, CO – 1991 to 2010
Office Administrator for appellate law firms of former Colorado Supreme Court Justice
Ross Law Firm, LLC – Boulder, CO – 2011
Family Law Paralegal
Goff & Goff, LLC – Boulder, CO – 2006 to 2009
Family Law Paralegal
Law Office of Peter Alan Shelley, P.C. – Boulder, CO – 1999 to 2006, and 2011
Legal Secretary and Family Law Paralegal
Shared Parenting Program (Access Counseling) – Boulder, CO – 2005 to 2006
Volunteer Parenting Time Supervisor
The Counseling Center/Access Counseling – Boulder, CO – 1994 to 1996
Individual Counselor Volunteer - provided brief individual counseling for adults
Boulder County Safehouse (SPAN) – Boulder and Lafayette, CO – 1992 to 1995
Women’s and Children’s Group Facilitator and Crisis Line Volunteer - facilitated weekly
outreach groups, handled crisis response, led role play and support groups in volunteer training
The Florence Crittenton School – Denver, CO – 1991
Counselor Intern - managed caseload of 26 high school and middle school students providing
individual and group counseling for pregnant teens and teen mothers
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SPECIALIZED AND REQUIRED TRAININGS:
❖ PsychLaw Child Abuse 10-hour training seminar – October 9-10, 2023
❖ Custody Evaluator Domestic Violence Institute (7.25 hours) – CO-AFCC – April 29, 2023
❖ Improving Responses in Domestic Violence (6 hours) – CO-AFCC – April 28, 2023
❖ Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse and its Traumatic Effects – Kathy Orr, RN, BSN – October 2021
❖ Domestic Violence, Coercive Control and its Traumatic Effects – Jessica Mars, LCSW –
October 2021
❖ Early Neutral Assessment Training in Glenwood Springs, Colorado – State Court
Administrator’s Office – Charlene Slover, PsyD and Glenn Crow, JD, LPCC – June 2019
❖ Comprehensive Training for Parenting Coordinators and Decision-Makers – Christine A.
Coates, MEd, JD, and Betsy Barbour Duvall, LCSW, BCD – May 2015
❖ Colorado Child and Family Investigator 40-hour training, SCAO – Magistrate Laurie A.
Clark – September 2012
❖ Divorce and Child Custody Mediation 40-hour training – CDR Associates, Inc. – 2004
OTHER CONTINUING EDUCATION:
❖ AFCC 13
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Symposium on Child Custody – 2018
❖ CO-AFCC regional meetings, seminars, and conferences – 2017 to present
❖ Boulder IDC luncheon meetings and conferences – 2004 to present
❖ EMDR 50-hour training – Maiberger Institute – 2012
❖ Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers 20-hour workshop – Karyl McBride, PhD,
LMFT – 2011
❖ Participant or volunteer in five 10-week divorce adjustment seminars – Will Limón, MSW;
Norm Gibson, LCSW (twice); Jeannine Lee, CMHC; Bob Manthy, LPCC – 2006 to 2022
❖ Volunteer in Love and Logic parenting classes – Stephanie Bryan, LCSW – 2005
❖ AFCC Regional Conference scholarship recipient – 2005
❖ 6-day volunteer management team trainings: Asheville, NC – 2009; Calabasas, CA – 2011
❖ 5-day team foundations training: Burbank, CA – 2001
❖ Elder care support group – Judith Buchanan, MA, LPC – 1995
❖ The Counseling Center/Access Counseling intensive 18-hour volunteer training – 1994
❖ Boulder County Safehouse (now SPAN) intensive 43-hour volunteer training – 1992
❖ Critical incident stress debriefing training – Carol L. Hacker, PhD – 1991
❖ Colorado AIDS Project – intensive client services training, AIDS 101, and AIDS 201 – 1990
❖ Stepfamilies workshop – Elizabeth Einstein, PhD – 1990
OTHER SKILLS AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
❖ Paralegal, Office Administrator, or Legal Secretary in domestic relations, appellate, estate
planning, civil litigation, collections, real estate, and business law practices – 1983 to 2012
❖ Beginner/Intermediate Spanish language skills
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
❖ Boulder Interdisciplinary Committee (BIDC)
❖ BIDC Board of Directors – 2017 to 2019
❖ Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and CO-AFCC Chapter
❖ American Counseling Association
