Thomas Schear

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS:

Certified Law of Attraction Advanced Practitioner

                Certified NLP Practitioner

                Certified Master Life Coach

                Certified Master Business Coach

Credentialed Minister (Nondenominational)

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) Iowa

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Iowa

Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) Iowa

EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND:

Authored book entitled: Interactive Ethics: How Ethical & Unethical Decisions Are REALLY Made in Organizations

Edited/Updated book entitled: Keeping It Simple authored by Robert C. Hickle and edited by myself

            Online Instructor in counseling, psychology & substance abuse

            Breyer State University (2001 to Date) (also president of BSU)

            Canyon College (1999 to Date)

            Owner (1998 to Date)

Coaching, Counseling & Mentoring Services, Inc. (CCMS, Inc.)

Adjunct Instructor (1999)

            Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, Iowa

            Adjunct Instructor (1998)

            Upper Iowa University, Waterloo, Iowa

Clinical Director (1998)

Pathways Behavioral Services, Waterloo, Iowa

Outpatient Counselor (1997 to 1998)

Northeast Iowa Mental Health Center, Decorah, Iowa

Owner/Counselor (1994 to 1997)

YES Counseling Services, Miles City, Montana

Program Manager (1995 to 1996)

Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center, Miles City, Montana

Director/Business Manager (1993 to 1994)

Program Supervisor (1990 to 1993)

Chemical Dependency Services, Miles City, Montana

Adjunct Instructor (1990 to 1993)

Miles Community College, Miles City, Montana

Adjunct Instructor (1988 to 1990)

Academic Counselor (1989 to 1990

Outreach/Placement Counselor (1988 to 1989)

Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Adjunct Instructor (1989 to 1990)

North East Iowa Community College, Peosta, Iowa

            Outpatient Counselor (1986 to 1988)

Area Substance Abuse Council, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Treatment/Training Supervisor (1985 to 1986)

New Directions, Inc., Clinton, Iowa

Supervisor/Lead Counselor (1983 to 1984)

Iowa Children’s & Family Services, Carroll, Iowa

Adjunct Instructor (Summers 1983 and 1984)

Des Moines Area Community College, Carroll, Iowa

Counselor/County Program Coordinator (1979 to 1983)

NE Council on Substance Abuse, Waterloo, Iowa

Social Worker II (1977 to 1979)

Iowa Department of Human Services, Waterloo and Garner, Iowa

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Coach University graduate April 2002

            E-Myth Coach Training, E-Myth Academy, Santa Rosa, California (2000-2001)

Professional Development classes in Labor Relations/Human Resources, Social Work        Administration and Substance Abuse, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (1987 to

            1990)

Ph.D. (1985) & M. A. (1984) Human Services

Columbia Pacific University, San Rafael, California

M. A. (1976) Agency Counseling

B. A. (1975) Social Work

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa

OTHER TRAINING (taken since 2004)

·         DSM IV and Into to DSM V

·         How Substance Use Disorders Affect Physical Health

·         Hallucinogenics: Use & Abuse

·         Clinical Evaluation: Treatment Planning

·         Clinical Evaluation: Screening

·         Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives - PAMI

·         Cultural Competency

·         An Introduction to Cultural Competency for Substance Abuse Professionals

·         The Zen of Problem Gambling Treatment: Mindfulness, Evidence, Integration & Ethics

·         How to Improve the Effectiveness of Your Clinical Practice by 65% Without Hardly Trying

·         Directions in Mental Health Counseling (volumes 10 & 11, 18 & 19)

·         Therapeutic Strategies with the Older Adult (volume 1)

·         Directions in Addiction Treatment & Prevention (volumes 8 thru 15)

·         Ethics in Professional Counseling (volumes 7 thru 11)

·         Issues in Diversity & Cultural Competency (volume 2)

·         Assessing the Suicidal Patient

·         Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Evidence-Based Treatment for Mood & Anxiety Disorders

·         Motivational Interviewing for Mental Health Disorders

·         Inside the Criminal Mind: Understanding the Resistant, Antisocial Client

·         Dissolving Resistance in Difficult Clients: Techniques for Motivation and Change

·         Powerful Reality Therapy Techniques to Transform Opposition, Resistance and Excuses

·         Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems

·         Diversity in Clinical Practice: Developing Tools for Effective Treatment

·         Developing Integrated Treatment for Problem Gambling and Co-Occurring Disorders

·         Compassion Fatigue Prevention & Resilience: Fitness for the Frontline