Christine F. Dargon, Ph.D.

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Education: Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ - APA Accredited

Masters of Science in Education - Counseling and Personnel

Services

Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, NY

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology and Sociology

The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Clinical

Experience: Masters' in Counseling Psychology, Department Chair - Prescott

December 2009 - College, Prescott, AZ

September 2010 Oversee and manage all aspects of the program. Hire

faculty/staff

And supervise all faculty. Conduct the admissions

process and

Acceptance of new students. Create/maintain all program

Documentation, policies and procedures. Oversee budget.

Oversee, facilitate and present and the 4 residency

weekends per

Year. Teach various courses including Foundation in Mental

Health Counseling and Counseling Theories.

August 2009- School Psychologist - Manchester, NH School district

January 2010 Conduct all academic testing in an elementary school

and a

Middle school. Write up testing results and provide

reports.

Present reports to faculty, staff and families. Provide

Recommendations pertaining to special education coding and

Services. Participate in all team meetings regarding

special

Education students or potential students

April 2004 - Solo-Practitioner - Londonderry, NH & Hooksett, NH

October 2009 Maintain a full-time, successful independent private

practice,

offering primarily individual therapy for ages 2-75 as

well as

marital and family therapies. Run a group for women

with eating disorders. Specialized in the areas of mood

disorders,

eating disorders, teens, children's issues and women's

issues.

Supervise other practitioners. Work with GALs and advise

courts

in custody disputes. Forensic evaluations for the courts.

Testify as

an expert witness on attachment issues and other concerns

pertaining to children. Assist schools with diagnostic

information

and the creation/implementation of 504 and IEP plans.

Testing. Career counseling. Manage all aspects of business

including

Quickbooks, billing, managed care issues etc.

January 1998 - Adjunct Faculty - Various Schools:

Present NH Institute of Art (Manchester, NH), Rivier College

(Nashua,

NH), University of Massachusetts at Lowell (Lowell, MA),

Western Connecticut State University (Danbury, CT), State

University of New York at Purchase (Purchase, NY),

Southern

NH University (Salem, MA), Seton Hall University (South

Orange, NJ), Kaplan University (Ft. Lauderdale, FL),

Prescott

College (Prescott, AZ)

Undergraduate courses including: Child Development,

Adolescent Development, Abnormal Psychology, Human

Sexuality, Introduction to Psychology, Peer

Mediation/Counselors,

Rape Education, Introduction to Sociology, Research

Methods,

Working With Children in a Diverse World, Working with

Adolescents

Graduate Courses including: Foundations in Mental Health

Counseling, Counseling Theories. Human Sexuality, Working

with

Children, Working with Adolescents, Couples and Families,

Domestic Abuse, Sexual Dysfunctions and Therapy

January 2006 - Founder/President - Best Foot Forward Productions, NH

Present Established a non-profit 501c3 educational and

theatrical

organization. Oversee/implement all aspects of the group

including

fundraising, membership/recruitment, activity selection,

secure

locations for practices and productions, PR, finances and

budgets,

maintain books and documentation, oversee all meetings

etc.

2007 - Advisor/Director - Central High School Drama Club,

Manchester, NH

December 2009 Direct all productions. Oversee all organization

activities, run

meetings, act as liaison to Principal, manage organization

finances,

run sound and lights, PR, membership recruitment,

fundraising etc,

manage and coordinate theater events with Music Dept.

2007 - Cookie Mom - Priorities New Hampshire, Concord, NH

2008 PrioritiesNH (a project of Business Leaders for Sensible

Priorities), a 501c3 nonpartisan, non-profit organization

of

700 senior business executives founded in 1996 by Ben Cohen

of

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. Serve as the face and spokes

person for the campaign. Meet with Presidential candidates

such as President Obama, Senator McCain, Senator Dodd,

Senator Biden etc, work with their campaign staffs and the

media. Recruit volunteers and manage them at events.

Interact with the public and inform them of the PNH

mission.

1999 - Therapist - Counseling Center of Nashua, NH

2004 Individual therapy with adults and children. Run an

eating

Disorder group. Member of a large private group

practice.

1999- Post-Doctoral Fellowship - The Community Council of Nashua,

Inc., NH

2000 Conduct individual and couples counseling utilizing a

brief

treatment approach. Run groups in the adult day treatment

program. Conduct 5-8 initial intakes and psychological

evaluations per week for all programs. Determine

eligibility for

certification/disability and complete insurance reviews

etc.

1999- Emergency Service Clinician - The Crisis Center of Nashua

2000 Nashua, NH

Assist with the operation of a 16 bed crisis center

including

Evaluations for adults and children. Provide residents

with verbal,

physical and/or emotional support. Monitor crisis phone

line

including assist all incoming callers, provide appropriate

recommendations for continued or initial treatment, notify

external

services for support including police and/or ambulance.

Complete

IEA's to the state hospital. Conduct groups and activities

on the

unit, assist with detoxification etc.

1998- Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Pederson-Krag Center

1999 Huntington, NY

Conduct therapy with children, adolescents, adults and

families.

Co-lead two groups (moderate functioning adults and

individuals

with anxiety/panic). Psychological testing for children

and adults.

Intakes for all programs including drugs and alcohol,

seriously

mentally ill, gambling etc. Ten hours of supervision per

week.

Concentrations in the areas of children and family

therapies,

people with anxiety/panic attacks, and play therapy.

1997- Pre-Doctoral Internship - Danbury Hospital, Ctr for Child &

Adolescent

1998 Treatment Service, Danbury, CT.

Clinician for adolescent (ages 11-18) milieu style Day

Program,

Individual counseling, family therapy, group therapy

(various

mediums), case management, testing, ADHD screenings,

community and parental presentations, drug/alcohol

screenings,

substance abuse counseling.

1994- Graduate Assistant - Seton Hall University, The Division of

Volunteer

1997 Efforts, South Orange, NJ

Advisor to the Inter-Fraternity Council, assistant to

Student

Activities, Assistant to the Director of the Division of

Volunteer

Efforts, coordinate events, recruit and manage volunteers

etc.

1992- Outreach Mental Health Counselor - St. Luke's Community

Services,

1994 Stamford, CT

Provide life skills training for people discharged from

the state

Mental hospitals. Supervise, counsel and assist residents

of a 24

Hour residential facility for men with severe mental

illnesses.

Research &: "Causes and Effects of Rape During the First Semester of

College" (1999)

Presentations Paper Session at the American Psychological Association

Annual

Conference, Boston, MA.

"Students' Perceptions of Religion and Attitudes Toward the

Value of

Human Life" (1997) Poster Session at the Eastern

Psychological

Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

"The Effects of Date/Acquaintance Rape on Female College

Students"

1996) Poster Session at the Eastern Psychological

Association

1997) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Dissertation: "Implications for Possible Causes and Effects of

Rape

During the First Semester of the First Year of College"

"Working with Adolescents: The Tough stuff from cutting to

truancy"

(2010) Prescott College, Prescott, AZ,

"Stick Figure: Eating Disorders aren't just about being thin"

(2010)

Prescott College, Prescott, AZ,

"Working with Adolescents" (2010)

NADAAC, Tucson, AZ,

"Psychology and Social Responsibility" (2010)

Prescott College, Prescott, AZ

"Social and Ecological Issues" (2010)

Prescott College, Prescott, AZ

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