Expert Details
Mental Health
ID: 736517
Virginia, USA
Expert has been awarded Diplomate status by the American Mental Health Counseling Association (AMHCA) with the designation in Integrated Behavioral Health Care Counseling. This award recognizes advanced practice and professional clinical expertise in clinical mental health counseling. She has also received the Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person by the American Counseling Association. Expert has numerous professional publications and has made several national and regional presentations.
She serves on the editorial board of several professional journals and is a member of Chi Sigma Iota International's Counselor Community Engagement Committee. Expert volunteers as a Disaster Mental Health clinician with the American Red Cross and co-leads the Coastal and Blue Ridge territories in Virginia.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2010 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Counseling | Institution: Old Dominion University |
| Year: 2008 | Degree: MA | Subject: Mental Health Counseling | Institution: Regent University |
| Year: 2006 | Degree: BS | Subject: Psychology | Institution: Old Dominion University |
Work History
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| Years: 2019 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: School of Counseling |
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| Years: 2017 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Owner/Therapist | Department: |
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| Years: 2009 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Adjunct Professor | Department: Department of Counseling and Human Services |
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| Years: 2011 to 2013 | Employer: Eastern Virginia Medical School | Title: Assistant Program Director/Assistant Professor | Department: Department of Community and Family Medicine |
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| Years: 2012 to 2019 | Employer: Capella University | Title: Professor | Department: School of Counseling and Human Services |
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| Years: 2010 to 2014 | Employer: Walden University | Title: Contributing Faculty | Department: School of Counseling |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Current American Counseling Association (ACA) 2007-present Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA) 2007-present Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) 2009-2014; 2019-present Chi Sigma Iota National Honor Society (CSI) 2007-present Global Institute of Forensic Research (GIFR) 2020 Golden Key International Honour Society 2006-present Hampton Roads Counselors Association (HRCA) 2007-present Homicide Research Working Group 2020 National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE) 2019-present Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology 2005-present Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES) 2009-2013; 2019-present Virginia Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (VACES) 2008-present Virginia Counselor Association (VCA) 2006-present Virginia Clinical Counselors Alliance (VCCA) 2017-present Past American Mental Health Counseling Association (AMHCA) 2008-2011; 2019-2020 American Psychological Association (APA) 2004-2010 Association for Assessment in Counselor Education (AACE) 2009-2011 Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) 2009-2014 Society of Teachers in Family Medicine (STFM) 2011-2015 Virginia Geriatrics Society (VGS) 2012-2015 |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Licensed Professional Counselor National Certified Counselor Board Certified-TeleMental Health provider Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Certified Forensic Behavioral Analyst Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider AMHCA Diplomate and Clinical Mental Health Specialist |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person; American Counseling Association Top Forty Under 40; Hampton Roads Inside Business Outstanding Journal Award; Association for Adult Development and Aging President’s Award; National Organization of Human Services |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has over 25 publications in peer-reviewed scholarly journals. |