Counselor, Coach, Consultant - Integrative Therapies - Sole Proprietor, NC
(2009-06)
Promote and assist in the development and fulfillment of client goals
- Facilitate counseling, support and education to adolescence and adults striving to effect positive outcomes utilizing a variety of somatic, cogitative and didactic approaches.
- Facilitate corporate wellness programs offering educational and experiential classes
- Facilitate coaching strengthening leadership, interpersonal and wellness skills.
Director of Counseling, Advising & Disability Services - Baker College - Flint, MI
(2005-02 - 2009-01)
Baker College is a private for-profit organization encompassing thirteen campuses statewide with 36,000 non-traditional, multicultural adult learners pursuing a variety of degrees (e.g. Cert, Assoc, BA, MA, MS, and Ph.D.)
- Provided leadership and guidance to professional staff, restructured Counseling, Advising and Disability Services regaining Noel Levitiz credentialing approval.
- Initiated the development of shared electronic Data Dashboard giving access to accurate, current, student progress across all 13 campuses, ensuring curriculum guidelines, curtailing potential stop-out / drop-out, improving persistence and retention.
- Engaged students and employees in healthy living and stress management workshops, offering supportive community resources and assistance improving overall campus wellness.
- Facilitated Counseling to students and staff utilizing DBT/CBT/ EMDR and Mindfulness
- Built highly skilled cross-functional engaged support staff significantly improving knowledge of departmental services as they interrelate to campus services and overall student progress, decreasing student wait times, improving satisfaction, engagement and student persistence.
- Instituted community access programs engaging community collaboration; offering a greater 'reach' of services, improving overall student wellness and persistence toward their goals.
- Facilitated and interpreted a variety of assessments from interest inventories such as Myers Briggs, to career inventories Discover and Strong as well as psychosocial assessments, psychological assessments WAIS, Wechsler, WRAT and MMPI.
- Coordinated all disability services, accommodated students, developed process and trained faculty in ADA, improving facility knowledge while decreasing complaints.
- Initiated online informational accommodation and intake system gaining consistency across all 13 campuses while decreasing grievances.
- Developed and facilitated 'Transitioning from IDEA to ADA' community workshops, preparing students [and parents] for entrance and success in higher ed
- Along with Baker College executives, developed support programs and process, improved and expanded student services offering improved faculty support and student outcomes. (AQIP)
- Provided internship program and supervision to graduate counseling interns incubating professional growth while fortifying campus needs.
Adjunct Professor and Counseling Supervisor - Oakland University - Rochester, MI
(2005-12 - 2008-08)
- Taught HRD 400 (Organizational Behavior)
- Provided supervision to students enrolled in Counseling Practicum.
- Provided supervision to graduate counseling students participating in final internships required for graduation.
Counselor, Coach & Consultant - Independence Counseling - Waterford, MI
(1993-01 - 2004-12)
Sole Proprietor
- Provided collaborative, integrative Counseling, encouraging and educating individuals, couples, families and groups toward positive adjustments and outcomes
- Coached and empowered corporate clients experiencing life/career transitions in coping, managing change and reaching their goal
- Provided Counseling and Coaching to persons of disability and their families, helping them navigate education and career platforms.
- Interviewed, hired and trained individuals for employment, utilizing Motivational Interviewing format alongside strategic plan, recommended talent for consulting clients within professional industries.
- Facilitated educational, career and psychological assessments offering clients insight and direction
- Developed and integrated character and leadership enhancing exercises for high school students in cooperation with Saturn Excel and Butler Graphics. Creating the benchmark for safe, engaged innovation within the classroom.
- Organized and lead outplacement project for AIM Executives, facilitating workshops and coaching outplaced employees toward new employment.
- Lead turn-around consulting project for Rossetti, project included: hiring, on boarding, restructure HR, performance reviews, strategic planning, training and development, executive coaching, developing and implementing mentoring, corporate liaison, client satisfaction and bring back.
- Succession planning, career mapping, executive coaching with Gordon & Company
- Audit and restructure HR with Michigan Pipe and Valve
- Develop and presented workshops aimed at decreasing student disruptive behavior through engagement presented to administrators of Bloomfield Community Schools.
- Active member of the Troy Education/Community Roundtable creating opportunities for student/community engagement.
Radio Talk Show Host - WMUZ, DETROIT - Detroit
(1999-01 - 2004-12)
'Walking Alongside' drive-time talk show host discussing issues of work, wellness and relationship.
Senior Consultant - Drake Beam Morin, Inc. - Troy, MI
(1988-08 - 1992-12)
International HR Consulting
- Facilitated counseling & coaching to out-placed and at-risk employees and their families; administered assessments, offering support, education and community collaborative resources as well as facilitated workshops
- Co-Facilitated organizational effectiveness consulting; performance improvement, assessments, leadership development and talent acquisition and development.
- Facilitated speaking engagements and workshops for senior management highlighting the values of employing persons of disability toward creating a fully diversified workforce.
- Guest Speaker presenting 'Family Matters' a model for successful relocation, executive retention and family health and wellness.
- Restructured and managed client relocation services, coordinating 80 offices nationwide. Authored 'Kids on the Move', significantly improving relocation retention.
