CLINICAL
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EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY

EDUCATION

VOLUNTEER
EXPERIENCE

CREDENTIALS

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Ordained Minister
Certified Life Coach
Berscheid Counseling & Consulting Services
Wayzata, Minnesota.    August 2003 – Present.
Founder & Owner of Clinical Practice. Provider of Individual, 
Marriage, Family, Teen, Group, Child and Play Therapy.  Integrated Model of  Christian Faith, Biblical Counseling and Psychotherapy. Spiritual Growth Training & Workshops available to Community-based  Programs, Churches, Pastors, Colleges, Graduate Schools.

Marriage & Family Therapist, Christian Recovery Center,
Brooklyn Center, MN.   May 1996 – January 2004.
Staff psychotherapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Provider of Individual, Marriage, Child, Family, Group and Play Therapy. Specialized in areas of sexual, emotional, physical and spiritual trauma. Extensive work with children who have experienced trauma.  Extensive experience in group therapy.  Director of Restoration Project, a treatment program for men who have sexually offended children.  Director of Development, Corporate and Foundation Relations.  Grant writing, program development, individual donor relations.

Behavioral Development Specialist, Omegon of Minnesota,
Minnetonka, MN.   April 1994 – October 1995.
Residential treatment center for dual-diagnosis adolescents.  Responsible for behavioral management and social interaction of male and female adolescent clients in treatment for Chemical Dependency and Emotional-Behavioral Disorders. 

Senior Editor, The CADENCE, Student Magazine of Northwestern College;  Managing Editor, The NWC EAGLE, Student Newspaper of Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN.   May 1989 - May 1991.
Received Five-Star accreditation from Associated Collegiate Press.  Chaired weekly editorial meetings and administrated twenty-nine member editorial staff.

Master of Arts, Adler Graduate School of Minnesota,
Bloomington, MN.  November 1996.  Psychotherapy and Counseling.   Marriage & Family Therapy Licensure Track. 

Bachelor of Science, Northwestern College,  
St. Paul, MN.   May 1993.  Cum Laude, Triple Major: 
Psychology:  Marriage & Family Emphasis;  
Communications:  Journalism Emphasis;  
Biblical Studies:  Judeo-Christian Emphasis.



Salvation Army, Alpha House Project,
Plymouth, MN.   July 2005 – January 2006.
Director of Men's Sexual Purity Group.
Sexual Purity & True Desire: A Healing Model for Men. (c) Tom B. Currently Provide Strategic Counseling & Spiritual Intercession for Individuals arranged by special referral.

Graduate Level Internship, Christian Recovery Center,
Brooklyn Center, MN.   August 1995 – May 1996.                        Individuals, Couples, Child and Family therapy. Supervised by Jeanette Vought, Ph.D., LP, LMFT, LCSW and Douglas Frey, Ph.D., LP.

Staff Counselor, TreeHouse / Family Hope Services,
Brooklyn Park, MN.   January 1992 – June 1994. 
Volunteer Staff Counselor for at-risk youth. Co-facilitator of special activities. Supervised by Pastor Wayne Thyren, Church of Open Door.

Co-Facilitator of Prison Outreach Program, Families in Focus,
Minneapolis, MN.   April 1993 – August 1993.  Weekly meetings.
In-Prison Parenting Education Program presented by Citizens Council on Crime and Justice, Family Services Unit, to Inmates at Minnesota Adult Correctional Facility Lino Lakes.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist -- License # 0999
By MN Board of Marriage & Family Therapy, September 1999.

Licensed Professional Counselor -- License # 00051
By Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health, June 2004.

Ordained Minister of the Gospel
By International Ministerial Fellowship, August 1998.

Certified Life Coach (Academic Masters Program)
By Adler Graduate School, March 2008.

Certified Clinical Criminal Justice Specialist & 
Master Addictions Counselor
By National Association of Forensic Counselors, NAFC.

Clinical Member ATSA & MnATSA,
By Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers, April 2002. 

EMDR - Trained in Levels I & II

TheoPhostic Ministry - Trained in Levels I & II