Resume

• 2009

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Counselor Education

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

• Group Therapy

  Treatment

  Clinical Research

  Teaching

  Family Therapy

  Psychology

  Research

  Psychotherapy

  CBT

  Higher Education

  Research Design

  Clinical Supervision

  Mental Health

  Adolescents

  University Teaching

  Quantitative Research

  Lenz

  Lenz

  Clinical Director & Lead Counselor

  Texas A&M Univeristy- Corpus Christi

  The University of Memphis

  MHMR of Nueces County- Youth Services

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  The Transformation Center

  Texas A&M Univeristy- Corpus Christi

  The University of Memphis

  Memphis

  Tn

  - Develop and teach courses in CACREP core and Clinical Mental Health specialization areas at the master’s and doctoral levels\n- Maintain an average teacher quality rating of 4 or higher on a 5-point rating scale\n- Maintain an active and productive research agenda with publication target in ACA journals. Meet expectation of 2 -3 peer-reviewed publications annually\n- Pursue external and intramural funding opportunities to support research and student development\n- Maintain active role in department service requirements and retention committee\n- Provide mentoring and support of master’s and doctoral students \n- Timely and accurate academic advising

  guidance

  and support

  Assistant Professor

  CMH Program Coordinator

  - Provide approved Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

  Solution Focused Therapy and Narrative Therapy counseling services with children

  adolescents

  families and groups\n- Provide a minimum of 65 hours of billed services to clients and client families \n- Provide mental health assessments for Nueces County Juvenile Detention facilities \n- Conduct mental health crisis and suicide assessment

  intervention

  and postvention services \n- Conduct diagnostic interviews and coordination of admission services\n- Document and submit billing to third party payers\n- Provide unit training to case management staff\n- Provide weekly supervision of case management staff

  Family

  Adolescent & Youth Counselor

  Corpus Christi

  Texas Area

  MHMR of Nueces County- Youth Services

  Corpus Christi

  Texas

  - Management and facilitation of activities to meet requirements of external funding sources including tracking target outcomes

  financial management

  and reporting to stakeholders \n- Facilitate peer to peer group counseling services to servicemen returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom\n- Provide individual

  couples

  family and group counseling services to persons that have been victims of crime or experienced a traumatic event\n\tProvide regular supervision and training of graduate and post-graduate students earning hours for curricular requirements or licensure and certification.\n- Provide training on intake

  diagnostic

  record keeping

  and intervention strategies\n- Engage in community outreach and education activities\n- Establish and maintain community partnerships that are congruent with the mission of the Other Victim Assistance Grant and Veteran’s Incentive Program funding sources\n- Provided evaluative and gate keeping consultation service to university departments and licensure board

  MHMR of Nueces County- Turning Point Project

  Clinical Director & Lead Counselor

  Corpus Christi

  TX

  - Develop and teach courses in CACREP core and Clinical Mental Health specialization areas at the master’s and doctoral levels\n- Integrate web-based instructional technology across courses\n- Maintain an average teacher quality rating of 4 or higher on a 5-point rating scale\n- Maintain an active and productive research agenda with publication target in ACA journals. Meet expectation of 2 -3 peer-reviewed publications annually\n- Pursue external and intramural funding opportunities to support research and student development\n- Maintain active role in department service requirements and retention committee\n- Provide mentoring and support of master’s and doctoral students

  Assistant Professor

  CMH Counseling Program Co-Coordinator

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Cordova

  TN

  Provide individual and group counseling services to adolescents with eating disorders using a manualized cognitive behavioral therapy and relational-cultural therapy framework as part of an intensive outpatient program\nContribute to weekly consultation with interdisciplinary staff\nDocument and submit billing to third party payers\nSupervision and training of doctoral and master’s level students completing internship hours at The Transformation Center

  Adolescent and Family Counselor

  The Transformation Center

  - Provide intensive case management assessment services using the strengths-based Wraparound Model for community intervention\n- Provide a minimum of 70 billable hours of rehabilitative skills training to children

  adolescents

  and families with externalizing mental health disorders\n- Mental health crisis intervention and coordination\n- Identifying

  referring

  and linking to community resources

  Case Manager

  Corpus Christi

  Texas Area

  MHMR of Nueces County- Youth Services