CONTACT INFORMATION
Business Address:  Post Office Box 500, Milligan College, Tennessee 37682
Phone: (423) 461-8663
E-mail: lmills@milligan.edu
 

EDUCATION
1991-1995 University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky - Ph.D., Clinical Psychology

1988-1991 University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky - M.A., Clinical Psychology

1984-1988 Milligan College, Milligan College, Tennessee - B.A., Psychology. Magna Cum Laude graduate.
 

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
1993-present.    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, Milligan College, Milligan College, Tennessee. Courses taught include: Theories and Practices of Counseling, Theories of Personality, Learning and Memory, Research Methods, and General Psychology. A portion of my workload each semester has been providing short-term counseling to students.

1996-2000    THERAPIST, Frontier Health, Johnson City, Tennessee. Responsibilities included completing assessments of both children and adults, as well as providing therapy for a diverse outpatient population.

1992-1993    PSYCHOLOGY INTERN, North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, North Chicago, Illinois. Bernhard E. Blom, Ph.D., Training Director. Rotations included: Homeless Domiciliary, Geriatrics, and Stress Disorder Treatment Unit. Responsibilities included: intake interviews, psychological assessment, group therapy, and individual therapy on each rotation.

1991-1992    EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIAN, New Albany/Floyd County (Indiana) Public Schools. Administered and interpreted psychological test batteries for children who were undergoing re-evaluation of the benefit of
their involvement in special education classes.

1989-1992    STUDENT THERAPIST, University of Louisville Psychology Clinic. Completed assessments of both children and adults, served as group
therapist for panic disorder groups and individual therapist for a diverse
outpatient population.

1989-1990    PRACTICUM STUDENT, Child Evaluation Center, University of Louisville. Performed intake interviews and administered testing batteries to children with a wide variety of presenting problems.

1989-1991 RESEARCH ASSISTANT, University of Louisville. Collected and analyzed data on projects involving nursing home residents and served as
primary research assistant on an NIMH-funded study with severely mentally ill individuals.

American Psychological Association

Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy

Meeks, S., Gibson, L L., & Walker, K. P. (1992). ‘Negative symptoms,’ health, depression, and level of functioning among nursing home residents. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7, 203-209.

Mills, L.L., & Meeks, S. (1997). Medication, psychosocial treatment, and relationship support in relation to short-term functioning in adults with severe mental illness. Presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy annual meeting, Miami, FL.

Meeks, S., Gibson, L. L., Jackson, E. S., & Francis, M. L. (1993, July). Short-term symptom stability of severely mentally ill persons in the latter half of life. Presented at the XVth International Congress of Gerontology, Budapest, Hungary.

Meeks, S., Francis, M. L., Jackson, E. S., & Gibson, L. L. (1992). Prevalence and treatment of affective symptoms among older severely mentally ill persons in the community. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting, Washington, D. C.

Gibson, L. L., & Meeks, S. (1991). Activity level and daily mood in nursing home residents. Presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy annual meeting, New York, NY.

Meeks, S., Gibson, L. L., & Walker, K. P. (1990). ‘Negative symptoms,’ health, depression, and level of functioning among nursing home residents. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting, Boston, MA.

Gibson, L. L., Cunningham, M. R., & Barbee, A. P. (1990). Effects of problem situations on choices of pep talk strategies. Presented at the American Psychological Association annual meeting, Boston, MA.