Floyd worked for Seattle-King County Public Health (the Health Department)
from 1986 until retiring in June 2003. He has
provided individual and group counseling in county owned and operated inpatient and outpatient treatment
programs, working with adults with complex problems and disabilities. His duties have included doing alcohol/drug abuse assessments, facilitating process groups, and
giving lectures to large groups.
He specialized for five years as a Dual-Diagnosis (MICA) Counselor working with clients who had both a major mental health diagnosis and a chemically dependency diagnosis.
In aftercare planning he coordinated 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 needed by clients. In the process, he developed a variety of questionnaires, forms, and handouts for use in diagnosing, teaching and counseling clients.
He maintained a small private practice in Bellevue, Washington
from 1994 to June 2005.
Floyd was born and
raised in the small village of Elm Creek Nebraska (population
850), the son of the pharmacist/drug store owner father and a
bookkeeper mother. Floyd is the proud father of two grown children (a boy
and a girl) who are both married and live and work here in
Washington State.
In his past life (before becoming a counselor) Floyd worked as director of a non-profit program, as a bank branch operations manager, 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 many educational undertakings, he has also worked as a nursing unit clerk in hospitals, as a
professional resume writer for a career development firm, truck
driver, and many other types of work. He now works out of
an office in his home, and enjoys reading mysteries and working
in the garden (as weather permits).
Floyd experienced a
stroke on May 16, 2010, and has successfully recovered except
for some "word retrieval" problems when speaking and writing.
He has the benefit of a stable 20-year relationship with a very
intelligent and talented woman who devotes much of her
life to healthy gourmet cooking and to churning out beautiful
quilts she donates to Project Linus to be given to
children in hospitals. Floyd does the family laundry and
advises, "Establish priorities in your life--throw out any clothing that isn't wash and wear and
guaranteed winkle free/ no iron. Leave time for a good
book."
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