Director, Health Promotion and Wellness

• Apr 2018 - Present

Assistant Director, Health Promotion and Wellness

• Oct 2016 - Apr 2018

Coordinator, Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention

• Jul 2013 - Oct 2016

Provide evidence-based individual and group brief motivational interventions for students.Coordinate campus-wide AOD prevention and early intervention programming at all levels.Provide training and consultation to student groups, staff, and faculty.Member of the Community Alcohol Coalition; serve on Steering Committee.Social Work Field Instructor for graduate social work interns from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.Supervise professional staff BASICS providers.

Freelance Health and Medical Writer

• 1987 - Present

Writer for custom health publishers such as General Learning Communications and Red Spring Communications; write features, columns, and short pieces for local and national publications such as Chicago Parent, Chicago Baby, and Heart and Soul. Seeking assignments. Writer for custom health publishers such as General Learning Communications and Red Spring Communications; write features, columns, and short pieces for local and national publications such as Chicago Parent, Chicago Baby, and Heart and Soul. Seeking assignments.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (part-time)

• Dec 2000 - Present

Private Practice in Individual, Couple and Family Counseling and Psychotherapy. Private Practice in Individual, Couple and Family Counseling and Psychotherapy.

Clinical Social Worker/Couple and Family Therapist

• Aug 2009 - Jul 2013

Provided evidence-based couple, family, and individual therapy to veterans, active-duty service members, and their families. Provided clinical supervision in psychotherapy to psychiatry interns. Proficient in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Provided evidence-based couple, family, and individual therapy to veterans, active-duty service members, and their families. Provided clinical supervision in psychotherapy to psychiatry interns. Proficient in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (part-time)

• Aug 2007 - Aug 2009

Provided programmatic consultation to state-funded Prevention Initiative programs using a relationship-based reflective practice model to enhance the capacity of adults working with at-risk infants, toddlers, and their families. Provided programmatic consultation to state-funded Prevention Initiative programs using a relationship-based reflective practice model to enhance the capacity of adults working with at-risk infants, toddlers, and their families.

Contracted Therapist (part-time)

• Aug 2007 - Aug 2009

Counseled undergraduate and graduate student sexual assault survivors. Counseled undergraduate and graduate student sexual assault survivors.

Clinical Social Worker, Wellness Center (part-time)

• Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

Provided short-term individual and group counseling to students. Provided BASICS, a brief motivational intervention for college students at-risk of harm related to alcohol and other drug use. Provided short-term individual and group counseling to students. Provided BASICS, a brief motivational intervention for college students at-risk of harm related to alcohol and other drug use.

Visiting Project Coordinator, Telepsychiatry Project (part-time)

• Aug 2003 - Aug 2006

Coordinated program providing video-conference child and adolescent psychiatry consultations to community mental health centers in rural Illinois. Coordinated program providing video-conference child and adolescent psychiatry consultations to community mental health centers in rural Illinois.

Social Worker, Palliative Care Consults (part-time)

• Aug 2003 - Jul 2004

Provided short-term individual and family counseling to patients living with chronic or terminal illness and pain conditions. Provided short-term individual and family counseling to patients living with chronic or terminal illness and pain conditions.

Interim Project Coordinator, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Training Project (part-time)

• Sep 2001 - Jun 2002

Coordinated editing and production of 33-module training curriculum for community mental health workers serving children and families.

Clinical Social Worker

• Jun 1999 - Jun 2002

Conducted clinical assessments and psychotherapy with children, adolescents, young adults, families, and couples.Co-led multi-family groups for children with behavior disorders.Supervised social work interns.Co-taught family therapy course for social work and psychology interns.

Consultant (part-time)

• Jun 1998 - Dec 2001

Conducted support group facilitation trainings; facilitated support group for HIV-positive women. Conducted support group facilitation trainings; facilitated support group for HIV-positive women.

Book Author; Co-Author; Contributor

• 1994 - 2000

Co-Author, "What the Blues is All About: Black Women Overcoming Stress and Depression"​ with Kennise Herring, Ph.D. (Putnam/Perigee, January 1998). Co-Author, "Heart Disease and Hypertension: Vital Health Information for African Americans"​ with Paul Jones, MD (Kensington, 2000). Contributor to "Body and Soul: The Black Woman's Guide to Good Health", Linda Villarosa, Editor (HarperPerennial, 1994). Co-Author, "What the Blues is All About: Black Women Overcoming Stress and Depression"​ with Kennise Herring, Ph.D. (Putnam/Perigee, January 1998). Co-Author, "Heart Disease and Hypertension: Vital Health Information for African Americans"​ with Paul Jones, MD (Kensington, 2000). Contributor to "Body and Soul: The Black Woman's Guide to Good Health", Linda Villarosa, Editor (HarperPerennial, 1994).

Social Worker/Grant Writer

• Jun 1998 - May 1999

Conducted individual, family, and group psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults. Co-led social skills group for children with divorced parents. Co-coordinated Building Healthy Futures program for pregnant and parenting teens. Wrote foundation and corporate grants to support agency programs. Conducted individual, family, and group psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults. Co-led social skills group for children with divorced parents. Co-coordinated Building Healthy Futures program for pregnant and parenting teens. Wrote foundation and corporate grants to support agency programs.

Consultant

• Oct 1997 - May 1998

Developed content for and wrote educational magazine for pregnant and parenting teens as part of "Start Early: Learning Begins at Birth" campaign in collaboration with Voices for Illinois Children and the Ounce of Prevention Fund. Developed content for and wrote educational magazine for pregnant and parenting teens as part of "Start Early: Learning Begins at Birth" campaign in collaboration with Voices for Illinois Children and the Ounce of Prevention Fund.

Project Manager, Division of Public Education (part-time)

• Sep 1995 - Oct 1997

Managed the development of parent education materials on child, adolescent, and young adult health and safety issues from initial planning through publication. Collaborated with pediatricians from Academy Sections and Committees to write, edit, and fact-check materials. Represented the Academy to the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition; chaired the Committee on Substance Use in Pregnancy. Managed the development of parent education materials on child, adolescent, and young adult health and safety issues from initial planning through publication. Collaborated with pediatricians from Academy Sections and Committees to write, edit, and fact-check materials. Represented the Academy to the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition; chaired the Committee on Substance Use in Pregnancy.

Program Coordinator

• Dec 1992 - Jul 1994

Developed and implemented peer advocacy program for women with HIV. Wrote training curriculum, trained advocates to lead workshops, conducted outreach, and facilitated support groups for newly-diagnosed women. Designed and led ongoing educational programs for advocates. Developed and implemented peer advocacy program for women with HIV. Wrote training curriculum, trained advocates to lead workshops, conducted outreach, and facilitated support groups for newly-diagnosed women. Designed and led ongoing educational programs for advocates.

Contributing Editor (part-time)

• Jul 1991 - Sep 1993

Staff Writer/Health Editor

• Jun 1988 - Jul 1991

Wrote, edited, and assigned features and columns for national African American news magazine.