Overview
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Zach Graham

Columbia,MO

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Co-Founder

Ninety9 Equity
02.2021 - Current
  • Providing executive leadership and performance coaching to founders, executive teams, and leaders
  • Educational and experiential workshops regarding organizational values, leadership development, strategic planning, talent management, and mental health and well-being
  • Serving SMBs between $1M-$20M in ARR

Associate Consultant

CMA Global, Inc.
01.2021 - 06.2023

Supervisor: David Colarossi, PhD (Licensed Counseling Psychologist); Hanna Collier, PhD (Licensed Clinical Psychologist)

  • Analyze California Psychological Inventory (CPI) 260 and conduct a clinical interview of potential police officers for regional urban police departments for fitness of duty. Report write-up and recommendation to Chief of Police for each department
  • Assist senior consultants in providing assessment services, leadership development, coaching, 360° feedback, organizational development, strategic planning services, and training facilitation
  • Conduct data analyses projects using a range of assessment and performance data, and make data-driven recommendations for improving team effectiveness in areas such as communication, collaboration, diversity, and inclusion
  • Directly manage client relationships and create and develop customized projects based on customers’ needs
  • Work with a variety of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 firms, family-owned businesses, and not-for-profit organizations, within a wide variety of industries

Psychological Intern

University Of Missouri - Columbia
08.2023 - Current
  • APA Accredited Pre-Doctoral Internship
  • Provide (15) hours of individual therapy weekly
  • Provide (2+) hours of specialized trauma and/or crisis therapy weekly
  • Provide (1.5-3) hours of group therapy weekly
  • Provide weekly feedback and supervision of (2) doctoral level graduate students
  • Will accrue (500+) direct clinical hours and more than (2000) total hours under supervision of licensed psychologists by August 2024

Clinical Graduate Assistant

MU Counseling Center
08.2021 - 05.2023


  • Provide 10 hours of individual counseling per week to university students
  • Primary frameworks: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Humanistic Theory
  • Consult with supervisors about individual client needs
  • Assess clients for clinical risk
  • Hours accrued: 212: direct client contact (Fall 2021-Fall 2022)

Instructor

University Of Missouri
08.2020 - 05.2021
  • Facilitated Positive Psychology 4200
  • Responsible for the entirety of course delivery to 60 students
  • Created and facilitated weekly lectures
  • Evaluated weekly student assignments
  • Mentored students in the implementation of positive psychology principals in their occupational and personal lives.

Practicum Counselor

Westminster College
08.2020 - 05.2021

Supervisor: Sarah Stevens, LCSW

Practicum Instructor: Kathleen Boggs, PhD., Licensed Psychologist

  • Provide 10 hours of individual counseling per week to university students
  • Primary framework: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Conduct 1-2 intake assessments per week
  • Consult with supervisors and other health professionals about individual client needs
  • Assess clients for clinical risk
  • Hours accrued: No less than 160 hours (119.50: direct client contact)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University Of Missouri - Dept. Of Health Sciences
08.2018 - 08.2023

Supervisors: Botswana Blackburn, PhD, BHS Program Director, Department Chair

  • Assist in delivery of Bachelor of Health Science Capstone Course: Healthcare Organization and Leadership 4985
  • Prepare lessons according to course outline to convey all required material and deepen student understanding of subject matter
  • Maintain atmosphere of academic learning and advancement to facilitate learning and development of critical thinking skills
  • Evaluate student's weekly assignments
  • Mentor students through office hours and one-on-one communication

Career Counselor

University Of Missouri - Career Center
08.2019 - 05.2020

Supervisor: Kathleen Boggs, PhD., Licensed Psychologist

Practicum Instructor: Brittany Beasley, PhD., Licensed Psychologist

  • Provide 5 hours of individual career counseling per week to university students and community members
  • Support clients through their career development processes by constructing narratives about their values, interests, skills, and identities
  • Conduct 1-2 intake assessments per week
  • Consult with supervisors and other professionals about individual client needs
  • Interpret and integrate clients’ results of several interest and strengths assessments including Focus 2, Self-Directed Search (SDS), Strong Interest Inventory, CliftonStrengths, and Missouri Occupational Card Sort
  • Hours accrued: No less than 380 hours (109: direct client contact)

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant-Licensed

Missouri Psychiatric Center
02.2017 - 05.2020
  • Designed and facilitated daily therapeutic group sessions to support patients learning to cope and live with mental illness
  • Primary theoretical frames include CBT, DBT, ACT, and Seeking Safety
  • Extensive training and practice in education and delivery of mindfulness techniques to support patient mental health
  • Experienced in evaluating and training Occupational and Recreational Therapists in group facilitation
  • Collaborate with psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and nursing staff to ensure holistic therapeutic interventions
  • Hours accrued: no less than 1,500 (1000: direct client contact, 150: interdisciplinary patient consultation with M.D., PhD., and LCSW)

Adjunct Faculty Instructor

University Of Missouri - School Of Medicine
01.2019 - 05.2019
  • Designed curriculum and facilitated OTA 215: Mental Health & Psychosocial Practice
  • Responsible for the entirety of course delivery to 40 students
  • Created and facilitated weekly lectures in class and online
  • Evaluated weekly student assignments
  • Mentored students in mental health clinical experiences

Mental Performance Support

University Of Missouri - ROTC
11.2018 - 05.2019


  • Researched, designed, and facilitated weekly psychoeducational presentations to 100+ cadets
  • Provided one-on-one mental performance support to individual cadets
  • Provided support to ROTC leadership focused on communication and cultivating resiliency

Education

Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology

University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
05.2024

M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology -

University Of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
05.2020

Bachelor's in Health Science -

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
07.2018

Research Topics of Interest

  • Values and Purpose
  • Individual and Organizational Resilience
  • Organizational Culture
  • Performance in High Risk Environments
  • Positive Psychology
  • Coaching


Affiliations

American Psychological Association - Student Affiliate (APA)

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology -Student Affiliate (SIOP)
Association for Applied Sport Psychology - Student Affiliate (AASP)

Timeline

Psychological Intern

University Of Missouri - Columbia
08.2023 - Current

Clinical Graduate Assistant

MU Counseling Center
08.2021 - 05.2023

Co-Founder

Ninety9 Equity
02.2021 - Current

Associate Consultant

CMA Global, Inc.
01.2021 - 06.2023

Instructor

University Of Missouri
08.2020 - 05.2021

Practicum Counselor

Westminster College
08.2020 - 05.2021

Career Counselor

University Of Missouri - Career Center
08.2019 - 05.2020

Adjunct Faculty Instructor

University Of Missouri - School Of Medicine
01.2019 - 05.2019

Mental Performance Support

University Of Missouri - ROTC
11.2018 - 05.2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University Of Missouri - Dept. Of Health Sciences
08.2018 - 08.2023

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant-Licensed

Missouri Psychiatric Center
02.2017 - 05.2020

Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology

University of Missouri-Columbia

M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology -

University Of Missouri - Columbia

Bachelor's in Health Science -

University of Missouri - Columbia
Zach Graham