Hello.
I wanted to take a minute to thank you for visiting my blog. You probably found me at this point after attending MOPs or Empowered Parents at FBC Oviedo. I wanted to give you some more background about where I am going as far as setting up a Christian minded private practice. I would like to provide counseling services in Oviedo. I am following God's direction in my life, and I must say that events are moving currently just about as quickly as I can keep up with them. My first concern each day is to be a good husband and father. I think that is a fitting goal for a counselor, focusing on families. I am also employed at Full Sail University as an Associate Course Director for our Behavioral Science class. In the mean time, I have been responding to a long term burden that God has placed on my heart for a local counseling ministry or private practice in Oviedo. That is the reason I decided to become a counselor in 2004.
I finished graduate school in 2007, after completing an internship down in Kissimmee at Park Place Behavioral Healthcare. The normal thing to do after finishing my internship would have been to leave that job since it was far away, and did not seem to be helping me address the burden that God gave me for counseling in Oviedo. I continued to work down there because God put a great opportunity in front of me. I met Dr. Garrett Griffin.
Dr. Griffin and I started talking because I was recommended to him as a candidate for a job. He needed a therapist at the group home that Park Place was operating. I felt led to bring up church in that conversation (can't remember why) and it turned out that we both went to FBC Oviedo. This was pretty ironic since both of us were working so far away from our homes and both attended the same church two counties to the North. What were the chances of that? 100% when we allow God to direct our paths. I worked for Dr. Griffin for two years at the group home and also for almost two more years in our children's outreach department. He became a mentor and a great buddy. Most of my professional development has occurred while I was working under Dr. Griffin's leadership, guidance and the opportunities that God has brought through him. After I earned my counseling license, I began focusing on my longer term goal of getting a job closer to home. It was very difficult for me to think about moving away from my ideal setting at Park Place and my friends at work. I believe that God led me to stay down there for those years, so I could become a much better therapist, and He wasn't finished with my education yet. The experience I gained as a result of working for Dr. Griffin, and Park Place are fundamental to who I am as a therapist. I was able to remain true to my identity in Christ and to develop as a professional therapist. I was also able to mature personally, while serving in some of the most complicated circumstances the state has to offer in the counseling field.
I know that I have the heart of a teacher, and that God is in charge of the direction of my life, so when the opportunity came about to interview at Full Sail, I jumped on it. I had been interested in Full Sail for many years due to my photography background and the friends that I have who earned their degrees there. So for the last eight months I have been getting myself established in my job, and fulfilling my obligations to get certified in the classes. I am also helping out as we re-write our textbook.
I have also been doing some counseling in the evenings which is helping to get the Christian private practice off the ground. I am getting a few referrals from families and schools in the area. I was also asked to speak for MOPS at FBC Oviedo, which was extremely fun! I have to say it was somewhat strange to be the only guy in the room though. Not to mention the fact that my own mom and my wife were part of the crowd! It's one thing for a guy to tell a bunch of ladies how to be better parents. It's a completely different thing when your own wife and mother are there..awkward! But we had fun. Now I am gearing up for the Empowered Parents meeting. I am praying that I am able to say what the Lord wants me to say, and that people's homes may benefit from the Biblical Foundation for Behavior Management and the Ten Rules for Your Family.
I wanted to take a minute to thank you for visiting my blog. You probably found me at this point after attending MOPs or Empowered Parents at FBC Oviedo. I wanted to give you some more background about where I am going as far as setting up a Christian minded private practice. I would like to provide counseling services in Oviedo. I am following God's direction in my life, and I must say that events are moving currently just about as quickly as I can keep up with them. My first concern each day is to be a good husband and father. I think that is a fitting goal for a counselor, focusing on families. I am also employed at Full Sail University as an Associate Course Director for our Behavioral Science class. In the mean time, I have been responding to a long term burden that God has placed on my heart for a local counseling ministry or private practice in Oviedo. That is the reason I decided to become a counselor in 2004.
I finished graduate school in 2007, after completing an internship down in Kissimmee at Park Place Behavioral Healthcare. The normal thing to do after finishing my internship would have been to leave that job since it was far away, and did not seem to be helping me address the burden that God gave me for counseling in Oviedo. I continued to work down there because God put a great opportunity in front of me. I met Dr. Garrett Griffin.
Dr. Griffin and I started talking because I was recommended to him as a candidate for a job. He needed a therapist at the group home that Park Place was operating. I felt led to bring up church in that conversation (can't remember why) and it turned out that we both went to FBC Oviedo. This was pretty ironic since both of us were working so far away from our homes and both attended the same church two counties to the North. What were the chances of that? 100% when we allow God to direct our paths. I worked for Dr. Griffin for two years at the group home and also for almost two more years in our children's outreach department. He became a mentor and a great buddy. Most of my professional development has occurred while I was working under Dr. Griffin's leadership, guidance and the opportunities that God has brought through him. After I earned my counseling license, I began focusing on my longer term goal of getting a job closer to home. It was very difficult for me to think about moving away from my ideal setting at Park Place and my friends at work. I believe that God led me to stay down there for those years, so I could become a much better therapist, and He wasn't finished with my education yet. The experience I gained as a result of working for Dr. Griffin, and Park Place are fundamental to who I am as a therapist. I was able to remain true to my identity in Christ and to develop as a professional therapist. I was also able to mature personally, while serving in some of the most complicated circumstances the state has to offer in the counseling field.
I know that I have the heart of a teacher, and that God is in charge of the direction of my life, so when the opportunity came about to interview at Full Sail, I jumped on it. I had been interested in Full Sail for many years due to my photography background and the friends that I have who earned their degrees there. So for the last eight months I have been getting myself established in my job, and fulfilling my obligations to get certified in the classes. I am also helping out as we re-write our textbook.
I have also been doing some counseling in the evenings which is helping to get the Christian private practice off the ground. I am getting a few referrals from families and schools in the area. I was also asked to speak for MOPS at FBC Oviedo, which was extremely fun! I have to say it was somewhat strange to be the only guy in the room though. Not to mention the fact that my own mom and my wife were part of the crowd! It's one thing for a guy to tell a bunch of ladies how to be better parents. It's a completely different thing when your own wife and mother are there..awkward! But we had fun. Now I am gearing up for the Empowered Parents meeting. I am praying that I am able to say what the Lord wants me to say, and that people's homes may benefit from the Biblical Foundation for Behavior Management and the Ten Rules for Your Family.