Shawnda Kovacs
Temecula
Summary
Passionate about fostering growth and resilience in women. I've excelled in roles with youth, singles, moms, and marriages, leveraging skills in spiritual counseling and conflict resolution. My dedication has led to impactful community outreach and meaningful mentorship, significantly enriching lives through active listening and empathetic relationship-building.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Biblical Counselor
Gospel Care Collective
Temecula
02.2019 - 02.2022
- meeting with clients as a biblical counselor
- Scheduling meetings.
- Sending out links.
- Helping clients process their story.
- Working through trauma.
- Understanding attachment.
- parenting
- marriage
- Grief, loss.
- Conflict resolution, mediation.
- addiction
- eating disorders
- casenotes
- Under supervision and getting support with any clients that I needed support with.
- Couples counseling with my husband.
Director
Classical Conversations Of New Bern
Austin
09.2012 - 05.2017
- We built a relationship with a local church to host our school community, paid them, and continued to keep that relationship in good standing throughout the school year.
- I paid the tutors.
- Handled the finances for enrollment, payroll, and school supplies
- Hired and trained tutors to lead each class.
- Led, encouraged, and supported moms on their homeschool journey.
- Conflict resolution among moms, tutors, and students.
- Overseeing volunteers and making sure the church building was left in better condition than we found it.
- Overseeing the school day program, morning welcome, announcements, prayer, and devotion.
- Making sure each class ran smoothly.
- Providing all the supplies for art, science, etc.
- Handling any disciplinary issues that arose.
- Creating boundaries and rules for the school day, including recess and lunch, but also class time.
House Parents
Happy Hill Farm Childrens Home
Rainbow
10.2003 - 05.2004
- My husband and I lived with seven high school boys, then we lived with seven high school girls.
- We worked 4 days on, 3 days off.
- We lived in an apartment attached to the house.
- We were in charge of them, as parents would be: chores, homework, getting to school, discipline, building safe relationships, cooking, working through conflict, and boundaries.
Birthmom Social Worker
New Life Family Services
Richfield
02.2003 - 06.2003
- Meeting with birthmoms deciding between keeping their baby or placing their baby for adoption.
- Building relationships in the community to help support birth moms.
- Building resource lists that would help birthmoms keep their babies (free car seats, breast pumps, housing, clothing, etc)
- Helping birth moms apply for resources that would enable them to provide for and keep their babies.
- Helping birth moms make the decision to keep or place their baby for adoption.
- casenotes
- Running the clothing center.
- Overseeing volunteers.
Floor Staff Member
Teen Challenge
Minneapolis
09.2001 - 10.2002
- Daily check-ins with the residents.
- Daily case notes.
- Intervention as needed for residents.
- Medicine distribution.
- Holding the residents accountable for chores, homework, and behavioral expectations.
- Monitoring residents for behavioral changes and needs.
Girls Youth Leader
Bethlehem Baptist Church hio
Minneapolis
08.2000 - 09.2001
- Meet with the girls in the youth group regularly to check in.
- Take girls to coffee or on walks to see how they are doing
- Led mission trips to Guatemala and Mississippi.
- Led small groups.
- Created environments that made it fun and interactive for teens to come to.
- I went on retreats with the youth as a leader.
- Led Bible studies.
- The key was to build safe relationships where youth could talk.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Rehabilitation Science
University of North Texas
Denton, TX08-2000
BSW - Social Work
University of North Texas
Denton, TX08-2000
Some College (No Degree) - Childrens, Youth, and Family Ministry
Bethel Seminary
Arden Hills, MnSkills
- Shepherding
- Youth enrichment
- Trip management
- Discipleship programs
- Volunteer management
- Fundraising events
- Attention to detail
- Workshop development
- Small group facilitation
- Active listening
- Strong work ethic
- Youth mentoring
- Cultural history
- Enforcing rules
- Service leadership
- Academic support
- Time management
- Spiritual counseling
- Outreach
- Parent engagement
- Youth activity planning
- Critical thinking
- Clerical support
- Conflict resolution
- Spiritual guidance
- Crisis management
- Community resources
- Program planning
- Relationship building
- Community outreach
- Financial management
- Effective organization
- Work prioritization
- Youth development
- Basic counseling
- Emotional support
- Student mentoring
- Community service
- Biblical studies
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Strong role model
Certification
- CCEF (Christian Counseling Education Foundation) Essentials of Biblical Counseling Certificate
- ABC (Association of Biblical Counselors) Level 1 Certificate
- working toward CTHN (Christian Trauma Healing Network) certification
Affiliations
- hiking
- weight training
- breathwork
- discipleship
- my sons baseball
- continuing in my own healing journey
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Biblical Counselor
Gospel Care Collective
02.2019 - 02.2022
Director
Classical Conversations Of New Bern
09.2012 - 05.2017
House Parents
Happy Hill Farm Childrens Home
10.2003 - 05.2004
Birthmom Social Worker
New Life Family Services
02.2003 - 06.2003
Floor Staff Member
Teen Challenge
09.2001 - 10.2002
Girls Youth Leader
Bethlehem Baptist Church hio
08.2000 - 09.2001
Bachelor of Science - Rehabilitation Science
University of North Texas
BSW - Social Work
University of North Texas
Some College (No Degree) - Childrens, Youth, and Family Ministry
Bethel Seminary
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