{"id":19,"date":"2022-11-22T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christiancounselingcwb.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2022-12-01T03:41:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T03:41:58","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christiancounselingcwb.com\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19\" class=\"elementor elementor-19\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6937771 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6937771\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7e3161\" data-id=\"a7e3161\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435a522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"435a522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I completed my Master&#8217;s degree in Social Work from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1994.\u00a0 I also have\u00a0 Bachelor degrees in Elementary Education from Concordia University in Seward, NE and in Pre-Seminary from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, IN.<\/p><p>Since graduating from SIU-C I have had the following work experiences:<\/p><ul><li>St. Mary&#8217;s Hospital Psychiatric Inpatient and Outpatient Depts. 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