Hello!  I am Patience Coleman.  I am starting my second year of school counseling at Sacred Heart, St. Patrick’s, and Immaculate Conception/St. Joes’s.  I am really excited to start this school year off right!

My husband, Les, and I live just outside of the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area and are thoroughly enjoying the slower pace that small towns give you.  I currently hold a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling, as well as a K-12 School Counseling Endorsement.  In the evenings I also provide family therapy for a local agency, so my whole day is filled with kids and families.

I was able to meet many of the great parents involved in the different Catholic School Systems, and I hope that I will be able to meet many more this year.  It is truly an honor to be able to meet and learn about the many children and families.  I am available for any and all of the students within the three schools that I am at, but I am also here for the families.  I believe that family and school are enmeshed and therefore families are extremely important to my counseling philosophy. 

Here is to an EDUCATING, ENGAGING, EMPOWERING, and EXCELLENT year!!