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William (Bill) Howard Searcy References

Counselor, Counsellor, Chaplain (Peer)

Brant Bryan

SearcyCare

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(Peer)

Cliff Fullerton

Rocky Mount, NC 27804-3567 m: +1-252-***-****

United States

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My Website: www.SearcyCare.com

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Summary

Professional Description

Counselor, Counsellor

International psychotherapist

Trauma and crisis counselor

Marriage and family counselor

Family, child, adolescent counselor

Educator

Teacher, Professor, Trainer, Lecturer

Four (4) Units of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) of the American Association of Clinical Pastoral

Education (AACPE) at Duke University Hospital (2010-12) - Durham, NC - chaplain internships in all

major areas of hospital (1600 supervised hours)

Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance Physicians Organization,

Dept of Psychiatry (1-2 June 2012) Boston, MA (14 CE hours)

Doctor of Ministry (DMin) Missions 1986 Harding University Graduate School of Religion - Memphis,

TN

Master of Theology (MTh) Counseling 1982 Harding University Graduate School of Religion -

Memphis, TN

Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Magna Cum Laude) Missions & Biblical Languages 1977 Harding University -

Searcy, AR

Lived/worked in and out of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe from 1975-83.

Lived in Belize, Central America from 1984-89.

Lived in Kenya from May 1992 to June 2010.

Extensive, broad, deep experience with many cultures in many types of activity, work and study

Since 1975 traveled or worked in seventy-seven (77) countries on all seven (7) continents around the

world, including Antarctica. My three children have been with me in twenty-six (26) countries on all

seven (7) continents, including Antarctica.

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Work History

Brooks Ave. Church of Christ

Raleigh, NC, United States Dec 2010 - Present

Counselor

Marriage & Family Counselor

Individual, Group Counseling

Trauma and Crisis Counseling

SearcyCare

Nairobi, Kenya Jan 2005 - Jun 2010

Counselor

SearcyCare is an international counseling service and development consultancy. Dr. William (Bill)

H. Searcy is the founder of SearcyCare which provides counseling services to the Kenyan and

international communities, including the diplomatic (UN & embassies), missionary, business,

international schools and other expat communities. He traveled, lived or worked among multiple

cultures in seventy-five countries on all seven continents. He lived in Kenya for eighteen years. He

takes an eclectic approach to counseling utilizing as needed the insights and methods of most major

therapies. He relies heavily on cognitive behavior therapy and family systems.

Founder & Counselor of SearcyCare international counseling & consultancy services,

Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa (2005-2010)

Marriage & family therapy,

Trauma & Critical Incidence Debriefing,

Crisis & Short Term counseling,

HIV/AIDS counseling for the patient, family and community,

Counseling for Rape,

Counseling for sex & gender based violence,

Counseling for Spouse abuse,

Counseling for Child abuse,

Capacity building of local professionals & NGOs, schools & medical clinics,

Counseling for transient families, mobile staff, and distance separated spouses,

Grief therapy,

Suicide prevention,

Counseling for coping with children and families with disabilities such as ADHD,

Relaxation therapy,

Pastoral counseling,

Counseling for Stress related issues,

Counseling for Culture shock & cross-cultural reentry (reverse culture shock).

SearcyCare also provides

Consultancy for development projects,

Seminars for team and capacity building and preparation for the diffusion of innovations in

development projects,

Development of schools, churches and clinics.

Often clients are diplomats, schools and universities, missionaries, churches, businesses or NGOs

who come from the following organizations

US Embassy, many departments such as

US Department of State,

USAID (United States Agency for International Development),

Military

CDC (Center for Disease Control),

United Nations,

UNICEF (United Nations International Children s Emergency Fund),

UNDP (United Nations Development Program)

UNON (United Nations Office at Nairobi),

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UNEP (United Nations Environment Program),

WFP (World Food Program),

World Health Organization (WHO),

World Bank,

Food for the Hungry,

CMF (Christian Missionary Fellowship),

CBM (Christian Blind Mission),

WC (World Concern),

WVI (World Vision International),

CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere),

IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies),

Kenya Red Cross,

German Embassy,

GDZ (German Development Agency),

Kenya National Chamber of Commerce,

Ufundi Corporation,

Cooperative Bank,

Africa Medical Research and Education Foundation (AMREF),

Africa Air Rescue (AAR),

Flying Doctors,

ICRAF (International Council for Research in Agroforestry),

The Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (De-mining),

Naya Jeevan Project of Campus Crusade for Christ,

Karen Surgery,

Oasis Counseling Center,

Beyond the Disaster,

Operation Recovery,

KMA (Kenya Medical Association),

KICOSHEP-K (Kibera Community Self-Help Programme Kenya),

Maryknoll Mission Association of the Faithful,

Roman Catholic Church,

Catholic Relief Services (CRS),

Kids Alive-Kenya,

Baptist Church,

Church of Christ,

Independent Christian Church,

many Protestant evangelical churches,

German Embassy & Foreign Ministry,

Amani Counseling Center,

Tumaini Counseling Center,

Rosslyn Academy,

Braeburn British School,

ISK (International School of Kenya),

German School,

NGCS (Nairobi Great Commission School),

USIU-A (United States International University Africa),

Rainbow Medical Clinic & Counseling Center,

HTI (Health Talents International),

BSA (Boys Scouts of America),

Cub Scouts of America,

GSA (Girl Scouts of America),

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation),

CID Kenya (Criminal Investigation Department),

Kenya Police Association,

British High Commission (Embassy),

Spanish community,

Members of Parliament in Kenya,

SIHG (Seeds in His Garden) orphanage,

Rainbow Children of Promise orphanage,

MITS (Made in the Streets) slum street children project,

Slums dwellers.

The countries my clients come from are too numerous to list but a few are:

Argentina,

Belgium,

Belize,

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Kenya (many tribes),

Lebanon,

Malawi,

Norway,

Peru,

Russia and Former Soviet Union,

Somalia,

South Africa,

Sudan,

Sweden,

Tanzania,

Uganda,

United Kingdom

USA

Clients range in religion from

Richardson East Church of Christ

Nairobi, Kenya May 1990 - Jun 2010

Counselor/Educator/Missionary in Kenya, East Africa

in Nairobi, Kenya (Aug 1996 June 2010):

Nairobi Great Commission School for training ministers and church leaders

Senior professor of counseling & cross-cultural communications, ministry, Bible, & church history

at Nairobi Great Commission School (NGCS) (Aug 1996-2010); taught and learned from male and

female ministry students from more than 40 African tribes in Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,

Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia; including Sudanese refugees

Registrar of NGCS (1997-2007);

Chairperson of the Board of Directors of NGCS elected annually (1997-2001) and (2007-2010);

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African Coordinator of the Abilene Christian University/NGCS Masters in Bible and Related

Studies Program (1997-1999);

Coordinator of 14 NGCS-extension centers in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (1997-2001);

US Embassy Bombing Terrorist Attack (Aug 1998)

Counselor in American ambassador s trauma counseling team for Americans and Kenyans post-

bomb blast (1998); official supervisors of this team were Ambassador Prudence Bushnell, US State

Department psychiatrists Dr. Jamie Suarez (Africa Regional Psychiatrist for the US State Dept.), Dr.

Harlan D. Wadley (US State Dept. Regional Asian and Central Asian psychiatrist) and Dr. Sherli

Hervey (US State Department Regional Africa and Middle East psychologist)

I facilitated at least twelve (12) critical incident debriefing counseling groups of at least three (3)

hours each with an estimated 105+ American diplomats & Kenyan Foreign Service Nationals

(FSNs) at the American Ambassador s Residence, at the US Embassy and the American Club.

advised the ambassador and directors of USAID

took family members to identify bodies

informed families of deceased and missing persons and initiated grief and trauma counseling

Taught and facilitated seminars on grief and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at the

American Embassy in Nairobi and at the US Ambassador s Residence in 1998-99

Unofficial liaison between US Embassy/USAID, Beyond the Disaster & Operation Recovery

(1998-99)

Chairperson of the Outreach Committee of Operation Recovery

did extensive debriefing counseling in the Kenya population and at the same time helped train

Kenyan critical incidence debriefing counselors

debriefed and setup counseling for the Kenyan business population, e.g. Co-op Bank, Kenya

National Chamber of Commerce and Ufundi Cooperative, etc.; also helped to coordinate groups for

these businesses

Trained Kenyan school inspectors, school counselors and teachers in disaster & trauma for the

International Federation of Red Cross/Crescent Society (IFRC) with Kenya Red Cross and USAID

children s program (1999-2000);

Collaborated with Dr. Betty Pfefferbaum, Director of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences

Center, and the Chairperson of the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Collaborated with Dr. Bryan Flynn, US Federal Government Director of the Division of Program

Development for Special Populations & Projects in the Center for Mental Health Services

Met and advised Dr. David Satcher, Surgeon General of the USA

Met and advised Dr. Wayne Julian, head of US State Department Mental Health and Dr. Cedric

Dumont, head of US State Department Medical Unit

Met and advised the senior staff members of North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, who was the

Chairperson of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Worked closely as a team with other counselors such as International School of Kenya (ISK)

psychologists Leslie M. Fair-Gray and Pat McKay; ISK counselor Annette Faldyn, and Terry

Howard, Bernice Rigney of Amani Counseling Center, Bernice Donar of Sans Frontiers, Captain

Roseman Maloney of the US Air Force Debriefing Team out of Saudi Arabia, Captain Dr. Wilkerson

of the US Army Debriefing team out of Europe, Mr. Richard Buckley (US Ambassador Prudence

Bushnell s husband), Rimi Aruwasa (British/Kenyan counselor) et al

Worked closely with Dr. Lorin Mimless (psychiatrist was one of the US government s main

resources in PTSD) and Dr. Doris Hollander (Zimbabwean psychiatrist who lives and practices in

London, England); Dr. Frank Njenga (Kenyan psychiatrist and Chairperson of Operation Recovery)

as well as Dr. Wendy Bovard (American psychologist and former executive director of Oasis

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Counseling Center in Nairobi and Kids Alive) whom I advised in writing a disaster counseling book

on the bombing for children which was paid for by the Australian High Commission (Embassy)

Church Ministry

Chairperson and primary counselor of the Rainbow Medical Clinic & Counseling Center of the

Rainbow Church of Christ (2000-2002)

Preached, taught, counseled and was a leader at the Rainbow Church of Christ

Preached, taught and counseled at many churches in multiple tribes and nationalities throughout

Kenya, primarily in Churches of Christ

Co-coordinator of the Harding University Masters in Nursing program with Janice Linck at

Rainbow Medical Clinic

Community Service

Cub Scout Pac Master, International Boy Scouts of America Pac 140 (Jan 1999 - May 2000); was

asked by the international community to take the place of Center for Disease Control (CDC) Dr.

Louise Martin-Klauke when she was killed in the US Embassy bombing in August 1998

Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) (Sep 1999 - May 2000)

Treasurer, Girl Scouts of America (GSA), International Troop (1997-98)

Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America International Troop 140 (Jun 2000-Nov 2009) nine+ years;

twenty-one scouts became Eagles during this time; troop was comprised of scouts from many

nations

Order of the Arrow (National Honor Society of BSA) Lodge 555, Ordeal member, (18 Oct 2003);

Brotherhood member (24 Oct 2004)

Received the following awards and recognitions from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)

Scoutmasters Key (05 Feb 2004)

District Award of Merit, Boy Scouts of America, African District of the Direct Service Council (20

Feb 2008)

Faithful Servant Award from Members of Churches of Christ for Scouting (MCCS) (09 Apr 2009)

Scoutmaster Award of Merit from the President of BSA and National Eagle Scout Association

(NESA) (29 Apr 2009)

The Silver Beaver Award from the National Court of Honor and Direct Service Council of Boy

Scouts of America (06 Dec 2009)

in Meru, Kenya, East Africa (May 1992 - Aug 1996)

Chairperson of the Board of Directors & Trustees of Kambakia Training Center (KTC)

Executive Director of Kambakia Training Center (KTC), Meru, Kenya

Instructor of counseling, Bible textual studies, missions

Church planting and church growth mainly among tribes of the Meru, Masai, and Kikuyu

Leadership development trainer

Pastoral counselor

Primary Health Care trainer

Evangelism

Missionary-in-Residence (Jul 1990 - May 1992)

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Richardson East Church of Christ, Richardson, Texas

Research in field and survey trip to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

Counselor/minister

Fostering, training and promoting missions and cross-cultural understanding

Building mission committee

Harding University

Searcy, AR, United States Aug 1989 - Jun 1990

Visiting Professor of Missions

Taught textual courses in Bible, e.g. Acts, New Testament Survey

Taught missions and cross-cultural communication courses

Counseled students planning to live cross-culturally

Promoted missions

Richardson East Church of Christ

Richardson, TX, United States May 1984 - Jun 1989

Missionary & Community Health Worker Trainer

A coordinator for Health Talents International, Inc. (HTI) Primary Health Care Project

Trained Community Health Workers (CHWs)

The medical training component was 80% health promotion and prevention, 20% curative in

mobile medical clinics

Trained Belizeans & American university students in malaria prevention & control; primary

health care in the following modules:

1) food & nutrition;

2) water & sanitation;

3) disease control;

4) maternal & child health;

5) essential drugs;

6) curative care;

7) traditional medicine;

8) health education.

This involved family and individual counseling to Belizeans among multiple cultures, e g. Mopan

Mayan Indians, Kekchi Mayan Indians, Yucatecan Mayan Indians, Creoles, Garifuna (Garinagu),

Mexicans and Latin Meztizo refugees from Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras

Trained USA university students and the HTI team in the diffusion of innovations, cross-cultural

communication and missiology

Chairperson of Sam Walton/Harding University scholarship committee in Belize for poor Central

American students to study at American universities/USAID gave a matching grant to this program

Trained medical doctors, medical and nursing students and missionary interns in missiology and

cross-cultural communications in Belize, Guatemala City and Catacamas, Honduras in the Center

for Medical Missions Training (CMMT) and the Medical Evangelism Training (MET) programs of HTI

and PREDISAN

Supervised missionary interns from Abilene Christian University (ACU)

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Collaborated socially and professionally with the Prime Minister of Belize (Dr. Manuel Esquivel)

and with the Minister of Health (Dr. Assad Shoman) and the Minister of Education (Mr. Derek

Aikman)

Arranged with President Cliff Ganus of Harding University for Prime Minister of Belize to speak at

US universities and meet the Governor of Arkansas and major business leaders

Northeast Mental Health Center (NEMHC)

Memphis, TN, United States May 1982 - Aug 1984

Professional Mental Health Worker

Most clients were diagnosed with schizophrenia, bi-polar affective disorder (manic/depressive),

paranoid schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. Held three positions at different times.

They were:

(1) Group Therapist for Advanced Day Treatment. This involved:

leading several group therapy sessions per week

staffing

individual counseling,

emergency intake interviewing, especially for those in the acute phase of psychosis, which

included writing the provisional diagnosis & treatment plan

monitoring clients for decompensation and medication compliance

presenting provisional diagnoses and treatment plans

working in halfway houses and group homes

(2) Community Follow-up Social Worker (Psychiatric Social Worker) . This involved:

monitoring clients recently discharged from the acute care mental hospital, Memphis Mental

Health Institute (MMHI)

staffing

individual and family counseling

emergency intake interviewing

home visits

monitoring medication compliance and daily living skills, etc.

alerting psychiatrists to clients who were decompensating & in need of court injunctions to hospital

getting decompensating clients into the MHC & into court when placed there by the psychiatrist

working in halfway houses and group homes

(3) Hospital Liaison. In this position

liaised between NEMHC and MMHI and the Tennessee State Department of Mental Health

did staffing at the MHC and the hospital

did emergency intake interviewing followed patients / clients courses in the hospital and prepared

for their release and follow-up with the mental health center

acted when necessary as the liaison between NEMHC and the Tennessee State Department of

Mental Health in Nashville

worked with halfway houses and group homes

Elected by the staff as

Chairperson of Staff Coordinating Committee

Representative of Staff Coordinating Committee to Executive Directors of NE Mental Health

Center

Representative of the Extended Care Division to the Staff Coordinating Committee

Direct Supervisor at NEMHC was: Ms. Mickey Johnson (MSW) with Dr. John Pharis (psychiatrist);

Dr. Terry Johnson (psychologist); Dr. Jack Haney (psychologist); Dr. Mike Devitt (psychologist)

College Church of Christ

Searcy, AR, United States Sep 1975 - Aug 1983

Missionary

Missionary for eight years in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

Sponsored by the College Church of Christ in Searcy, Arkansas for five of the eight years

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This involved work for three to nine months out of each year as an evangelist in the Soviet Union

and other communist countries in preaching, teaching, counseling and distribution of Bibles and

Christian literature. Student while in the states and missionary when overseas

This also entailed:

Recruiting & training,

counseling university students in very stressful situations,

organizing evangelistic groups,

founding and supervising language schools stateside and overseas,

working with people of multiple cultures from most European countries

distribution of food, clothes and soap to Poland during martial law.

Instructor of Slavic Studies, European Christian College, Vienna, Austria (1980)

Pre-professional Counseling Experience

President of Masquers Thespian Society (Drama Club) in Rocky Mount Senior High School

(Rocky Mount, NC), which won most excellent awards in statewide competition, Bill Rawls was

supervisor/teacher (1972-73)

Used drama on the streets as a therapeutic technique with troubled youth (1971-73) helping them

work through some of the problems they had with home, drugs and school

Taught drama at the Market Place Ministry (operated by Jack Neese) in Terrytown Mall in Rocky

Mount, North Carolina and gave troubled youths an alternative to drugs in an attempt to provide

healthy alternative activities for self-expression (1971-73)

Volunteer Counselor for Switchboard Drug Hotline, Rocky Mount, NC (1972-73)

Misc. Work Experience

MISC. WORK EXPERIENCE (some done concurrently)

Jail & prison evangelist, counselor & teacher, Searcy, Arkansas/Memphis, Tennessee while

Stateside (1971-82)

Missions, preaching and teaching for Church of Christ in USA, Europe, Asia, Africa, Central

America (33 years)

Instructor for overseas travel and culture for university students (8 years)

Arranged and led student trips abroad, especially Europe (1975-83)

Lectured throughout the U.S.A. and Europe on diversified subjects such as drug abuse, jails and

prisons, world travel, democracy and communism (1971-96)

United Parcel Service, Memphis, Tennessee (1980) truck loader

International Diamond Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee (1980) - sales agent

Amway Association, Memphis, Tennessee (1981-82) salesperson

Substitute Teacher for Memphis City Schools (1982)

Waiter for Britlings Cafeteria in Memphis, TN (1982)

Black Industries, Rocky Mount, North Carolina (summer 1971) - construction setting up & taking

down electrical power lines

B&B Construction, Rocky Mount, North Carolina (summer 1972) - building steel buildings

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Education

Harding University Graduate School of

Religion (renamed Harding School of

Theology)

Memphis, TN, United States Sep 1982 - Sep 1986

Doctor of Ministry, Missions

1. 3.82 Grade Point Average; graduated 2nd in class

2. Major study: missions which included applied anthropology, applied missiology, cross-cultural

communication, diffusion of innovations, ministry, history of Christian thought

3. Main Professor: Dr. C. Philip Slate

Director of D.Min. Program: Dr. Mac Lynn

4. Doctoral Dissertation: A Felt Needs Approach to Evangelism in Corozol District, Belize

5. Two internships in missions/ministry/counseling/church growth in Belize, Central America (1984)

among multiple cultures, e.g. Mopan Mayan Indians, Kekchi Mayan Indians, Yucatecan Mayan

Indians, Creoles, Garifuna, and Latin Meztizo refugees from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,

Mexico and Nicaragua; Dr. C. Philip Slate was supervisor

6. In Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua during the guerrilla war

(1984) conducted research interviews on Liberation Theology and opposition Conservative

Theology

7. Missionary under the auspices of the Churches of Christ and Health Talents International in

Belize and other Central American countries concurrent with study (1984-89)

Harding University Graduate School of

Religion (renamed Harding School of

Theology)

Memphis, TN, United States Sep 1977 - May 1982

Master of Theology (currently called Master of Divinity), Counseling

1. 90 Hour Degree

2. 3.54 Grade Point Average; graduated 2nd in class

3. Major emphasis: Counseling

4. Major areas of counseling study were:

Drug and alcohol counseling

Crisis, trauma and short term counseling

Marriage and family therapy

Analytical approach: main professor was Dr. John Scott (professor & therapist; preacher & elder);

he was a pioneer in the use of hypnotherapy with marriage and family problems.

Behavioral and Humanistic approaches: main professor was Dr. Bill Flatt (professor & preacher,

therapist and Chairperson of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Association of Marriage and

Family Therapy (AAMFT)).

Family Systems approach: main professor was Dr. Joel Johnson (professor and family therapist,

also of AAMFT).

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Thesis: The Russian Family and Its Effect Upon the Russian National Character

Counseling internship at Southeast Mental Health Center in Memphis, Tennessee in 1980. Dr.

Leon Lebovitz (psychologist) was Executive Director of the center, Dr. Terry Davis (psychologist)

was Director of Services and Allegra Garces, M.Ed. was the Mental Health Center supervisor of the

internship, Dr. Bill Flatt supervised for the school. This involved

staffing,

intake interviews, and

child and adult therapy

Volunteer Counselor for the Memphis, Tennessee Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention

Center for six (6) years (1977-83) (concurrently with other work, travel abroad and study). Mrs. Mary

Allison Puckett (Executive Director) and Dr. Allen Overton Battle (psychiatrist) were the supervisors.

Dr. John Scott was the supervisor on the school side for the first year of field-work.

Counseling Field Work Practicum & Supervision as a volunteer one-on-one counselor for Shelby

County Penal Farm, Memphis, Tennessee (1979-80) this continued for two years after the school

supervised work (Dr. Bill Flatt, Supervisor)

Extracurricular

Client Personnel Committee of Grace House Women s Drug & Alcohol Rehab Center, Memphis,

Tennessee (1981) member/counselor/advisor

Red Cross Emergency Disaster Services; Memphis, Tennessee Chapter (1981)

Instructor in White Station Church of Christ bus program for slum children; Memphis, Tennessee

(1978)

Teacher in Highland Street Church of Christ single adult program; Memphis, Tennessee (1982-84)

Taught university credit textual courses in Daniel and Revelation at Memphis State University

Christian Student Center, Memphis, Tennessee (1983)

Missionary in Soviet Union, Eastern & Western Europe (1975-83) among multiple nationalities and

cultures - see work experience section below

Harding University

Searcy, AR, United States Sep 1973 - May 1977

Bachelor of Arts (Magna Cum Laude), Double Major: Missions & Biblical

Languages

1. 3.74 Grade Point Average on 141 Hours Undergraduate Credit

2. Double Major: Missions & Biblical Languages

3. Missions included study in:

cultural and applied anthropology,

cross-cultural communications,

cross-cultural counseling

diffusion of innovations through social networks,

pastoral counseling,

community and church development,

philosophy,

Bible textual studies,

church growth,

comparative religions

missionary and church history

ministry

mission field work: church planting in Wiener Neustadt and Vienna, Austria; Frank Worgan and

Bob Hare were supervisors

4. Biblical languages included Classical (Koine) Greek and Classical Hebrew

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5. Extracurricular

Campaigns Northeast (summer 1973) in Rochester, New York; Boston, Massachusetts area;

Washington, D.C. area; Lebanon, Pennsylvania door knocking evangelistic endeavors

Worked in and/or led and organized door knocking evangelistic campaigns in Moberly, Missouri;

Topeka, KS; Miami, Oklahoma; Hopkinsville, Kentucky; Little Rock, Arkansas (1973-77)

Jail evangelist, counselor and jail ministry trainer for the College Church of Christ in Searcy,

Arkansas at the White County Jail while Stateside (1975-77) overseen by the elders of the College

Church of Christ

Missionary in Soviet Union, Eastern and Western Europe (1975-83) among multiple nationalities

and cultures - concurrent with studies

Goethe Institute

Boppard, Germany Jan 1978 - Mar 1978

German Language

German Language

Total immersion method

5-7 intensive classroom and lab hours per day plus field trips

Lived with a German family along with Turkish, Nigerian, Syrian & Palestinian fellow

students

Memphis State University (University of

Memphis)

Memphis, TN, United States Sep 1979 - Dec 1979

Russian Language

Private School

Schwarzwaldeckhaus, Klinezel, Austria Jan 1981 - Jun 1981

Russian Language

Planned the school, raised funds for it and the teachers and students

Recruited Russian refugees in Vienna for teachers and US university students as

students

Total immersion method: 8 hours per day with excursions, lived in gasthaus with Russian

teacher

Studied Russian and administered the school

Support for Addiction Prevention &

Treatment in Africa Trust (SAPTA)

Nairobi, Kenya Oct 2008 - Oct 2008

Certificate of Course Completion, Alcohol/Drug abuse & HIV/AIDS

16 Instructional Hours

Dr. Anthony Ayieko Ong'any (Head of Training); Dr. William T. Sinkele (Executive Director)

Introduction

Expectations

Norms

Objectives

Drugs Commonly Abused in our community

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Methods of drug administration and risk for HIV/AIDS

Classification of Drugs

Effects of Drug Use

Causes of Drug Use

Theories of Addiction

Video - Karanja

Screening and Assessment:

The CAGE Questionaire

The AUDIT, MAST, ASI

Key Concepts about HIV/AIDS and substance abuse disorders

Process of counseling in addition counseling

Group therapy in AOD

Family therapy in AOD

The Twelve Steps

The Twelve Traditions of AA

Video: The Highjacked Brain

Video: Which Brain Do You Want?

Plan of Action

Course Evaluation

Abilene Christian University (ACU)

Abilene, TX, United States Jun 1991 - Jul 1991

Animism

3 semester hours

course grade A

USAID, International Federation of Red

Cross & Red Crescent Societies, Kenya

Red Cross

Nairobi, Kenya Aug 1999 - Aug 1999

Certificate of Attendance, Trauma & Psychology

7 instructional hours

PADI (Professional Association of Diving

Instructors)

Mombasa, Kenya May 2008 - Jun 2008

Divemaster (June 2008) professional certification DM-648754, Scuba Diving

Emergency First Responder (EFR) (most recent First Aid & CPR re-certification May 2008)

Master Scuba Diver (April 2002)

Rescue Scuba Diver (August 2001)

Open Water Scuba Diver (July 2001)

Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver (July 2001)

Specialty Certifications in:

Boat Diver

Underwater Navigator

Search & Recovery Diver

Night Diver

Deep Diver

Dry Suit Diver

Scuba Diving experience in 3 oceans and 2 seas with divers of multiple cultures:

Indian Ocean at

Watamu, Turtle Bay, Kenya and

Mombassa, Kenya and

Karafu, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Pacific Ocean at the Great Barrier Reef (Cairnes, Australia)

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Atlantic Ocean (Aeolus shipwreck, Morehead City, NC)

Red Sea (Sharm el Sheik, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt) and

Mediterranean Sea (archaeological dive Alexandria, Egypt on Cleopatra s Palace) Dec 04/Jan 05

rock quarry (Rolesville, NC)

National Association of Children of

Alcoholics (NACoA) & National

Association of Alcohol & Drug Addiction

Counselors (NAADAC); American

Association of Pastoral Counselors

(AAPC)

Alexandria, VA, United States Nov 2008 - Dec 2008

Certificate, Spiritual Caregiving to Help Addicted Persons and Families

Headington Institute

Pasadena, CA, United States Dec 2008 - Dec 2008

Certificate, Helping the Helpers: Understanding, assessing and treating

humanitarian workers experiencing acute stress reactions

6 CE Credits

Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP)

Nov 2009 - Nov 2009

Certificate of Attendance, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

(EMDR), Part I

(20 hours, 3 consultation hours), 12-14 November 2009

United Nations Office at Nairobi, UN

Headquarters Gigiri-Nairobi

Nairobi, Kenya Mar 2010 - Mar 2010

Alcohol & Substance Abuse Treatment at the Workplace

16 instructional hours

Sponsor: Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Ling Merete Kituyi

Duke University Hospital

Durham, NC, United States Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

CPE Level 1 Unit 1, Neurology

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Chaplaincy Internship on Neurology Unit; 400 supervised hours;

David Hormenoo, PhD = supervisor

Included but not limited to: families and patients with brain tumors, seizures, epilepsy, trauma to the

brain, brain surgery, neurological diseases

Duke University Hospital

Durham, NC, United States May 2011 - Aug 2011

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CPE Level 1 Unit 2, Palliative Care & End-of-Life Care

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Chaplaincy internship on Palliative Care unit; 400 supervised

hours; David Hormenoo, PhD = supervisor

Included but not limited to: families and non-currable patients and end of life care

Duke University Hospital

Durham, NC, United States Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

CPE Level 2 Unit 3, Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiac ICU

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Chaplaincy internship on Pediatric and Pediactric Cardiac

Intensive Care Unit; 400 supervised hours; David Hormenoo, PhD = supervisor

Included but not limited to: families and patients with infant and child illnesses and heart surgery

Duke University Hospital

Durham, NC, United States Jan 2012 - Apr 2012

CPE Level 2 Unit 4, Heart, Pulmonary, Transplants, Dialysis

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) chaplaincy internship, included but not limited to families and

patients with heart, pulmonary, transplants and dialysis; 400 supervised hours; Biju Chacko =

supervisor

Tumaini Counseling Center

Nairobi, Kenya

Continuing Education & Peer Supervision, Counseling Seminars

Autistic Spectrum Disorders - Dr. Helen Hayes

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

10th Feb 2010

Managing Conflict: Principled Negotiation - Carol Hopcraft

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

27 Jan 2010

Therapist Self Care - Dr. Gisela Roth

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

28 Oct 2009

MFT (Marriage & Family Therapy) - Patrice Penney

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

2009

Brief Solution Focused Therapy - Daksha Hirani

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

26 Nov 2008

Somatics - Hiedi Pidcoke

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

26 Nov 2008

Children & Grief - Pamela Parsons

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

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05 Jun 2008

Motivational Interviewing - Dr. Nancy Crawford

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

01 Mar 2007

Alexithymia as a risk factor for acting out behavior - Dr. Michael Bourke

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

01 Mar 2007

Productions Workshop: Children & AIDS Multimedia Educational Series: There are things you can

do!

5 day workshop - Multiple Presenters

Masai Ostrich Resort, Kitengala, Kenya

27 Nov 01 Dec 2006

Dr. Debbie Malik & Carol Jones

Multi-Sensory Trauma Processing (MTP)

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

01 Nov 2006

EMDR: An integrative method for trauma therapy & related fields - Dr. Gisela Roth

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

01 Mar 2006

Using Art in Therapy - Alice Blanchard

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

07 Dec 2005

Bereavement & Pathological Grief - Dr. Dick Bagg

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

25 Apr 2005

PTSD: Early Intervention - Dr. Tonya Shaw & Dr. Nancy Crawford

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

16 Feb 2005

Systemic Models of Therapy - Patrice Penney

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

15 Sep 2004

Neuropsychology of Addiction - Dr. Barry Levine

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

09 Jun 2004

Grief & Pathological Bereavement - Dr. Richard Bagg

2 hours peer supervision & in-service seminars

Tuamini Christian Counseling Center in Nairobi, Kenya

27 Apr 2004

PsychoEducational Resources, Inc. (PER)

and AtHealth, Inc. (AHI)

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United States Dec 2011

Ethics: Confidentiality (2 CE hours/credit)

PsychoEducational Resources, Inc. (PER)

and AtHealth, Inc. (AHI)

United States Dec 2011

Ethics: Nine Ethical Values of Master Therapists (1 CE hours/credit)

PsychoEducational Resources, Inc. (PER)

and AtHealth, Inc. (AHI)

United States Dec 2011

Risk Management for Mental Health Professionals

Harvard University Medical School/

Cambridge Health Alliance Physicians

Organization, Dept of Psychiatry

Boston, MA, United States Jun 2012 - Jun 2012

Continuing Education Course, The Practice of Psychotherapy: Patients in

Context

14 clock hours credit continuing education, provider #5444

1-2 June 2012 @ Boston Park Plaza Hotel

Certifications

Accredited Supervisor (retired) Aug 2009 - Aug 2010

(Kenya Counseling Association (KCA))

Member (retired) (Kenya Psychological Association (KPsyA))

Professional Affiliate Member (American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC))

Member (American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC))

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Board Certified Christian Counselor (BCCC) #0451

(Board of Christian Professional and Pastoral Counselors (International Board of Christian Counselors

(IBCC)))

Skills

Project Director (Rockstar)

10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)

observing community needs

planning and organizing projects to address needs

promotion of community projects

marshaling human assets for projects

implementation of projects

leading projects

Examples:

Market Place Ministry

Russian Campaign

Belize

Walton Scholarship

Meru, Kenya

Nairobi

Embassy bombing

Scoutmaster, International Boy Scouts of America

Cross-cultural Communication

(Rockstar)

10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)

work with and communicate with large number of cultures

experience leading projects in many cultures in 75 countries on all 7 continents

Examples:

NGCS

HTI

Russian Campaign

SearcyCare

Custom

Accolades: HONORS AND AWARDS

Alpha Chi National Honor Society (inducted 1976)

Who s Who Among Students in American Universities (1976-77)

Who s Who Among Students in American Universities (1979-80)

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Outstanding Young Men of America Award (1981)

The National Register of Outstanding College Graduates (1982)

The National Dean s List (1982)

Vice President, Harding Graduate School Student Association (1979-80)

Certificate of Appreciation for work with Memphis Suicide Prevention & Crisis Intervention Center

(1979)

President, Timothy Club (1975-76), (1976-77), Vice President (1974)

Award of Appreciation for Teaching Slavic Studies, European Christian College; Vienna, Austria (1980)

Club International des Grands Voyageurs (International World Travel Club)

Certificate of Appreciation, US Department of State, for counseling embassy personnel after the 1998

terrorist bombing

Treasurer, Lone Troop 5, Brownie Scouts, International Girl Scouts of America, Nairobi, Kenya

(1997-98)

Pac Master, Boy Scouts of America Cub Scout International Pac 140, Nairobi, Kenya (Jan 1999-May

2000)

Asst. Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America, International Troop 140, Nairobi, Kenya (Sep 1999 - May

2000)

Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America, International Troop 140, Nairobi, Kenya (Jun 2000- 2009)

Contemporary Who s Who, American Biographical Institute (2002)

2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, International Biographical Institute, Cambridge,

England (2002)

Outstanding Professional Award, American Biographical Institute (2002)

Climbed Mt. Kenya (Award of Achievement) (6 Jan 2002, Point Lenana, 16,355 ft.)

Antarctic Hot Tub Club, Deception Island (22 Dec 2002)

Certificate of Achievement for landing in Antarctica at Neko Harbor, Andvord Bay (23 Dec 2002)

Certificate of Landing at Port Lockroy, Antarctica (24 Dec 2002)

Order of the Arrow (National Honor Society of BSA) Lodge 555, Ordeal, (18 Oct 2003); Brotherhood

(24 Oct 2004)

Scoutmasters Key (5 Feb 2004)

District Award of Merit for Outstanding Service to Youth through Idealism and Citizenship, Boy Scouts

of America, African District of the Direct Service Council (20 Feb 2008)

Faithful Servant Award for Living Effective Servant Leadership for Youth in the Church, Community

and Scouting from Members of Churches of Christ for Scouting (MCCS) (09 Apr 2009)

Scoutmaster Award of Merit for Service with Enthusiasm, Wisdom, Experience and Understanding

Resulting in a Dynamic Boy Scout Troop Operation, President of BSA and National Eagle Scout

Association (NESA) (29 Apr 2009)

The Silver Beaver Award for Distinguished Service to Youth, National Court of Honor and Direct

Service Council of Boy Scouts of America (06 Dec 2009)

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TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

Travel, living and research experience in 77 countries on all 7 continents including:

Fr Polynesia (Tahiti Isls)

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U. Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Travel in 39 of the United States & DC:

Washington, D.C.

Florida

Maine

New Jersey

Rhode Island

West Virginia

Amazon River and Amazonian Tributaries, boating, swimming, fishing (1997)

Mt. Everest, Nepal and trekked the Anapurna Circuit, Nepal (1995)

Climbed Ayers Rock in Australia outside of Alice Springs in the outback (2001)

Swimming in Persian Gulf at Abu Dhabi (2001)

Antarctica (2002)

Climbed Mt. Sinai (2004); outside of Sharm el-Sheik - four-wheeling in Sinai desert and Red Sea

diving

Nile Cruise, Egypt (2004) from Cairo to Abu Simbel to Luxor to Alexandria this included an

archaeology scuba dive on the underwater palace of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony

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Nile Cruise, Egypt (2006) from Cairo to Abu Simbel to Luxor to Alexandria

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