Our Wellness Team

Noelle Trujillo is a Master of Social Work graduate from New Mexico Highlands University who enjoys working with clients of all ages. She strongly believes in honoring each client's unique inner strengths and in the idea that there's no "one-size-fits-all" approach to therapy. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based and trauma-informed practices. Noelle has experience working with children and adolescents who have experienced abuse, and she is committed to helping them heal in a safe, supportive space.

Originally from Nevada, she has called New Mexico home since 2009 and has deep family roots throughout northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Outside of the therapy room, Noelle loves visiting Colorado, reading, cooking, and spending time with family and friends.

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Diego is a clinical social work intern pursuing a Master of Social Work at New Mexico Highlands University. Originally from a rural community in New Mexico, Diego deeply values community, connection, and the unique experiences that shape a person’s life. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has professional experience in behavioral health, substance misuse treatment, care coordination, and community-based services.

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Diego’s approach is informed by person-in-environment and narrative perspectives, as well as unconditional positive regard. He believes in meeting clients where they are and working collaboratively to recognize their strengths, explore their experiences, and identify meaningful paths toward growth and change. He strives to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where clients feel heard, understood, and respected

Abby has always been drawn to connection—between people, animals, nature, and the parts of ourselves that are sometimes difficult to understand. Her path into counseling grew from a deep curiosity about people and a desire to create spaces where others feel seen, accepted, and safe enough to be themselves.

As a counseling graduate student completing her practicum at Wild Magnolia Wellness, Abby brings a warm, relational, person-centered, and trauma-informed approach to her work. She values creativity, mindfulness, and the mind-body connection, and her years working with animals have shaped the way she understands trust, patience, and connection.Outside of counseling, Abby enjoys spending time with her family and animals, traveling, being outdoors, creating art, swimming, and practicing yoga.

Caroyl Scott, LMSW, works with adults and teens experiencing a range of
concerns, with a particular focus on anxiety, trauma, and PTSD. She integrates
somatic, body-based approaches with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT),
offering a collaborative, strengths-based approach grounded in the belief that
everyone has the capacity to heal and grow. Her work emphasizes self-
acceptance, self-forgiveness, and empowerment while creating a space where clients can feel supported in making changes that matter to them.

Caroyl is also very committed to providing an affirming, inclusive space for people of all races, cultures, identities, and backgrounds. Outside of her clinical work, Caroyl enjoys playing music, making pottery, tending to her plants, spending time with friends, and relaxing with a cat on her lap.

What if therapy isn’t about fixing what’s wrong with you, but about coming home to yourself?

Toni Black (she/they) is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Art Therapy Registered-Provisional professional who offers a warm, curious, creative, and relational approach to therapy. Their work is grounded in an interest in the whole person - their story, relationships, emotions, body, imagination, creativity, spirituality, and the many parts of themselves that have developed along the way. Toni integrates art therapy and expressive arts with somatic approaches, including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, parts work informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS), psychodynamic therapy, and DBT-informed practices, weaving these approaches together to create therapy that is both exploratory and grounded, imaginative and practical.

They recognize that sometimes a feeling is easier to draw than explain, a metaphor reveals what words cannot, or the body knows something before the mind has language for it. They work with adolescents and adults, as well as couples and polyamorous or consensually non-monogamous relationships, supporting clients navigating trauma, neurodivergence, relationships and intimacy, sexuality, LGBTQ+ experiences, identity, emotional regulation, and major life transitions.  Fascinated by the symbolic and mysterious dimensions of being human, Toni approaches therapy as a liminal space - a place between what has been and what is becoming - where clients can slow down, get curious, reconnect with their bodies, make room for all their parts, and discover what wants to emerge. As a co-facilitator of Wild Magnolia’s DBT Intensive Outpatient Program, they also bring practical, skills-based tools to this deeper work

Andrea works with individuals held back by distressing memories, painful past experiences, or old patterns. Whether you are navigating complicated family dynamics, grief, loss, addiction, or the profound impacts of physical, sexual abuse, or sudden loss (including homicide and suicide), your pain deserves a space to be processed. It’s common for the body to "keep the score," causing these hurts to resurface as anxiety, intrusive thoughts, or flashbacks. Together, we will safely move these memories into conscious awareness, bringing your mind back into balance so you can regain genuine control, find clarity, and feel grounded.

She uses EMDR and Sand Tray to access and reshape the automatic emotional and physical stress responses stored in your body. Because lasting change requires everyday support,  with integrated CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and process-based psychotherapy. This blends deep, experiential processing with practical tools to manage your everyday life.

Healing takes immense courage, and you don't have to navigate it alone. If you've been looking for a safe space and the right approach to dive deep into your psyche, she welcomes you to therapy. Please reach out today to see if we are a good fit. She would be honored to guide and witness your journey toward reclaiming balance and peace.

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Rain Kilburne (she/her) holds a Dual Degree Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy from Southwestern College in Santa Fe. Rain creates a heart-centered, safe, and trusting space designed around a "you" lens for children, adolescents, and adults, offering direct clinical services in-office/telehealth sessions.

Specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, and family dynamics, Rain is deeply committed to neurodivergent-affirming care. She utilizes an integrative, holistic approach combining Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), and Therapeutic Art to support each client’s unique healing journey. Rain is an advocate for holistic self-identity, personal empowerment, and positive change, serving as a dedicated ally to all communities.

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Stephanie is currently a counselor working towards her clinical counseling licensure. As a compassionate and culturally sensitive therapist, she has been working and teaching in her community in the bereavement space for many years. She uses an individualistic person-centered approach to create a safe and collaborative space to find wholeness. Stephanie specializes in trauma and grief work, anxiety/depression, and life transitions, offering support to teens, adolescents, and adults.

She has a deep commitment to serving diverse communities, including LGBTQ+ individuals, Indigenous populations, neurodivergent individuals, as well as those navigating religious trauma. Having come to this career through her own healing journey, she knows how much courage it takes to engage in this process and hopes to meet you with authenticity, humor, and collaborative goal setting. Stephanie believes strongly in engagement and activism in her community, and also enjoys traveling, live music, traveling to see live music, and all things soccer.

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Mika is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who takes a warm, collaborative, and practical approach to therapy. She enjoys working with LGBTQIA+ clients, adults, young adults, and neurodivergent individuals, with particular interests in gender-affirming care, identity exploration, anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem, relationships, and life transitions.

Mika incorporates evidence-based approaches, including DBT, CBT, ACT, Geek Therapy, Narrative Therapy and skills-based strategies, while tailoring therapy to each client's needs and goals. She believes therapy should be a space where clients are allowed to be authentic, respected, and develop tools that actually fit their lives.

She also enjoys incorporating clients' interests including gaming, fantasy, horror, science fiction, anime, and tabletop roleplaying when they can help create connection and meaningful therapeutic work when therapeutically appropriate. 

Her goal is to meet clients where they are and help them move toward where they want to be. To accommodate busy schedules, Mika offers a limited number of evening appointments in addition to daytime availability.

Kim sees counseling as a place where you can show up exactly as you are. Messy thoughts, hard feelings, awkward silences, even a little dark humor. It’s all welcome.

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With more than 20 years of experience, Kim has worked with kids, teens, adults, and families facing all kinds of challenges: stress, trauma, grief, major life changes, family struggles, and those seasons when everything just feels like too much. She brings a calm, steady presence to the room and believes counseling works best when you can be yourself and keep things real.

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There’s no one-size-fits-all approach here. Kim uses a variety of proven strategies, but she starts with the person sitting in front of her. Together, you’ll figure out what’s getting in the way, build on your strengths, and find changes that actually feel manageable. Sometimes that means digging into the hard stuff. Sometimes it means figuring out what the next small step looks like.

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Never been to counseling before? That’s completely okay. You don’t need to have the right words or know exactly where to start. Kim can help you sort through the noise, make sense of what’s happening, and decide where you want to go from here.

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When she’s not working, Kim is balancing marriage, raising two teenagers, and life with three stubborn huskies. They’ve taught her plenty about patience, flexibility, and the importance of a good sense of humor.

Hayley (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker who brings a
warm, intuitive, and non-judgmental spirit to her work. Her
therapeutic approach is to accompany you in connecting with your
authentic self as you build practical skills that move you toward the
life you want. She will support you in accessing your wisdom,
increasing your self-trust, and learning to mindful and embodied using
tools from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance &
Commitment Therapy (ACT).

If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, grief and loss,
trauma, questions about your identity and purpose, your relationship
with your body, ineffective behavior patterns, or feel like you don’t
belong, Hayley would love to connect.

Hayley’s queer identity and professional background inform her
practice. Before attending NM Highlands University for social work,
Hayley’s career included grassroots organizing and advocacy on climate
change, human rights, and immigrant solidarity. Hayley also works from
a Health at Every Size (HAES) framework.

Hayley leads Wild Magnolia’s DBT Intensive Outpatient Program,
facilitating a 9- hour-a-week skills group for people who need more
support than traditional outpatient therapy and want to learn
mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and effective
communication in a supportive environment.

Samantha brings more than 24 years of experience in the mental health field having served as a school counselor for the past 14 years and previously as a clinical counselor in community mental health settings with children, adolescents, and adults. Her therapeutic approach is strengths-based, collaborative, and centered on helping clients build the skills and confidence to reach their fullest potential. 

With training in evidence-based approaches for treating substance use disorders, trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and emotional regulation, she is committed to lifelong learning and continually integrates current research and effective therapeutic practices into her work. She views therapy as an active, collaborative process that goes beyond simply talking about challenges—it is an opportunity to develop practical tools, increase self-awareness, and create meaningful, lasting change. Passionate about social justice, Samantha strives to create a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming environment where every client feels respected, valued, and safe to be their authentic self.

Outside of her professional life, she enjoys spending time with her family and dogs in the mountains, listening to live music, practicing yoga, paddle boarding, and traveling. She earned her Master's degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Art Therapy from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, and is a National Certified Counselor (NCC).

Mikaele is a Social Worker and raised in Northern New Mexico and has a deep passion for working with children, adolescents, and young adults. Mikaele believes in working in a strength-based approach in a safe and comfortable environment, where a client can have their stories and lived experiences listened to without judgment and with unconditional positive regard. Mikaele is currently training in Play Therapy and plans to move forward in the Social work field to support and empower young individuals and communities.

Gwendolyn (she/her) is licensed clinical social worker who has experience working with different communities including older adults, domestic violence survivors, the LGBQIA+ as well as in various roles within the healthcare field. She enjoys working with individuals of all ages with varied diagnoses both in person and telehealth. Using a trauma- informed, safety first, client centered, and strengths-based approach she utilizes CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), and client centered approaches. She co-facilitates the weekly DBT skills group as well as offering individual DBT sessions for both adult and adolescent clients.  She takes a kind, compassionate and nonjudgmental approach working with clients to create self-acceptance in their lives. Gwendolyn loves a good weighted stuffie and creating an inviting, safe environment for all clients.

Nadia (she/her) uses a strengths-based, client-centered, and trauma-informed approach to facilitate clients’ access to innate powers of healing and transformation. Nadia sees the therapeutic journey as collaborative, and meets each individual client where they are, with care, compassion and curiosity. Nadia has experience working with attachment
wounding and family therapy, Internal Family Systems, play-based therapy, and expressive writing as a therapeutic tool. She also employs CBT and mindfulness techniques as needed.

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Margaret has worked as a Counselor for Albuquerque Public Schools for 18 years. Margaret has a natural inclination to see the best in others and thus has as her foundational belief that the ability to heal or resolve issues comes from within. Margaret understands her role in the therapeutic relationship to be one of “unconditional positive regard” as the foundation upon which trust is nurtured. Margaret sees herself as more of an eclectic therapist. She does not claim one particular theoretical orientation, as she believes there’s no “one size/type fits all” magic-bullet technique that works with everyone. Margaret meets her clients where they are, and will work together with them to develop treatment goals. Margaret uses humor, compassion, encouragement, and honesty when working with clients.

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Jocelyn has been a therapist for over 15 years which has enhanced her ability and working knowledge of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as well as provided her with an eclectic therapeutic skill set. She has built a reputation of being able to interact with her clients in a fashion that is culturally appropriate and uplifting.  She provides therapeutic services in the manner of individual, group and family counseling (focusing on children aged 3 to 18) using CBT, Mindfulness based therapy, Reality therapy, DBT strategies and active play-based therapy using art, LEGO play, as well as traditional and therapeutic games. Jocelyn provides a hopeful approach to coping with life struggles and building a life that feels right for clients.

Joylene enjoys campfires, genuine company, laughter, country music and snow.  As a Community Support Worker I have worked in the community assisting children/individuals/families over the years with a multitude of different things to become independent by helping them develop their own skills to advocate for themselves. Helping them navigate in the community with resources that they are in need of to meet their goals. Providing them with the right tools to build their own path. Helping individuals develop their ability to create community, be independent in their environment, going back to school or obtaining employment.

Chris takes an strength-based, interpersonal and relational approach to therapy by helping his clients identify goals and help support them in their efforts toward making progress in their lives. Learning new skills and practices that promote a more authentic, satisfying sense of self and more meaningful relationships. Christopher utilizes a positive strengths based approach to enthusiastically coaching his clients to meet their goals. 

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Brittany Puckett is the Wild Magnolia Wellness office manager.  She has a background in health education as well as previous experience in case management and early childhood intervention.  She enjoys live music & spending time with her family outdoors.  Brittany highly values giving back to her community and being an advocate for youth in New Mexico.  She is dedicated to creating a positive work environment for her coworkers to thrive in.

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As a Clinical Supervisor, Sherry is dedicated to fostering professional growth, ethical practice, and reflective supervision for emerging clinicians. She has specialized training and experience in trauma-informed care, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and related evidence-based modalities.

Sherry’s approach is strengths-based and culturally responsive, emphasizing the development of clinical judgment, self-awareness, and evidence-informed practice among supervisees. She is passionate about supporting clinicians in developing confidence, competence, and compassion in their professional identity.

Sherry earned her Master of Social Work degree from New Mexico Highlands University and is licensed to practice in New Mexico, Michigan, Kansas, Florida, and Ontario, Canada

Ashley McKenna is a licensed professional clinical counselor starting in the field in 2006 with 20 years of clinical experience. She has helped clients achieve sobriety, integrate prior trauma, and build increased hope for the overall wellness of their lives. She is committed to helping clients find truth and meaning in their lives while creating an environment that they love.

She has been the owner of Wild Magnolia Wellness since 2018 and started the practice to ensure access to quality mental health services in New Mexico. Providing supervision and ethical guidance to clinicians entering the field of mental health has been an important part of her career. She supports therapists in maintaining a healthy and successful career and reducing burnout in the field. 

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 Ashley is an advocate for climate justice and is working to stop the harmful effects of climate change and within her local community. She is also a published author of the book, Suicidal Thoughts and You : Escaping the Mental Loop of Wanting to End It All,  Ashley is committed to providing mental health treatment in the community and expanding access to all New Mexicans who need therapy services.