[RickMartindale]

RICK MARTINDALE
1331 Echo Meadow Lane
Spring Branch, TX 78070
Phone: 830-885-5805; Cell Phone: 210-833-7008
Fax: 830-885-5805
E-mail: martindl@gvtc.com
Objective: Contract position as a licensed professional counselor: individual, couples, family and group therapy. Services provided in client’s home or my office.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
· Licensed Professional Counselor since May 2004
· Over 5 years as an LPC: individuals, couples, groups & families. Experience: ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, ODD, Conduct D/O, Eating D/O, PTSD, Addictions, Anger, Marital conflicts, Parenting, more…
· Over 10 years conducting educational groups on Substance Abuse, Anger Management and Stress Management, & Domestic Violence.
· M.Ed. degree in Counseling; 48 hours perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
· B.A. degree in Psychology, cum laude.
· 41 additional graduate hours toward Master of Divinity Program.
· Completed over 30 foster home studies for child placement agencies.
· Completed over 30 foster/adopt home studies for TDPRS/CPS.
· Completed 40 H.S.E.G.H. studies for TDPRS/CPS
· Over 14 years experience in social services.
· Over 20 years experience in bi-vocational pastoral ministry.
· Over 9 years experience as a licensed therapeutic foster parent.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
· Full-time Counselor: Jewish Family & Children Services in San Antonio from August 2004 through May 2005. I continued providing counseling services at JFCS on a contract basis through December 2007.
· Contract Counselor and Private Practice: Alpha & Omega In-Home Family Counseling providing counseling and conducting substance abuse educational groups for teens, 2003 to present. Private practice as LPC 05-09. Child/Adolescent Caseworker: Over 2 years experience providing clinical services to individuals with mental illness; crisis resolution; intake and social histories/assessments; computerized treatment plans; ongoing interventions; MHMR documentation, parenting courses, and individual counseling.
· Treatment Team Coordinator II/Program Specialist I: Scheduled and conducted case conference staffing and reviews; served as a leader for TTC quality improvement team; provided training and supervision of TTC I at Kerrville State Hospital in Kerrville, TX.
· Instructor/Group Leader: Facilitated prevention of domestic violence groups (Nov. 1998 through December 2004). Also conducted psycho educational groups on anger management and substance abuse for the Image Counseling Center.