Caroline Gaddis

Looking for a new opportunity. Excited for what the future holds.

5/22- Present: The Gaddis Law Firm

• Office Manager

4/18-4/22: Family Service Center

• Therapist, Individual and Family

• Lead therapy groups in a stabilize and step-down inpatient facility for people dealing with diagnoses including Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Cluster

B Disorders, Anxiety, Chemical Dependency, and Substance Abuse issues.

11/13-9/16: First Baptist Church, Houston, TX, Julianna Poor Memorial Counseling Center; LPC

• Other titles held: LPC-intern

• Provide individual, couple, pre-marital, and group counseling to clients seeking services

• Experience with the following mental health issues: depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, trauma, codependency, decision making, career guidance, child maltreatment, adjustment disorders, family conflict, adoption

• Co-Lead Therapy Group 'Wounded Heart' focusing on the emotional processing of adults who have survived childhood sexual abuse.

• Guest Lecturer for Counseling Center at Houston Baptist University

Related Experience

1/09-10/09: Dallas Children's Advocacy Center; Practicum Student Intern- Play Therapy

• Served as Counselor in Individual Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy

• Experience in methods drawing from various theories including (not limited to): Trauma-Focused

Cognitive Behavioral, Gestalt, Existential, Play Therapy, Animal Assisted Therapy, Person Centered,

Cognitive Behavioral, Behavioral

• Counseled clients ranging in ages 4-74; many individual and group sessions with children and teens

• Case management and correspondence with CPS and Dallas Police

• Weekly meetings and play therapy training by Dallas Baptist University Play Therapy Professor

3/12-7/13: Buckner Children and Family Services; Foster Care Case Manager & LPC-intern

• Maintained Case Management responsibilities as indicated in role at Fostering at Metrocare

• Additionally wrote comprehensive home studies for potential foster and adoptive families

• Additionally provided Case Management for adoptions as related to Foster-to-Adopt cases

• Additionally taught CPR to incoming foster and adoptive parents

03/10-3/12: Fostering at Metrocare; Foster Care Case Manager & LPC-intern

• Lead individual and group therapeutic skills training for foster children and foster parents

• Case management with CPS, CASA and schools regarding foster children progress

• Reviewed and monitored foster home living conditions for minimum standard compliance;

• Completed comprehensive audits on files

09/09- 03/10: Inter Ethnic, LLC- Alphabet Harbor Curriculum Company; Lead Teacher

• Taught reading to 3rd-5th grade in after school program at DISD recognized school, focusing on bilingual students; served as Administrative Assistant as needed to program and program's President

• Researched techniques and methods to incorporate emotion focused words into vocabulary system

Master of Arts, Biblical Counseling

Bachelor of Science, Applied Learning and Development