PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 1988 to present	Owner & Clinical Director The Family Resource Centers, OutClient Counseling Centers, North Houston Develop and implement private practice in North Houston, The Woodlands, and Kingwood, Texas. Provide outClient evaluation and therapy services to all age groups. Provide marital and family and individual therapy services to individuals, couples and families. Provide brief solution oriented therapy services for managed care companies and EAP firms. Provide contract EAP services to FAA on a part-time basis. Serve as an on-site CISD provider for various managed care and EAP programs Provide training and educational services.
January 1997 to August 1998	Clinical Director Better Life Program, Carol Smith Center, Houston Texas Served as Clinical Director for a community mental health center on a part-time basis. Provided direct individual, group and family therapy services to chronically mentally ill adults and geriatric adults. Provided development and implementation of clinical services program. Directed all clinical staffings, meetings and supervision activities in the center. Left due to selling my ownership of the Corporation to permit me to pursue my private practice opportunities full time.
February 1995 to December 1995	Employee Assistance Counselor United States Postal Service, Houston, Texas Provided internal EAP services to postal employees and administration on a part-time basis. Provided CISD services, lethality evaluations, crisis intervention services, individual and family and marital therapy services and family evaluations and referral services to covered postal employees and their dependents. Provided training to supervisors and employees EAP Program and services. Left to pursue other practice opportunities.
January 1987 to August 1988	Family Therapist/Staff Psychotherapist Laurelwood Hospital, The Woodlands, Texas Provided family, marital, individual and group therapy services to children and adolescents and their families on the general adolescent and children's inClient treatment units. Assisted in the development and implementation of treatment plans as a member of a multidisciplinary team. Provided treatment to Clients evidencing a broad spectrum of clinical conditions. Left to go into private practice on a full time basis
September 1986 to May 1987	School Psychologist Humble Independent School District, Humble Texas Provided evaluation service to elementary school students. Conducted ARD Meetings and completed required documentation to place students in Special Education Programs. Participated as a member of multidisciplinary team within the school setting. Left to go accept position providing new professional skill development opportunities.
February, 1984 to July, 1986	EAP Counselor EAP Services, Harker Heights, Texas Provided assessment, short-term counseling and referral services to employees and employee groups served by external EAP Program. Provided CISD services to companies contracted with EAP firm. Provided services to employees and their families served by EAP. Provided consultations with employers and staff training. Provided assistance with policy development and implementation for employer firms. Provided on site and external services as contracted. Developed referral resource network and provider network for referral purposes.
September 1982 to February 1984	School Psychologist Jefferson Parish Public Schools, Gretna Louisiana Provided psychodiagnostic evaluation services and consultation services to schools serving both special education and regular education students in high school. Served as member of the School Building Level Committee. Administered standardized psychological instruments, designed and implemented instructional and behavioral remediation plans. Responsible for case management and follow-up activities. Conducted varied in-services for parents, school and district personnel. Provided play therapy services to selected students. Conducted teacher consultations and interventions. Conducted teacher consultations and interventions with students with varied problems. Left to accept new career opportunity in Texas.
September 1981 to February 1985	School Psychologist Private Practice, New Orleans & Hattiesburg, Louisiana Provided private contract evaluation psychological services including psychological testing and consultation services to school districts surrounding the Hattiesburg area. Testing services provided to St. Bernard Developmental Center in the New Orleans area. Provided private counseling and intervention services to students and families within a private practice setting with two social workers. Closed practice to relocate to Texas.
September 1981 to May 1982	School Psychologist and Practicum Student, Hattiesburg Public Schools, Mississippi Provided intellectual, psychoedcuational, personality evaluations and consultation services to two high schools and one junior high school. Administered standardized psychometric instruments, wrote diagnostic reports, and prescribed educational plans. Responsible for case management and behavioral consultation and conducted workshops for school personnel. Left due to practicum completion.
September 1977 to August 1981	Director of Counseling & Student Services Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, University of Houston, Houston Texas Responsible for developing and implementing counseling and information services to 14,000 students receiving financial aid services. Supervised five counselors and twenty support staff members. Counseling with students in personal, financial educational and vocational areas of concern. Severed as administrator and unit manager over daily operation of Student Service Center complex including Student Employment Office. Initiated in-service training program for staff. Developed and implemented group information sessions for interested students, parents and university staff. Left to go to graduate school.
September 1976 to August 1977	School Psychologist/Counseling Intern Hunt County Opportunity Center, Vector Workshop, Greenville, Texas Responsible for completing comprehensive intellectual and vocational assessments of adolescent workshops clients for public school system. Designed 30 to 90 day comprehensive staff based vocational evaluation system. Set up weekly staff meeting to develop approach to providing rehabilitation services. Co-therapist in two therapy groups with mentally retarded adults. Prescripted individual behavioral plans for selected workshop clients. This activity was on half time basis as part of the graduate training program. Left to complete internship.
Summer, 1974 to June 1977	Coordinator of Work Study Program and Staff Counselor Financial Aid Office, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas Served as staff counselor and coordinator of Work Study and Student Employment Program employing over 350 students. Administered program according to federal program guidelines and EEO regulations. Performed needs analysis and counseled students on all areas of federal financial aid programs and packaged financial aid for students. Responsible for placement of students in federally funded campus employment program serving as liaison between departmental and community employers and the Financial Aid Office. Provided group information programs. Left to complete graduate training program.
September 1975 to June 1976	BioFeedBack Research and Autogenic Therapist (Intern) Biofeedback Laboratory, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas Completed autogenic therapy sessions with walk-in and referral clients. Client conditions treated included hypertensives and migraine headache conditions primarily. Assisted in on-going research projects through the Psychology and Guidance departments. Completed research treating psychosomatic cardiovascular disorders. This activity was on half-time basis as part of the graduate training program. Left due to completing practicum.
September 1975 to June 1976	Assistant Social and Rehabilitation Director (Intern) Oaks Manor Nursing Home, Commerce, Texas Responsible for planning, implementing and teaching basic reality orientation individual and group program for selected residents. Assisted nursing home staff with weekly Clients staffing and assisted Rehabilitation Director with in-service training sessions designed to improve Client staff relations and increase staff interaction and effectiveness. Topics included reality orientation, attitude therapy, and basic communication skills. This activity was on a half time basis as part of graduate training program.
June 1975 to August 1975	Instructor, Health Care Administration Program University of Texas Health Science Center, Southwestern Medical School, School of Allied Health Sciences, Dallas, Texas. Co-instructed two senior level courses: "The Political and Economic Aspects of Aging," and "Gerontological Research Taught research theory, methods and coordinated research activities resulting in completed research study on political characteristics and activities of institutionalized geriatric Clients in East Texas. Left due to course completion.
January 1973 to March 1974	Psychometrist/ReHabilitation Specialist, Dallas County Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Developmental Evaluation Service, Dallas, Texas Administered standardized psychometric instruments as a member of a diagnostic team. Utilized diagnostic interview procedures with the assessments. Responsible for completing interviews and reports on applicants to new state school for the mentally retarded. Compiled reports from diagnostic interviews based upon service categories of the Developmental Disabilities Act to determine character and service needs of population to the new state school. Left to complete undergraduate degree.
July 1967 to September 1970	Office Manager J.W. Bateson Construction Company, Augusta, Georgia and Irving, Texas Responsible for computing and disbursing $50,000 weekly payroll to 300 employees. Completed cost accounting procedures and assisted in purchasing activities on material and labor on three jobs. Handled personnel work for three projects, including pre-employment interview, placement, and record keeping duties. Acted as office manager after transfer to general manger. Left to attend college.
January 1966 to January 1972	Non-Commissioned Officer United States Army Reserve Clerical duties included payroll, lesson plan preparation and instruction module formation for training purposes. Served as chemical-biological-radiological non-commissioned officer with 125 man unit. Completed six years with honorable discharge.
June 1964 to June 1966	Assistant Office Manager Lilly Paper Company, Augusta, Georgia Responsible for daily supervision of clerical staff involved in accounts receivable and invoicing department. Ordered all office supplies and was responsible for the maintenance of office reproduction equipment. Supervised mailroom staff. Left for better position.