About

My name is Lauren DeTurk and I’m a licensed professional counselor working at Grow Therapy. I’ve been working in the mental health field since I was 18 years old and I’m currently 42 years old. I started off working as a recreational aid for Kidspeace at a camp called Sarah’s Smile located in Orefield PA working with children ages 3 to 8 years old with autism spectrum disorders and from there I worked as a therapeutic staff support or TSS also with Kidspeace working with children and their families with autism spectrum disorders in the home, school, and community. I also moved from there to working still with the same company at Kidspeace as a mental health worker and a partial school-based classroom called Advances in Temple, PA with adolescents ages 13-14 years old who were kicked out of their home school district due to challenging behaviors combined with mental health disorders. I was in graduate school at the time at Kutztown university also known as Kate you in the marital and family therapy program and my internship was at Berks Counseling Center in Reading, PA working with adult men and women with substance abuse issues and/or co-occurring disorders such as mental illnesses. I did individual and group therapy while I was interning there. December 5, 2008 I graduated from KU with my master of arts in marital and family therapy and from there I went to work at Chester County Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as a Supports Coordinator (Caseworker) working with children and adults with autism spectrum disorders or mental illness or intellectual and developmental disabilities. I was named rookie of the year out of 200 new employees at the county. I then worked at Keystone autism services working with adults with autism spectrum disorders as Behavioral Health Specialist and supervising 10 Community Support Professionals or CSPS.