Iowa
Therapists
Vetted, culturally competent, licensed therapists ready to support you.
JEANETTA NIEUWSMA, LISW
Jeanetta is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience in the mental health field. She has served as a mental health therapist specializing in maternal mental health and first responder wellness. Additionally, she has worked as an emergency room social worker and crisis response counselor.
Jeanetta is dedicated to continuous learning around first responder culture and how to best address the unique challenges faced by first responders, while staying updated on best practices for their mental wellness. She is certified in Psychological First Aid (PFA) and trained in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) by the ICISF. Jeanetta actively supports first responders following critical incidents, participates in local law enforcement peer support and wellness programs, and is an approved wellness provider by the Fraternal Order of Police.
Jeanetta has completed training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), offering first responders a rapid and effective therapeutic method to reduce the emotional impact of traumatic experiences, promoting quicker recovery and enabling them to resume their duties with enhanced mental well-being.
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RACHEL MURDOCK, LPC, LCPC, LMHC
Rachel Murdock, MS, LPC, LCPC, LMHC owns Beyond the Storm BehavioralHealth, LLC, where she provides mental health counseling in private practice. Licensed in Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa, she specializes in treating first responders and individuals with anxiety, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and abuse survivors. She also supervises clinicians pursuing licensure in Missouri and Kansas. Rachel conducts wellness checks for first responder agencies to promote psychological resilience and provide trauma education, coping skills training, and resource referrals as required by Missouri statute 590.192 for sworn peace officers and dispatch personnel.
From 2012 to 2023, Rachel served as a Child/Adolescent Forensic Interviewer with the FBI’s Victim Services Division, advancing to Supervisory CAFI before returning to private practice. She previously worked as a forensic interviewer at The Child Advocacy Center in Springfield, Missouri. Throughout her career, she conducted nearly 3,000 forensic interviews and has studied forensic interviewing, children’s memory, disclosure processes, and trauma responses for over 20 years.
Rachel has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters on child abuse definitions, disclosure processes, forensic child psychology, compliant victimization dynamics, internet exploitation, and trauma. She has presented her research locally, nationally, and internationally since 2006, and has testified as both a fact and expert witness in state and federal proceedings.
As a faculty member for Missouri State University’s School of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Rachel created the course Psychology of Child Abuse and Exploitation and co-authored a related textbook. She has taught this course for nearly twenty years alongside other courses in psychology. Additionally, Rachel is an adjunct faculty member for University of Kansas in their Criminal Justice/School of Professional Studies.
Rachel also delivers workshops on resilience, wellness, and performance for high-demand roles, and consults with organizations to develop burnout prevention strategies and strengthen team support systems.