Curriculum Vitae. clinical psychologist

Curriculum Vitae

PAMELA JO PIERCE, Psy.D, BSN, CLNC, ECaP-III

Certified Legal Nurse Consultant- Patient Advocate

Missouri Nursing License # 091687

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Missouri License # 200-***-**** New York State Licensed

4355 South National Avenue

Kelly Greens, Apartment 904

Springfield, Missouri, 65801

**************@*****.*** Telephone: 205-***-****

LICENSURE

• Licensed to practice Nursing in Missouri on May 1981

• Licensed to practice Clinical Psychology in Alabama on June 3, 2004

• Licensed to practice Clinical Psychology in Missouri on June 3,2004

` Licensed to practice Clinical Psychology in New York State July 2013

CERTIFICATION: ECaP- Level III : Certified by Dr. Bernie Siegel, M.D./ Barry Bittman, M.D.

Legal Nurse Consultant: Vickie L. Milazzo, Medical-Legal Consulting

Institute, Inc.

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Psychology 2000

Forest Institute of Professional Psychology (APA Approved)

2885 West Battlefield, Springfield, Missouri 65807

• Specialty Track: Health Psychology, Forensic Psychology

Cumulative G.P.A. 3.59

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing-Minor in Psychology

Pittsburg State University

1701 South Broadway

Pittsburg, Kansas 66762

Fall 1981 to summer 1985

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Deer Oaks Behavioral Services: November 2012 to present: I currently provide

psychological services to long-term care facilities. I provide individual therapy, assist

with treatment team meetings, and provide psycho-education to the facility staff to

enable them to better manage problem behaviors exhibited by the long-term care

patient.

• Bryce State Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama : August 2008 to March 2012.

Position: Director of Admissions. This position required initial psychological

evaluations of committed patients into the state psychiatric system. Also this

position involved direct individual psychotherapy, mental status evaluation,

psychometric testing and completion of testing reports, group intervention,

psychotherapeutic education groups, forensic testing and evaluation to determine

competence to stand trial and mental state evaluations (not guilty by reason of

insanity), crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, homicidal risk assessment and

direct supervision of psychology interns attending the University of Alabama.

• Alabama Private Psychology Practice : June 3, 2004 to January 2008.

• Psychological evaluations for the Department of Social Services-Department of Disability Services,

Birmingham, Alabama.

• Missouri Private Psychology Practice : June 3, 2004 to January 2008.

Psychological evaluations for Individuals, Children, Individual Psychotherapy, Health Psychology,

Evaluations For Missouri Drug Court and Private Patients.

• Registered Professional Nurse. BSN since 1981

Registered Nurse since 1981. Experience in the following nursing areas: Medical-Surgical; Surgery; Emergency

Room; Pediatrics; Home Health; Psychiatric Home Health; Administration. Certified by the Missouri Department

of Social Services as a consultant to long-term-care homes (ICF; SKILLED; NURSING; ASSISTED LIVING)

that are under sanctions imposed by the Missouri Department of Social Services.

• Licensed Missouri Nursing Home Administrator SUPERVISED CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• Psychology Internship performed at Gadsden Psychological Services, Gadsden, Alabama under the

supervision of Dr. David Wilson. Performed duties associated with the private practice of psychology and

geriatric nursing home clients.

• Psychology Post-Doc completed on March 17, 2004. Post-Doc performed at Psychology Services,

Springfield, Mo. under the supervision of Dr. Mike McGreevey, Licensed Clinical Psychologist,

Springfield, Missouri.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Member, Greene County Adult Drug Court / DWI / Mental Health Court October 2005 to present

• Private Practice In Missouri,

• Private Practice In Alabama

• Co-facilitator With Bernie Siegel, M.D. at workshop for Cancer Patients, May 2005

• Co-facilitator with Barry Bittman, M.D. at workshop for Cancer Patients, April 2005

• Expert Psychology Forensic Examiner written test passed for State of Alabama, August, 2006

• Group Facilitator for Sexual Attitude Reassessment, 1998.

• Designated as a Therapist for Ozark Christian Counseling Service Clients

• 13 CEU Credits toward AASECT (American Association of Sex Education, Counselors and Therapists

Certification

• Group Facilitator for Sexual Attitude Reassessment Seminar, August 1998

• Past Psychiatric Home Health Administrator

• Group Supervisor for Practicum Student Group (summer of 1999)

• Exhibit Co-leader for Forest Institute at Springfield Health Symposium, 1997

• Professional Supervisor for graduate students performing required Practicum experience

• Provided Supervision, feedback and general professional oversight

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants

• American Psychological Association

• American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists

• American Society of Hypnotherapy

• National Association Mental Illness Southwest Missouri

• Exceptional Cancer Patients (ECaP)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• National Alliance for Mental Illness

• Pro Bono Individual, Family Therapy, and Cancer/ Grief Support Groups

SPEAKING EXPERIENCE

• Christ Church Unity: “ The Art of Healing”, Springfield, Missouri

• National Alliance for Mental Illness: Stages of Emotional Response to the Trauma of Mental Illness, July 14, 2006

Missouri League for Nursing Annual Conference Seminar Speaker for Continuing Education .

Therapeutic Communication With the Psychiatric Patient: Bryce State Hospital.

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

• Ursula Anderson, Ph.D., The Consciousness of Woman, May, 1997

• Ursula Anderson, Ph.D., The Psalms of Children, May, 1997

• Sharol McGehee, Psy. D., Nutrition and Well-being, May, 1998

• Norman Shealy, M. D., Ph. D., Stress and Psychoneuroimmunology, May, 1998

• Cady, M. D., Headache and Pain Syndromes, May, 1998

• Donald E. McGehee, ED. D., Sexual Attitude Reassessment, August, 1998

• Forensic Psychology Licensing Workshop, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, October, 2000

• Exceptional Cancer Patient (E-CaP) Workshop, Dr. Bernie Siegel, May 2003

• Behavioral Interventions to Facilitate Growth, December 2003

• Information on Current Alzheimer’s Research, (ADF), June 6, 2004

• Female Drug Addiction Related To PMS Symptoms, (ADF), June 6, 2004

• Interpersonal Therapy Techniques Utilized With Autism, (ADF), June 6, 2004

• Depression and Mental Illness in Children, (ADF), June 6, 2004

• PMS in Relationship to Eating Disorders, (ADF), June 6, 2004

• Utilizing Therapeutic Communication in Treatment of Patients Presenting with Anxiety, (ADF), June 6, 2004

• Treatment of Rape Victims, (ADF), June 6, 2004

• Depression Management and the Elderly Client, June 6, 2004

• Drug Treatments Involved with the Schizophrenic Patient, (ADF) June 6, 2004

• Caring for the Mind and Body, Audio Digest Foundation (ADF), September 27, 2004

• Update on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, (ADF), September 28, 2004

• Dealing with Drug Addiction, (ADF). September 28, 2004

• Topics in Depression Management, (ADF), September 28, 2004

• Update on Autism September, (ADF) September 28, 2004

• Clinical Update, (ADF), September 28, 2004

• Coping with Comorbidities (ADF), September 28, 2004

• Psychopharmacology and Anxiety, (ADF), September 28, 2004

• Depression and Medial Illness, (ADF), September 28, 2004

• Treatment Update: Psychotic Disorders, (ADF), September 28, 2004

• Criminal Thinking: Understanding, Evaluating and Treating and Hostile Resistant Client, Stanton Samenow,

Ph.D., October 8, 2004

• Psychoneuroimmunology workshop, Barry Bittman, M.D., March. 2005

• Legal and Ethical Risks and Risk Management in Professional Psychological Practice, Sequence 1: General Risk

Management, March 22, 2005

• Exceptional Cancer Patient Workshop, Barry Bittman, M.D., April, 2005

• Exceptional Cancer Patient Workshop, Bernie Siegel, M.D., May, 2005

• Missouri Association of Drug Courts 8th Annual Conference, April 26-28, 2006

• Mental Health Court Teams, Commissioner Peggy Davis, J.D.

• Prescription Medications, Jon Beetem

• Forensic Mental Evaluations, August 2, 2006 to August 3, 2006

• Basic Forensic Training August 2 & 3, 2006

• Advanced Forensic Training August 4, 2006

Legal Nurse consultant certification, 2006

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ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCE

Apperception Tests (TAT, CAT)

Beck Anxiety Scale

Beck Depression Scale

Beck Hopelessness Scale

Beck Suicide Inventory

Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test

California Personality Inventory

Conner’s Rating Scale (Parent, Teacher)

Hand Test

House- Tree- Person

Kinetic Family Drawing

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory- Third Edition

Millon Behavioral Health Inventory

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory- Second Edition

Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool-Revised (MnSOST-R)

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test

Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)

Profile of Mood States (POMS)

Rorschach Diagnostik

Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank

Shipley Institute of Living Scale

Trail Making Test

Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI)

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale- Third Edition

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children- Third Edition

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth Edition

Wechsler Achievement Test

Wechsler Memory Scale – Third Edition

Wide Range Achievement Test

Personal References Provided upon request.

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