Renee Arbogast
Kennesaw
Summary
Military and Family Life Counselor providing support to military members and their families on many installations, OCONUS and CONUS over a span of 10 years. Military spouse with personal experience in military culture. Accomplished Therapist with 27 years of experience counseling individuals and families with social, emotional and complex trauma. Comfortable providing briefings to large groups of personnel. A vibrant team member with focus on accurately identifying issues and evaluating best techniques for treatment. Dedicated to offering empathetic services, providing crisis intervention while collaborating with a multi faceted team with respect to federal laws and regulations.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Private Practice Licensed Professional Counselor
Self Employed
02.2000 - Current
- Certified Trauma therapist for clients experiencing PTSD and sexual assault
- Provide individual, family and group therapy to a variety of age groups
- Diagnose and treat a variety of mental health disorders using DSM guidelines
- Provide psychotherapy for court appointed clients
- Facilitate holistic/self-awareness psychotherapy groups
- Maintain a collaborative approach working with local resources including Veteran’s and psychiatric hospitals
- Maintain accurate medical records and billing
- Engage with victims and provide advocacy to those in domestic violent situations
Lead Psychotherapist
Kennesaw Trauma and Addiction Treatment Facility
02.2020 - Current
- Provide psychotherapy and addiction services to both mandated and voluntary patients
- Create treatment plans and engage in on-going consultation with patients and community resources
- Facilitate recovery groups focused on maintaining recovery through positive, holistic and cognitive behavioral therapy modalities
- Engage in weekly staff consultation and provide training and mentoring for counseling interns
- Maintain high quality and ethical documentation, training requirements, and PHI/HIPPA standards
Military and Family Life Counselor (MFLC)
02.2008 - 02.2019
- Provide counseling/consultation to military members and family’s throughout the world
- Experience in OCONUS assignments including CYB (Child Youth Behavioral Military and Family Life Counselor) at Baumholder Germany Army base and Misawa Japan
- Adult rotations include: Weisbaden Germany, Vicenza Italy, and NATO support in Belgium and Germany
- CONUS assignments included both adult and CYB assignments at Fort Riley Army Base, Elmendorf Alaska and McConnel AFB, at Las Vegas Nellis AFB, Las Vegas Creech AFB, Fort Stewart Schools, and White Sands Missile Range
- Educate Military members and their families on various resources available to them
- Handle duty to warn cases professionally, ethically, and efficiently
- Provide warm hand-offs when necessary to appropriate personnel
- Collaborate with chaplains and command staff during crisis situations
- Maintain boundaries in difficult situations
- Provide weekly briefings to as many as300 participants
- Evaluate needs and provide weekly psycho-social and educational presentations
- Engage competently and compassionately with culturally and ethnically diverse populations
Licensed Professional Counselor
Self Employed
02.1995 - 02.2000
- Provided individual and group therapy to families and children in an agency setting
- Designed and implemented anger management curriculum for at risk students/adults
- Collaborated with the Dept of Social Services on foster children and abuse cases
- Maintained accurate and timely documentation, adhering to ethical standards and guidelines for professional practice
- Developed strong rapport with clients, fostering a supportive and safe environment for self-exploration and growth
- Counseled and provided resource to at risk populations
- Advocate for domestic violence clients referring them to shelters and collaborating with legal system
- Provided counseling to adults referred by the courts
- Provided counseling to military veterans and their families
- Supervised therapists in an outpatient setting
- Provided supervision for graduate students for licensure
Education
M.S. - Counseling
University of Nebraska at Omaha
01.1995
B.S. - Biology
Missouri Southern State University
Joplin, Missouri01.1991
Skills
EMDR and ART certified
Trauma Certified
Patient Assessment and Diagnosing
Crisis Intervention
Writing and implementing state policies and procedures
Certification
- Licensed Professional Counselor, Georgia – LPC008033
- Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor Georgia #4136
- Board Certified Life Coach2012, The Institute for Life Coach Training
Accomplishments
- Provided weekly briefings including Welcome home, Pre-Deployment, & FTAC (new recruit) briefings on program requirements ~198 people per month. Provide weekly presentations on communication and stress to~298 people monthly.
- Provided35 weekly direct counseling session resulting in goal oriented outcomes.
- Coined by the NATO Commander (JAPCC) for exceptional service.
- Coined by the Chaplain Commander and Wing Commander for exceptional service during two separate Creech rotations.
- Coined by the USAREC Commander for committed service at the Las Vegas location.
- Consulted with Commanders during notification of fatalities, available as a supportive resource for squadrons, and facilitated presentations to educate on grief stages and tools to handle stressful situations.
- Experienced as a Team Leader in DoDEA schools.
- Provided deployment support groups for210 military children weekly.
- Developed social skills curriculum for elementary and middle school children.
Timeline
Lead Psychotherapist
Kennesaw Trauma and Addiction Treatment Facility
02.2020 - Current
Military and Family Life Counselor (MFLC)
02.2008 - 02.2019
Private Practice Licensed Professional Counselor
Self Employed
02.2000 - Current
Licensed Professional Counselor
Self Employed
02.1995 - 02.2000
B.S. - Biology
Missouri Southern State University
M.S. - Counseling
University of Nebraska at Omaha
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