CLAUDETTE H. CLAY
**** ******** **., **** 713-***-****
Houston, Texas 77036 *************@************.***
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
Licensed Professional Counselor with strong interpersonal skills, proficiency in client assessment,treatment planning and therapy-program design and execution. Also well versed in a broad range of treatment modalities for restoring client functioning and mitigating disability, while participating as a member of a multidisciplinary case-management team.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
June 2011 – Present: Clinical Therapist, Clay and Frazier Counseling Associates, Houston,Texas. Providing assessments, establishing treatment plans, and providing a variety of therapeutic interventions for individual, families, and groups with single, dual, or multiple diagnoses.
June 2011 – Present: Clinical Therapist, Inner Door Counseling and Rehabilitation Center,Houston, Texas. Conducting client assessments and treatment planning and providing individual, family, and group therapy utilizing a variety of
therapeutic interventions.
May 2012 – June 2012: Clinical Therapist, Colonial Integrative Counseling & Associates, Richmond, Texas. Provided assessment, treatment planning, and therapyto individuals and families in home settings using a cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, and narrative therapies.
Jan. 2001 – June 2012: Guidance Counselor, Alief ISD – Hastings High School, Houston,Texas. Duties included scheduling, case management, crisis intervention, educational and personal support to students from grades 9 -12. Promoted and facilitated the use of Kuder National Career Assessment and ECOS (Educational Career Opportunities System)as a tool for college and career planning. Participated in ARD
(admission, review, and dismissal) meeting for students with special needs. Evaluated the academic transcripts or out of state and foreign students registering at Hastings. Served as a liaison between college recruiters, NCAA officials, coaches, and graduating seniors. Served the coordination, administration, and interpretation for a variety of academic assessments.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Current Doctoral Candidate in a Marriage and Family Therapy Program
North Central University
Prescott, Arizona
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Master of Arts in Education – Counseling, 2000
University of Houston – Victoria,Victoria, Texas
Masters of Arts in Teaching – Education, 1975
The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, 1973
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Licensure and Certifications:
National Board for Certified Counselors
National Certified Counselor; Certification No. 300088
March 29, 2012 – January 31, 2018
Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors,
Licensed Professional Counselor #20290
May 16, 2006 – January 14, 2014
Texas State Board for Educator Certification: School Counselor awarded in 2000.
Other areas of certification include:
Elementary - K-8; secondary social studies composite, 8-12;
ESL endorsement and secondary English language arts, 8 -12
Professional Affiliations:
Texas State Teachers Association – Retired - 2011