Kelli Verble is a Unit Manager at Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center; she has been with the agency since fall 2016. Ms. Verble graduated with a Master of Social Work Administration and Advocacy in 2010, and has since been working in the mental health field, with specialty in crisis intervention. Ms. Verble is now beginning her clinical licensure with supervised practice that includes group and individual treatment in Dialectical Behavioral, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy treatment modalities, including Superhero Therapy. This year, Ms. Verble has obtained her RYT 200 Registered Yoga Teacher training certificate through the national Yoga Alliance. She teaches yoga to both employees and patients at NMPRC, health club members at a local gym, and a bi-monthly, collaborative themed Transformative Movement class taught to a darker, heavy metal soundtrack. Ms. Verble is an active member of the Kansas City Horror Club and the St. Joseph Astronomy Club; she dances and rides a vintage motorcycle.

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Superhero Therapy: Using ACT & Pop Culture in a Forensic Hospital