Experience in both COAMFTE and CACREP program development, curricula, and teaching.

Integrated teaching approach includes:

• AAMFT (2015) code of ethics, ACA (2014) code of ethics, and NBCC (2023) code of ethics.

• Ethical/legal issues related to trauma, autism, and other forms of neurodivergence

• BDSM, Consensual non-consent (CNC) expert witness (invited) and consultant

 

LEGAL/ETHICS, NEUROANATOMY/TRAUMA MULTI-TERM TEACHING

Teaching Assistant for Dr. Gary Patton, University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY

• Doctoral-level Ethics and Legal Issues in Counselor Education and Supervision

  • Online synchronous

• Summer 2024 A-term

• Summer 2024 B-term

• Spring 2024 A-term

• Spring 2024 B-term

• Fall 2023 A-term

• Fall 2023 B-term

• Summer 2023 A-term

• Summer 2023 B-term

• Spring 2023 A-term

• Spring 2023 B-term

• Fall 2022 A-term

• Fall 2022 B-term

• Summer 2022 A – term

• Summer 2022 B-term

• Spring 2022 B-term

 

Teaching Assistant for Dr. Gary Patton, University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY

• Doctoral-level Neuroanatomy and Behavioral Medicine

  • Online synchronous

• Summer 2024 A-term

• Summer 2024 B-term

• Spring 2024 A-term

• Spring 2024 B-term

• Fall 2023 A-term

• Fall 2023 B-term

• Summer 2023 A-term

• Summer 2023 B-term

• Spring 2023 A-term

• Spring 2023 B-term

• Fall 2022 A-term

• Fall 2022 B-term

• Summer 2022 A – term

• Summer 2022 B-term

• Spring 2022 B-term

 

FALL 2025 (invited)

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, East Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

• Doctoral-level Research Applications

• Doctoral-level Advanced Marriage and Family Seminar

  • In-person, invited

 

Guest Lecturer, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

• Research Methods in Marriage & Family Therapy

  • Online synchronous, invited

 

SUMMER 2025 (invited)

Adjunct Faculty, East Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

• Doctoral-level Research Applications

• Doctoral-level Advanced Marriage and Family Seminar

  • In-person, invited

 

Guest Lecturer, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

• Substance/Chemical Dependency

  • Online, synchronous

 

SPRING 2025

Ad-Interim Professor, East Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

• Doctoral-level Research Methodologies

• ​Doctoral-level Advanced Marriage and Family Seminar

• ​Masters-level Addictions

  • Online asynchronous with synchronous class options

• Masters-level Introduction to Marriage and Family Counseling

  • Online asynchronous with synchronous class options

 

Adjunct Faculty, University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY

• Masters-level Marriage and Family Counseling

• Doctoral and Masters elective, Human Sexuality

  • Online synchronous (MFC) and asynchronous (Human Sexuality) with 6 synchronous options

 

Guest Lecturer, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

• Special Topics

  • Online, synchronous

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FALL 2024

Ad-Interim Professor, East Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

• Doctoral-level Research Methodologies

  • In-person

• Masters-level Basic Skills

  • In-person

• Masters-level Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

  • In-person

• Masters-level Career Counseling

  • Online asynchronous with additional synchronous classes

 

Adjunct Faculty, University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY

• Masters-level Ethics and Legal Issues in Counseling

  • Online synchronous

• Masters-level Marriage and Family Counseling

  • Online synchronous

• Doctoral-level Ethical and Legal Issues in Counselor Education and Supervision, with Dr. Gary Patton

  • Online synchronous

 

SUMMER 2024

Adjunct Professor, Seattle University, Seattle, WA

• Masters-level Consultation and Supervision

  • Online asynchronous with additional live classes

• Masters-level Psychopharmacology

  • Online asynchronous with additional synchronous classes

 

Guest Lecturer Bradley University, Peoria, IL

• Masters-level Ethical/legal considerations: Crisis and sexual trauma

  • Online synchronous

 

SPRING 2024

Guest Lecturer, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL

• Masters-level Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Online, synchronous

 

Adjunct Professor, Seattle University, Seattle, WA

• Masters-level Psychopharmacology

  • Online asynchronous with additional live classes

 

FALL 2023

Adjunct Professor, Seattle University, Seattle, WA

• Masters-level Human Sexuality

  • Online asynchronous with additional live classes

 

Guest Lecturer, University of North Texas, Frisco, TX

• Masters-level Ethical/legal considerations: Crisis and trauma

  • Online synchronous, (invited)

 

Teaching Assistant for Dr. Gary Patton, Ph.D., University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY

• Doctoral-level Advanced Theories

  • Online, synchronous

 

SUMMER 2023

Guest Lecturer, Seattle University, Seattle, WA

• Master-level Adolescent Psychosexual Development

  • Online, asynchronous

 

SPRING 2023

Guest Lecturer, Gonzaga University – Alberta, Canada, Campus

• Relational and sex therapy 101

• Ethics and Legal Considerations: Sexual Violence and Trauma

  • Online, synchronous

 

Guest Lecturer, University of Texas, Tyler, TX

• Masters-level Ethics and School Counseling

  • Online synchronous (invited)

 

FALL 2022

Guest Lecturer, University of North Texas, Frisco, TX

• Masters-level Counseling Adolescents

  • In-person

• Masters-level Addictions Counseling

  • In-person

 

Guest Lecturer, University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY

• Doctoral-level Ethics: Methodologies and Professional Competence

  • Online, synchronous

 

Guest Lecturer, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

• Relational and sex therapy 101

• Ethics and Legal Considerations: Sexual Violence and Trauma

  • Online, synchronous

 

SPRING 2022

Guest Lecturer Gonzaga University – Alberta, Canada, Campus

• Relational and sex therapy 101

• Ethics and Legal Considerations: Sexual Violence and Trauma

  • Online, synchronous

 

Guest Lecturer, Sexual Health Alliance, Problem Sexual Behavior Certification course

• Emotional Regulation

  • Online, asynchronous

 

FALL 2021

Guest Lecturer, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

• Relational and sex therapy 101

• Ethics and Legal Considerations: Sexual Violence and Trauma

  • ​Online, synchronous

 

FALL 2020

Guest Lecturer, East Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas

• Sex therapy 101: Clinical and Ethical Strategies

  • Online, synchronous

 

Guest Lecturer, East Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas

• Narrative Family Therapy

  • In-person

 

K-12 TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Art as Expression - Teacher for children K-12 with specific learning needs for diverse neurotypes.

St. Timothy Christian Academy, Plano, Texas

August 2018 – May 2020

 

High School English Teacher. Desert Heights Preparatory Academy, Glendale, AZ

August 2013 - May 2015.

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Eighth Grade History and English Teacher. Trinity Christian Academy, Lake Worth, FL

August 2006 – May 2008