Angela Cooper, Chief Learning & Development Officer
Angela Cooper, LCAT: Angela is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Trainer, Instructional Designer and Developer. For 15+ years, Angela worked in nonprofit organizations with adolescents and young adults involved with the criminal justice system, the foster care system and with histories of trauma and substance use.
Angela has been practicing Motivational Interviewing since 2008 and a MINT member since 2012. She has since trained community based organizations, health, mental health and school personnel, and police and probation officers across New York City and the greater Boston area to use Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques, and to be trauma informed in their work with vulnerable populations. She also works with organizations to implement sustainable and outcome oriented training and professional development systems to support their staff in reaching outcomes for the clients they serve.