1988 to Present
ESKO Counseling & Consulting Services, Inc.
Counselor: Perform evaluations to determine vocational residuals
for workers' compensation clients, personal injury clients, divorce
clients, professional career counseling clients, and Social Security
Disability. Initiate career exploration, development and counseling.
Administer, score and evaluate vocational tests. Coordinate medical
and vocational management. Develop life care plans. Rehabilitation
counseling; catastrophic case management; professional training; and
research development. Provide expert testimony in litigated cases.
Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Diagnose and treat individuals
with mental and nervous disorders. Provide individual, group, relationship
and family counseling. Experienced in the following areas: Anxiety;
depression; grief; marital; self esteem; communication; parenting;
childhood trauma; and work related issues.
1987 to 1988
Nancy Sapp & Associates, Inc.
Rehabilitation Counselor Supervisor: Supervise rehabilitation counselors
in their casework, emphasizing timely reporting, advising regarding
appropriate vocational and medical coordination and application of
workers' compensation law. Train counselors in decision making
skills, goal setting techniques, career development theory, and
how to administer and interpret various tests.
1984 to 1987
Nancy Sapp & Associates, Inc.
Rehabilitation Counselor: Perform initial evaluations to determine
vocational capacities of disabled individuals. Design and initiate
appropriate individual rehabilitation plans; guide groups and individuals
in vocational and career exploration; coordinate services with appropriate
professionals. Administer, score and interpret tests. Serve as an expert
witness in litigated cases.
1983 to 1984
Paul M. Deutsch & Associates, Inc.
Rehabilitation Counselor: Perform evaluations to determine vocational
capacities of individuals. Provide supportive counseling; train clients
in job seeking skills; provide occupational analysis, job development and
selective job placement.
1981 to 1983
Peter Gulden, M.D., Internal Medicine Practice
Case Manager: Responsible for intake interviews, screening patient's
needs, acting as liaison between patient's family and physician, and
coordinating hospital arrangements, financial arrangements, doctor referrals
and visiting nurse and nursing home arrangements.
1982 to 1983
Orlando Regional Medical Center
Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit
Parent Counselor: Four month internship as parent counselor.
Emphasis in Situational Crisis Intervention.
1982 to 1983
Hospice of Central Florida
Counselor: Internship as team member of counselors providing family and
individual counseling done in the home of the terminally ill.
Certified Life Care Planner - University of Florida
A 120 hour post graduate training in life care planning and catastrophic
case management. In-depth focus on tenets & methodology; spinal cord injuries;
multiple disabilities; traumatic brain injury & pediatric brain injury; orthopaedic
and back injuries; chronic pain; amputation; burns; RSD; blindness; myofascial pain
syndrome; carpal tunnel syndrome; and chronic pain.
Management of Burn Injuries - University of Florida
This course addressed the changes in the treatment of burn individuals and the
types of detailed life care plans, rehabilitation plans and vocational interventions
needed.
Head Injury Awareness - Valencia Community College
In-depth study of closed head injury and open head injury and the vocational
implications of both.
Pain Management - Valencia Community College
Chronic pain was contrasted with acute pain. Techniques such as biofeedback,
relaxation training and cognitive - behavioral therapy were addressed.
Spinal Cord Injuries - Horace Sawyer, Ph.D.
This course addressed medical terminology, functional abilities by level of
lesion, future medical and non-medical expenses, rehabilitation planning,
vocational counseling, and range of job alternatives.
Vocational Rehabilitation Evaluations - University of Central Florida
This training involved methods involved in interviewing the individual,
vocationally assessing the individual and reviewing the medical facts.
Skills were learned in developing a realistic plan to return the individual
to his or her maximum vocational potential.
Testing in Rehabilitation - University of Central Florida
Vocational testing using tests of intelligence, achievement, aptitude,
personality, interests and attitudes.
Assessing Vocational Handicaps - University of Central Florida
This training taught how to identify the individual's physical limitations
which directly or indirectly restrict successful completion of a specific task or job.
Identifying Transferable Skills - University of Florida
How to use the Dictionary of Occupational Titles; Guide for Occupational
Exploration; Selected Characteristics of Occupations Defined in the Dictionary
of Occupational Titles; Occupational Outlook Handbook; and the Classification of
Jobs According to Worker Trait Factors in identifying an individual's transferable
skills.
Evaluation of Economic Loss - Valencia Community College
This training taught how to assess an individual's earning capacity and
lost wages.
Catastrophic Life Care Planning - Paul Deutsch, Ph.D.
Intense instruction on life care planning addressing the needs and costs of equipment;
medical care; therapies; home furnishings; architectural renovations; transportation;
drugs/supplies; home care; facility care and vocational interventions.
Employability Skills Training - University of Florida
This training taught how to assist the individual in preparing a resume;
identifying job openings; dressing for an interview; presenting appropriately
to a prospective employer and job interview techniques.
Treatment of Low Back Pain - Darrell Shea, M.D. back strains and the vocational
management and interventions.
This course included acute and chronic back sprains and
Institute for Imago Relationship - Winter Park, Florida
An 88 clock hour instruction and certification program in Imago Relationship Therapy.
Strategies and techniques designed to help couples unlock their painful power struggles
and move towards a safe and passionate relationship.
Pesso System Psychomotor Therapy - Franklin, New Hampshire
Involved in an extensive three year, 324 clock hour training and certification program
in Psychomotor Therapy, and the application of this therapy to groups and individual
counseling. This consists of four weekends and one week a year focused on theory,
supervisions and practice under direct supervision of Al Peso.
Southeast Institute for Group & Family Therapy - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Completed an extensive four year, 240 clock hour training program in Redecision
Therapy and related techniques, and their application to individual, group, marital,
and family therapy. This consisted of six weekends a year focused on theory, supervision,
personal work, and practice under direct supervision.
Southern Institute of Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Indian Rocks Beach, Florida
A 50 clock hour instruction and certification on hour to recognize naturally occurring
trance states, how to induce trance states and how to utilize trance states to ensure
the most efficient recovery of clients. This is utilized for purpose of stress management,
guided imagery, relaxation or self hypnosis.
Dreikurs Relationship Center - Austin, Texas
A 40 clock hour instruction and certification as a parenting instructor. Theory is
based on the Adlerian Approach to parenting skills.
Rehabilitation Training Institute - Orlando, Florida
A 16 clock hour instruction led by Paul M. Deutsch on life care planning for those
injured catastrophically.
