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PROFILE
- Doctorate in Child and Youth Studies, Management of Programs and Masters in Counseling Education
- Ten years experience in training and development
- Court Certified Family Mediator
- Awarded the Department of Education "Champion Program" award for Right Choicesâ„¢
- Primary Certificate in Rational Emotive Therapy
- Conducted Right Choicesâ„¢ training for 40 different schools
- Created and Implemented the First Peer mediation program in Pasco County in 1990 and provided continuous training,
COUNSELING EXPERIENCE
- Ten years experience counseling at-risk and special population children and adolescents and their families for Pasco County Schools - 1995 "Counselor of the Year for Pasco County"
- Counseled children, adolescents, families, couples and individuals for Affiliates for Brief Psychotherapy 1989-90
- Conducted therapy groups for women concerning healthy relationships and inner child issues
- Ten years experience working with youth programs in Hillsborough County, FL
EDUCATION
- Engineering Scholarship - University of Miami
- B.S. Mathematics, University of South Florida
- M.A. Counseling Education, University of South Florida
- Ed. D. in Management of Programs in Child and Youth Studies, Nova University (Major research areas were children, adolescent and family issues and mediation)
- Extensive workshops on Addictions, Sexual Abuse Therapy, Attention Deficit Disorder, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Gestalt Art Therapy, Play Therapy, R.E.T. Therapy.
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