1. Vanessa Vaughter, LMSW, MDiv.
414 West Louisiana Street, McKinney, TX 75069
972-814-1560
vaughterv@gmail.com
Highly motivated Licensed Master Social Worker, pursuing LCSW with expertise in counseling teens, adults and families,
seeking direct practice position brings over 3 years trauma-informed and EMDR therapy and 10 years of project
management experience, excellent communication skills including public speaking, writing, and workshop facilitation.
Areas of
Specialty
 Adolescent Counseling
 Family Violence
 Trauma-Informed Therapy
 Teen Dating Violence
 Incest
 Violence Prevention
Education Master of Social Work
The University of Texas, Arlington, Texas
Focus: Com munity Administrative Practice and Direct Practice
coursework including program evaluation, policy analysis, advocacy,
research and statistics and fam ily violence
December, 2010
Master of Divinity,
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Focus: Pastoral counseling, women’s studies and feminist hermeneutics
May, 1997
Bachelor of Business Administration
The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Focus: Organizational behavior, team-building, group dynamics management
August, 1988
Experience SOCIAL SERVICES February, 2010 - Present
Director of Education and Outreach
 Provide crisis intervention, intake, individual and group counseling for teens and adults, including
men and women survivors; includes completing paperwork and electronic files to maintain current
and accurate records of services
 Focus on trauma-informed counseling and EMDR treatment
 Advocates for client’s resources with other social service agencies, the legal system and other
organizations, making referrals when necessary
 Manage graduate intern program of 9 graduate interns, coordinate with 2 additional intern
supervisors, shelter director and other departments within the agency to ensure coverage and
complete intern counseling experience
 Redesign graduate intern program, including recruitment, supervisory assignments, facilitate group
supervision sessions and ensure all required reporting completed by interns and supervisors
 Conduct education presentations on intimate partner violence and services offered by Hope’s Door
for community, business, faith-based and service organizations in North Texas area
 Coordinate, manage and facilitate dating violence prevention programs in schools, juvenile justice
and faith-based organizations for middleand high school, as well as college level students
 Participate in weekly supervision as needed for coordinating services and consultation with peers,
interns and Director of Non-Residential Services
 Actively represent Hope’s Door in community organizations and build community partnerships

2. Graduate Research Assistant
 Program evaluation of City of Fort Worth 10-Year Homelessness Plan: Directions Home
 Created Directions Home Client/Intern Advisory Council, recruiting formerly homeless clients to
serve as council members, then facilitated council meetings, as well as managed relationships between
interns and council members
 Advisory Council recommendations made to Mayor’s Advisory Council on Homelessness, resulting
in program improvements such as greater police presence in DH housing when government checks
arrived to protect clients from predatory violence
Experience BUSINESS SECTOR January, 2001 – January, 2009
Certification Trainer, Sprint/Nextel Corporation
 Certified training staff within partnering companies to conduct Sprint/Nextel training to ensure
consistency, efficacy and quality
 Fulfilled crucial role as liaison between training department and project management team in the
design, roll-out, facilitation and certification of trainers and conducted training for supervisors and
front-line staff when business function was moved from partner company in Canada to a partner
company in Panama
 Facilitated trainer competency classes, helping trainers improve in 40 training skills including
classroom management, facilitation techniques, training design, and adult-learning styles
Education Specialist, Sprint and Sprint PCS
 Facilitate store management, retail and indirect sales, retail customer service and new-hire training, as
well as conduct store visits and assessments of training effectiveness for new store personnel
 Coached store managers using the GROW(Goal, Reality, Obstacles/Options, Way forward) model
for improving management skills and Presentation Skills training
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONS August, 1991 – August, 1994
United Methodist Pastor
 Associate Pastor, Spring Valley United Methodist Church
 Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Holliday, Texas and Dundee United Methodist Church
 Minister to Youth, Chapel Hill United Methodist Church
Keynote
Presentations
 Texas Instruments Panel Facilitator, “Removing the Mask of IPV”
 Teen Leadership Purpose & Destiny Conference
 Dream Angels “Healthy Relationships” Conference
 National Hook Up of Black Women, Inc. North Central Texas Chapter
 North Texas United Methodist Women’s Annual Conference
 Frisco ISD Teacher/Counselor Continuing Education
 Over 4,000 hestudents reached through “Don’t Hit on Me” program
August, 2014
July, 2012, 2013
April, 2012, 2013
March, 2013
October, 2012
2012, 2013, 2014
February, 2013-present
Community
Service
Activities
 Conducted 4-day conference and established domestic violence response team in Faridabad, India
 Engage with Chetna and Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation to promote cultural awareness and
unique issues around domestic violence at Hope’s Door and throughout our community
 Active member of Collin County Council on Family Violence, served on design team and as emcee
for the Annual Family Violence Conference in 2012, Chair of the Conference in 2013, 2014
 Board member, NotAtMyChurch.com, a non-profit assisting local congregations in creating and
sustaining domestic violence response and awareness ministries
 Charter Member of CREDO, Dallas’ ecumenical, co-ed chorus
 Guest expert on domestic violence for KERA’s “Think with Krys Boyd” and “Totally Different
Character (TDC Show)” on www.fbrn.us radio network