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University of Louisiana at Monroe Marriage and Family Therapy Center 3404 Bon Aire Dr. Monroe, LA. 71209 (318) 342-8197 |
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University of Louisiana at Monroe Marriage and Family Therapy Center 3404 Bon Aire Dr. Monroe, LA. 71209 (318) 342-8197 |
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Family Therapy Nova Southeastern University Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 09/99
M.S., Counseling Psychology Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio, TX, 05/93
B.A., Psychology St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX, 12/88
LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (FL #0001631) AAMFT CLINICAL MEMBER
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (FL #0004439) AAMFT APPROVED SUPERVISOR
CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor, Marriage and Family Therapy, 8/20/01-Present
Department of Instructional Leadership and Counseling
College of Education
The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA
Teach courses in the field of Marriage & Family Therapy and provide clinical supervision of Master's and Doctoral level Marriage & Family Therapy students. Guide and advise students on qualitative dissertations and research projects.
EXPERIENCE
Peace Corps 09/99-04/01
Peace Corps Volunteer, Girls' Education & Empowerment Project Togo, West Africa.
· Taught (in French) a course on the role of women and girls in Togolese society, focusing on topics such as human rights, love and marriage, and health and the environment.
· Concentrated on making the material relevant for the community by using action research methods and by documenting my experience as I lived in the culture.
· Highlights of my service included a visit by the U.S. Ambassador to Togo (January, 2001).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Nova Southeastern University, Dept. of Family Therapy 04/97--07/97
Teaching Assistant: Assessment in Marriage and Family Therapy Ft. Lauderdale, FL
· Responsible for giving weekly lectures on topics such as:
- appraisal and assessment in Marriage and Family Therapy,
- post-modern and traditional views of the individual, and
- interacting with the judicial system (such as in assessments, custody evaluations, and giving legal testimony).Nova Southeastern University, Dept. of Family Therapy 01/96-04/96
Teaching Assistant: Data Gathering Ft. Lauderdale, FL
· Co-taught, with Dr. Shelley Green, this doctoral level course on qualitative research methods of data gathering.
· Specific lectures included open-ended interviewing techniques, participant observation skills and organization of process and raw data notes.Nova Southeastern University, Dept. of Family Therapy 03/95-05/95
Teaching Assistant: Family Therapy II Ft. Lauderdale, FL
· Assisted Dr. Anne Rambo by doing small group exercises with the students in this Master's level course.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Nova Southeastern University, Dept. of Family Therapy 08/96-08/99
Dissertation Research Study
"A Disarming Conversation: Creating Critical Incident Change in a Crisis Negotiation"
· Analyzed, with the cooperation of supervisory special agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Crisis Management Unit in Quantico, Virginia, how law enforcement officers resolved a high school hostage incident through an 8-hour discourse with the hostage taker.
· Used Naturalistic Inquiry and qualitative methods of Ethnography, Interpersonal Process Recall, and Discourse Analysis, to gain a comprehensive understanding of how negotiators initiated, developed, and maintained a dialogue that resulted in a peaceful resolution to the incident.Nova Southeastern University, Dept. of Family Therapy
Institute for the Study of Complex Systems 09/95-10/95
Research Assistant Miami, FL
· Conducted ethnographic research (including participant observation, systematic and open-ended interviewing) on the satisfaction of HIV/AIDS clients with social services rendered as a result of their diagnosis.Nova Southeastern University, Dept. of Family Therapy 02/95-05/95
Ethnographic Researcher, Medical Examiner's Office
· Spent several months studying the routine, everyday life of employees at a county medical examiner's office.
· Conducted participant observation and in-depth interviewing of investigators whose job it is to determine the cause and manner of a death.
· Final analysis crystallized participant's specialized interviewing skills with families faced with a loved one's unexpected death.
SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE
Nova Southeastern University, Family Therapy Associates 11/97-06/98
AAMFT Supervisor-in-Training Ft. Lauderdale, FL
· Supervised a group of Marriage and Family Therapy graduate students in a weekly practicum at this setting.Nova Southeastern University, Family Therapy Associates 08/97-12/97
Teaching Assistant, Doctoral Supervision Practicum Ft. Lauderdale, FL
· Co-supervised, with Dr. Douglas Flemons, a Clinical Practicum IV, for doctoral students in the Family Therapy program.Fifth Street Counseling Center, Inc. 05/97-12/97
Supervisor-in-Training Ft. Lauderdale, FL
· Provided live and videotape supervision for Marriage and Family Therapy master's level students.
CLINICAL POSITIONS
Nova Southeastern University Community Mental Health Center 12/97-09/98
Family Therapy Crisis Clinician Ft. Lauderdale, FL
· Provided crisis assessment and intervention to clients as well as supervision and consultation to graduate student therapists.
· Worked closely with the psychiatrists at the clinic in order to provide appropriate services to clients, such as individual, family and marital therapy, in addition to crisis intervention.Fifth Street Counseling Center, Inc. 04/96-09/97
Marriage & Family Therapist Ft. Lauderdale, FL
· Offered individual, couple, and family therapy as a clinical associate at this private practice.
· Administered a domestic violence treatment program for women referred by the court as perpetrators of domestic violence.Intensive Crisis Counseling Program (ICCP) 08/93-07/94
Family Therapy Associates, Nova Southeastern University Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Crisis Counselor/Family Therapist
· Provided family therapy and crisis intervention using brief therapy methods.
· Worked with families whose children were in imminent danger of being placed outside the home by Child Protective Services.
Family Service Association 02/92-07/93
Family Therapist, Family Effectiveness Training (FET) Program San Antonio, TX
· Provided brief, home-based family therapy to clients identified by Child Protective Services as being at risk for abuse and/or neglect.
· Regularly coordinated services with various professionals in the community.Marriage and Family Institute of San Antonio & Visitation House 06/92-05/93
Family Therapist San Antonio, TX
· Provided individual, couple and family therapy to private clients.
· Volunteered counseling services at Visitation House, a temporary home for women and children.
Community Counseling Service, Our Lady of the Lake University 06/91-05/93
Family Therapist San Antonio, TX
· Worked with a variety of clients utilizing a brief therapy team model.
· Routinely utilized one-way mirrors, audio and video equipment, and reflecting teams while practicing therapy.
PUBLICATIONS
Charlés, Laurie L. (1999). Patterns of Systemic Interviewing in the Investigation of a Death: Using Systemic Family Therapy Concepts to Illustrate how Death Investigators Approach Families in the Aftermath of an Unexpected Death. Families, Systems & Health, 17 (3), 309-321.Shilts, L., Rambo, A., & Hernandez, Laurie L. (1997). Clients Helping Therapists Find Solutions to their Therapy. Contemporary Family Therapy, 19 (1), 117-132.
Hernandez, Laurie L. (1996). In Search of a Dissertation Committee: Using a Qualitative Approach to Study a Lived Experience. The Qualitative Report, 2 (4). [http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR2-4/hernandez.html]
JURIED PRESENTATIONS
October 20, 2001, "The Value of Systemic Therapy in a Hostage Crisis," Presenter, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy's (AAMFT) Annual Conference in Nashville, TN.
May 23, 1998. Presenter, "The Art of Interviewing: Using Systemic Skills in Qualitative Research," presented at the Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (FAMFT) Annual Conference in Orlando, FL.
January 10, 1998. Presenter, "On the Transformation of Interviewing Style," presented at the Qualitative Research in Education Conference at the University of Georgia. The short paper presentation was on how my systemic training as a family therapist influenced my interviewing style as a qualitative researcher.
December 8, 1996. Co-Presenter, "How to Improve Your Qualitative Research," presented at the Eleventh Annual Primary Care Research Methods & Statistics Conference, San Antonio, TX.
May 19, 1996. Co-Presenter, "Collaborating with Larger Systems in Home Based Family Therapy," presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (FAMFT), Miami Beach, FL.
February 2 1996. Co-Presenter, "Family Therapy from the Home Base," presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT) in Austin.
February 2, 1996. Co-Presenter, "Talking Back to the Mirror: Client Informed Family Therapy," presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT), Austin, TX.
November 4, 1995. Co-Presenter, "Resolving Conflict with Post-Divorce Families," presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Baltimore, MD.
May 2, 1995. Presenter, "Family Therapy from the Home Base," presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (FAMFT), Tampa, FL.
January 30, 1992. Associate Presenter, "The Stop-and-Go World of Patricia: A Case by Monte Bobele," presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT), San Antonio, TX.
February 14, 1993. Presenter, "Maintaining Long Distance Relationships While Serving in the Military," presented to 200 basic trainees at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services 06/89-08/91
Child Protective Services Specialist II San Antonio, TX
· Performed casework pertinent to the investigation of referrals regarding child abuse and neglect.
· Conducted extensive family and collateral interviews.
· Prepared legal documents and regularly gave court testimony.
· Coordinated resource services for families.
· Employee of the Quarter (May-June, 1990).
Charter Real Hospital 04/88-06/89
Intake Coordinator San Antonio, TX
· Processed telephone and walk-in inquiries to the hospital by screening and interviewing potential clients, coordinating assessments and referrals, and admitting clients to the hospital.
· Maintained an outcome analysis of potential and former clients.The Alamo 01/86-07/86
Tour Guide San Antonio, TX
· Responsible for giving hourly lectures and tours to visitors at The Shrine of Texas Liberty during this year of the Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES French (fluent), Spanish (partial fluency)
This is a photo of me with all the authorities of my villiage in West
Africa (Djon-Kotora, Togo). It was taken on my last day of service
in the Peace Corps, in front of the home of the villiage chief,
March 2001.
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