Kourtney Kauffman, M.S., LMFT, #116593

Managing Director of Family Concern Counseling

"For me, Restorative Practices is shifting my perspective from learning pro-social behavior and accountability through pain and punishment to learning about how my behavior those around me and learning to make things as right as I can after harm is done."

Kourtney is Managing Director of Family Concern Counseling. She counsels and mentors youth and is an experienced case worker with foster youth and families. Kourtney is a trained Girls Circle Facilitator and has a wide variety experiences leading circles.

Kourtney is our expert restorative circles trainer and currently facilitates Introduction to Circles: The Basics, Community Building Circles, Decision-making Circles, Academic Content Circles for both elementary and secondary, and Problem-solving Circles.

Master of Arts: Psychology, emphasis in Counseling at California State University, Stanislaus
Trained Girls Circle Facilitator
Implementing Restorative Practices in Schools; Effective Use of Restorative Circles; Facilitate Restorative Justice Conferences; and Family Engagement & Empowerment, 4-Day Training by International Institute of Restorative Practices (IIRP)
Contact: kkauffman@cvyouth.org
Work: (209) 522-9568, Ext. 122

Kourtney 's Favorite Trainings Are

Community Building Circles (Proactive, Tier 1, Introductory)

For Educators

Introduction to Restorative Circles: The Basics (Proactive, Tier 1, Introductory)

For Educators