Our Experienced Behavioral Team
The Kadkhodaian Behavioral Health Center is a 501c3 organization whose mission is to empower, support and promote healing throughout the community of Delta County, Colorado, by providing exceptional, compassionate, affordable and accessible mental health and wellness services. Our vision is to create a thriving community where mental health is valued and prioritized, and where the residents of Delta County have the support they need to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. We strive to be a center of hope and healing, breaking down barriers to accessing quality and ethical mental health care and transforming lives through holistic, evidenced-based and humanistic approaches.
OUR TEAM IS EXPERIENCED, SPECIALIZED & COMFORTING
MEET SUNNY HOWLAND
Sunny Howland retired in 2022 after a 45-year career in business, spanning from hospitals to real estate, food service and office furniture. Her primary focus on accounting and HR, my middle-child, caring nature brought her into office manager roles. She has coveted titles such as Den Mother, and Manager of Chaos.
After a lifetime of using yoga as her primary activity to stay in shape, she embarked on a transformative 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2023. Completing the EMY Foundations training in Sarasota FL in February 2024.
“Joining the team at KBHCenter to create a place for a healing and safe community is exciting. I am called to share powerful tools to calm minds, regulate emotions and allow body and spirit to heal.
By meeting people where they are, and seeing them as spiritual beings, I offer help to change their stories. ” ~Sunny Howland
“When we heal ourselves, we heal the world”
~Mark Nepo
I OFFER WAYS TO:
Reduce Anxiety—by regulating our emotions
Improve Mobility—flexibility, balance and strength
Understand the body’s messages—listening, interpreting and acting on those messages
Improve Breath Function—bringing vitality
MY METHODS ARE:
Meditation—Pranayama—Asana—5 Element Practices
MEET ANGELA ZECHIN
Angela Zechin is a Colorado native and professional musician whose family has deep roots in the Blackhawk area of the Colorado Rockies. Shaped by this upbringing—and inspired by the many nephews and family members currently serving in the military—Angela has long been passionate about supporting veteran families through both the challenges and the triumphs that come with military life.
Her perspective deepened when she met her husband, a three-tour Iraq veteran. Realizing she could offer him a new outlook from the Homefront, Angela discovered a unique way to contribute—by bridging the gap between service members and their loved ones.
When the opportunity arose to join the KBH Center and support its mission for veterans, she jumped at the chance. Angela is excited to bring her diverse passions together to make a meaningful impact on the community that helped shape who she is today.
MEET ANGELA ZENDER
Angela Zender is a Qualified Mental Health Professional and Coach who helps others pick up an axe to break down the overwhelming wall of anxiety. Her work with clients centers around first understanding their obstacles and then learning tools to grow pass them. She uses grounding exercises, mindfulness, as well as cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoanalytic techniques to help others heal their emotional wounds.
Her studies have helped her grow a wealth of knowledge of the brain and patterns of behavior while her life experiences help her empathize and empower others. Angela was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and briefly lived as a Georgia peach before she grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she worked in a communication and language laboratory. Her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University was an integrative program and taught her a variety of psychological frameworks and treatments.
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