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Dr. St. King dropped
out of high school and didn't return to the classroom until she was in her
20's. After receiving a GED, she attended LCC and graduated as an RN.
Subsequently, she completed a bachelor's degree in health care
administration from St. Joseph's College in Maine; a master's degree in
administration from Central Michigan University; a MSW (master's degree in
social work) from Michigan State University; and a Ph.D. in clinical
psychology from Union Institute. Since 1991, she has served as owner and
executive director of a multi-consultant private practice, Women's Personal
Growth and Therapy Center, PC, offering individual and group therapy. Since
1993, she has also been co-administrator and therapist at Eastside Therapy
and Counseling, LLP, a private practice outpatient mental health center. St.
King specializes in issues of eating disorders, women's concerns, anxiety
disorders and depression. She is also a field instructor for MSU
counseling/psychology interns and teaches at Davenport University. St. King
holds licensure as a limited license psychologist, a certified social worker
and a registered nurse and is a member of the National Association of Social
Workers, the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, the
American Psychology Association and Michigan Women Psychologists. She has
served as a member of the board and as board president for EVE, Inc. (End
Violent Encounters), a program to house, educate and financially assist
abused women and also organized a nonprofit agency to provide group therapy
services to low income women and present educational programs on domestic
abuse to local organizations.
St. King has
established a scholarship for students coming to LCC with a GED who
plan to go into healthcare. She wants to help others who, like
herself, don't consider college an option. Her message? ?Don't
assume you can't do what you want. If you have a dream, there are
people at LCC and elsewhere who can show you alternatives and reveal
opportunities that you may not have realized were there for you. For
many, the only limitation is the lack of knowledge about the options
available.?
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