Anissa D. Peoples
Raleigh NC 27609
***************@*****.***
Education:
MS of Counseling and Rehabilitation, West Virginia University, 1993
BS Psychology, Fairmont State University, 1991
BS Criminal Justice, Fairmont State University, 1991
Licenses:
Licensed Practicing Counselor 6617
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor 00036791
Employment History:
Military Family Life Consultant, MFLC, Independent Contractor, Team Leader; DOD, Magellan/MHNGS 2010
CURRENT ASSIGNEMENT: Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville NC January 2013
• Team Lead; model appropriate behavior; lead by example; provide training, coaching, counseling and
mentoring to new MFLC’s at installation; shaping a positive and successful work environment; acting as
liaison between supervisor and team; troubleshoot issues; alerting supervisors with base changes or needs;
troubleshoot to solve problems quickly
• Provide short-term solution focused intervention to active, retired, reserve and civilian DOD and
military employees and their families
• Conduct group sessions on numerous subjects from deployment to child behavior management; and
discipline strategies
• Assist Service Members and their families with issues they may face through the cycle of deployment
• Conduct counseling sessions for a range of issues including: individual, marital, crisis intervention,
stress management, deployment, reintegration, grief, occupational, group and family utilizing various and
complex techniques
• Provides psycho-education presentations/trainings on reunion/reintegration, stress/coping, grief/loss
and deployment are provided to commands, Family Readiness Groups, Soldier readiness Processing
• Empower individuals/children during the problem-solving process, increase individual and family
competency and confidence in handling the stressor of military life and ensures that issues do not impair
operational readiness
Owner/Operator Peoples Therapy
2003-2010
Supervisor Experience
• Supervise and manage operate all areas of small business
• Provide a great motivational work environment for staff
• Maintain, encourage, and model positive work environment
• Provide leadership, coaching, counseling, and supervision for interns and contract employees
• Maintain focus on providing excellent customer service
• Promoting and marketing the business
• Successfully assign client to employee based on knowledge and expertise
• Ensure employees are trained, licensed, and knowledgeable of provided services, as well as safety
programs and disciplinary actions
• Develops and maintains professional ethics and standards of service
Clinical Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Peoples Therapy 2003-2009
• Provide therapeutic intervention services to local community and large military population including
enlisted members, and their families
• Utilize individual, family, and group therapy treatments to help clients dealing with emotional,
behavioral, domestic violence, drug and alcohol problems
• Assesses individuals, couples, families to determine treatment
• Conducts risk assessments for domestic violence/multi-problem, blended and complex family issues
• Utilize community and military resources for military clients
• Facilitate training programs/seminars for prevention and intervention pertaining to deployments,
reintegration, marriage and family; and various other stressors related to military life
• Offering group and individual counseling/coaching services helping people to achieve effective social,
personal, vocational, and educational development and adjustment.
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Cascade Disability, Kemper Disability, Raleigh, NC 1996-2003
• Provided counseling and vocational services to adults with disabilities who are returning to work
• Administered vocational, aptitude, psychological testing in order to aid client in returning to gainful
employment.
• Quickly assess and problem solve in order to provide excellent and timely customer service
• Return employee to work quickly to ensure minimal time loss; conduct employee follow ups once
returned to work
• Ensure employees are trained and knowledgeable of safety programs, OSHA requirements, and protocol
for reporting workplace injuries quickly
Vocational Counselor, Goodwill Assessment Center, Veterans Contract, Bridgeport, WV 1995-1996
• Provided counseling and guidance for disabled veterans attempting to return to civilian work or college
• Administered vocational and psychologically testing to determine eligibility for college programs
• Established free veterans center providing free use of computers, faxes, copies, for job development
• Aided veterans with aspects of returning to school/work
In House Family/Child Therapist, Worthington Center, Parkersburg, WV 1993-1995
• Counseled children ages five to eighteen for behavioral issues
• Plan, development and implement programs to support families
• Provided services for sexually, emotionally, and physically abused children and their families
• Assessed clients home and made care recommendations
• Developed IWRP’s following state standards for care and treatment
• Developed and implemented aftercare program that was adopted by center
Anissa D. Peoples, 5809 Caledonia Street, Raleigh, NC 27609
919-***-****, ***************@*****.***