Meghan H.

Althoff
1513 Crowne Park Drive, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27106
864.288.2850 ‫ ׀‬althmh17@wfu.edu
EDUCATION
Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 2017- Expected Graduation 2019
MA in Counseling, Specialty: Mental Health Counseling
 Awards & Honors: Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Honors Society, President
Affiliations: American Counseling Association Graduate Student Affiliate
Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 2013-2017
Bachelors of Science, Psychology & Spanish, Magna Cum Laude
 Awards & Honors: Hollingsworth Scholarship, Allport Psychology Scholar Award, Psi Chi
Psychology Honors Society, Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honors Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honors
Society, Dean’s List, Palmetto Life Scholarship, Christ Church Episcopal Scholarship
 Organizations: Student Alumni Council, Heller Service Corps, Kappa Delta Sorority
 Experiences: Teaching Assistant for Research Methods & Statistics and Abnormal Psychology,
Mundo Juvenil Summer Intern, Neighborhood Focus Volunteer
 Study Abroad: La Universidad de Nebrija in Madrid, Spain (1 Semester)
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Counseling Intern at Wake Forest Baptist Health Weight Management Center 2018-2019
 Maintain an individual therapy caseload of 8-10 individuals targeting depression, anxiety, eating
disorders, and familial stress
 Lead behaviorist visits targeting weight management from a CBT perspective
 Collaborate with an inter-disciplinary health care team
 Co-facilitate support groups and a CBT structured group for Binge Eating Disorder
Practicum Student at Wake Forest Baptist Health Trauma Center 2018
 Counseled patients and families in the Burn Unit and Pediatric ICU
 Delivered SBIRT to identify risky drinkers and provided with referral and resources if needed
 Screened for and provided psycho-education about PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder
Graduate Academic Counselor at WFU Learning Assistance Center 2017-2018
 Conducted individual sessions with students struggling with time management, test anxiety,
learning disorders and reading comprehension for 15 hours a week
 Participated in individual supervision and planned campus-wide study skills outreach events
Assessment Intern at Lowder Group, LLC Greenville, SC Summer 2016
 Served as a full-time student intern for a private practice
 Prepared materials for Psychoeducational Assessments, Sports Psychology, Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder Treatments, Marriage Family Therapy
 Scored formal assessments, transcribed clinical notes, assisted with intake appointments, created
templates for assessment reports
 Attended counseling and assessment meetings
Clinical Intern at All About Change, Inc. Greenville, SC Spring 2016
 Participated in intake interviews and assisted in scheduling at a non-profit counseling center
 Maintained and organized client records per HIPPA guidelines

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assistant for the Wake Forest University Counseling Department 2018-2019
 Conduct literature reviews, analyze data sets, and prep instructional materials for professors
 Provide department level support with assisting with the admissions process and organizing
internship databases
Trained SCID Administrator Furman University 2016- 2017
 Administered the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders
 Participated in a 14 week training process for SCID administration
 Interviewed college aged participants in the Fourtitude research project to assign diagnoses of
present mental disorders (Eating, Anxiety, Mood Disorders)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Summer Research Fellow Davidson College Summer 2015
 Investigated the role of contingency of self-worth of appearance and social rejection
 Collaboratively designed research project, analyzed data and developed and presented results
 Presented individual and group research at the Duke Endowment Foundation Research
Conference
 Presented individual poster at the Furman-Davidson Summer Research Conference
SKILLS AND ASSESSMENTS
 Proficient in Spanish
 Assessments: AUDIT, CAGE, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5, Yale Food Addiction
Scale (YFAS), Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q), Strong Interest Inventory,
Mental Status Exam, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Self-Directed Search,
NEO-PI
 Software: Microsoft Office Suite, SPSS Statistics Software, Qualtrics Online Survey and
Software Platform, Canva

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Althoff, M (2018, February). Anorexia Prevention Programs in College Campuses. Poster Presentation
at the North Carolina Counseling Association Annual Conference, Durham, NC.
Althoff, M (2015, July). Step Away from the Mirror: Contingency of self-worth of appearance and
social rejection in first-year college students. Poster Presentation at the Furman-Davidson Summer
Research Conference, Greenville, SC.
Althoff, M (2015, July). Step Away from the Mirror: Contingency of self-worth of appearance and
social rejection in first-year college students. Symposia Presentation at The Duke Endowment Research
Conference, Charlotte, NC
Simmons, G., George, M., Stutts, L. A., Althoff, M., Behrens, B., Guinn, V., Jones-Pool, M., King, M.,
Lawson, S., Smith, K., Smith, M. & (2015, July). Bouncing Forward: Examining stress and resiliency
in first-year college students. Symposia Presentation at The Duke Endowment Research Conference,
Charlotte, NC