Development University
Resume:
Nikel A. R. Wood, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Home address:
8735
Johannesburg Drive
Germantown, TN 38139
abm5zx@r.postjobfree.com
Education:
Ph.D. Counseling Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 2008
. Area of Concentration: Marriage and Family Therapy
M.S. Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 2006
B.A. Psychology, University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 2001
. Minor: Anthropology
Counseling Psychologist:
Christian Psychological Center, Memphis, TN, Fall2009-Present
. Responsibilities: Providing individual, family, group and couples
counseling. Providing consultation for organizations with conflict and
communication difficulties. In charge of writing standards, policies,
and procedures for CARF accreditation of an Intensive Outpatient
Program in eating disorders. Created programming and literature for
the eating disorders group therapy modality, college and career
assessment program, and the academic success program. Involved with
community outreach on topics such as eating disorders, stress and
coping, career development, parenting, and academic development.
Programming is also provided to members of the Memphis community who
were seeking psychoeducation for their groups. Working on client
goals within short-term model and long-term models, making psychiatric
referrals if necessary, vocational counseling, administering and
interpreting vocational, personality, and intellectual measures.
Timely completion of all appropriate paperwork.
. Client Populations: Adolescents, young adults, adults, older adults,
couples, and families. Client concerns include eating disorders,
sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, suicidal ideation,
interpersonal difficulty, depression, anxiety, romantic relationship
concerns, personality disorders, mild psychosis, career development,
education/learning difficulties.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship:
Christian Psychological Center, Memphis, TN, Fall 2008-Fall2009
. Responsibilities: Providing individual, family, group and couples
counseling. Providing consultation for organizations with conflict and
communication difficulties. In charge of writing standards, policies,
and procedures for CARF accreditation of an Intensive Outpatient
Program in eating disorders. Created programming and literature for
the eating disorders group therapy modality, college and career
assessment program, and the academic success program. Involved with
community outreach on topics such as eating disorders, stress and
coping, career development, parenting, and academic development.
Programming is also provided to members of the Memphis community who
were seeking psychoeducation for their groups. Working on client
goals within short-term model and long-term models, making psychiatric
referrals if necessary, vocational counseling, administering and
interpreting vocational, personality, and intellectual measures.
Timely completion of all appropriate paperwork.
. Client Populations: Adolescents, young adults, adults, older adults,
couples, and families. Client concerns include eating disorders,
sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, suicidal ideation,
interpersonal difficulty, depression, anxiety, romantic relationship
concerns, personality disorders, mild psychosis, career development,
education/learning difficulties.
Supervised Counseling Experience:
Predoctoral Intern, Center for Counseling, Learning, and Testing,
University of
Memphis, Fall 2007- Summer 2008
. Responsibilities: Being on-call once per month for the entire
university
community. Providing programming for students living in the dorms,
for Resident Advisors within the dorms, and for classes and campus
groups as requested by the faculty and staff. Programming was also
provided to members of the Memphis community who were seeking
psychoeducation for their groups. Working on client goals within
short-term model and long-term models, making psychiatric referrals if
necessary, vocational counseling, administering and interpreting
vocational, personality, and intellectual measures. Completed all
appropriate paperwork. Direct client contact (10-14 hours per week),
group supervision (3 hours per week), individual supervision (2 hours
per week), 1 supervising a practicum student (1.5 hours per week).
. Client Populations: Students currently enrolled at the university
seeking vocational or personal counseling. Members of the Memphis
community seeking vocational counseling. Client concerns include
eating disorders, sexual abuse, physical abuse, suicidal ideation,
interpersonal difficulty, depression, anxiety, romantic relationship
concerns, personality disorders, and mild psychosis.
External Practicum, Counseling and Testing Center, University of North
Texas, Fall 2005 - Spring 2007
. Responsibilities: Being on-call for crisis situations once per month
for students living in the dorms. Teaching classes on sexual assault
and suicide for the students currently taking classes to be Resident
and Peer Advisors within the dorms. Fulfilling requests from the dorm
staff for psychoeducational programming. Working on client goals
within a short-term model, making psychiatric referrals if necessary,
vocational counseling, administering and interpreting vocational and
personality measures. Completed all appropriate paperwork. Direct
client contact (12 hours per week), group supervision (2 hours per
week).
. Client Populations: Students currently enrolled at the university
seeking vocational or personal counseling. Client concerns include
eating disorders, cutting, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety,
romantic relationship concerns, personality disorders, and mild
psychosis.
Therapy Practicum, Counseling and Testing Center, University of North
Texas, Fall 2004 - Spring 2005
. Responsibilities: Working on client goals within a short-term model,
making psychiatric referrals if necessary, vocational counseling,
administering and interpreting vocational and personality measures.
Completed all appropriate paperwork. Direct client contact (11 hours
per week), crisis on-call (1 hour per week), didactic training (1 hour
per week), individual supervision (1 hour per week), and group
supervision (2 hours per week).
. Client Population: Students currently enrolled at the university
seeking vocational or personal counseling. Client concerns included
eating disorders, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, relationship
concerns, and mild psychosis.
Practicum, University of North Texas Psychology Clinic, Denton, TX Fall
2003 - Spring 2005
. Responsibilities: Working on client goals in both and short and long-
term models, and psychological evaluations (intakes, test
administration, test interpretation, integrated assessment report
writing, and feedback sessions). Case presentations, and supervision
of lower-level students. Completed all appropriate paperwork. On-
call (1 hour per week), individual supervision (1 hour per week),
group supervision (2 hours per week).
. Client Population: Community based population from the Denton area.
Client concerns included eating disorders, depression, anxiety,
suicidal ideation, self-mutilation, adjustment disorders, family
difficulties, court and school referrals, and learning difficulties.
Vocational Assessment/Therapy Practicum, Counseling and Testing Center,
University of North Texas, Fall 2003-Spring 2004
. Responsibilities: Working with individual clients on vocational
concerns. Assigned and interpreted measures such as the Strong
Interest Inventory, CAPS, MBTI, Major/Minor Finder, and Career
Decision Diagnosis Assessment. Completed appropriate paperwork.
Direct client contact (2 hours per week), and group supervision (2
hours per week).
. Client Population: Students currently enrolled at the university
seeking vocational counseling. Client concerns included selecting a
major, finding a career, and making appropriate academic progress.
Academic Experience:
Adjunct Faculty for PS 1104, General Psychology I; PS3203 Abnormal
Psychology; PS4213 Social Psychology, Spring 2010 - Department of
Behavioral Sciences, Crichton College
. Taught 3 undergraduate psychology courses.
. Responsible for grading papers and assignments, creating exams, and
communicating with students in an asynchronous online environment.
Adjunct Faculty for Psychology 105, General Psychology, Spring 2008 -
Present - Department of the Arts, Christian Brothers University
. Taught undergraduate sections (approximately 25 students per section)
of general psychology and personality psychology courses. Courses
included units on psychopathology, learning, social psychology,
research, stress, assessment, motivation, therapeutic techniques, and
human development
. Responsible for grading papers and assignments, creating exams, and
communicating with students via e-mail.
Graduate Student Coordinator for Psychology 1000: Learning and Success,
Fall 2005-Spring 2007 - Department of Psychology, University of North Texas
. Involved with conducting research to evaluate the effectiveness of the
Psychology 1000 program
. Responsible for the online component of all Psychology 1000 classes
(between 40 and 52 sections in the fall, 18 sections in the spring,
and 5 sections in the summer)
. Involved in managing payroll and purchasing for the program
. Involved with the hiring of new instructors, giving out instructor
teaching assignments, observing instructor teaching, and aiding in
instructor evaluation. Helped instructors with class management. Co-
lead a training day for new instructors in which they were trained on
how to teach the course.
. Involved with curriculum development
. Answered departmental, instructor, parent, and student questions.
. Managed difficult situations between instructors and students.
Teaching Fellow for Psychology 1000: Learning and Success, Fall 2003-
Spring 2007 - Department of Psychology, University of North Texas
. Taught 2 undergraduate sections (approximately 35 students per
section) of a learning strategies course. The course included units
on study skills, personality, memory, career development, racial
identity development, and health-related behaviors.
. Responsible for grading papers and assignments, contributing questions
to course-wide exams, and communicating with students through the
course website.
Research:
Dissertation: Examining a model of eating pathology in African-American
college students
Leader for 2 groups used in evaluating the efficacy of interventions on
decreasing eating disorder symptomatology in women - for Ariane Smith
Machin's dissertation
Master's Thesis: The Continuity and Discontinuity Perspectives of Eating
Disturbance: A Taxometric Analysis of a College Population
Publications:
In progress (accepted for publication in the Journal of Counseling
Psychology)
Rogers Wood, N.A. & Petrie, T.A. (2010). Body Dissatisfaction, Ethnic
Identity, and Disordered Eating Among African American Women.
Coleman, P.K., Trent, A., Bryan, S., King, B., Rogers, N., Nazir, M.
(2002). Parenting behavior, mother's self-efficacy beliefs, and
toddler performance on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. Early
child development and care, 172, 123-140.
Professional Presentations:
Poster Presentations:
Wood, N.A.R. & Petrie, T.A. (2009, August). Disordered Eating Among African
American Women: Influence of Psychosocial Variables. Toronto, Canada:
APA National Convention.
Rogers, N.A. & Petrie, T.A. (2006, August). Psychosocial Correlates of
Disordered Eating Among Female Undergraduates. New Orleans, LA: APA
National Convention.
Professional Memberships:
. American Psychological Association - 2002-present
. Graduate Association for Students of Psychology - Spring 2003-Spring
2006 - Vice-President Fall/Spring 2004/2005 (focused on developing
faculty/student relations, promoting self-care, and helping students
to develop professionally.)
Honors and Awards:
. Nominated for Barbara Kirk Award by major professor (American
Psychological Association, Division 17), 2009
. Award for outstanding service, Department of Housing and Residence
Life, University of North Texas, Spring 2007
. Departmental Scholarship, Psychology, 2002-2003; 2003-2004
. Regents Scholarship, 1997-2001
. National Achievement Finalist, 1997
Professional Meetings:
Neimeyer, R.A. (2009, October). Grief therapy over time: A premature loss.
Memphis, TN: University of Memphis.
Gerberry, A., Allen, L., Woods, B.K., Lee, Y., Carr, J.K., Curiel, E., &
Batts, A.L. (2009, March). Remuda Professional Onsite Education.
Milford, VA: Remuda Ranch.
Remuda Ranch Staff. (2008, November). Breaking down the walls: Overcoming
barriers and obstacles in eating disorder treatment. Memphis, TN:
Remuda Ranch.
Tullis, M., Tullis, K., Washington, T. (2007, September). "Gatekeeper
Training" for suicide prevention. Memphis, TN: Memphis STEPS with
the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network.
Daul, G., Johnson, J., Roloff, M., Varino, C., & Willard, S. (2005,
February). Team treatment of eating disorders: Basics and Beyond.
Dallas, TX: River Oaks Hospital.
Cross, W.E. & Vasquez, M.J.T. (2005, February). Ethics and the enactment of
diversity. Denton, TX: Federation of North Texas Universities.
Kobos, J.C. (2004, March). Brief dynamic psychotherapy: Evaluation, focus,
and
termination. Denton, TX: Federation of North Texas Universities.
Alexander, J.F. (2003, February). Functional family therapy. Denton, TX:
Federation of North Texas Universities.
Reiter, E.M. (2002, February). Risk management and the Ethical Metal Health
Professional. Denton, TX: Federation of North Texas Universities.
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