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Education

 

       1994 Master‘s in Social Work                                   1993 Bachelor‘s in Social Work​

       Advanced Standing                                                         Advanced Standing

       Direct Practice, Mental Health                                 Studied social work & psychology

       East Carolina University                                              University of North Carolina​

       Greenville, NC                                                                   Pembroke, NC​

 

​​ Experience​​

​08/94 – 05/12  Private Practice, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Chattanooga, TN​

Provided therapeutic hypnosis to clients wanting to quit smoking or lose weight; recover from addiction to drugs; reduce stress & more. On-call crisis management, available to clients 24/7.

 

 03/06 - 03/08  Supervisor, Long Term Care Program, Fortwood Center, Inc., Chattanooga, TN​

Provided clinical supervision to Fortwood L.T.C. program, to include supervising four clinical case managers, overseeing daily activities of 16 SPMI consumers, assessing SPMI patients from Moccasin Bend State Mental Hospital for discharge into group homes, train & supervise staff.

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02/00 - 05/05  Senior Clinical Case Manager, Cumberland Hall In-Home Service, Chattanooga, TN​

Clinical case management & family therapy provided to children and their families: assessment, treatment planning, discharge planning, med monitoring, referrals, individual counseling, family counseling, & anger management, liaison with schools & courts and advocacy.

 

04/01- 07/03  Medical Social Worker II, prn, Adventa Hospice, Chattanooga, TN​

Clinical social work provided to hospice patients & their families, including assessments, psychosocial interventions, referrals, case management, grief counseling & bereavement services. Social work supervision provided to MSW graduate students in hospice training.​

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01/00 - 09/00  Intake Clinician, part-time, Fortwood Center, Adult Services, Chattanooga, TN​

Provided clinical assessments to adult mental health population which included diagnosis, treatment recommendations, provisional treatment plan, and referral.​

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 03/97- 02/98  Clinical Care Coordinator, Cumberland County MH/DD/SA Services, Child & Family Services, Fayetteville, NC​

Provided clinical social work including case management, individual counseling, family therapy, liaison with the following: court system, school system, in-patient psychiatric hospitals, and out-patient counseling centers.​

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07/94 - 10/97  Psychotherapist & Hypnotherapist, Private Practice, Fayetteville, NC​

Provided individual, couples, family and group counseling. Specialized in Adult Children of Alcoholics treatment, co-dependency, inner-child therapy, and substance abuse counseling.​

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07/94 - 03/96  Psychiatric Social Worker & Clinical Substance Abuse Therapist, Cumberland Hospital of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC​

Provided clinical social work and substance abuse counseling to adolescents and their families in an in-patient setting. Provided substance abuse counseling to adult dually diagnosed patients.​

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08/93 - 05/94  Social work grad student intern, Rumbaugh Mental Health Clinic (Vanderbilt project) Substance Abuse Services, Fayetteville, NC​

Provided assessments, treatment and discharge planning to adolescents and their families.​

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09/92 - 05/93  Social work undergrad student intern, Cumberland Hospital, Children’s Program, Fayetteville, NC ​

Provided assessments, treatment & discharge planning to children & their families.​

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11/92 - 01/93 College level tutor, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC​

Provided tutoring to fellow college students in Algebra, Biology, Social Work and Psychology.​

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08/89 - 12/89 Family Counselor, The Office for Chemical Dependency & Psychiatry, Columbus, GA​

Provided co-dependency therapy to family members of addicts and alcoholics in treatment. ​

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04/88 - 08/89 Sub. Abuse Counselor, Family Recovery Services, Cumberland County Mental Health Center, Fayetteville, NC ​

Provided substance abuse counseling including assessments, individual, group, and family therapies; treatment planning, discharge planning, and case management. ​

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03/87 - 04/88 Psych. Technician, The Life Center of Fayetteville at Cumberland Hospital, Fayetteville, NC ​

Assisted the nurses, counselors and physicians in providing treatment to substance abusers. Duties included taking vital signs, monitoring patients, documentation in medical records; co-facilitate some therapy groups, as needed.

 

09/84 - 05/85 Call Center Bibb Co., Crisis Counselor, Macon-Bibb Co. Crisis & Info. Center, Macon, GA ​​

Trained & volunteered while a student at Mercer University.

 

References: available upon request   

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