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Degrees
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LCSW, MSW
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My Expert Service
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I provide individual, couples, family, and group therapy to adolescents and adults in the areas of depression, bipolar disorder, mania, anxiety disorders, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychotic disorders, adjustment disorders, personality disorders, drug and alcohol, dually diagnosed, parenting issues, family issues, childhood issues, child and adolescent development, parenting, trauma, abuse, violence, posttraumatic stress disorder, loss/grief/bereavement, women’s issues, relationship issues, self-esteem issues, self-image issues, eating disorders, dependency, codependency, suicide, self-mutilation, anger management, stress management, time management, life skills, work issues, employee assistance programs (EAP), and case management.
As an African-American woman and a first generation Nigerian-American, I am especially sensitive to cultural issues. My focus in working with clients is to help them gain and maintain control in their lives despite past or present issues, and to deal with those issues appropriately. To this end, I use a variety of theoretical approaches as suits the particular clients that she is working with, including cognitive-behavioral, family systems, structural, psychodynamic, solution-focused, supportive, and strategic.
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Experience & Qualifications
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I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a private practice located in Marianna, FL serving Northwest Florida and Southeast Alabama. I relocated from Philadelphia, PA ini 8/06 after practicing for 7 years and working with a variety of agencies: Resources for Human Development (providing services to employees and their families via their employee assistance program), TACCT (running anger management and other groups), and Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment (as a Senior Admissions Counselor), amongst others. I still work with Resources for Human Development seeing employees and their families in the Florida area. I also work with Senior Psych Solutions dba Salus Behavioral Health providing therapy for nursing home residents and Florida Therapy Services providing therapy to clients with Medicaid insurance..
I received my Bachelor of Arts in Biology in 1994 and Masters in Social Work in 1999, both from the University of Pennsylvania. I was licensed as a social worker in 1999, and was licensed as a clinical social worker in 2003. I received a Certificate in Brief Treatment from Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA. Before I received my Masters, I served as an intake worker and research technician for an outpatient drug and alcohol facility at the University of Pennsylvania. Since receiving my degree, I have worked with several agencies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and its outlying suburbs including the Consortium, Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems, Family Service Association of Bucks County, and WES Health Centers.
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Available Modes Of Communication
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email/chat
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Most Recent Client Reviews (Read all 63 reviews) |
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 by Troubled in Love on Nov 20 2008
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by DaveC on Nov 5 2008
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Excellent help. Strongly recommend.
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by Cherre on Oct 22 2008
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Wonderful advice. Thank you so much.
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 by MaggieMae807 on Aug 14 2008
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I like this person
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by Versianna on Jul 6 2008
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Very helpful I feel so much better then I did earlier.
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Contact
Margaret Andem
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