M.Div., Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Professional Qualifications
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MT 885)
Florida (1984-present)
Certified Assessor and Director of Certified Batterer’s Intervention Program
Florida Department of Corrections (1997-present)
Approved provider for the Pinellas Domestic Violence Task Force and the Judges of the Sixth Circuit Court of Florida (1988-1997)
Approved Supervisor, State of Florida, for post-graduate interns, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors
Certified in Accelerated Resolution Therapy
EDUCATION
June, 1972 Master of Divinity, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia
June, 1970 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
PEER RECOGNITION
Leadership Award from the Pinellas County Domestic Violence Task Force, 2012
POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
Power & Control: Tactics of Men Who Batter
The National Training Project
Duluth, MN
Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy
Milton H. Erickson Foundation
Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic
Extern Program, Strategic Family Therapy,
Kitchner, Ontario
AAMFT Supervision
Link Counseling Center
Atlanta, GA
Macon Counseling Center
Macon, GA
American Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (AAMFT) approved
Clinical Training in marriage and family therapy
Macon Counseling Center
Macon, GA
Central State Hospital
Internship and Residency
Clinical Pastoral Education
Milledgeville, GA
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
Marriage & Family Therapist
(1983 – present)
Private Practice
Pinellas County, FL
Director, Domestic Violence Intervention Program
(1988 – present)
Psychoeducational Groups
Pinellas County, FL
Counselor
(1979-1983)
Williamsville Counseling Center
Buffalo, NY
Counselor / Training Coordinator
(1979-1983)
The Link Family Counseling Center
Executive Director/Clinical Director
(1974-1976)
Houston County Drug Action Council
Warner Robins, GA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Adjunct faculty, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, 1984-1994
Adjunct faculty, Argosy University, 2008
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Tampa Bay Study Group on Trauma and Dissociation
Treasurer (1997), Chair Elect (1998), Chair (1999)
Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association
Clinical Member (2008-present)
American Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (AAMFT)
Clinical Fellow
Clinical Member (1984-present)
Pinellas County Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (PAMFT)
Founding Officer (1988)
President (1990, 1994)
Florida Society for Clinical Hypnosis
President (2014-2016)
President-elect (2012-2014)
Clinical Member 2000-present)
President-elect (2012-present)
Treasurer (2009-2011)
Secretary (2005- 2009)
Pinellas County Domestic Violence Task Force
Member (1994-present)
Chair Subcommittee of Providers of Batterers’ Intervention Programs
