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Virginia Z. Gordon, Licensed Professional Counselor

	Virginia Z. Gordon, Licensed Professional Counselor
Industry	Mental Health
Title	Licensed Professional Counselor
Expertise	Counseling, Reiki Master
Current Organization	V.Z. Gordon Consultant Services, LLC
Type of Organization	Mental health consulting
Major Product	Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy
Area of Distribution	Maryland
University/Degree	M.S., Applied Behavioral Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1983; Ph.D., Management Organization, George Washington University,1989; Reiki Master Certified; Nationally Certified Hypnotherapist
Honors & Awards	First National Award from HEW for organizing the first state-wide citizen advocacy committee Md. For Foster Children; Recognized in the International Who's Who in Community Service, 1979; The World Who's Who of Women, 1974-75
Affiliations	Past President of the Board, Women's Advertising Club of Baltimore, Advertising Association of Baltimore, Inc., the Doctoral Association at the George Washington University School of Government and Business Administration, Maryland Action for Foster Children, Inc.; American Counseling Association; Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology; National Guild of Hypnotists
Hobbies & Sports	Art, music, travel, dancing, tennis
Career Accomplishments	Formerly a 3 time entrepreneur, Dr. Gordon felt a calling to help people in a more direct, personal way. The career shift was initiated by hypnosis which came to her for a third time in 1999 with the opportunity for formal training. Dr. Gordon believes when something comes to you for a third time you must pay attention to it. She first learned about hypnosis at age 15 from a friend and again approximately 10 years later she had some informal training but didn't take any interest in it as she was engaged in her first entrepreneurial activity, V.G. Mitchell Advertising and Public Relations, the agency she started and managed for 17 years. Overlapping with the agency, she launched a second entrepreneurial real estate partnership with her late husband and continued as sole proprietor after his demise. Third was a hobby of jewelry making that became a sideline activity, As things evolved, the jewelry business morphed into Gordon Antiques. She had working assistance for daily retailing activities.
Work History	She taught 2 years in Business Administration as an Adjunct University Professor at Georgetown University. She also taught Creativity Workshops for Teachers at Loyola University in Maryland. Before that, she taught Fashion Merchandising and directed the program for Patricia Stevens in Baltimore, Maryland.
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