Amanda Mbata-Graham, Msw, Lcsw Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Whether you are navigating unhealthy attachments with yourself or others, having relationship and marital concerns, or overwhelmed with anxiety and fear there is hope for you to overcome! My therapeutic approach remains the same whether there is one person or more in my office, I believe the quality of our relationships is mostly determined by the quality of our individual lives, and I endeavor to help my clients understand the how their thoughts, misalignment of values, and unresolved rejection and abandonment concerns impact every area of their lives.I have a special interest and expertise in anxiety disorders, relationship concerns, family trauma, couples, marital, premarital, attachment issues, Christian counseling and self worth. Although my approach tends to be grounded in attachment work, acceptance and commitment therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy I meet every client where they are.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Clinical focus on marriage, couples, families, interpersonal relationships, anxiety, affair recovery, self worth, and life transitions.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Winston Salem, North Carolina

Greensboro, North Carolina

-Daily administrative support.-Establishes structure in the program that enables the client to learn responsibilities.-Encourages clients to plan, set/achieve personal goals and provide positive direction.-Maintains a safe environment including fire prevention, fire drills, evacuation plans, and room checks.-Plans events for clients, including informal play time, special events and group activities.-Maintains any duties necessary to continue the upkeep of the facility.-Restrains aggressive clients using approved techniques and procedures.May provide transportation for clients.-Counsels or provides similar diagnostic or therapeutic services to mentally disturbed, delinquent, or disabled clients.

Greensboro, North Carolina

- Demonstrates mastery of related subject matter (Third Grade ELA) instructional skills, and resource materials for course(s) taught.- Creates lesson plans, aligned with current state and district standards, which drives instruction through formative assessment and differentiation.- Maintains a safe, organized classroom, which supports students’ independent learning, collaboration and choice.- Utilizes a variety of effective instructional and management techniques.- Provides a variety of assessments and uses assessments for planning and instruction- Provide consistent, immediate feedback to student learning and asks analytical questions that elicit students’ responses that incorporate prior knowledge, life experience and interests that are directly related to the content objective.- Monitor and maintain a positive classroom environment that supports the school wide behavior expectation in which most students are engaged, incorporates mutual respect and provides cooperative learning opportunities.- Appropriately communicates and interacts with other professional staff in academic planning and school committee work.- Attends and participates in staff meetings and extra-curricular/school related activities and committees. less

• Selected from a competitive pool to join national teacher corps of recent college graduates and professionals who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools.• Participate in intensive summer training program to develop the skills and knowledge needed to lead students to academic achievement.• Engage in a full schedule of professional development activities, including seminars in instructional planning, classroom management, learning theory, literacy, and diversity training.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Campus based internship where I work to bring awareness of educational inequity on behalf of TFA. I also help develop strategic plans and presentations in order to draw in the top performing students to apply for the corps. In doing this I am able to enhance my professional skills, networking, marketing, communicating, while also gaining experience with a non-profit.

Greensboro, North Carolina

• Developed clinical relationships with students at Dudley High School in order to ultimately lower dropout rates and increase the graduation rate• Conducted home visits along with the school social worker in order to closely examine the living situations of clients on my caseload• Demonstrated all core competencies and practice behaviors with all clientele• Provided resources for children in need such as: food pantry, diapers, feminine hygiene products, clothes, etc.• Worked in conjunction with faculty, backpack beginnings, Sister to Sister, YMCA/YWCA, Guilford County Youth Working initiative, Guilford County DHSS, Kids Path, etc. to better the lives of the students and make the school an environment conducive to learning for all students

Greensboro, North Carolina

I provided a safe, caring/nurturing, and stimulating environment for the children to grow and develop. Other tasks included: running errands, travelling, changing diapers, feeding, organizing age appropriate activities, and overnight care.

Raleigh, North Carolina

• Created grade level appropriate 4th-9th grade reading and grammar lessons• Challenged students in their writing skills and assisted in developing the students' self confidence in writing and reading• Taught African American literature to grades 7-9 less

Greensboro, North Carolina

•Organized and carried out programs and community builders on a collegiate level for residents in three different halls on campus• Prevented and intervened in suicide attempts• Served as Junior Hall Council advisor for the student Residence Hall Association committee less•Attended all required professional development and training•Designed inclusive bulletin boards and programs to meet the needs of all residents no matter race, ethnicity, gender, etc.

Master Of Social Work - Msw, Social Work

Activities and Societies: Advanced Standing

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Work, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society , Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, National association of Social.