Ms. Simpson is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). She earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Applied Psychology/Counseling from the University of Baltimore. She earned additional credits and sat for the licensure board exam for LCPCs, earning her license in 2001.

Prior to that she had developed and taught the Sexual Abuse Prevention course for the Archdiocese of Baltimore for eight years; she has worked for Calvert, Cecil, Charles, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s Counties, conducting over two hundred Custody Evaluations. She had over twenty Parent Coordinator cases referred in the past two years and has been working with a number of organizations in developing the new Collaborative Divorce processes.

She is a member of:
The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
The National Parenting Coordination Association
Maryland Collaborative Professional Council, Inc
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

For more complete details, review the Vitae below.

Patricia J. Simpson, MS., LCPC
P.O. Box 307
Chesapeake Beach, Maryland 20732
410-535-4868 (v)
410-535-4868 (f)
pat.simpson@simpsondivorcecoach.com

EDUCATION: University of Baltimore, Maryland: Community College of Baltimore County, Maryland: ACCREDITATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE: PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Private Practice: Maryland Family Courts Mental Health Resources incorporated in 2003; serving the Family Courts of Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, Anne Arundel, Prince George’s, and Howard Counties: Collaborative Divorce, divorce coaching; Parenting Coordination, Parenting Communication Counseling, parent education, therapeutic reunification, and home studies.

Cecil County Circuit Court, 10/02 to 5/04: Contractual Court evaluator. Conducted custody evaluations and assessments: diagnosis of mental illness, dysfunctional families, and substance abuse. Communication and consultation with the public, legal, education, medical and mental health professionals. Provided expert testimony and writing detailed reports for Court files.

Psychiatric Child Therapist for Johns Hopkins Hospital Children’s Mental Health Center, 8/02 to 12/02: Provided and clinical psychotherapy to children from age four to eighteen. Collaborative services with a team of therapists and psychiatrists. Psychotherapeutic and parent education support services for low income and at risk families.

Custody Evaluator for the Montgomery County Circuit Court, Maryland, 5/99 to 7/02: Conducted custody and adoption evaluations: Interviewing parents, children, medical and mental health professionals. Providing expert testimony and writing detailed reports for Court files. Teaching separated and divorced parents about the impact of divorce and separation on children, anger management and co-parenting skills.

Coordinator of Mental Health Resources for the Montgomery County Department of Child Welfare 11/96 to 9/99: Assisted sexually abused children and their parents with referrals to appropriate mental health treatment. Assisted the CPS child sexual abuse investigation team by diagnosing trauma and providing crisis counseling to victims and their families.

Supervised Visitation Facilitator for the Family Court Services, Harford County Circuit Court, Maryland 11/96 to 9/99: Direct therapeutic and parent education to Court ordered custody/visitation cases. Facilitating supervised visitation and reporting to the Court via testimony and written reports.

Parent Advocate for the Harford County Department of Social Services, Child Advocacy Center, 3/98 to 8/98: Provided therapeutic support and counseling for parents of sexually abused children immediately after the disclosure and arrest of the familial abuser; to assist the parent victim to cope with the trauma, depression, and life adjustments immediately after the abuser’s arrest and post trial period. The Parent Advocate was a member of the Advocate Team (CPS/States’ Attorney/State Police/Child Advocate).

Intern counselor, individual and co-facilitator for the Harford County Court Ordered Sex Offender’s Group, Carol Deel and Associates, 1/97 to 6/97: Group therapy observation of sex offender’s group with sixteen convicted sex offenders ordered to therapy by the Harford County District Court.

Parent and adolescent counselor, Maryland National Guard’s About Face Program, 1/96 to 6/96: Writing a successful proposal for a $200,000.00 Federal Grant for an inner city adolescent program designed to build self-esteem and social skills. Parent/adolescent educator and counselor.

Coordinator of the Child Safe Program, The Catholic Charities of Baltimore, 7/87 to 10/95: Wrote, developed, and taught child abuse prevention education for 65 private elementary, middle and high schools, as well as training for seminaries, shelters, and Catholic community services. Two years of intensive child abuse prevention education for severely abused children at the St. Vincent’s Residential Treatment Center for Abused Children. Networking and collaborating with state and national child abuse organizations and programs. Lectured at conferences and served as a member of the Governor’s Conference on Child Abuse Committee. Crisis counseling and support for individuals and groups regarding priests and school personnel who sexually abused children.

Facilitator for the Inter-Agency Child Abuse and Neglect Procedures Committee, 9/88 to 3/91: Providing child sexual abuse prevention education to parents and educators in private schools in Central Maryland.

Training and research assistant for the Essex Community College Preschool Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program, 6/87 to 6/91: Conducted research using preschool children and the one of the first child sexual abuse prevention education programs in the country. Assisted with training of preschool teachers and parents.

Addictions counselor, Helping Alcoholics Recover Today, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland, 5/87 to 10/90: Substance abuse counselor for individuals experiencing problems with and addictions to alcohol and drugs.

Baltimore County Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Center from 9/86 to 10/87: Intern and Manager of 24 Hour Domestic Violence/Rape Hotline. Crisis and short term counseling for individuals experiencing trauma related to sexual assault and domestic violence.

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