Alyson Hatten, NCC, LPC, RPT (she/her) is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Play Therapist, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, working in both the Pediatric Mental Health Institute and the Child Health Clinic at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She received her master of science in Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. She has spent the majority of her 20-year career in academic medical centers providing individual, dyadic, family, and group therapy to youth and caregivers, as well as mental health consultation in early care and school settings. She has provided clinical supervision to pre-licensed and licensed professional counselors in community and hospital-based outpatient counseling centers. She currently provides consultation and teaching to medical providers in training, including nurse practitioner students, physician assistant students, medical students, and pediatric and family residents as an integrated behavioral health provider in pediatric primary care.