LPC counselor

Marshall Lynch, Jr.

*** ***** ***** **., *******, Georgia 30536

Home: 706-***-**** - ******@*****.***

Professional Overview

Communication with my co-workers and supervisors is a strong point in my work habits. I am punctual and energetic in my assignments. Some of my work experience includes twelve years as an educator and winner of the Superintendant's Award for the Marietta City Schools, addiction and substance abuse groups, both individual and group, working with geriatric patients in a step down day treatment program, individual, group, and family counseling and assessing and interventions in crisis situations. I also have recruited college seniors at Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee State, Valdosta State, and the University of North Carolina.

I currently am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Georgia.

Core Qualifications

● Group counseling facilitator, both speaker ● Choice Theory

(topic based) ● Transactional Analysis

● Individual counseling ● Rogerian

● Family counseling ● Gestalt

● Resource and community based resources ● Rational Emotive Therapy

provider ● Behavioral interventions

● Computer literate-Word, Windows, Office, and computer based documentation programs

● ACA accepted documentation trained

● CPR certified

● First Aid certified

Accomplishments

Teacher- Marietta City Schools -Superintendant's Award- 1984 Good Morning America, New York- 1984

Counselor-Developed Day Treatment program for Medicaid step down for geriatric patients at the GAP in North Georgia

Counselor- Completion of LPC licensure in State of Georgia

Education

Tennessee Tech University 1978

Cookeville, Tennessee, United States

Education -Grades K-8

B.S Education

West Georgia University 1993

Carrollton, GA, United States

Counseling (Community Based)

M.Ed

Experience

Program Clinician

March 2010 to April 2011

Eckerd – Suches, GA

Our academy is a therapeutic boarding school for students ages 13 to 17. My students consist of both males and females with behavioral and academic problems. Many present with mental health and substance abuse diagnosis as well. I lead two drug and alcohol groups with males and females. It is also a weekly task to provide family counseling and reunification services to link the student with the goal of returning to academic and family success.

Counselor/Assessor

August 2008 to August 2009

Georgia Hope – Dalton, Ga

My position consisted of counseling young teens and elementary age children two days per week at the Northstar Psychoeducational School in Canton, Ga. The remaining days I saw client in their homes from referrals related to cases provided by DJJ, DFCS, and community courts in three North Ga. counties.

I was responsible for billing, electronic documentation, court appearances, inter-agency meetings and communication and travel to see clients.

Case Manager

March 2007 to July 2008

UniHealth Solutions – Blue Ridge, GA

As a Source program case manager of sixty or more members, I was responsible for community resource linkage, management of medical documentation charts and progress notes, meetings with member's physicians, case management and record keeping, assigning and communication with various health providers, intial, quarterly, and annual assessments. We also had weekly team meetings with the Source Medical director.

Counselor

January 2006 to September 2006

Focus Counseling and Training – Woodstock, GA

Provided adult substance abuse groups, individual and family counseling and substance assessments. I also did in-home counseling with families referred by DFCS.

Counselor

November 2000 to February 2006

Family and Children First – Dalton, GA

Direct in -home counseling to clients served by DFCS in Bartow, Gordon, Gilmer, and Murray counties. Crisis intervention , direct client services, (parenting, coping skills, decision-making) survivors of sexual-abuse counseling, family systems counseling, community resource linkage, and kinship assessments.

Counselor

July 1998 to November 2000

Georgia Highlands – Jasper, GA

Day Treatment Coordinator- Provide client assessments, case coordination, group therapy, crisis services and interventions, and supervision of an instructional aide.

Fellowships and Awards

1984- Superintendant's Award Marietta City Schools

1985- Academic Roundtable for Georgia for Math and Science Instruction

1984-Good Morning America for class project recognized nationally regarding child abuse.

Memberships/Scholarly Societies

ACA-American Counseling Association

Keywords

LPC counselors, addiction counseling, individual and family counseling, assessments.

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