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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
** Licensed Mental Health Counselor (#1857), State of Washington
** National Certified Counselor (#26431), National Board for Certified Counselors
** Master of Addiction Counselor (#26431), a specialty certification by National Board for Certified Counselors
** Five years of teaching experience, including three years in junior high special education and two years teaching adults in a proprietary vocational school.
** Twenty years of experience as a professional counselor (now retired).
** Webmaster of CounselingSeattle.com from 1999 to present.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts Degree in Counselor Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, with a major in substance abuse counseling.
Bachelor of Science in Education Degree, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, with a major in Social Studies and a minor in English.
Associate of Arts Degree , Business Technology and Real Estate, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington.
HOBBIES
Reading detective novels, working in the garden, and learning how to design and publish web sites.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Mental Health Counselors Association
American Counseling Association
Washington Mental Health Counselors Association
Washington Counseling Association
Seattle Counselors Association
EXPERIENCE
1999 to Present: Owner and Webmaster:
Continuing to work with Washington State counseling issues as webmaster of the best counselor locator website serving Washington State, and hosting web visitors from around the United States and 128 foreign countries.
August 1994 to May 2005 Retirement--Mental Health Counselor in Private Practice, Bellevue, Washington
Duties: Floyd provided counseling and general psychotherapy services for adults. He used a variety of techniques--Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Reality Therapy, guided imagery--in the treatment of worry, anxiety and panic disorders, stress, anger, depression, chemical dependency recovery, grief and loss, and family of origin issues. He worked with clients on a variety of issues including personal development and skill building in career, courtship, healthy relationships and concerns about personal identity and self-confidence. [No couples counseling.]
May 1986 to June 1, 2003 Retirement--Chemical Dependency Counselor,
King County Public Health, Seattle--King County: a King County Regional Justice Center (1 year) , North Rehabilitation Facility (3 years), and Cedar Hills Addictions Treatment Facility (13 years)Duties: Provided individual and group counseling in county owned and operated inpatient and outpatient treatment programs. Worked with adults with complex problems and disabilities. Completing alcohol/drug abuse assessments. Lecturing to groups and facilitating process groups. Five years experience as a Dual-Diagnosis (MICA) Counselor working with clients who have both a major mental health diagnosis and a chemically dependency diagnosis. Coordinating aftercare referrals for mental health case management, medication monitoring, continuing chemical dependency treatment, vocational counseling, job placement services, legal services, clean and sober transitional housing, and other services as needed by clients. Developed a variety of questionnaires, forms, and handouts for use in diagnosing, teaching and counseling clients. Retired June 1, 2003.
In his past life (before becoming a counselor) Floyd has worked as director of a non-profit program, as a branch operations manager in a commercial bank, as an industrial engineer-schedule planner in aerospace, as a junior high school special education teacher, and as a US Army legal clerk.
At various times in support of his undergraduate and graduate education, he has worked as a nursing unit clerk in hospitals, as a professional resume writer for a career development firm and many other types of work.
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