Sue Phaneuf

Sue is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor intern under the direction of the team of professional counselors at the Lifeworks Group, Inc. She seeks to discover ways to minister freedom and healing to the heart of those who are hurting emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. As a lay counselor, she has invested in the lives of: women, children, adolescents, college students, couples, elderly, and Christians in leadership. Her passion has been to be used by God caregiver to encourage clients in their life’s journey while improving their relationships.

EXPERIENCE
-Middle school guidance intern-counseled individual students led support group for middle school student impacted by divorce
-Phone counseling –with youth in Montreal / Adults in the US for 10 years with Ligonier Ministries
-Co-director West Island Youth Ranch – Christian drop-in center, co director camps,
counseling teens and life coach for parent/teen relationships
-Worked on teams college students & high school for summer outreach projects
-Taught emotionally needy first graders patients of child psychiatrist in FL
-Campus Crusade for Christ student staff at Western KY Univ. counseled students individually and
developed leadership groups and coordinated large group meetings.
-Collaborated with educational co-operatives Broward County & Seminole County parent-educators
-Worked with children and adults suffering with cancer in hospital, doctor’s offices and ‘Make a Wish’
-Served as a caregiver for senior citizens in home bound care and nursing homes in KY & FL
-Worked on teams for Evangelism Explosion as a Trainer for clinics of layman and pastoral team
-Worked as small group coordinator for Lay Witness Missions in KY, TN, GA, and VA
-Worked with head start children in rural areas of KY
-Worked on prayer support teams for local church, a pastor’s prayer support team, & Mom’s in Touch
-Working with her husband and the Lord to parent five children

EDUCATION
Masters of Science - Counseling Psychology, Palm Beach Atlantic University (School. Counseling)
BA Biblical Education, Florida Bible College Miami, Florida
BA in Psychology minor Applied Social Sciences, Concordia University Montreal,
Post graduate certification teaching K-8th McGill University, Montreal Quebec, Canada

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
American Association of Christian Counseling
Florida School Counseling Association
Florida Counseling Association

CONTINUING EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples
Strategic Systemic Approach to Parent Re-unification of Abused Children
Florida Counseling Association
Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Children & Adolescents
Biblical Concepts in Counseling
Caring from the Heart Counseling Seminar
Institute of Basic Life Principles
Counseling Seminar, Basic and Advanced Seminar