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Natalie M. Whitlow, Ph.D.
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LICENSURE:
Licensed Psychologist
Ohio License Number: 6899
Interest Areas: Program Development; Psycho-education & Prevention; Trauma
Survivors; African-Centered and Multicultural counseling; Relationship issues and
couples counseling; Mood Disorders; Identity Development; Gender Issues;
Psychological Development of Girls and Women; Psychological Assessments; Conflict
Resolution; Family & Divorce Mediation
EDUCATION:
8/00-8/06 University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology (APA Accredited)
Pre-doctoral Internship: University of Maryland-College Park Counseling Center
(APA Accredited)
Post-doctoral Placement: Cleveland State University Counseling Center (IACS
Accredited)
8/96-5/00 Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
EMPLOYMENT:
6/12-Present Humanistic Counseling Center, Cleveland, OH
Position: Private Practice Psychologist
Responsibilities:
Diagnostic Assessments
Treatment Plan Development
Progress note writing
Individual, Marital/Couples, Family, & Group Counseling
Clinical Interviews
Psychological assessment administration, scoring, interpretation, & report
writing
Critical Incident Stress Debriefings
Crisis management & resolution
Collaborative work with other agencies & professionals
Court Testifying
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11/12-Present State of Ohio Social Security Administration, Euclid, OH
Position: Psychologist & Consultant
Responsibilities:
Perform Psychological Evaluations
Compose Confidential Psychological Reports
1/13-Present South University, Warrensville Heights, OH
Position: Adjunct Psychology Faculty
Responsibilities:
Teaching various Undergraduate & Graduate level psychology courses
Syllabus development
Curriculum development
Assessment development
Mentoring & Advising students
Committee member
6/07-2/12 Minority Behavioral Health Group, Akron, OH
Position: Psychology Resident/Therapist
Responsibilities:
Diagnostic Assessment
Individual Service Plan (Treatment Plan) Development
Individual, Marital/Couples, Family, & Group Counseling
Clinical Interviews
Report writing
School-based therapy
SSI Verifications
Court Testifying (i.e. Custody, Placement, Psychological/ Developmental
Functioning, etc.)
Collaborative Work with Outside Agencies (i.e. Psychiatrists, Juvenile Detention
System, Court System, Summit Developmental Disabilities Board, Hospitals,
Children's Services, Community Agencies, etc.)
Report Writing
Collaborative Work with Internal Service Providers (CPST-Community
Psychiatric Support Team)
Medicaid & Insurance Note Writing
Agency Strategic Planning Committee Member
Case Conference/Case Planning
Weekly 1-hour Supervision
Bi-monthly Clinical Staff Meetings
Monthly All-Staff Meetings
Population experience: children, adolescents, teenagers, young adults, adults,
elderly, culturally diverse, LGBTQ, developmentally & physically disabled
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Position: Groups Program Developer & Coordinator
Responsibilities:
To develop a conceptual framework for an effective and applicable group
counseling program
To oversee and make decisions regarding all group counseling activities through
the agency
To supervise group staff members
To develop a group counseling & group facilitation training series for agency
staff and group facilitators
To develop applicable and culturally specific group curriculums
To catalog and secure developed group curriculums, for future use
To create referral relationships and professional contracts with community, legal,
and government agencies
*Pre & Post-Doctoral Descriptions Available Upon Request*
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES:
2009-
Present NAMI, Greater Cleveland
Curriculum Developer, Lead Psychologist, & Facilitator
Responsibilities: Develop curriculum and facilitate workshops for over 50
community outreach workshops targeted to provide psycho-education, prevention
services, community resources, and referrals to diverse populations under the
Multicultural Outreach (MCO) division on NAMI
Responsibilities: Develop curriculum and co-facilitate workshops for grant-funded
projects, conducted in residential housing communities, that provide psycho-
education, skills training, case management services, & community resources to
building residents, all of whom have some form of disability, to control the excessive
substance use, hypersexual behaviors, poor interpersonal relations, violence,
financial struggles, health problems, etc.
Responsibilities: Acted as a facilitator for this Cleveland Clinic, government grant-
funded research project designed to provide 4 four-hour psycho-education, skills
training, & community resources to families with children with Epilepsy; Facilitated
2 rounds of this research project
9/08-9/10 The Group Counseling Program at Minority Behavioral Health Group,
Akron, OH
Developed and Designed a group counseling program at MBHG
(a) Designed the structural format and conceptual framework for the groups
counseling program; (b) Designed a professional training series around group
counseling and group facilitation; (c) Designed culturally-relevant groups
counseling curriculum for anger management, social skills, relationship building,
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single-mother’s support, parenting skills, ADHD, and teen girl identity development
groups.
9/05-5/06- The Student of Color’s Transition to Graduate School Workshop Series
Responsibilities: Development and Implementation of this workshop series for
McNair Scholars at the University of Maryland-College Park.
Winter 2003- Contributing Founder of the Campus Organization, “Parents In College”
(PIC)
Purpose: Support Group for college parents that provides a supportive atmosphere, a
forum at which to discuss parental concerns, parental education, informational
workshops for traditional students and community members, activities for children
and families, connections to other college parents, and avenues to get involved with
community service activities, among many other things.
Responsibilities: Collaborated with a colleague to develop the rationale for the need
of this type of organization and provided active support in the development and
maintenance of this organization, such as assisting in the development of a mission
statement, by-laws, and guidelines.
Fall 2003- Individual Counselor Position Aimed at Students of Color
Collaboration between the Center for Multicultural Research, Training, and
Consultation and the Office of Academic Retention Services.
Responsibilities: Created, developed a formal proposal for, and presented to the
change agents in that organizational system, my ideas around the need for a
counselor to be more easily accessible to students of color on campus, by being
located in an office designed to meet their needs. Held this position for one full
academic year, under a voluntary basis, in order for the position to evaluate for its
utility and effectiveness. Provided a mid-year and end-of-the year report to the
director around the accomplishments of the position.
Fall 2001- Between Us, University of Missouri-Columbia, Assistantship
Group Facilitator
Collaboration between the Center for Multicultural Research, Training, and
Consultation and the Office of Academic Retention Services.
Responsibilities: Assisted in the development of this position by developing, and
presenting to a distinguished group of administrators, a year long mission statement,
criteria, agenda, and guidelines for the position.
GROUP CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
10/09-5/11 Parenting Children of Color with Mental Health Diagnoses &
Developmental Disabilities: A Therapeutic Group Experience, Minority
Behavioral Health Group
Creator & Facilitator
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This Group was offered on 4 separate occasions
Mission: To provide parents of color with culturally-relevant parenting
perspectives and strategies by providing them with historical information, cultural
trends within families of color, information about the developmental
stages/milestones of children, how to detect if their child is not developing
traditionally, how to parent children with mental health disorders & developmental
disabilities, the risks related to parenting children with mental health disorders &
developmental disabilities,, non-traditional parenting strategies that may prove to be
more applicable with families of color, and a safe space to discuss, explore, and gain
support regarding their parenting experience
Sum 2010 Effective Ways to Manage Your ADHD, Minority Behavioral Health
Group
Creator & Facilitator
Mission: To provide children and adolescents the opportunity to gain psycho-
education about ADHD, its general impacts of functioning, performance, and
behavior, and specific ways that their ADHD impacts them. The children also
learned and practiced effective ADHD management strategies. Participants and their
parents received packets that included psycho-education, management strategies, and
all activities completed by the child while in the group.
Spring 2010 Anger Management Therapy Groups (3), Minority Behavioral Health
Group
Creator & Facilitator
Mission: To provide children and adolescents the opportunity to gain psycho-
education about anger, explore their anger, including their triggers, their behavioral
manifestations of anger, and the consequences of their anger, and learn anger
management strategies
Sum 2009 &
Sum 2010 Social Skills Building Therapy Group (2), Minority Behavioral Health Group
Creator & Facilitator
Mission: To provide children and adolescents the opportunity to gain psycho-
education about social skills & its relevance, explore their social/interpersonal
functioning, explore the social/interpersonal experiences that have shaped their
presentation, and learn age-appropriate social skills for the purpose of building
relationships, rule compliance, functioning independently of their parents, etc.
6/08-6/09 W.O.W: Wonderful, Outstanding Women, Akron, OH
Creator & Facilitator
Mission: “To provide teen girls with the love, support, guidance, knowledge,
emotional strength, and psycho-education to develop into “Wonderful, Outstanding
Women.”
(a) Provide a safe, supportive, and informative setting for group members; (b)
Facilitate an interactive group discussion about issues impacting the life of Black
teen-aged girls; and (c) Use group theory, format, community, and dynamics to
impact growth and change.
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*Additional Experiences Available Upon Request*
ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCE:
11/12-
Present: Ohio Social Security Administration
Position: Psychologist
Description: Solely conduct Clinical Interviews to evaluate the mental health status
of claimants applying for Social Security in the state of Ohio; Timely report writing;
Timely responses to addendum requests.
6/12-Present: Humanistic Counseling Center, Cleveland, OH
Position: Psychologist
Description: Conduct Clinical Interviews & Self-Report assessments; Administer
psychological assessments, score, interpret, & report writing; Conduct ADHD
screenings & drug & alcohol assessments & report writing.
2009-
2011: Minority Behavioral Health Group, Akron, OH
Position: Psychology Resident
Description: Received on-going psychological assessment training, with a
specialized focus on intelligence assessments, from a licensed school psychologist;
Studied diversity-related issues surrounding psychological test development,
administration, interpretation, & feedback.
2006-
2007: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Position: Post-Doctoral Resident
Description: Administered psychological assessments (i.e. intelligence,
personality, & emotional) & career assessments to college students & scored,
interpreted, & wrote psychological reports, under the supervision of licensed
psychologists.
2005-
2006: University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD
Position: Pre-Doctoral Intern
Description: Administered psychological assessments (i.e. intelligence,
personality, behavioral, & emotional) & career assessments to college students &
scored, interpreted, & wrote psychological reports, under the supervision of licensed
psychologists.
2002-
2004: University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
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Position: University counseling center Practicum trainee
Description: Gained extensive assessment training & administered psychological
assessments (i.e. intelligence, personality, & emotional) to college students & scored,
interpreted, & wrote psychological reports, under the supervision of licensed
psychologists.
2003: University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
Position: University career center Practicum trainee
Description: Administered career assessments to college students & scored,
interpreted, & wrote reports, under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.
2001: Hickman High School, Columbia, MO
Position: Trainee-level career counselor
Description: Provided career counseling & administered career assessments to
“at-risk” high school students.
OUTREACH PROGRAMMING, WORKSHOPS, PANELS, & SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
National Alliance on Mental Illness
2009-
Present NAMI, Greater Cleveland, Multicultural Outreach (MCO) Division
Curriculum Developer, Lead Psychologist, & Facilitator
Responsibilities: Develop curriculum and facilitate for over 50 community outreach
workshops targeted to provide psycho-education, prevention services, community
resources, and referrals to diverse
Responsibilities: Develop curriculum and co-facilitate workshops for grant-funded
projects, conducted in residential housing communities, that provide psycho-
education, skills training, case management services, & community resources to
building residents, all of whom have some form of disability, to control the excessive
substance use, hypersexual behaviors, poor interpersonal relations, violence,
financial struggles, health problems, etc.
Responsibilities: Acted as a facilitator for this Cleveland Clinic, government grant-
funded research project designed to provide 4 four-hour psycho-education, skills
training, & community resources to families with children with Epilepsy; Facilitated
2 rounds of this research project
*Specific Workshop Descriptions Available Upon Request*
Pastor’s Project Workshops, Akron, OH
“The Pastor’s Project” is a grant-funded initiative designed to merge mental health and ministry,
which included psycho-education and training to community pastor’s and psycho-education
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workshops, prevention measures, and community resource identification to church parishioners and
community members.
Dec 2009 &
Dec 2010
Curriculum Developer & Workshop Facilitator: The Holiday Blues: Strategies
for Handling Stress, Depression, and Anxiety Workshops (16 separate dates and
locations)
Curriculum Developer & Workshop Facilitator: Teenagers and Depression:
Understanding Teenagers’ Susceptibility to Depression and Learning Depression
Management Strategies (2-part series)
Sum 2009 &
Sum 2010
Curriculum Developer & Facilitator: Child Development Workshops (28
separate workshops)
Topics: (a) Anger Management, (b) Decision-Making, (c) Stress and
Anxiety Management, (d) Healthy Coping, (e) Effective
Communication, (f) Depression and Suicide, (g) Interacting with
Parents, Teachers, and other Adults, (h) Peer Relationships, (i) Abuse, (j) Self-
Esteem and Body Image, (k) Healthy Relationship Development, (l) Self-Talk
Various Community Workshop Facilitation
Nov. 2008 Suicide Community Forum: African Americans and Suicide, Akron, OH
Panelist: (a) Provided psycho-education about suicide, factors leading to suicide,
detecting someone at risk for suicide, effectively interacting with someone you feel
is at risk of suicide, it’s impacts on the African American community, the
psychological effects of those “left behind”, etc.; (b) Fielded questions from an
audience of 200 community members; (c) Provided community resources for suicide
prevention, mental health counseling, and suicide support groups.
Dec. 2008 Obama Health Care Transition Team: Community Forum on Health Care,
Akron, OH
Facilitator: Facilitated an interactive discussion, amongst community members,
concerning their concerns about the health care system, their past experiences with
the health care system, and suggestions they have for a reformed health care plan.
*Additional Experiences Available Upon Request*
FACILITATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS:
June 2013 &
April 2012 Alcohol, Drug Addiction, & Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Presenter: Effective Therapy with Black Families
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Training Goals: (a) Identification of 4 common Black family issues; (b)
Interpret how the 4 issues contribute to presenting mental health concerns; (c) Learn
culturally-relevant & effective interventions for addressing the 4 issues; (d)
Distinguish between the 4 issues & appropriate interventions; (e) Construct a non-
threatening plan for addressing these issues with the Black family.
Training Outcome: Participants received (6) continuing education credits
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
April 2011 Annual Conference: Black Male Summit, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Co-Presenter: The Impacts of Media on Black Male Identity and Masculinity
Development
Aug 2010 Annual Conference: Association of Black Psychologists, Chicago, IL
Co-Presenter: Merging Mental Heath and the Ministry: Effective Strategies for
Effective Collaboration and Meaningful Change
April 2010 Annual Conference: Black Male Summit, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Co-Presenter: Reclaiming Our Sons: Strategies for Effectively Parenting Black
Males
Nov. 2008 Annual Conference: All Ohio Mental Health Professionals Conference,
Columbus, OH
Co-Presenter: The Collaboration Between a Community Mental Health Provider
and the Public School System: Effects on African American Student Academic
Performance and Behavior.
Goals: (a) Developed a presentation which provided education and insight into the
collaboration process of myself, a community mental health professional, and the
public school system; (b) Created a 4-step model for replicating this successful
collaboration venture.
Co-Facilitated a question-and-answer session following our presentation.
August 2008 Annual Conference: Association of Black Psychologists, Oakland, CA
Presenter: The Whitlow Measure of Afrocentric Relationship Attitudes
Poster presentation showcasing the research design, development process, statistical
findings, and, most importantly, the future implications of this Black relationship
assessment tool, which I created.
May 2008 Annual Conference: AkroNABSE, Akron, OH
Presenter: Building Strong Mentor Relationships with Black Males
(a) Provided cutting edge research, psycho-education, and culturally-relevant data to
a group of Black school educators around how to effectively build mentor
relationships with Black males; (b) Discussed the unique components to relationship
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development with Black males; and (c) Provided some unique barriers that may be
faced when attempting to connect with Black males
Facilitated an interactive question-and-answer session following my presentation.
April 2008 Annual Conference: Black Male Summit, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Presenter: What Black Men Have to Offer in Relationships
(a) Designed a psycho-educational and culturally-relevant presentation that
examined to positive aspects of Black men’s functioning in relationships;
(b)Examined the current trends of Black relationships, including collegiate level
dating on both HBCU and PWI campuses; (c) Discussed the impacts of slavery on
present-day Black relationship functioning; and (d) Provided professional tips for
Black relationship success.
Facilitated an interactive question-and-answer session following my presentation.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Jan 2013-
Present
South University, Warrensville Heights, OH
Position: Adjunct Psychology Faculty
Responsibilities:
o Teaching various Undergraduate & Graduate level psychology courses
o Syllabus development
o Curriculum development
o Assessment development
o Mentoring & Advising students
o Committee member
Oct 2011
Guest Speaker: Cleveland State University & University of Akron
Psychopathology Course, for Graduate level Social Work students
Lesson on the DSM-IVTR criteria for diagnosing personality disorders
Fall 2003-
Fall 2004
Student Instructor: University of Missouri-Columbia
Multicultural Competency, for Graduate level Counseling Psychology students to
develop cultural competency with the application of counseling theories and provision
of therapeutic interventions
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Psychological Association (APA). Member Identification
Number: 71206976. Full Member since 8/2006. Student Affiliate since 8/2001
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Association of Black Psychologist (ABPsi). Member since 1998.
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS:
May 2012 Specialized Family & Divorce Mediation Training
Presented by: Richard Altman & Cathleen Kuhl
Provided by: The Supreme Court of Ohio
Mar 2012 Basic Mediation & Uniform Mediation Act Training
Presented by: Cathleen Kuhl &Terry Wheeler
Provided by: The Supreme Court of Ohio
Sept 2011 Ethical Considerations in Therapeutic Relationships
Presented by: Suzette Speight, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Provided by: Minority Behavioral Health Group, Akron, OH
May 2010 Court Testifying
Presented by: Mary Jones, Esquire
Provided by: The Oriana House of Akron
Jan 2010 Ethics for Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage and Family
Therapists, and Psychologists
Presented by: John Mumper, MSSW, JD
Provided by: Pastoral Counseling Services of Summit County
Aug 2008 Multicultural Sensitivity In Counseling
Presented by: John E. Queener, Ph.D.
Provided by: Pastoral Counseling Services of Summit County
PUBLICATIONS:
Heppner, P., Tierney,C., Wang, Y., Armer, J., Whitlow, N., & Reynolds, A. (2009).
Breast Cancer Survivors Coping with Lymphedema: What All Counselors Need to
Know. Journal of Counseling and Development, 87(3), 327-338.
TELEVISION & RADIO APPEARANCES:
Nov 2014
Expert Psychologist discussing the mental health implications of the suicide death of an
Ohio college football player
Aug 2014
Expert Psychologist discussing various facets of depression following the suicide death
of comedian/actor Robin Williams
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Oct 2011
Guest Speaker: My Life My Legacy, BlogTalkRadio
My Life My Legacy is an organization designed to help youth attend and graduate from
college.
I spoke about the psychological, emotional, and psycho-social barriers that today’s
youth face when trying to attend college and gain success.
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