Human Services Experience
- Private Practice Counselor & Executive Director (2002-Present), The Wyatt Group, Oklahoma City, OK
- Provides intensive recovery therapy for marriages and couples
- Provides addiction therapy for drug, alcohol and gambling addictions
- Provides EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
- Provides marriage and family counseling
- Conducts individual assessments, home studies, child custody evaluations
- Performs individual and group counseling
- Provides neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback) and biofeedback training
- Conducts DUI assessments (for court assessments and employment)
- Conducts child-play therapy
- Conducts intensive “learning” training
- Conducts parent education & parenting
- Conducts student, agency and corporate trainings
- Conducts program evaluations
- Conducts focus groups
- Performs forensic consultations and assessments (i.e., drug/alcohol, anger management, sensitivity, etc.)
Consulting Experience
- Ethnographer (2001-2004), Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Conducting a three year case study with the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Tobacco Use Prevention Division, Statewide Youth Movement Against Tobacco Programs
- Conduct key informant interviews
- Conduct focus groups
- Conduct structured observations of statewide and local trainings and events
Prior Professional Experience
University Experience
Research Associate (2002-2005), Family Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
– Co-Principal Investigator, “Women’s Emotional and Rational Responses to High Risk HPV”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Grant, 2002-2005, $700,000.
Adjunct Professor (2002-2004), Health Promotion Sciences Department, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
–Teach graduate courses:
Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health 5213
The Family and Health 5623
Adjunct Professor (Fall 2002-2004), Marriage and Family Studies Program, Graduate College, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK
–Teach graduate course:
Human Sexuality 6000 and Sex Therapy MFT 560
Assistant Professor of Research (1999-2002)
Research Program Coordinator (1998-1999)
Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Taught graduate courses:
Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health 5213
The Family and Health 5623
Served on departmental committees
Served on American Public Health Association Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Membership Committee
Supervised master’s level research assistants
Research Program Coordinator (1998-1999), Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health
Principal Investigator for Core (Process) Evaluation activities for the “CDC” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 7-year HEART of OKC, Oklahoma Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Project Grant
Conducted qualitative and quantitative research
Coordinated evaluation and program services with the following:
–Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy
–Community program coordinators
–Oklahoma State Department of Health
–Oklahoma City Public Schools
–Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County Health Departments
–Neighborhood religious organizations
–Latino Community Development Association (LCDA)
–United Nations Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY)
–Vietnamese American Community Organization
Adjunct Instructor (1991-1992), Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK
Taught the following graduate and undergraduate courses:
–Intervention Strategies for Elementary and Secondary School Counselors 5863
–Behavior Intervention Strategies 5862
–Group Counseling 5812
–Developmental Guidance for Elementary and Secondary School Counselors 5852
–Child Guidance 3023
–General Psychology 1113
Adjunct Instructor (1987-1989), Oklahoma Junior College, Tulsa, OK
–Taught Applied Psychology 1113
Adjunct Instructor (1988), Langston University Tulsa University Center, Tulsa, OK
–Taught Social Anthropology 4000
Other Teaching Experience
Secondary School Teacher (1978-1983), Alma Public Schools, Alma, AR
º Taught seventh – tenth grade English, Journalism, and Bible Literature
Other Human Services Experience
Mediator (1994-2000), Mediation Consultants, Enid, OK
Performed mediation services in Northwest Oklahoma in all areas of civil practice with primary focus on family/domestic relations (including custody and property division), education, and employment related issues
Private Practice Counselor (1995-1997), Thunder Canyon Counseling Center, Enid, OK
–Conducted individual assessments, home studies, child custody evaluations
–Performed individual, marriage, family, and group counseling
–Conducted child-play therapy
–Conducted parent education
–Conducted drug/alcohol assessments and counseling
Geriatric Counselor (1996), Generations Geriatric Psychiatric Unit, Integris Bass Baptist Hospital, Enid, OK
–Performed individual and group counseling
–Conducted case management and discharge planning Executive Director (1994),
Director of the Family Resource Center (1992-1995), Abuse Prevention Coordinator and Family Counselor (1990-1992), Youth & Family Services of North Central Oklahoma, Inc., Enid, OK
–Supervised 30+ employees and volunteers
Supervised the following programs:
–Emergency Youth Shelter
–Big-Brother/Big-Sister Program
–Family Health Program for Low Income Pregnant Women
–Parent Education Program
–Juvenile Diversion Program
–Therapeutic Foster Care Program
–School-based Prevention Education Program
–Oklahoma Children’s Initiative Program (mentoring, day treatment, tutoring, Family Focus, reintegration, parent aid, and education/vocation)
–Individual and Community Parent Education Program
–Individual, Family, and Group Counseling Program
Prepared grant reports and reports for the Board of Directors
Provided in-service training to staff
Conducted treatment planning and multidisciplinary staff meetings
Acquired external funding for the agency
Coordinated Agency Grievance Procedures
Supervised Master’s and Bachelor’s level practicum students
Provided consultation, referrals, assessments, and crises intervention
Coordinated the Abuse Prevention Program and the WHO Anti-Victimization Program
Conducted individual and family counseling
Provided counseling for youth in the Enid Alternative Education Programs
Conducted workshops for area professionals
Geriatric, Adult, and Adolescent In-Patient Psychiatric Counselor (1988-1989), St. John’s Medical Center, Tulsa, OK
–Provided counseling services and case management for patients and their families
–Participated in treatment planning and multidisciplinary staff meetings
–Conducted drug/alcohol assessments and counseling
Group Residential Treatment Program Counselor (1987-1988), Shadow Mountain Institute, Tulsa, OK
–Provided counseling services and case management for patients and their families
–Conducted drug/alcohol assessments and counseling
–Participated in treatment planning and multidisciplinary staff meetings
Management Experience
Assistant Manager (1985-1993), Western Sizzlin’ Steak House, Enid, OK
Supervised, trained, and evaluated 32 employees
Managed the inventory for $1.2 million annual sales operation
Coordinated marketing and advertising strategies
Coordinated with area schools and vocational-technical school for job placement and training for high school students