Honors
Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing

Education
1991       Master of Science, Psychiatric/Mental Health               Nursing, Georgia State University

1985       Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Medical
              College of Georgia

Experience

                            Clinical Nurse Specialist, PACT, ATLANTA, LLC
                            465 Winn Way, Suite 221, Decatur, GA 30030

1.  Psychotherapy for adults and adolescents
2.  Medication management for adults and adolescents
3.  Play therapy for children
4.  3/02-present

3/94-3/02     Clinical Nurse Specialist, Private Practice
                   2150 Peachford Road, Suite B, Atlanta, GA 30338

1. Psychotherapy for adults and adolescents
2. Medication management for adults and adolescents
3. Play therapy for children

8/95-3/01      Clinical Instructor, Psychiatric Nursing,
                    Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

• Provide clinical instruction and evaluation of undergraduate nursing students during their psychiatric clinical rotation at Grady Hospital, Georgia Mental Health Institute and the Veteran’s Hospital

6/94-12/94     Hospital Supervisor/Nurse Psychotherapist
                     Brawner Midtown Psychiatric Institute, Atlanta, GA

• In-house and on-call supervision of a 40 bed psychiatric hospital
• Psychiatric nursing interventions for groups of outpatients recently discharged into the Brawner Gwinnett outpatient program.

11/91-6/94     Clinical Nurse Specialist, Child/Adolescent Psychiatric                      Consultation/Liaison Service Grady Hospital, Atlanta, GA

1. Consultation (evaluation/assessment, diagnosis & recommendations) to children, adolescents & families in both inpatient and outpatient pediatric areas including diabetic and asthma clinics.
2. Consultation & follow-up psychotherapy with pediatric burn clients and their families.
3. On-going psychotherapy for children & their families during the child’s inpatient hospitalization with subsequent outpatient psychotherapy after medical discharge.
4. Crisis Intervention for children & families presenting in the psychiatric emergency clinic.
5. Liaison work with pediatric nursing via staff support groups & inservice education.
6. Consultation & Liaison work with pediatric social services regarding all physical and sexual abuse cases.
7. Orient, supervise, & evaluate psychiatric residents, medical students, & graduate nursing students.
8. Informal crisis intervention, consultation, & referral for nurses & their families. Participant in on-going research projects (see RESEARCH)
9. Attended weekly Pediatric Grand Rounds and monthly Child Psychiatric Grand Rounds & Research Seminar

4/91-1/92     Clinical Nurse Specialist, Grady Hospital, Atlanta, GA
                   Psychiatric Crisis Intervention Team

• Formulated and dictated discharge summaries for psychiatrists
  Psychiatric Extended Treatment, Outpatient Clinic
• Provided individual therapy and medication management to adult clients with chronic mental illness.

Research
          1995           Serzone Medication Study

Investigator in Bristol-Myers Squibb and the International Clinical Research Corporation in determining the effects of Serzone in depressed patients. Atlanta, GA

Case Studies of Children Presenting With a History of Ritualistic Abuse.
Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, p.18-26,
Volume 9, Number 2.

Insurance Panels Not Accepted
Aetna HMO (MBH), Aetna POS (MBH), BCBS HMO (MBH), BCBS POS (MBH), Self-Pay, and Incidence to Care with Dr.Antin