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Angela Neal Brooks

Therapist
Lebanon,TN
Angela Neal Brooks

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Summary

Therapist currently receiving supervision for LPC familiar with client assessments, treatment planning and ongoing evaluations. Well-versed in effective intervention and assessment techniques. Former professor seeking online adjunct position.

Overview

28
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Cedar Recovery

Lead Therapist
09.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Enhanced patient progress by implementing individualized treatment plans tailored to specific needs.
  • Possess unique knowledge of opioid addiction and direct practice in facilitating evidenced based treatment
  • Developed comprehensive assessments for accurate diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic interventions.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to create well-rounded treatment approaches addressing various aspects of patient care.
  • Streamlined therapy sessions by effectively managing caseloads and prioritizing high-need patients.
  • Facilitated recovery-oriented support groups and psychoeducation workshops.

California Southern University

Psychology Mentor
12.2022 - 10.2023

Job overview

  • Empowered mentees to take responsibility for their learning and development, fostering self-confidence and resilience.
  • Responsibilities include responding to learners via phone calls, emails, addressing content questions and assisting learners
  • Mentors provide constructive feedback
  • Actively engage learners in discussion forums
  • Communicate with Dean and Academic Advisors about learner issues
  • Engage in course development and review
  • Serve as committee member on doctoral committees for PsyD program.

Lifeworks (Morneau Shepell)

Client Care Counselor
05.2021 - 09.2023

Job overview

  • Responsibilities include managing clients facing urgent or crisis situations requiring immediate attention via telephone or chat modalities
  • Evaluating needs, assessing risks, crisis containment, assisting in single sessions and providing necessary resources to resolve challenges
  • Provide telephonic clinical assessments, short term problem solving & referrals to EAP users across the country
  • Provide troubled employee consultations & critical incident stress management for client organizations
  • Conduct Problem Gambling assessments & referrals on several state-specific Problem Gambling Help Lines
  • Also participate in clinical staffing & in-house trainings.

Restore Life Behavioral Health

Professional Counselor
03.2019 - 12.2019

Job overview

  • Responsibilities include individual, family, and group counseling
  • Completions of intake assessments and initial diagnosis
  • Develop treatment plans
  • Complete documentation in Therapy Notes
  • Schedule sessions and accept copayments.

Volunteer State Community College

Department Chair/Assistant Professor
09.2010 - 07.2019

Job overview

  • Department Chair responsibilities include supervision of Psychology, Sociology, Human Services, and Education Faculty and Adjuncts
  • Enhanced department efficiency by streamlining administrative processes and implementing new organizational systems.
  • Develop Fall, Summer and Spring schedules of classes
  • Completion of documentation of all TBR or Campus initiatives
  • Resolution of all student complaints and grade appeals
  • Liaison with textbook publishers
  • Conduct department meetings
  • Participation in Dean, Directors, and Department Chair Meetings
  • Assistant Professor responsibilities include serving on Faculty Council and Employee Relations Committee
  • Provide classroom instruction for up to five undergraduate psychology courses on the main campus, satellite campuses, online, and dual enrollment locations
  • Responsibilities include the development of course curriculum, syllabi, and lesson plans
  • Also offer fifteen hours of scheduled office hours per week for assisting students as needed
  • Participation in division and faculty meetings as scheduled
  • Primary advisor for Psychology Club
  • Work as GAP Advisor in the Advising Office
  • Chair of the Employee Relations Committee
  • Other responsibilities as assigned.

ITT Technical Institute

Adjunct Instructor
04.2010 - 03.2016

Job overview

  • Provide classroom instruction for Associate and Bachelor degree seeking students in the areas of General Education and Psychology
  • Current courses include Group Dynamics, General Psychology, Social Psychology, Professional Portfolio Development, Written Analysis, Research Methods, and Strategies for the Technical Student
  • Also teach in the hybrid online program
  • Provide one-on-one tutoring for students.

Family Solutions

Family Therapist/Assessment Specialist
03.2003 - 04.2010

Job overview

  • Responsibilities included providing intensive in-home counseling and case management services for at risk families
  • Also act as liaison with other community agencies as well as complete weekly case reviews and monthly status reports for the case managers with the Department of Children's Services as well as other contract agencies.
  • Enhanced clients'' coping skills through cognitive-behavioral therapy interventions.
  • Responsibilities include conducting Therapeutic Visitation, Anger Management & Domestic Violence Assessments, Parenting Assessments, Clinical Interviews, Alcohol and Drug Assessments, as well as Pre Placement Summary Presentations.

Mental Health Cooperative

Case Management Supervisor
03.2008 - 10.2009

Job overview

  • Responsibilities include the oversight of day to day operations of mental health clinic for severely and persistently mentally ill (SPMI)
  • Supervisory responsibilities include treatment planning, staff development and training, on-call rotation schedule, 24/7 on call responsibility to case management, clinic, and mobile crisis staff
  • Facilitating of daily treatment team meetings with case managers, nurses,and clinic providers
  • Conduct on site and field supervisions with case management staff
  • Supervise the administrative staff
  • Responsible for performance evaluations
  • Promote staff professional growth and development
  • Also act as the liaison between MHC and other community agencies.

Tennessee State University

Staff Development and Training Specialist
07.2005 - 11.2007

Job overview

  • Responsibilities include providing preservice and in-service training and/or classroom instruction for all new and existing employees for the Department of Children's Services (DCS) in the areas Building Trusting Relationships with Families, Conducting Family Centered Assessments, Family Centered Planning, Child Protective Services Specialty Week, as well as PATH
  • Completion of lesson plans, course preparation, classroom setup and breakdown
  • Responsible for working closely with DCS Supervisory Staff as well as the OJT (On the Job Training) Coaches to assist with the professional development of new and existing DCS case managers.

Mid-Cumberland CSA

Team Leader
12.2004 - 08.2005

Job overview

  • Responsibilities include the supervision and development of the MCCSA Central Intake staff, which include Case Manager 2 and Case Manager 3 positions whose duties include submitting child abuse and neglect referrals
  • Also act as the liaison between MCCSA and the Department of Children Services to coordinate policy and procedural issues as well as staff issues
  • Also responsible for staff training and development.

Mid-Cumberland CSA

Non-Custodial Services Supervisor
12.2003 - 12.2004

Job overview

  • Responsibilities included the supervision of Family Support Services and Family Crisis Intervention Program Case Managers for Wilson and Trousdale Counties
  • Also responsible for the direct supervision of the Diversion Specialist who work in juvenile court
  • Also act as liaison with the Department of Children Services
  • Responsible for the development and training of staff on agency policy and procedures.

Monroe Harding Children's Home

Director of Transitional Living
08.2002 - 12.2003

Job overview

  • Responsibilities included overseeing the day to day operation of the Residential and Education Departments
  • Also responsible for supervising a Level I Transitional Living Program and Level II Independent Living Program
  • Responsible for completing Individual Program Plans (IPP), Quarterly Reports, Discharge Summaries, and all other requested documentation
  • Participate in weekly program development meetings, program leaderships meetings, as well as co-facilitate weekly case management team meetings
  • Also responsible for staff growth and training development
  • Responsible for weekly and weekend on-call rotation
  • Also responsible for balancing departmental budgets as well as the supervision of all the program staff (25-40 full and part time staff).

Hermitage Hall

Clinical Therapist
06.2001 - 08.2002

Job overview

  • Responsibilities included providing sex offender specific treatment for assigned clients through family, individual, and group counseling
  • Also responsible for monthly treatment plan updates, development of after-care plans, and act as liaison with community agencies
  • Provided utilization review information for insurance precertification.

Cumberland Mental Health

Crisis Counselor/Outpatient Therapist
08.2000 - 12.2001

Job overview

  • Responsibilities included providing phone counseling on 24-hour crisis line, face-to-face assessments of consumers in crisis to evaluate appropriateness for hospitalization, obtain insurance precertification for in-patient treatment from TennCare, and facilitate inpatient placement for consumers
  • Also responsible for initial client intake assessments as well as individual counseling with assigned consumers.

Pathfinders

Alcohol & Drug Technician
11.2000 - 06.2001

Job overview

  • Responsibilities included supervising clients in a 12-step facility, orientation of new clients to the program, completion of Alcohol Severity Index (ASI), facilitating client referrals to the residential and day treatment program, implementing the treatment schedule, and documentation of client progress reports.

Youth Emergency Services Of Middle Tennessee

Therapist
03.2000 - 10.2000

Job overview

  • Responsibilities include initial family assessment, facilitating weekly therapeutic groups with shelter residents, individual and family counseling sessions, facilitation of family support group, supervision of family visitation, and Foster Care Caseworker Supervisor

Monroe Harding Children's Home

Education Coordinator
10.1995 - 03.2000

Job overview

  • Responsibilities include supervising an on-campus GED program, acting as a liaison with Hillsboro High School, and assist residents in post high school preparation
  • Plan Education Banquet annually
  • Responsible for organizing and supervising twelve-week summer program
  • Participate in weekly program development meetings as well as co-facilitate weekly case management team meetings
  • Responsible for weekly and weekend on call rotation.

Education

Argosy University
Phoenix, AZ

Ed.D. from Counseling Psychology
12.2012

University Overview

  • 4.0 GPA
  • Dissertation: Identifying Attitudes Toward Juvenile Sex Offenders in the Therapeutic
    Community.

Trevecca Nazarene University
Nashville, TN

Master of Arts from Counseling
12.1999

University Overview

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN

Bachelor of Science from Psychology
05.1995

University Overview

Skills

  • Individual / Group Counseling
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Microsoft Office Suites
  • LMS
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Curriculum/Program Development
  • Training & Development
  • Supervising Experience
  • Tutoring/Mentoring
  • Academic advising
  • Team management

Certification

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

February 2017: Safe Zones: When? Where? How? Why? SACRAO 2017 Annual Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida

August 2016: Managing Mental Health and Stress, Lebanon, Tennessee Lupus Support Group


February 2016: Living with Lupus and its Effects on Relationships. Lebanon, TN Lupus Support Group


February 2016: What Would I Do If I Woke Up Woman? SACRAO 2016 Annual Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

November 2015: Psychology of Race Panel Discussion; Volunteer State Community College

September 2015: Race Relations Panel Discussion; Volunteer State Community College

November 2014: Sexual Orientation Panel Discussion; Volunteer State Community College Diversity Week

October 2014: What Would I Do If I Woke Up A Woman? WHET Annual Conference

August 2014: Balancing Act: Life After Volunteer State; Student Leadership Retreat

Fall 2013: Mentorship Discussion Panel; WHET Regional Conference

August 2013: Coping Skills & Stress Management; Student Leadership Retreat

October 2012: Surviving Negative Change: Stages of Change; WHET Annual Conference: “Tool Up For Success”

November 2012: Dissertation Final Defense: Identifying Attitudes Toward Juvenile Sex Offenders.

February 2012: Dissertation Proposal Defense: Identifying Attitudes Toward Juvenile Sex Offenders

September 2009: Case Management: What It’s All About; Mental Health Cooperative, Staff Training

May 2009: Mental Illness and the Impact on the Criminal Justice System; Sumner County Bar Association, Quarterly Training

January 2009: Mental Illness Overview; HomeSafe Domestic Violence Shelter, Volunteer Training

January 2009: Impact of Mental Illness on Domestic Violence; HomeSafe Domestic Violence Shelter, Staff Training

Certification/Licensure

National Board-Certified Counselor Exam, 2001 & 2023

Safe Zone Certified Facilitator, 2016

Tennessee Jurisprudence Examination for Professional Counselors, 2009

Tennessee Department of Children’s Services Parents As Tender Healers (PATH) Certified Trainer, 2005

Advancing Youth Development Certified Facilitator, 2000

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers (SACRAO)

North American Journal of Psychology Reviewer (Number 433)

American Counseling Association (Membership ID# 6291533)

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars

WHET (Women in Higher Education)

American Psychological Association 2015 Division Member: Teaching and Psychology

Teaching Experience:

Life Span Psychology (Semester)
Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Semester)
Abnormal Psychology (Semester)
Psychology (11-week quarter)
Group Dynamics (11-week quarter)
Social Psychology (11-week quarter)
Strategies for the Technical Student (11-week quarter)
Written Analysis (11-week quarter)
Research Methods (11-week quarter)
Professional Portfolio Development (11-week quarter)
Problem Solving (11-week quarter)
Advanced Strategies for the technical Professional (11-week quarter)
Psychology of Adjustment (Semester)
General Psychology (Semester)
Human Growth & Development/Life Span Psychology (Semester)
Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Semester)
Parents As Tender Healers (PATH). (12-week curriculum)
Child Protective Services Specialty Training (5-day curriculum)
Building Trusting Relationships with Families (6-week curriculum)
Conducting Family Centered Assessments (6-week curriculum)
Facilitating Family/Team Driven Planning (6-week curriculum)

Fostering Positive Behavior (1-day seminar)
Subsidized Permanent Guardianship (1-day seminar)


PUBLICATIONS
Journal Critique on Self Organized Learning to be published in Breckinridge Journal (publication approval date February 2, 2012)

Journal Critique on Feminist-Diversity Consultation Breckinridge Journal (publication approval date February 2, 2012)

Work Preference

Work Type

Part TimeContract Work

Location Preference

Remote

Important To Me

Personal development programsWork from home optionWork-life balance

Timeline

Lead Therapist
Cedar Recovery
09.2023 - Current
Psychology Mentor
California Southern University
12.2022 - 10.2023
Client Care Counselor
Lifeworks (Morneau Shepell)
05.2021 - 09.2023
Professional Counselor
Restore Life Behavioral Health
03.2019 - 12.2019
Department Chair/Assistant Professor
Volunteer State Community College
09.2010 - 07.2019
Adjunct Instructor
ITT Technical Institute
04.2010 - 03.2016
Case Management Supervisor
Mental Health Cooperative
03.2008 - 10.2009
Staff Development and Training Specialist
Tennessee State University
07.2005 - 11.2007
Team Leader
Mid-Cumberland CSA
12.2004 - 08.2005
Non-Custodial Services Supervisor
Mid-Cumberland CSA
12.2003 - 12.2004
Family Therapist/Assessment Specialist
Family Solutions
03.2003 - 04.2010
Director of Transitional Living
Monroe Harding Children's Home
08.2002 - 12.2003
Clinical Therapist
Hermitage Hall
06.2001 - 08.2002
Alcohol & Drug Technician
Pathfinders
11.2000 - 06.2001
Crisis Counselor/Outpatient Therapist
Cumberland Mental Health
08.2000 - 12.2001
Therapist
Youth Emergency Services Of Middle Tennessee
03.2000 - 10.2000
Education Coordinator
Monroe Harding Children's Home
10.1995 - 03.2000
Argosy University
Ed.D. from Counseling Psychology
Trevecca Nazarene University
Master of Arts from Counseling
Middle Tennessee State University
Bachelor of Science from Psychology

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