Experience

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  Self-employed

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  Counselor educator
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  Montgomery county maryland public schools

  Aug 1990 - Jan 2001

  Staff development, reading recovery & primary teacher

  Mentored new teachers, and teachers needing improvement with students' educational outcomes; organized faculty training in-services, and demonstrated curriculum based lessons for teachers to observe; taught small groups of children during 90-minute reaching and language arts blocks; served as acting principal when administrator was away from the school; planned and implemented training opportunities for families; developed and maintained open communication with parents; taught and engaged first and second grade children in curriculum-based instruction Show less

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  Zena's child development center, inc.

  Oct 2000 - Sept 2016

  Guided staff through the national accreditation and reaccreditation process as prescribed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC); chaired the center's executive board; facilitated a three-quarter of a million dollar renovation transforming an abandoned building into a facility for almost 60 children; managed an annual 1.5 million dollar budget; secured an annual quarter of a million dollar grant to fund literacy based Pre-K program; worked with accounting and auditing firms to manage and review financial records; collaborated with team to plan and facilitate the 40th anniversary celebration festivities for the center Show less

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Oct 2013 - Sept 2016

  • Executive Director

    Oct 2000 - Oct 2013
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  Vesta, inc.

  Jan 2015 - Jul 2015

  Clinical counseling intern

  Provided individualized counseling for adults living with chronic mental health diagnoses; supported clients de-escalating aggressive behavior; organized and facilitated group counseling for women; completed SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment, and plan) notes utilizing the agency's computer system; and collaborated with client and treatment team members to update client treatment plans

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  Hospice of the chesapeake

  Aug 2015 - May 2016

  Clinical intern

  Facilitated bereavement counseling in individual and group settings; co-facilitated group counseling for widows and widowers; and completed SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment and plan) notes utilizing the organization's computer system

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  Self-employed

  Aug 2017 - now

  • Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Clinical Mental Health Counselor

    Aug 2017 - now
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  Guilford technical community college

  Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  Adjunct instructor

  Taught two child development courses in the NAEYC accredited Early Childhood Education Program; facilitated meaningful instruction through in person and online discussion related to child development; and the implementation of developmentally appropriate strategies with infants and young children; one course was taught face to face and the other was taught via Moodle

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  Authoracare (formerly hospice & palliative care alamance-caswell)

  Feb 2019 - Dec 2019

  Counselor intern

  Facilitated bereavement counseling for individual and groups; co-facilitated weekly bereavement group; assisted in the planning and implementation of the annual spring family retreat; and completed clinal notes via Road Notes computer system

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  Elon first baptist church

  Jun 2019 - now

  Executive pastor

  Assist Senior Pastor in preparing worship and leadership opportunities; provide pastoral care and counseling to parishioners dealing with loss, death, grief, family/marital relationship challenges, illness, and underemployment/unemployment; assist pastor and congregational leadership in providing worship experiences via online platforms

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  North carolina agricultural and technical state university

  Aug 2019 - May 2020

  Worked with the Department of Counseling faculty to provide counseling supervision for master's level students interning in diverse counseling settings throughout the Triad; prepared and implemented lessons on self-care, counseling theoretical orientations and techniques and professionalism; maintained accurate records of student internship hours and evaluated students assignments via Blackboard; observed students' counseling sessions via audio/video and provided feedback to strengthen counseling skills, as well as supported faculty in transforming course delivery from face to face to an online platform Show less

  • Counseling Supervision Intern

    Jan 2020 - May 2020

  • Teaching Intern

    Aug 2019 - May 2020
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  B. lewis counseling & consulting, pllc

  Mar 2020 - now

  Licensed clinical mental health counselor

  Provide individual and group counseling to adults related to anxiety, depression, underemployment, crisis of faith, and loss and grief; deliver face to face counseling with attention to social distancing and wearing masks; and possess a certification in Telehealth Mental Health Counseling to deliver virtual counseling sessions