Deanna Chrones Ma, Lcpc(Il) / Rmhci(Fl), Tholáge Creator Email & Phone Number

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Chrones Counseling is a division of Veduta Consulting. Our website can be viewed at ChronesCounseling.com. I can be reached at Deanna@ChronesCounseling.com. I believe in empowering my clients, through the devoted, caring relationships I create with them and through psychoeducation. I work with adults and couples, and I specialize in treating trauma, depression, anxiety, attachment disorders, personality disorders, and adjustment disorders. I use an integrative approach with a foundation in psychodynamic and Adlerian theories and techniques, leaning into emotions, body sensations, and early life experiences, but I also rely on cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. I am trained in EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), which is neuro-based treatment for trauma, anxiety, and many other issues. I am also certified in hypnotherapy, increasingly referred to in the literature as “non-sleep deep rest,” or NSDR, a state which allows for greater accessing of the unconscious and greater healing—but one in which the client is fully in control. I believe strongly in teaching clients grounding and relaxation exercises they can use at home, exercises based on the well-documented literature around neuroplasticity (the ability to develop new neural pathways at any age) and vagus-nerve exercises (simple ways to downregulate “fight or flight” and upregulate immobility/depression).

St Charles, Il

I received a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Northwestern University. I maintained a 4.0 GPA, and I am currently writing a concept paper with two Northwestern faculty members about an idea I have for a depression intervention. We plan to submit the paper for publication and to request research from the Institutional Research Board (IRB) at Northwestern University. I served as a graduate assistant to a core professor, doing research on veteran's issues, multiculturalism, and traumatic brain injuries. I am also a certified consulting hypnotist. In my practicum and internship, I helped people with depression, anxiety, trauma, and various life adjustments. As consulting hypnotist, I worked with people on their symptoms ranging from Parkinson's disease to excoriation, and I help numerous people lose weight, quit smoking, and sleep better.

I project managed and devised the concept for an integrated marketing campaign that won Best in Show from Higher Education Marketing Report's Educational Advertising Awards, for ECC. Though ECC has won many gold and silver medals in this and other competitions, this is the first and only time ECC has won Best in Show, beating out national ad agencies in the process. Additionally, one of my PR plans won a national silver award in Total PR Campaign, from Higher Education Marketing Report’s Educational Advertising Awards. Further, my multi-channel enrollment marketing plans and creative concepts helped yield increases in enrollment with numerous targeted audiences. Responsibilities included:• Found testimonials resulting in a diverse mix of student and alumni stories, with a focus on stories about overcoming adversity and disadvantage and becoming successful.• Managed internal client relationships, including that with Strategic Enrollment Management, Health Professions, International Recruitment, and numerous other clients; achieved notable increases in enrollment, against trends.• Crafted strategic integrated marketing and communications plans.• Project-managed and scheduled all jobs/tactics, often including the work of other writers and multiple design, web, multimedia, distribution, print, and analytics specialists.• Used and helped customize project-management software• Concepted campaigns and wrote copy for tactics for print, electronic and broadcast media.• Wrote scripts for television and radio commercials.• Planned and tracked budgets; measured and evaluated results of tactics/placements and overall plans.At ECC, I was nominated for a William Foulkes Service award, for going above and beyond in service to internal clients and my colleagues.

• Managed all social media channels for the organization and for some member businesses.• Landed local and national media coverage for local events, provided media training, set up/sat in on interviews, created media kits, maintained media databases, acted as a spokesperson, managed online newsroom, and participated on crisis communications team.• Created and executed all marketing and communications plans for new-member, volunteer and donor acquisition, as well as public events and business events; wrote copy for all tactics; worked with in-house designer and outside design/advertising agencies; conducted all media buys; measured and analyzed results of plans; and presented results to board members.• Served as event planner and publicist on business events, and on public events, which drew thousands and contributed to St. Charles being named by Family Circle magazine as number one nationwide in its “Best Cities for Families.”• Landed record number and dollar amount of corporate sponsorships in the organization’s then 16-year history, increased membership base over previous year, developed and managed a program to publicize corporate contributors.

St Charles, Il

• Landed new clients in B2B, B2C, and non-profit sectors; managed client relationships.• Performed work for financial-services firms, law firms, a national tax advisor, a national insurance marketer, realtors, manufacturers, distributors, publishers, and educational not-for-profits.• Created strategic integrated marketing and communications plans informed by plan goals and objectives that aligned with institutional goals; wrote key messaging in support of plan goals and objectives.• Wrote copy for and project managed all tactics, including media releases, social media posts, newsletters, internal and external email campaigns, website copy, print ads, and brochures, among others.• Invented new products, brand names, logo concepts and taglines; landed product placement contract with NBC’s “The Office.”• Wrote and content edited newsletters for educational associations.

Itasca, Il

• Edited clinical assessment products, educational assessment products, and training materials• Project edited the “Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales for Early Childhood” and the “Battelle Developmental Inventory, 2nd Edition,” as well as other multi-component medical/clinical assessments• Content edited and copyedited custom state tests (math, science, social studies, reading, and English language arts) and shelf products (such as the “Iowa Test of Basic Skills”); served as only editor (of eight) allowed to edit tests from all three of the company’s divisions; and was sole math and upper-level-science editor for largest contract in the company’s history ($83 million)• Responsible for catching the accidental inclusion of a “secure” test item on the public, practice website, saving the contract from being cancelled• Met all deadlines for publication

Master Of Arts - Ma, Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Marketing, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: • Promotions Intern, WLUP AM and FM, “The Loop, ” Chicago: offered full-time position • Marketing and PR Intern.

Education record

Activities and Societies: • Captain, pom-pon squad (26 girls)--senior year • Member, pom-pon squad--junior and senior years • Member, mock.