Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil aspires to significantly influence the mental health insurance industry by ensuring that her team consistently delivers high-quality, easily accessible care.
WESTMINSTER, CO, November 07, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ — Carla D’Agostino-Vigil has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil has excelled in mental health counseling and human resources as the founder and clinical director of Ignite Counseling Colorado PLLC in Westminster, Colorado, since 2017. Under her leadership, with the help of her team of dedicated trauma and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) specialists, they have served hundreds of people in the Denver metro and surrounding communities.
In addition to her work with Ignite Counseling Colorado, Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil is the founder and principal consultant of the Ignite Center for Mental Health Leadership dba The Mental Health Executive (sm) since 2020. This enterprise provides human resources and leadership consultation for group mental health practice owners, addressing a growing demand from her peers. Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil’s expertise in trauma, addiction, OCD, and phobias has made her a sought-after consultant and leader in the mental health community.
Before pivoting into the mental health sector, Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil spent over a decade in various human resources leadership roles for Fortune 500 companies. This diverse experience equipped her with unique insights into both fields, allowing her to effectively lead and develop her team at Ignite Counseling Colorado PLLC and manage The Mental Health Executive (sm).
Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil’s academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 2002, a Master of Arts in human resources and labor relations from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota in 2004, and a Master of Arts in clinical mental health counseling from Regis University in 2018. Additionally, she received numerous credentials that have been instrumental to her career. Among them, Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil is recognized as a licensed addiction counselor and a licensed professional counselor through the State of Colorado. She also holds national certifications as a nationally credentialed counselor, an approved clinical supervisor, and an approved continuing education provider from the National Board for Certified Counselors. She was in the first civilian cohort to be trained by the Department of Veteran Affairs’ PTSD Center in Prolonged Exposure Therapy for the treatment of PTSD. Moreover, she held a senior professional in human resources (SPHR) certification for over two decades from the Human Resources Certification Institute and a certified co-active coach through the Coaches Training Institute.
Active civically, Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil has been a provider for Colorado Medicaid (now Health First Colorado) and launched a sliding scale program. Her contributions have been recognized with several awards. Most notably, her practice received several community-voted awards for Best Behavioral Mental Health Therapy from the City of Westminster, Colorado, in 2023 and 2022 and was named Best in Colorado for Behavioral Health Therapy by ColoradoBiz in 2024. Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil’s dedication to high-quality care and community service continues to drive her professional endeavors, and she attributes much of her success to the support of her professional community and an exceptional family network.
Dedicated to creating an exceptional workplace, Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil has focused on positioning Ignite Counseling Colorado as an employer of choice, achieving designation as a National Health Service Corps (NHSC) student loan forgiveness program site. This accomplishment underscores her commitment to supporting her team through programs that alleviate student debt while fostering professional growth. By becoming an NHSC site, Ignite Counseling Colorado continues to attract top-tier talent, further enhancing the quality of care provided to the community.
Eager for future endeavors, Ms. D’Agostino-Vigil aspires to significantly influence the mental health insurance industry by ensuring that her team consistently delivers high-quality, easily accessible care. Her future goals reflect her ongoing commitment to improving mental health services and advocating for better insurance practices within the industry.
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