Tawanda Scales, LMFT

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist / Mental Health Systems Navigator / Parenting Coach / Experienced Professional Trainer / Suicide Prevention Trainer

  • Education

    • Trevecca nazarene university

      2007 - 2009
      Master's degree marriage and family therapy/counseling
    • Middle tennessee state university (mtsu)

      1996 - 2000
      Bachelor of science (b.s.) criminal justice/law enforcement administration

      Activities and Societies: Black Student Fellowship, (BSU)

  • Experience

    • Board of probation and parole

      Sept 2010 - Dec 2011
      Probation officer 2/sex offender unit (psu)

      Supervise Violent and Sexual Offenders on State Probation residing in Davidson County.

    • Youth villages

      Dec 2011 - Aug 2012
      Family therapist

      Provide Multi-systemic Therapy for families with teenagers with challenging behaviors and co-occurring disorders/diagnoses.

    • Omnivisions, inc

      Oct 2012 - Feb 2013
      Residential counselor

      Provide individual, family, and group therapy for teenage boys with delinquent charges in residential treatment facility.

    • Vanderbilt psychiatric hospital

      Nov 2012 - Dec 2013
      Mental health specialist

      Provide support to patients in inpatient facility. Conduct individual and group sessions as needed or assigned,

    • Spectrum behavioral health

      Jul 2013 - Dec 2013
      Substance abuse counselor

      Lead counseling groups in the Therapeutic Community to support women in their desire to live in recovery.

    • Tennessee suicide prevention network

      Nov 2013 - Jul 2014
      Suicide prevention trainer/postvention specialist

      Conduct QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) trainings throughout the State equipping participants with the skills to identify the warning signs and risk facts or a person at risk for a suicide crisis as well as how and when to intervene. Provide debriefing and grief counseling when there has been a suicide of an Adolescent.

    • Faithbridge foster care

      Nov 2014 - Dec 2015
      Home study consultant

      Investigate potential Resource Parents with the interest of providing a loving, stable, Christ-Centered home life for children with the goal of reunifying with Birth Family and/or matching with children that are ready for adoption.

    • The princeton review

      Jan 2015 - Sept 2015
      Early edge instructor/act prep instructor
    • Georgia department of behavioral health and developmental disabilities

      Dec 2015 - Feb 2022
      Cyf regional program specialist

      Support Families of Youth and Emerging Adults access and maintain appropriate mental health and crisis stabilization services.

    • Mocha chat club

      Apr 2018 - now
      Certified life coach

      Facilitate life skill training and coaching in an atmosphere of acceptance and encouragement. Together we grow further!

    • Progressive care associates, inc.

      Mar 2020 - Feb 2022
      Licensed marriage and family therapist
    • Anthem, inc.

      Aug 2020 - Apr 2022
      Special programs case manager i
    • Georgia department of behavioral health and developmental disabilities

      Apr 2022 - now
      Assistant director of field operations - dd services
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Clinical fellow

      American association for marriage & therapy inc
      Mar 2020
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