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Cedarose Keeley, LCSW

WELLBEING AND RESILIENCE SKILLS COACH AND SUPPORT GROUP FACILITATOR

A Wisconsin CLTS provider

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I deeply believe…
that each person is profoundly wise and capable

 

  • that burnout can be recovered from

  • that parents and caregivers hold the greatest keys to their own resilience

  • that I need to show up for you, with a listening heart

  • that together we can welcome in your full humanity and brilliance

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My Background

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In disability work

  • Fifteen years working in the disability field:

    • Three years as a resilience skills coach supporting parents and caregivers who are raising disabled kids

    • Five years as a mental health therapist supporting cognitively disabled adults

    • Three years as a direct support professional supporting cognitively disabled teens and adults

    • Three years working and training at the Waisman Center, UW-Madison, in national interdisciplinary knowledge and expertise in the field of developmental disability rights, policies, issues, and care

      • Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) fellowship (2015)

  • Numerous workshops over the last ten years supporting resilience in professional caregivers

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In group facilitation work

  • Researched and designed over 15 original support groups

  • Fifteen years of facilitating groups that support personal transformation:

    • Peer support groups in the disability community

    • Mental health support groups in the cognitively disabled community, focused on: choice; peer support; art; dance/movement; yoga; dignity; relationships; character strengths; grief; mindful self-compassion; emotion regulation; self-care; gratitude; anxiety and bravery; and nature awe walks

    • Intensive mindfulness and compassion training retreats in the general community

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As a mental health therapist

  • Ten years as a psychotherapist, consultant, and skills coach in a range of roles in the field of developmental disabilities

  • MSW from UW-Madison (2016)

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (#11319-123), receiving regular clinical supervision

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As a mindfulness teacher

  • Twelve years of (over 40) mindfulness trainings, including eight 1-3 weeks long retreats

  • Over a decade of teaching mindfulness and self-compassion in various clinical and community settings, specializing in parents and neurodiversity

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And most importantly, as a parent

I entered parenthood with neurodivergent-affirming values, thanks to all of the disability advocates I learned from in my career. I am so grateful to have these values as only recently I have received confirmation that both my child and I are neurodivergent. In my parenting journey, I have worked hard to grow in many personally significant ways to be able to parent from a place of understanding and compassion for both myself, and my child.

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I live and work on ancestral Ho-Chunk land, called Teejop. Through violent colonization this land was stolen and renamed Madison, WI. Teejop has one of the highest concentrations of burial mounds (a.k.a. effigy mounds) in the United States.

I try to bring my love and gratitude to this place by stepping outside each morning to connect with the land, sky, water, trees, rocks, plants, animals, birds, fish, and bugs.