Cherie Burgess Resume
Professional Qualifications

Last Updated 5/30/25

COUNSELING LICENSE & CERTIFICATIONS:

​(LMHC) LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, STATE OF FLORIDA, MH16709

CERTIFIED CLINICAL TRAUMA PROFESSIONAL (CCTP)

(NCC) NATIONAL COUNSELOR CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION NUMBER 201910

(NSCC) NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR CERTIFICATION, NBCC

CERTIFIED TRAINER IN ADULT and YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID

COACHING CERTIFICATIONS

(BCC) BOARD CERTIFIED COACH, CENTER FOR CREDENTIALING AND EDUCATION

ADHD COACHING CERTIFICATION, JST COACHING & TRAINING

EDUCATION CERTIFICATIONS

FLORIDA EDUCATORS CERTIFICATION, DOE NUMBER: 1156990

NEVADA LICENSURE, PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR K-12

NEW YORK PUBLIC SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, PERMANENT SCHOOL COUNSELOR

FITNESS CERTIFICATIONS

(CPT) CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER, AFAA

(CGI) CERTIFIED GROUP EXERCISE INSTRUCTOR, AFAA

CPR & FIRST AID

FORMAL EDUCATION

NON-DEGREE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, NSU 2017

MASTER'S DEGREE IN COUNSELING, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, 2003-2005

BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY, ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY, 1998-2002

PROFESSIONALISM

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS: MEMBER

AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION: MEMBER

AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION: MEMBER

FLORIDA MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS ASSOCIATION: MEMBER

OTHER PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH-RELATED CERTIFICAITONS & TRAININGS:

EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION & REPROCESSING (EMDR)

SOMATIC TRAUMA HEALING CERTIFICATION

PROLONGED EXPOSURE THERAPY (PET)

COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY (CPT)

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (DBT)

TREATING COMPLEX TRAUMA WITH INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS (IFS)

ACT FOR EATING AND BODY IMAGE CONCERNS

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION (MBSR)

TELEHEALTH FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH SUICIDAL CLIENTS

WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH STRESSED & BURNED OUT PARENTS

WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH ADOLESCENTS

BRIEF SOLUTION-FOCUSED COUNSELING & STRENGTH-BASED COUNSELING ASSETS

NONVIOLENT CRISIS INTERVENTION, BRAIN RULES & NEUROPLASTICITY

INFANT MENTAL HEALTH & ATTACHMENT, FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENTS

EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS RESULTING FROM ABUSE

SOCIAL DIFFICULTIES OF LEARNING, ATTENTION & ASD

PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR ADHD & SMART BUT SCATTERED TEENS

​INTEREST AREAS & PERSONAL COUNSELING APPROACHES:

EMDR

SOMATIC HEALING

INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS

STORY INFORMED TRAUMA THERAPY & ​​NARRATIVE THERAPY

COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY APPROACHES

STRENGTH-BASED AND SOLUTION-FOCUSED COUNSELING

MIND-BODY HEALING & ENERGY HEALING THROUGH PRAYER-BASED EFT

BIBLICAL COUNSELING