High School Training

Diana D. Bright

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Cell 915-***-****

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Objective:

. A professional clinical position where I will gain further

expertise in the field of counseling where I can employ my

education and experience to diverse populations with

mental health issues.

Summary of Qualifications:

. Counseling Skills: 600 hours of internship at Mesilla

Valley Hospital (adult unit and chemical dependency unit),

300 hours of school counseling at Hermosa Elementary, and

practicum training with 5 clients in the university

counseling center (8 sessions each).

. Teaching skills: Seven years teaching high school students:

lesson plans, presentations, demonstrations, coordinating,

directing, training, and sponsor of student club;

developed, coordinated and instructed students in the

Ready, Set, Teach (RST) program: placement of students as

interns in elementary schools, built program from 3

students to RST I and II classes of 20 students each,

students went on to college to enter the teaching field.

. Training/leadership skills: Trained high school, college

and adult leaders for small group work, for youth club,

mentoring of junior high and high school students, as

leaders for mission trips, coordinated outreach events;

recruitment and establishment of adults for community

committee; team building; head leader for youth camps and

mission trips, sponsor for state competitions, development

of officers for student club.

. Organizational Skills: organized youth club, committees,

golf tournaments, fund-raisers, non-profit banquets for

1,000 attendees, organized youth mission trips and local

outreaches.

. Office skills: organizing and managing a private practice

legal office: billing, preparation and writing of legal

documents, and command of multiple computer programs (Word,

Excel, Power Point).

Education

. Master of Arts, Counseling and Guidance:

May 2010

CACREP Accredited

New Mexico State University, July 2008 - May 2010

61 hours, 3.88 GPA

Professional Associations:

American Counseling Association, Member 2008 -

Present

Counseling Masters Student Association, NMSU,

Secretary 2009-2010

. Bachelor's of Science in Family Consumer Science

May 1977

East Texas State University (Texas A&M at Commerce)

3.71 GPA, Texas Teaching Life Certificate

Professional Associations:

Texas Association for Family Consumer Science

Employment

. Family and Consumer Science Teacher

2004-2008

El Dorado High School, 12401 Edgemere, El Paso, TX

79936

Academy of Careers in Education Coordinator: Ready, Set,

Teach I & II; Preparation for Parenting and Child

Development; Personal and Family Development; Texas

Association for Future Educators Sponsor.

Youth Director

2002-2003

CrossPoint Lutheran Church, El Paso, TX

Planning weekly programs and service projects for Jr. High

and High school students; leadership training; supervising

volunteers; fund raising activities, service and outreach

projects.

. Young Life Mission Staff

1994-2002

East El Paso Young Life, El Paso, TX

Recruiting and development of East El Paso Young Life (150

students) and Young Life Committee; organized trips for

high school students to camps in Colorado, Arizona and

California; trained college students for leadership roles

with teenagers, trained high school students for summer

month long internships at Young Life camps; planned and led

a weekly Young Life Club (live band, skits, talks, and

games).

. Legal Secretary

1990-2002

John B. Bright, Attorney at Law, El Paso, TX

Office administration; preparation of legal documents;

billing clients; various other duties

. Family and Consumer Science Teacher

1979-1981

YISD - Ysleta Jr. High, El Paso, TX

YSID - Riverside High School, El Paso, TX

1977-1978

Professional Experiences: Graduate School

Internship, Mesilla Valley Hospital, Las Cruces, NM

Spring 2010

Supervisors: Matthew Ladish, L.P.C.C. and Ginger Dickson, Ph.D.

. Provided inpatient individual, group, family,

and crisis counseling services to acute adult

psychiatric patients and adult chemical

dependency patients

. Completed Biopsychosocial and Chemical

Dependency assessments and maintained detailed

progress notes for individual, group, family,

and crisis counseling sessions.

. Member of an interdisciplinary team comprised

of registered nurses, psychiatrists, mental

health technicians, licensed mental health

counselors, and other interns for assessments

and updates on patients progress.

Advanced Practicum Intern, Hermosa Elementary School

Fall 2010

Supervisors: Lisa Grayshield, Ph.D.

. Provided individuals and group

counseling/guidance services to kindergarten

through fifth grade students.

. Provided weekly group counseling to fifth grade

students: 3 small groups of 12 students with a

co-leader, strong Kids Curriculum, and

completed pre and post assessments.

. Participated in an Indigenous Community

Building Project that took place weekly in a

second grade classroom: group circle that

consisted of Native American songs, drumming,

sharing of food, problem solving, and yoga (in

the form of a bear gathering honey).

Practicum, Counseling and Educational Psychology Training Center

Spring 2009

Supervisors: Ginger Dickson, Ph.D.

. Provided eight individual counseling sessions

to five volunteer clients, maintained a

detailed case conceptualization for each

client, and maintained progress notes for each

session.

. Provided pre and post assessments of the SCL-

90R, a treatment plan, theory-based

interventions, and a discharge summary to each

client.

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Non-Professional Experience

. Sunday School Jr. and Senior High Head Teacher: 1992-1997

Jesus Chapel East: 70 students, 6 leaders, music, skits,

games, talks, monthly outings (hikes, camping, picnics,

community outreach)

. Children's Church Leader: 1986-1992: Jesus Chapel East:

75 preschool - K students, 6-10 high school leaders, 2

teachers, puppet ministry, music ministry, skits

References

Matthew Ladish: L.P.C.C., Mesilla Valley Hospital, 575-***-****

Ginger Dickson, Ph.D.: NMSU, CEP Department Chair, 575-***-****

Lisa Grayshield, Ph.D.: NMSU Professor, 575-***-****

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