Curriculum Vitae

WILLIAM KEITH BLANKS

2504 Country Club Court
Raleigh, North Carolina 27608
(919) 786-3043
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Mobile (919) 604-7506
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EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Master of Social Work - 1987
Clinical Social Work Specialization
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Social Work; Minor in Psychology - 1985
Grade Point Average in Major: 3.60

CERTIFICATION
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) by North Carolina Licensure Board a" 2000
American Board of Examiners, Diplomate in Clinical Social Work- 2005
Board Certified Diplomate, American Academy of Examiners in Traumatic Stress-200
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CLINICAL TRAINING
The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center of North Carolina
Two-Year Post Graduate Training - Advanced Curriculum - 2000
Practicum Training, Vance/Granville/Warren/Franklin Mental Health - 1983
Betsy Koeber MSW, ACSW, Supervisor
Graduate Internship, Advanced Placement, Wake County Mental Health - 1986
Cynthia Hazen MSW, CCSW / Francis Thorton MSW, CCSW, Supervisors

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EXPERIENCE

June 2010 Clinical Director of outpatient services.

Straight Walk Family Services
July 2008 Family Life Consultant for the United States Air Forc
e, Bitburg Germany. Served as consultant for military families prior to and ret
urning from deployment.
March 2008 Committee Member Southeastern Psychological
Association. Reviewed and graded PhD studen
t proposal presentations for the association.

October 2006 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Maryland
, Deployed to Mississippi to provide emergency treatment to victims of Hurricane
Katrina.
August 2005 United States Army, Fort Bragg, NC
Provided on-site evaluation, treatment, and referral to troops returning from A
fghanistan.
April 1991 - Present Blanks Professional Associates, Private practice.
Providing individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy to children, adults, and coupl
es, in addition to clinical supervision and consultation to other professionals.

May1993 a" Aug.1996 Clinical Social Worker, Atlantic Behavioral Health Systems.
Provided individual short and long-term psychotherapy, marriage counseling, and
group treatment.
May1987 - June1998 Clinical Social Worker, Wake County Mental Health Center, Ral
eigh, NC.
Provided assessment, diagnosis, individual and group treatment to normal neurot
ic, as well as the severe and persistently mentally ill population. Supervised g
raduate social work students from UNC and ECU.
June 1987 Substance Abuse Counselor, Orange, Person, and Chatham Mental Health
Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
Responsible for outpatient treatment of acute and chronic substance abusers. EA
P contracts and referrals.
July 1986 Social Worker, Alcoholism Treatment Center, Raleigh NC. Responsible f
or intake, diagnosis, and inpatient treatment of acute and chronic substance abu
sers. Provided individual, group, and family therapy and performed triage dutie
s.

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December 1985 Instructor, Vance/Granville Community College, Oxford, NC.

Taught alcohol and drug education class to the prison population.

September 1984 Social Worker, Vance/Granville/Warren/Franklin Mental Health, He

nderson, NC. Responsible for diagnosis, crisis intervention, and supportive psy
chotherapy with acute and chronic population. On-call rotation.
SUPERVISION
January1998 a" May 2002 Landrum Tucker, MD, Oberlin Road, Raleigh, NC 27608
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy supervision.
April 1993 a" February 1996 Thomas Cornwall, MD, 2601 Atrium Drive, Suite 400, R
aleigh, NC 27607
Psychoanalytically oriented individual supervision.
January1992 Michael Macklin, MD, 111 Cloister Court, Suite 112, Chapel Hill, NC
27514
Psychoanalytically oriented individual supervision.
October 1991 Clarence Boyd, MSW, 3717 National Drive, Suite 109, Raleigh, NC 276
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Group supervision based on family systems theo
ry.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
North Carolina Psychoanalytic Society
Member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
National Committee for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
North Carolina Psychoanalytic Foundation

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Current Clinical Practice
My current practice includes twenty-eight clinical contact hours per week in pri
vate practice. Patients are normal neurotic adults and children as young as fou
r seen one hour per week, usually carrying six cases at twice to three per week,
as time will allow. Primary mode of treatment is psychoanalytic, supportive/in
sight-oriented treatment.

However, I have expertise in short-term treatment (6-8 sessions) and utilize a s

ystems paradigm for group treatment. Types of difficulties include a variety of
adjustment disorders, dysthymia/depression and anxiety, and problems with charac
ter pathology, including narcissism and dependency. Length of stay in treatment
, with the exception of adjustment disorders, is six months to three years. In
addition, I provide on-site crisis stabilization for victims of workplace violen
ce, suicide interventions, support to managerial staff, and consultation for han
dling workplace deaths. I work as needed for Soldiers returning from Active Duty
, both at Fort Bragg NC, and at VFWS, as a Family Life Consultant. In addition,
I provide supervision for the NC Licensure Board for Clinical Social Workers on
probation for ethics violations. Provide supervision for provisionally licensed
clinical social workers and students, in addition to providing supervision to p
rofessionals referred from the North Carolina Social Work Board for ethical viol
ations.