DIANA S. WINGATE, MA, PCC-S _Supervising Counselor

**** ******* ****, ***** ********, OH 44133 216-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

THERAPIST ViaQuest Incorporated 4/2013- 9/2013

Valley View, OH

Work in coordination with CPST, nursing, residential service staff and corporate development staff to

provide counseling services to clients in their homes, assisted living residences or group home settings.

CLINICAL SUPERVISOR Catholic Charities Corporation 6/2012- 4/2013

Cleveland, OH

Work directly in treatment relationships with individuals, families or groups in an outpatient setting.

Supervise employees of the unit on prescribed procedures and policies. Serve as a link between client,

psychiatrist and clinician.

THERAPIST The Zepf Center 10/2011-6/2012

Toledo, OH

Provided individual counseling services at a community-based mental health facility to a diverse

population of adults who experienced a mental illness.

OUTPATIENT COUNSELOR Portage Path Behavioral Health 2/2006-9/2011

Akron, OH

Provided individual, couple and group counseling services at a community-based mental health facility to

a diverse population of adults who experienced a mental illness.

CLINICAL SUPERVISOR & Northeast Ohio Health Services 2/2005-12/2005

SITE MANAGER Beachwood, OH

Supervised CPST case managers; provided oversight of all services including nurses, psychologists, and

counselors at community mental health satellite office at Marymount Hospital, Garfield Heights, OH.

CLINICAL DIRECTOR Lincoln Counseling Center 4/2003-12/2004

Elyria, OH

Ensured the satisfactory performance of clinical staff; implemented and evaluated clinical services to

respond to the needs of the community; prepared board reports including clinical and service planning

evaluations; clinically supervised PC staff seeking independent licenses; counseled children, teens and

their family members.

PROGRAM LEADER/SUPERVISOR Beech Brook 4/2001-4/2003

Pepper Pike, OH

Supervised counselors, social workers, graduate students and trained-others in individual, family and

group counseling interventions in residential, partial hospitalization and outpatient programs

for seriously emotionally disturbed children; counseled children, teens and their family members on

sexual aggression recovery and sexual abuse/PTSD recovery; consultant to staff on abuse recovery and

sexual aggression recovery treatments.

CLINICAL SUPERVISOR Catholic Charities at Parmadale 6/1998-1/2001

Parma, OH

Supervised clinical staff in counseling and partial hospitalization interventions; developed and led

treatment teams; trained clinical and child-care staff in a residential center for seriously emotionally

disabled teenagers; counseled children, teens and their family members on sexual abuse trauma/PTSD

recovery.

DIVISIONAL DIRECTOR Specialized Alternatives for 10/1997-6/1998

Families and Youth Canton, OH

Supervised social work staff; developed programs and budgets for board review; trained foster parents

and staff in therapeutic foster care interventions.

Child Guidance Center 1/1989-10/1997

Akron, OH

TREATMENT COORDINATOR 1994-1997

Coordinated a team of professionals, representing mental health, juvenile court, child protection and

developmental disabilities in the delivery of services to adolescents adjudicated for sexual offenses.

Counseled children, teens and their family members on sexual aggression recovery and sexual abuse

trauma/PTSD recovery.

FAMILY THERAPIST 1991-1997

Provided assessment, crisis stabilization and counseling for children and their families, both in-home and

in an outpatient community mental health setting.

CASE MANAGER 1989-1991

Coordinated the delivery of services to help children and teens with mental health problems to remain in

their homes.

CASE MANAGER The Counseling Center of Wayne 3/1988-1/1989

& Holmes Counties Wooster, OH

Coordinated the delivery of services to help children and teens with mental health problems to remain in

their homes.

PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER Fair Housing Contact Service 2/1985-3/1988

Akron, OH

Developed and directed campaigns to educate the public and real estate agents on fair housing laws.

DIRECTOR Project Together 1/ 1983-2/1985

Akron, OH

Developed programs and budgets for board approval to assist low-income inner-city residents to access

services to improve their standard of living; advocated with government officials for services for low-

income inner city neighborhoods.

COUNSELOR Woman Shelter 8/1981-12/1982

Ravenna, OH

Answered crisis hotline; provided individual and group therapies to women and their children during their

stay in a battered women’s shelter; legal advocate for women on issues of domestic violence.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Counseling- Marriage and Family Therapy, Department of Education, The

University of Akron, Akron, OH. 1991.

Bachelor of Arts in Human Development- St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD.

MEMBERSHIPS

Professional Member- American Counseling Association

References provided upon request.

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