Assistant Service
Resume:
M ichelle Dabney
East Cleveland, Ohio
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Profile: Committed, engaging, dedicated, encouraging
I nnovative, creative, and empathetic.
P rofessional Qualifications
• Over 16 years’ experience in the fields of psychology counseling, mental health and
social service
• Extensive experience working in an multicultural setting with a diverse client
population
• Experience counseling children, adolescents, women, families
• Experience in facilitation of workshops related to health and wellness, health
d isparit ies among elderly
• Experience advising at r isk students
• Crisis Intervention and evaluation
• Diagnostic Assessment
• In depth experience providing therapy to adults, adolescents, and children
• Licensed Social Worker for over 10 years
• Capable of working as a liaison between different departments and students
• Extensive experience researching underrepresented populations
• Grant development in service-learning for programs in parent education
• Cur riculum development in parent education
• Monthly Cont ributor to Newsletter focusing on Health and Wellness
Education
BA 1990, Cleveland State University
Major: Psychology
M A 1994, Cleveland State University
Major: Clinical Counseling Psychology
2005-Walden University, Online Program
PhD Clinical Psychology Program
Graduate Courses
Child Adolescent Development Personality Assessment
Child Psychopathology Adult Psychopathology
M ulticultural Psychology Family Intervention
G raduate Project
I opted to do an internship as my final graduate project. I worked as an Intake Counseling
Assistant at Community Guidance Inc. My overall duties consisted of providing diagnostic
assessments and counseling for the severely mentally disabled population
Psychology Topics Researched
• A B iobehavioral Perspective of Afr ican American Hypertension
• A lcoholism and Spouse Abuse
• A frican American Culture and Psychopathology
• S tress and Coping With Family Violence
• Spouse Abuse from an Afrocentric Perspective
• Health and Wellness
• Health Disparities in the African American Community
• Alzheimer’s Disease Signs and Symptoms and its impact on brain functioning
• Parent Education from a Mult icultural Perspective
• Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities in the Classroom Environment
• The Law of Special Education
• Autism
• Strategies to prevent and end homelessness among people with serious mental
i llness and co-occurr ing substance use disorders.
I nternships and Volunteer Experience
I nternships: Community Guidance Incorporated
Job Title: In take Counseling Assistant
I wo San Program
Job Title: Psychology Assistant
Volunteer work: Women Together, Inc.
Job Title: Domestic Violence Hotline Volunteer
A lcoholism Services of Cleveland
Job Title: Assessments and Referrals Assistant
Job Title: Drama and dance teacher
Teaching Experience
2014- Present Renhill Group
Substitute Teacher East Cleveland Schools, Cleveland Charter Schools
2011-2012 Owensboro Community and Technical College
Psychology Instructor, Full Time
Classes Taught: General Psychology, Developmental Psychology
Advising: Elementary Education
2006-2009 C incinnati State Technical and Community College, Cincinnati, Ohio
Psychology Instructor, Full t ime
C lasses Taught: General Psychology
A dult Development
1996-Present Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio
Psychology Instructor, Part t ime
C lasses Taught: General Psychology
L ifespan Development
Child Growth and Development
Adolescent Psychology
Honors Adolescent Psychology
2003-2006 M yers University, Cleveland, Ohio
Psychology Instructor, Part t ime
C lasses Taught: General Psychology
1995-1996 C leveland Schools, Cleveland, Ohio, Substitute Teacher
C linical Psychology Experience
1992-1994, Graduate Assistant of Class Program, Cleveland State University
1993-1994, In take Counseling Assistant, Community Guidance Incorporated
1994-1995, Psychology Assistant, Iwo San Program
1998-1999, Psychology Assistant, Psycho-Vocational Consultants, Inc.
1998-1999, Therapist, Bellefaire JCB
1999-2000, Community Support Specialist, MDC Lifeline Behavioral Healthcare of Mur t is
H.
Taylor
2000-2003, Therapist, BeechBrook
2003-2004, Psychology Assistant, PSI Associates, Inc.
2004-2005, Case Manager/ Community Psychiat ric Supportive Treatment Services, The
Mentor
Network
2012-Present Therapist, Catholic Charities Parmadale Family Services
Professional Development
Workshops attended:
• Domestic Violence: A Family In Crisis
• Substance Abuse In The African American Community: Implications for
Assessment, Treatment, and Recovery
• PTSD…Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
• Effective Conflict Resolution
• Effective Methods for Improving Compliance
• Academic Anxiety Disorders: Their Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment
• Working With Older Adults & Their Caregivers
• CMI Institute, Inc. Using Expressive Arts a Therapeutic Tool for Grief
• Eldercare Services Institute, Health Issues Among African Americans
• Depression, Heart Disease, and Stroke
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Alzheimer
• Grant Proposal Writing and Beyond
• Human Trafficking
• Corporate Ethics
• The Role of Social Workers in the Disproportionality of African American Students
i n Special Education
• End of Life Care for People with Dementia in Residential Settings
• Spiri tuality and Older Adults: Ethical Guidelines to Enhance Service Provision
Postgraduate courses completed
• Educational Procedures for the Exceptional Child
• Lifespan Development
• Social Psychology
P resentations Conducted
• Psychotherapies: Psychoanalytic, Cognitive, Behavioral & Gestalt
• Techniques and Strategies for effective foster caregivers in behavior management
• Symptoms, Treatment, and Etiology of Childhood Depression
• Afr ican American Culture and Psychopathology
• “Health and Wellness Small Steps to Prevention”
• Parent Education from a Mult icultural Perspective
• Healthy vs. Unhealthy Eating and Exercise Habits for Seniors
H onors
Featured in the 1987-88 Edition of the National Dean’s List
Member, Psi Chi National Honor Society of Psychology
Certificate of Service, Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus, in recognition of 5
years of
Faithful and valuable teaching service
Member, Cambridge’s Who’s Who among Executives and Professionals inducted January
28,
2006
P rofessional Organizations
A merican Psychological Association APA
National Council on Black American Affairs NCBAA
M ulticultural Student Association MSA
Kentucky Association of Blacks in H igher Education KABHE
Owensboro Community and Technical College Community Chorus
Professional Committees
Faculty of Excellence
Follett Book Advisory
Diversity Commit tee
Other Psychology Work Experience
I have over fif teen years of experience working in the field of psychology. My job t i t les span
f rom working as a therapist, counselor, advisor, psychology assistant, and inst ructor.
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