January 1997 to December 2000 – Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, Lyons View Drive, Knoxville, TN 865-584-1561 – Individual and Family Therapy, Psychosocial Assessments and discharge planning with severely and persistently mentally ill patients. Specialties included working with geriatric patients who were diagnosed with polydipsia, chronic personality disorders, acute and chronic depression and anxiety
August 1996 – August 2000 – Adjunct Professor at Pellissippi State College, Knoxville, TN 865-694-6400 , courses taught- social work, social welfare and beginning psychology. Dept. Head: Margaret Choka PhD
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Appointed clinical member to Lakeshore Mental Health Ethics Committee by Dr. Robert Demeres
ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Attended :
CEU’s are current. Conferences and workshops include: Social Styles Management Strategies; Family and Individual Therapy , Domestic Violence, Multigenerational Abuse, Suicide Prevention, Short-Term/Brief Therapy Approaches, Solution-Focused Therapies, Mindfulness and Meditation Techniques; Ethics, Aids, Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Approaches, OCD, Couples Therapy, Guided Imagery and Hypnotherapy, Integrating Spirituality into the Therapeutic Environment, Mind, Body, Spirit Integration, Substance Abuse, Grief Counseling, Mindfulness
PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS and RETREATS FACILITATED by Angie Bowen FOR Clients & Staff:
Social Skills Workshops for Teens and Adults
Day and Weekend Retreats for Women and Couples
Cessation of Smoking Hypnosis Support Groups
Integrity VS Despair in the “Golden Years” (TN Chapter POW’S)
Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions
Inegrating CBT & Emotional Intelligence Theory
PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS Angie FACILITATED FOR PROFESSIONAL PEERS:
Cognitive-Behavioral Workshops for the National Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists (NACBT)
Cognitive-Behavioral Workshops for the University of Tennessee’s Continuing Education Department
Teaching Your Clients how to develop and maintain Social Skills (Workshop for TN Chapter NASW)
Brain, Mind & Behavior (Workshop for NW FL Chapter NASW Clinical Dinner Group in Destin, FL)
HONORS, AWARDS, ACTIVITIES
Scholarship Recipient – Mid-East Society of Health Care Social Workers;
Scholarship Recipient – Nancy Stanley Award and Lib & Tutt Bradford Awards
Chairman-Professional Development Committee for Student Social Workers;
Advanced Standing Student-Graduate MSSW Program-University of TN-Knoxville
Led Community-wide coalition project on homelessness, Knox County, TN, Roger Nooe, PhD, Supv.
Selection to Who’s Who in American Colleges
Appointment to Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital's Ethics Committee
Outstanding Student of the Year and Student Representative to the Advisory Board-MSSW Program
Professional Memberships: AACC, NASW, NAPW, ECMHA, NACBT
References Available Upon Request