Deborah (Deb) Latzke has been with Counseling Services of Southern Minnesota since 2018. Currently, she is the Director of Substance Use Disorders/Adult Outpatient Services. Deb completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at Southwest Minnesota State University, followed by her Master of Science degree in Community Counseling at Minnesota State University-Moorhead. She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) and a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist with the International Certification Board of Clinical Hypnotherapy. Deb is a Nationally Certified Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapist (TF-CBT), an Eye Movement Desensitization Rehabilitation (EMDR) trained therapist, the agency Supervisor of Managing and Adapting Practices (MAP) in which she also holds certification and is a Minnesota Board Approved Supervisor with the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy for Licensed Professional Counselors and Alcohol and Drug Counselors.
In addition to her clinical work, Deb provides clinical supervision to clinical trainees and licensed professionals. She provides training to new clinical staff/interns who are part of the School-Linked Program in MAP and assists them in becoming certified as a MAP therapist. Deb works in collaboration with supervisors of other specialty services CSSM provides.
Deb is an advocate for mental health and substance use treatments and services while both providing direct care and supervising staff to ensure compliance and ethical treatment modalities and services are delivered.
