Brief Vita

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Brenda C. Rambo, Ed. D.
Psychologist/Health Service Provider
Rambo & Associates, PLLC

EDUCATION

Doctorate, Human Development Counseling, (Ed. D.)
Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

WORK EXPERIENCE

Private Practice

Psychologist

Rambo & Associates, PLLC. Responsibilities include: Full range of psychological services including therapy with a general population of clients ranging from children to the elderly. Types of therapy include: individual, marriage and family counseling, and career counseling. Coaching services include: Career Transition, Performance/Personal Growth and Development, and LifeStyle Coaching. Pre-employment psychological evaluations are conducted for 33 police, sheriff, and fire departments in a computerized Law Enforcement Testing Center. Fit-for-duty and SWAT/SORT evaluations are also conducted. Reclaiming Your Health, health and wellness program, offered to clients who desire to improve their overall health and to assist clients with weight loss, healthy eating, moderate exercise, and accountability. Program offered in conjunction with physician oversight. Reclaiming Your Health workshops are also available to clients, corporations, and churches. Healthy Cooking Classes are offered in conjunction with the Reclaiming Your Health program. Training, workshops, and retreats are developed upon request.

University Professor

Assistant Professor

Psychology Department—Professional Counseling Faculty

Responsibilities included teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Department of Psychology; advising graduate students; serving on department committees; conducting research; membership in professional organizations; and community service. Courses taught: Undergraduate Developmental Psychology, and Psychology of Women; Graduate courses included: Foundations of School Counseling Services, Organization and Administration of School Counseling Programs, Developmental Life Span, Pre-Practicum, and Career Counseling.

Appointment and Recognition include: Chosen to attend Oxford Round Table at the University of Oxford in England in spring of 2006 to discuss women’s issues. Appointed by Dean of College of Education and Behavioral Science to be Faculty Mentor, including training faculty to become mentors, as well as working with faculty who were seeking growth and professional development.

Community Mental Health

Senior Psychologist

Responsibilities included: Full range of psychological services in a community mental health setting including therapy with a general population of patients ranging from children to the elderly. Provided Department of Human Services with evaluations of physically and sexually abused children in a five-county area, as well as court testimony. Extensive psychological evaluations including police and firefighter certification, Social Security disability, Medicaid, and Vocational Rehabilitation determinations, and nursing home evaluations. Provided the Department of Human Services with evaluations of physically and sexually abused children.

Presentations

Professional Presentations included the following topics:

Level III Police Sniper Course: Leadership, Training, and Utilization—Presenter September 9, 2009. Topic: Psychological Aspects of Selection of Police Specialty Assignments.

Power of Online Instruction in Counselor Education: The Hybrid Connection.

Course Design that Facilitates Best Practices in College Teaching
Utilizing Active Learning and Collaboration, Technology, and Creativity.

Oxford Round Table, Oxford University, Oxford, England. Women’s
Rights and the Identification of Factors that Create and Perpetuate Gender Inequality,
March 14-19, 2006.

Online Learning, Ready or Not Here I Come: Starting at Square One. Presented at Regional Instructional Technology Conference, with Brenda Kerr.

Presenter in Melbourne, Australia on the Principles of Theotherapy
Sponsored by Theotherapy Seminars, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.

 

Associations

American Psychological Association (APA)

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)—Police Psychological Services
Section

Tennessee Psychological Association (TPA)