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Wendy Berg Roth LCSW, Cert. Art Therapist

** ******* ****, **** ***** Florida 32137

Home Phone: 386-***-****

Cell Phone: 386-***-****

E-Mail: abpip9@r.postjobfree.com

www.WendyBergRoth.com

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

***Recently MOVED TO PALM COAST, FLORIDA- I hope to find more time to do my own painting and

sculpture. I also wish to continue to work part time in the field of human relations. I

would love the opportunity to use my teaching and art therapy experience to teach

crafts and art to show people the many joys of creative self-expression.

3/06- Until Very Recent 5/12

Until 5/12

OM Feeling Better Counseling Place- Private Practice-616 North Street Suite

304,Jim Thorpe, PA Provides individual & group therapy to all ages. Specializes in -

Stress Management,, Panic & Anxiety Disorder, Anger Management, Impulse

Contrlol Disorder, PTSD, Trauma Resolution, Life Crisis Issues, Depression,

Grief&Loss,,Marriage & Family Therapy, Accepts Most Private Insurances.

KidsPeace- Expressive /Therapeutic Consultant Contracted for Special Projects

3/O6 to 7/09

Works with staff and clients to develop designs, then paints murals for the walls of many

of the KidsPeace buildings. (Artworks provide a kid friendly therapeutic climate that

enhances the healing process) See website. www.Omfeelingbetter.org and see For the

Kids Magazine Spring 07 Issue.

The Guidance Program- Contracted Clinical Therapist - Provided diagnostic

5/04 to 5/07

assessments and therapy to adults, families, couples, adolescents, and children. Worked to

provide coordinated treatment with psychiatrists and insurance companies. Provided well

documented notes, clinical updates, treatment plans, and summaries.

KidsPeace - Program Writer, Crisis Evaluator for Managed Care Clients; P/T Therapist

3/98 to 3/05

in Specialized Residential Program for Sexual Offenders. Developed, wrote, presented

and trained staff to use a 5 Step Group Treatment Program that became a Model for

Residential Programs across the country.

KidsPeace Residential Treatment, Orefield, PA

10/97 to 3/98

Specialized Clinical Social Worker- Pioneer Program -Crockett House

Provided Individual Therapy for 18 Adolescent Male Sexual offenders. Oversaw the daily

management of a specialized residential unit and the provided clinical expertise. Group

and Art Therapy and conducted periodic staff trainings. Attended Multi-Disciplinary

Team Meetings and maintained charting and funding source contacts for residential

clients. Attended court on an as needed basis. Provided Family Therapy.

KidsPeace National Center, Orefield, PA

1/96 to 10/97

Administrator of Crisis Assessments/School Crisis Clinician

Received crisis calls from managed care companies, schools, community services, and

families. Conducted crisis assessments and provided the most appropriate response. When

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necessary, obtained Insurance Pre-certification for hospitalization. Reported monthly

program data to company using Windows 95 Program Data program.

National Hospital for Kids In Crisis, Orefield, PA

9/94 to 11/96

Clinical Social Worker - Northeast Unit

Clinical therapist with pre-adolescent children who were patients in an acute care

psychiatric hospital. Provided assessment, and therapy which included individual, family

and group. Also provided discharge planning and worked with the children s home

schools and aftercare providers. Supervised interns; served as liaison on Treatment Plan

Task Force.

Progressions - Division of Northwestern Institute, Allentown, PA

9/93 to 9/94

Social Worker/Art Therapist

Served as group therapist, art therapist, and individual crisis worker in a partial

hospitalization program for adult women diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder

(DID),PTSD, Depression or Anxiety Disorder. Facilitated a weekly Sexual Abuse

Survivors Support Group as a private practitioner.

Concern Counseling Services, Fleetwood, PA

9/93 to 12/93

Art Therapy Clinical Training - Adoption and Foster Care Services

Utilized Art Therapy Techniques to provide therapy to children and families Provided

marriage counseling using art therapy techniques with verbal therapy.

Reading Hospital, Reading, PA.

6/93 to 9/93

Psychiatric Unit and Detox Unit - Art Therapy Clinical Training

EDUCATION

Marywood University, Scranton, PA

1990 to 1994

MSW - May 1993,

Cert., AT- Art Therapy Certification- May 1994

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

1978 to 1981

MFA- Masters of Fine Arts Degree

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1975 to 1976

Advanced Study in Painting and Sculpture

Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA.

1970 to 1974

BFA - Painting and Sculpture

LICENSURE

2002 LCSW- Pennsylvania State Licensed Clinical Social Worker

ACSW - National Accredited Clinical Social Worker

1996

LSW - Pennsylvania State Licensed Social Worker

1993

PUBLICATIONS

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10/02 ACCRC Contributions to Resident Treatment 2002 A Multi-Component

Approach Toward the Treatment of Youth Who Sexually Abuse

2/98 STRIDE / 5 Step Group Treatment Program for Adolescent Sexual

Offenders. Wrote and Implimented the Start Up of the 5 Step Problem Specific

Group Treatment Program for KidsPeace Pioneer Center.

Healing Magazine - Guest Author Fall/ Winter '97 - Volume 2, No. 2

!0/97

Sticking with Therapy: Kids using tape art to tell their stories

OF SPECIAL

INTEREST

2/03 Provided In-Service for Teachers in the KidsPeace School The etiology of

adolescent offenders and some approaches for helping them in a private school

setting.

Presented Paper at the National AACRC 45th Annual Meeting in

10/02

Vancouver,Canada.

9/02 Member of Crisis De-briefing Team that Responded to Victim of the 9/11

Attack on the World Trade Center -- Two days of small group debriefing of

170 government employees who were survivors of Building Seven.

4/02 Member of the National FEI Behavioral Health Crisis Management Team

01/00 Presented 2 Hour Workshop for Experienced Therapists

Wordsworth Academy / Ardmore, PA. -- Creative Communication as an

Assessment and Treatment Tool

10/99 Presented NASW Approved 6.0 Credit Workshop

Marywood University/Lehigh Valley Campus

The Use Of Art Therapy in Assessment and Treatment

7/99 Presented NASW Approved 3.0 Credit Workshop

Sponsored by Jewish Family Services of the Lehigh Valley

Promoting Creative Communication- An Art therapy Workshop for Experience

Therapists

8/97 Presented Two Hour Art Therapy Workshop

Valley Youth House, Bethlehem, PA

Encouraging Creative Communication in Therapy

"Roads to Success" Program - NE Unit of The National Hospital for Kids in Crisis

3/96

Initiated and Developed Treatment Program that currently contributes to

individualizing treatment focus for preadolescent inpatients on the NE Unit.

Presented a Two Day In-Service

5/96

Family Counseling & Guidance Center, Allentown, PA

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The "How To" of Using Art Therapy Techniques in Your Therapy with Children &

Adults

Two Day Tape Art Workshop at the National Hospital

9/95

Organized & Co-facilitated an expressive arts workshop for hospital & residential

patients. Guest Author Article about the outcome of workshop is published in the

Healing Magazine Fall/Winter '97 Issue.

KidsPeace Speakers Forum

6/95

Guest Speaker- Reading, PA Intermediate Unit Parents Group

Topic: Parenting In The '90's Calls For A New Approach

KidsPeace Speakers Forum

5/94

Guest Speaker-For the Special Education Staff from Reading School District

Topic: At Home & At School Management of Children Who Have ADHD

COLLEGE

AFFILIATION

11/97 to 12/04 Adjunct Professor

Allentown College of Saint Francis de Sales, Center Valley PA

Taught Classes in the Undergraduate School of Social Work

-- Human Behavior in the Social Environment

-- Social Work Skills

Department of Fine Arts

-- Drawing I

Summer Study Program in Innsbruck, Austria,

-- Art Therapy In The Classroom (ED 490/590)

02/00 Guest Speaker

Marywood University (Lehigh Valley Campus)

What Makes Kids Feel Vulnerable In Today s World and How Can Social

Workers Address Their Concerns?

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