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Penny L. Henry B.A. Marriage and Family Therapy Program 3404 Bon Aire Dr. Monroe, LA. 71203 (318) 362-3003

OBJECTIVE: To work as a family therapist within private practice or within a medical team context, particularly in a cross-cultural context.

EDUCATION

2001 Currently in First Year of Master of Arts degree - Marriage and Family Therapy, University of Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana
1995 Diploma in Counselling, University of the Nations, St. Helens, England
1983 B. A. in Music Therapy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
B. A. in Music Education, University of Kansas

EMPLOYMENT

1998-present Counsellor Trainer, Barnabas Training Consortium
Paisley, Scotland
Responsibilities included: teaching 50 hr. introductory counselling course, delivering basic counselling theory and skills, and co-teaching 150 hr. intermediate counselling course using the Egan model.

1996 - 2001 Director and Counsellor, Caledonia Christian Counselling Centre Paisley, Scotland
Responsibilities included: directing the vision of the centre, overseeing 4 trainee counsellors and administration staff, managing daily operation, partnering with the community, and maintaining a counselling caseload.

1990-2001 Trainer, Pastoral Care Staff, and Leadership Team Member, Youth With A Mission, Scotland
Led training courses and staff development workshops for staff and offered pastoral care to staff and students. Also part of National Leadership Team.

1989-1990 Music Therapist, Duke University Psychiatric Hospital
Durham, North Carolina
Responsibilities included: co-ordinating a music therapy programme for in-patient emotionally disturbed children, adolescents, and adults. Clinical issues benefiting from this therapy included patients diagnosed with depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and dissociative identity disorder.

PRESENTATIONS

1998 - Association of Christian Counsellors National Conference
Derbyshire, England
Led workshop on Music Therapy in Counselling

Other Relevant Training and Clinical Internships

2001 Dysfunctional Families, Rod Smith, MFT
Paisley, Scotland

1999 Art Therapy in the Counselling Centre Barnabas Training
Sussex, England

1998 Post Traumatic Stress De-Briefing,
Michael Wright, British Association of Counselling
Pitlochry, Scotland

1997 Family Dynamics and Counselling children, Kings Communication, Dot and Andy Croall
Aberdeen, Scotland

1995 Bellaire Psychiatric Hospital,
Houston, Texas
Counsellor Intern: Co-counselled in a cognitive-behavioral framework doing groupwork with adolescents and adults diagnosed with addictive disorders, behavioral problems, and depression. Supervison provided by Clinical Psychologists and Licensed Professional Counsellors.

Particular Clinical Interests

The effects of Adoption within Single-Parent Families
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Refugee Families
The use of the Creative Arts Therapies in Family Therapy

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