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In 1996, I earned my M.S./Ed.S. degrees in Counselor Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 1999. I have worked with a variety of populations including adults with severe and persistent mental illness and adolescents with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. I am a certified Global Appraisal of Individual Need (GAIN) local trainer, a certified Motivational Enhancement Therapy/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy MET/CBT) supervisor and therapist, and a certified Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) supervisor and therapist. I have been trained in DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) for adolescents, Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I am a forensic evaluator for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
I have worked on two Targeted Capacity Expansion SAMHSA grants (MET/CBT/FSN and A-CRA/ACC) as Clinical Supervisor and Principal Investigator (A-CRA/ACC). I served as the Principal Investigator and Program Manager on the SAMHSA Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI) grant and currently is the Principal Investigator for the Family Treatment Drug Court SAMHSA grant. I am the Program Manager for the Substance Use/Co-Occurring Program at Horizon Behavioral Health. I provide clinical and administrative supervision to a team of over twenty therapists and supervisors, including Intensive Outpatient Substance Use Treatment and Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST). I currently serve on the Bedford Truancy Review Team (TRT), Community Management and Policy Team (CPMT), lead the Bedford Clinical Disposition team, and facilitate a monthly collaborative called “Minds Together” that focuses on community wellness and substance use and mental health prevention and treatment strategies. I am a member of the Bedford Family Drug Court planning and operations team. In 2009, the A-CRA/ACC program at Horizon won a national SAMHSA Science to Service award. In 2010, Horizon received the Evidence-Based Practice Program award at the Joint Meeting of Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness (JMATE). I presented at the 2012 JMATE national meeting on sustaining evidence-based programming. I am also a consultant/trainer for Chestnut Health Systems and have provided training in the United States and abroad. |
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Supervision
I hold an M.S. and Ed.S. in Counselor Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, degrees being received in 1996. I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 1999. Supervision Services Offered/Models Used Professional counselors can always benefit from continued professional development, and clinical supervision is one important way to promote self-assessment and development. Below I will describe my approach to counseling (as this may affect my interventions as a supervisor) as well as my preferred model of clinical supervision. In working with adolescents and adults as a counselor, I believe in strongly encouraging the client’s strengths and making a plan for action. My theoretical model is Community Reinforcement Approach, which is grounded in both behavioral therapy and social learning theory. The goal of this approach is to replace problem behaviors with healthy and adaptive skills and behaviors. This approach involves identifying the client’s motivators or reinforcers and creating a plan of change around them. Supervision includes active involvement as well as efforts to improve counseling skills and abilities. Counselors will have to work both in and out of the supervision sessions. Counselors will be asked to record sessions to examine skills and to offer and receive constructive feedback. Sometimes change will be easy and swift, but more often it will be slow and deliberate; effort may need to be repeated. I take a developmental approach to clinical supervision. Counselors who are not continuously growing and developing both personally and professionally can become stagnant, and often do more harm than good with their clients. And while much can be gained by attending workshops and conferences, the real work begins when counselors turn inward, examining their own skills, as well as sharpening themselves as tools within the counseling session. As a clinical supervisor, I see my role as one to provide challenge and support while counselors look inside themselves in just this way. |
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Since 2007, I have provided consultation and training on a variety of behavioral health topics and evidence-based treatment models. I am a certified Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) supervisor and clinician. I have conducted A-CRA and Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) training in over fifteen states and more than fifty trainings.
In my thirteen years of training and consultation, I have trained over 500 clinicians and supervisors in evidence-based substance use treatment. I also provide work sample reviews to include narrative feedback and ratings to ensure model fidelity as well as coaching calls/consultation to support implementation of the treatment model with fidelity. Additionally, I have provided both in-person and web-based trainings on clinical supervision, tele supervision, trauma and substance use, and ethics. My skills include leadership development, project management, coaching, and public speaking. |
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I am passionate about training, supporting, coaching, and mentoring clinicians in the behavioral health field through an approach that is positive, uplifting, and strength-based. I believe that one of the greatest contributions that I can make is assisting talented clinicians and supervisors to grow and develop to their full potential using evidence-based practices to shape their development. My other passions include grant writing, program development and working collaboratively with community partners for the shared vision of a healthy and secure community.
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Phone: 434-941-1604
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