Christine Elizabeth Buckingham, LCPC, NCC, CACS, MA

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1 Christine Elizabeth Buckingham, LCPC, NCC, CACS, MA Professional Summary Founder, Developer, Leader, Administrator of counseling related ministries, programs, and businesses Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor working with individuals and couples Supervisor and trainer of professional counselors and interns Speaker on mental health issues and on integration of faith and practice in counseling Objective To obtain a position as assistant professor in counselor education and supervision program in a CACREP approved university teaching, training, supervising, and mentoring counselors. Education Currently enrolled in the Doctor of Philosophy Program in Counselor Education and Supervision, CACREP accredited program Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA Anticipated graduation December, Master of Arts in Human Services Counseling, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA - DC Campus Post-Master s Certificate in Advanced Counseling Studies, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA - DC Campus Undergraduate studies, Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, NJ PROFESSIONAL LICENSES/CERTIFICATION Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the State of Maryland - License Number LC1984, provisional license effective 2003, full licensure effective National Certified Counselor, National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc., Certificate Number 87460, effective Critical Incident Stress Management CISM Certification by the American Association of Christian Counselors, Arlington, VA, CURRENT PROFESSIONAL TITLE AND DUTIES Executive Director for Life Christian Counseling Network, LLC. Direct the practice s 16 counseling sites in the DC Metro region, in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Virginia Beach. Teach, mentor, supervise, and advise staff of 25 professional counselors; provide individual and group clinical supervision for Master s level counselors and interns. Maintain a personal case load of fifty adolescents, individuals, couples, families. Practice founded in Speaker on spiritual integration and mental health issues Writer on spiritual integration and mental health issues, LCCN monthly e-newsletter Small Group Leader for New Life Ministries. Travel throughout the United States with New Life s three-day intensive workshops, leading intensive psychotherapeutic process groups for women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse and/or neglect, sexual abuse and/or sexual assault. Also lead psychotherapeutic process groups for individuals with eating disorders through present.

2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Founder and Counselor, C. E. Buckingham, Inc. Private practice in Southern Maryland, Counselor, Safe Harbor Christian Counseling, Provided counseling services to adolescents, adults, individuals and couples. Intern, State of Maryland Dept. of Mental Health & Hygiene, Charles County Department of Mental Health. Counseled individuals diagnosed with Axis I & II diagnoses and dual diagnoses and AIDS patients; developed and led anger management course for individuals mandated to attend by the court; developed and co-led co-dependency group for women with Axis II diagnoses, Practicum intern, Ft. Belvoir Army Base, VA, Chaplain s Family Life Training Center. Counseled individuals and couples. Summer Practicum intern, Center For Mental Health, Inc., Washington, DC. Co-led music therapy group and a psycho-educational group and a process group for women with dual diagnoses. Summer President, Parent-Teacher-Student Fellowship (PTA-type organization) of Grace Brethren Christian School, Member, Strategic Planning Committee for Grace Brethren Christian School, 1999 Member of 5-person Steering Committee, South Potomac Church, White Plains, MD which was replaced by Elder board after two years. Church plant team member, South Potomac Church, White Plains, MD. Willow Creek model church plant that grew to 800 members in first 8 years. Executive Director, South Potomac Alternative Educational Resource (SPEAR), Executive Board member, South Potomac Alternative Educational Resource (SPEAR), Member, Piscataway Maryland Historical Preservation Group. Ten member appointed group tasked with year-long review of development plan for the Piscataway, MD region in association with the Region V regional planning authority, the Maryland National Park and Planning Commission (MNPPC), Organizing member, South Potomac Alternative Educational Resource (SPEAR), Home schooling oversight organization and support ministry for over 125 families in Southern Maryland Founder, Owner, Chief Operations Officer, The Erin Group, Ltd. Developed implemented and managed all aspects of direct mail advertising, computer database management and production agency. Clinton, MD, Vice President and Partner, Strategic Marketing Group, Inc. Developed and implemented all administrative aspects of multi-million dollar direct mail advertising and production agency. Vienna, VA, Administrator, Spell-Built, Inc. Developed and implemented all administrative and bookkeeping aspects of small custom home building firm in Clinton, MD, SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS Co-presenter with Dr. Benjamin Keyes, Head of the Trauma Institute of Regent University and Chair of the Master s Counseling Programs.Two-day Advanced Training in Sexual Trauma workshop, May 21-22, 2010 in Mitchellville, MD. 13 Category I CEUs awarded.

3 Presenter and panel member, Spiritual Assessment in Clinical, Therapeutic, and Pastoral Counseling Settings. North American Association of Christians in Social Work s (NAACSW) quarterly meeting, Alexandria, VA, April 22, Category I CEU awarded. Presenter and panel member, Use of Spiritual Assessments in Clinical Practice." North American Association of Christians in Social Work s (NAACSW) quarterly meeting, Alexandria, VA, November 13, Category I CEU awarded. Presenter with Kathleen Arveson, Ph.D. and June Hutchison, Ph.D., Attachment and the Empty Nest at Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS-East) (11/12/ / ). 2 Category CEUs I awarded. SCHOLARLY SERVICE Guest lecturer (March, 2010), Biblical Systemic Case Study. CSG853 Advanced Psychopathology, Philadelphia Biblical University, Philadelphia, PA. Guest lecturer (January, 2008), Clinical presentations of addictions, for Addictions class, Regent University, Washington, DC. Guest panel member, (October, 2008), Comparative theories class, Capital Bible Seminary, Counseling Program, Lanham, MD. PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS Working with Women Healing from Abortion, New Life Perspectives CD (In production). Interviewed by Stephen Arterburn, M. S., Ed. D, Founder and President of New Life Ministries, May 25, Speaker, Wringing out the Old, Ringing in the New, Southern Maryland Christian Women's Fellowship regional inaugural event. January 16, Speaker, The Fear Factor: Perfectionism. Southern Maryland Christian Women's Fellowship Breakfast. July 11, Presenter, Christian Counseling as a treatment option for Stress, Trauma, Grief, and Loss. Collective Banking Group, Lanham, MD. (November 6, 2009). Presenter and workshop leader on Understanding and Assessing the Impact of Stress, Trauma, Grief, and Loss at World Vision s 2009 Health Fair, Washington, DC (November 4, 2009). Speaker, What is Professional Christian Counseling? Presented to Life Community Church, Lexington Park, MD. Nov. 2, Panel Member, What the Bible says about Separation, Divorce, and Remarriage. SouthPointe Community Church. Served as member of three person panel with church s senior pastor and the lead elder. (2009). Host, monthly website live chat on New Life Ministries Lose It for Life Website Contributing writer for New Life Ministries, Lose It for Life Website, THERAPY GROUPS LED Group leader for Moms of Troubled Teens. Developed and led an 8-week group for mothers of children with psychiatric or psychological disorders, 2009.

4 Group leader for New Life s Healing is a Choice, three-day intensive for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Philadelphia, PA (2010); Cleveland, OH, Wilmington, DE (2009); Arlington, VA, Jacksonville FL, Chantilly, VA, (2008): Carlyle, PA, Atlanta, GA (2007). Group co-leader for Trauma Recovery Group, Annapolis, MD, funded by a Kellogg Co. grant to Michigan Trauma Recovery Associates. This three-month long psycho-educational/process group was part of a research program using an experiential faith integrative approach to treating survivors of childhood sexual abuse and trauma based on the Colin Ross Model. It required both prescreening and exit interviews with assessment of degree of symptom remission and sense of self-efficacy experienced by participants, Annapolis, MD, 2/28/06 4/25/06. Group leader for New Life s Lose It For Life Institute, three-day intensive for persons with emotional eating disorders, Ocean City, MD, (2006), Anderson, IN, Alexandria, VA (2005) Cape May, NJ (2003, 2004). CEUs and TRAINING Attended Understanding anxiety: New developments in evidence-based treatment, Bruce M Hyman, Ph.D., LCSW, Clinical training presented by PESI, Alexandria, VA, October 2007 Attended Self-injury behavior interventions, Laurie Craigen, Ph.D. clinical training presented by Safe Harbor, Annapolis, MD, April 2007 Attended Risking connection in faith communities: Training for faith leaders and supporting trauma survivors, presented by Loyola College, Columbia, MD, March 2007 Attended AACC World Conference and Pre-conference Learning Institutes, Nashville, TN, September 2007 Attended Learning to Love Your Story, Presented by Dan Allender, Ph.D., Alexandria, VA, Attended Trauma recovery: healing the mind, body, and spirit. Clinical training for treating survivors of childhood trauma, using the Ross Model, Presented by Rev. Kenneth W. Schmidt, JCD, MA, LLPC and Sharon G. Froom, MA, LLP, of Trauma Recovery Associates at Loyola College, Columbia, MD, 2005 Attended AACC World Conference and Pre-conference Learning Institutes, Nashville, TN, September 2005 Attended Every Man s battle: Treating sexual addictions, David Weaver, LCMFT, New Life Ministries. Clinical training presented by New Life Ministries, Denver CO. June 2005 Attended Group counseling: Understanding resistance and dealing with challenges in a group, workshop presented by Gerald Corey, Ph.D., ACS Learning Institute, Kansas City, KS, 2004 Assessment and Treatment of client s Core issues, workshop presented by Richard Q. Halstead, Ph.D., ACS Learning Institute, Kansas City, KS, 2004 Attended Brief Relationship Enhancement Couples Therapy, workshop presented by Barry Ginsberg, Ph.D., ACS Learning Institute, Kansas City, KS, 2004 Attended Creative Approaches to Self Care for Counselors, workshop presented by Christine Turner, LPC, NCC, ATR-BC, ACS Learning Institute, Kansas City, KS, 2004 Attended 2003 Psycho-Theological Institute, Regent University, Alexandria, VA, 2003 Attended Attachment & inter-subjectivity in the healing relationship, workshop presented by David Wallin,

5 Ph.D., Cross Country Institute, Baltimore, MD, 2003 Attended Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), training using the Mitchell Model, presented by AACC, Arlington, VA, 2002 Attended Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Living Works Education, Ft. Belvoir, VA, 2002 Attended Diversity Training, Presented By David Johnson, Ph.D., Grace Brethren Christian School, Clinton, MD, 2001 Attended Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy Training, clinical lecture presented by Albert Ellis, Ph.D. Loyola College, Columbia, MD, 2000 Attended Safe People seminar, presented By John Townsend, Ph.D. and Henry Cloud, Ph.D., Alexandria, VA, present 2003-present 2002-present 2002-present PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT New Life Network Counselor Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) American Counseling Association (ACA) American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) OTHER ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE Recipient of Full Merit Scholarship, Doctoral Program in Counselor Education and Supervision, School of Psychology and Counseling, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA. Outstanding Graduate for Class of 2003, Regent University, School of Psychology and Counseling, DC Campus Delivered student commissioning address at Commissioning Service for 2003 graduating class at Regent University Commissioning Ceremony. Young Career Woman for State of Maryland Business & Professional Women s Club (BPW), State of Maryland Young Career Woman, National Business and Professional Women James L. Alexander, LCSW Cornerstone Family Counseling Center (w) x25 [email protected] Stephen Arterburn, M.S., Ed. D. Founder and Chairman, New Life Ministries Laguna Beach, CA [email protected] (949) PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Rick Chamiec-Case, Ph.D., MSW, MAR Executive Director North American Association of Christians in Social Work PO Box 121 Botsford, CT 06404

6 Phone/Fax: Website: June Hutchison, Ph.D., MHC, Clinical Director, Cornerstone Pastoral Care & Counseling Center, 8 Carvel Circle, Edgewater, MD (410) (Work) (410) (Cell) [email protected] Benjamin Keyes, Th.D., Ph.D., Ed.D., Counselor, Professor, Program Director for Masters of Counseling Program, Regent University School of psychology and Counseling, Virginia Beach, VA (757) (Work) (727) (Cell) [email protected] Christine E. Buckingham, LCPC, NCC, MA 3102 Floral Park Road, Clinton, MD (Office) (Home) (Fax) (Cell) [email protected] CONTACT INFORMATION