Chaniece Winfield

SENIOR LECTURER
Counseling & Human Services

Contact Information

2127 EDUCATION BUILDING
NORFOLK, VA 23529

Biography

Dr. Chaniece Winfield has over 10 years of experience as a behavioral health practitioner specializing in providing substance abuse and mental health services to individuals and families across the lifespan. Dr. Winfield’s experience includes being an undergraduate and graduate level educator in the counseling, psychology and human service disciplines and specializes in teaching and developing courses related to psychopathology, service interventions, ethics, and special populations. Since 2013, she has been an educator of Human Services and Counseling with Old Dominion where she serves as the addiction credential coordinator overseeing the CSAC and CADC addiction course sequence. Her expertise and experience expand beyond higher education to include private and public service experience within outpatient, community based and K-12 settings providing clinical supervision, professional development opportunities, and clinical service delivery. Her research interests include practitioner development, experiential teaching strategies, ethics, families and adolescents, clinical supervision and areas related to addiction practice. Dr. Winfield has several peer reviewed publications and has been the recipient of several awards and honors at ODU and nationally.

Education/Credentials

Ph.D. in Psychology, Capella University, (2014)

M.A. in Counseling, Norfolk State University, (2009)

B.A. in Sociology, Norfolk State University, (2007)

Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner: Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Board of Counseling; Date Obtained: 2018-03-04

Master Addiction Counselor: Sponsoring Organization: National Association for Addiction Professionals; Date Obtained: 2016-06-30

Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor: Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Certification Board; Date Obtained: 2015-07-01

Approved Clinical Supervisor: Sponsoring Organization: Center for Credentialing and Education; Date Obtained: 2015-06-01

Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor: Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Association for Play Therapy; Date Obtained: 2015-02-01

Licensed Professional Counselor: Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Board of Counseling; Date Obtained: 2015-01-01

Certified Rehabilitation Provider: Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Board of Counseling; Date Obtained: 2010-03-01

Certified Substance Abuse Counselor: Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Board of Counseling; Date Obtained: 2009-12-22

Board Certified Human Service Practitioner: Sponsoring Organization: Center for Credentialing and Education; Date Obtained: 2009-12-01

Expertise

Substance Abuse

Mental Health

Co-occurring Disorders

Ethics

Assessment

Interviewing

Treatment Planning

Group Facilitation and Development

Supervision

Families

Adolescents and Children
Research Interests

Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Ethical Practice, Practitioner development, Counseling issues, play therapy, children, adolescents, and families.

Articles

Winfield, C., and Rehfuss, M. (2019). Use of film in undergraduate human services: Understanding the addiction and recovery process. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

Winfield, C., Sparkman, N., and Vajda, A. (2017). An Exploratory Study of Interprofessional Collaboration among Helping Professions. Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice

Sparkman, N., Winfield, C., and Vajda, A. (2017). Families in Conflict: Emergence of the Family Oriented Human Service Practitioner. The International Journal or Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies

Winfield, C., Sparkman, N., and Vajda, A. (2017). Professional Standards: Embracing Preventive Ethics in Human Services. Journal of Human Services, 37 (1), pp. 55-62.

Winfield, C., Cole, R., and Craigen, L. (2016). The Affordable Care Act and Addiction Treatment: Preparing the Undergraduate Human Service Professional. Journal of Human Services, 36 (1), pp. 37-45.

Winfield, C. (2015). Parenting Alone in Undergraduate Education: The Experience of Single Parent Adult Learners. The Nontraditional Journal/The Association for Nontraditional Students in Higher Education. (16), pp. 86-95.
Book Chapters

Winfield, C. (2016). Social Learning and Addiction.Social Psychology: How Other People Influence Our Thoughts and Actions. Goleta: ABC-CLIO Publishers.
Presentations

Chaniece, w. (September 12, 2019). Addiction Certificate Informational Session Oral Presentation presented at 2019 Addiction Education Reception Old Dominion University.

Winfield, C. (February, 2019). The Truth about Opioids Lecture presented at ODU Institute for Lifelong Learning Virginia Beach, VA .

Winfield, C. (October, 2018). Experiential learning in addiction education Oral Presentation presented at National Association for Addiction Professionals Minneapolis, MN.

Winfield, C. (April 27, 2017). Suicide Prevention for Behavioral Health Professionals Oral Presentation presented at 2017 Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference Myrtle Beach, SC.

Winfield, C. (April 18, 2017). REVIVE! Opioid Reversal Training Old Dominion University.

Winfield, C. (March 18, 2017). The Addiction Professional Parts I & II: Professional Identity, Ethics and Confidentiality Chesapeake Public Library.

Winfield, C. (November, 2016). Improving Capstone Courses Workshop: Using CATME Oral Presentation presented at Improving Capstone Courses.

Sparkman, N., and Winfield, C. (April, 2016). Families in Conflict: Emergence of the Family Oriented Human Service Practitioner. Oral Presentation presented at Works in Progress Conference Norfolk, VA .

Sparkman, N., and Winfield, C. (March, 2016). Human Service Practice in the United States. Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Sparkman, N., and Winfield, C. (March, 2016). International Women's Day: Pledge for Parity. Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Winfield, C. (October, 2015). Professional Certification as a Substance Abuse or Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Virginia. Poster presented at 2015 Annual Conference Washington, D.C. .

Winfield, C. (October 24, 2015). The Experience of Single Parent Adult Learners who have Obtained an Undergraduate Degree: A Generic Inquiry. Poster presented at National Organization for Human Services Charlotte, NC.

Winfield, C. (October 17, 2015). Suicide and Crisis Intervention for Addiction Professionals Chesapeake, VA.

Winfield, C. (October 9, 2015). Professional Certification as a Substance Abuse or Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Virginia Poster presented at NAADAC Berthesda, MD.

Winfield, C. (March 29, 2015). Parenting Alone in Undergraduate Education: The Experience of Single Parent Adult Learners Oral Presentation presented at 18th Annual National Conference Leesburg, VA.

Winfield, C. (February 7, 2015). From School Counselor to Licensed Professional Counselor: Professional Licensure in Hampton Roads Poster presented at Hampton Roads School Counselors Leadership Team Conference Hampton, VA.

2016: Research Mini-Grant, National Organization for Human Services
2016: Teaching Innovation Award, Old Dominion University- Darden College of Education
2015: Shining Star Award, Old Dominion University
2015: Shining Star Award, Old Dominion University
2014: Shining Star Award, ODU

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Rehfuss, M.; Narketta, S.; Kristy, C.; Shuntay, T.; Chaniece, W.; Jennifer, S.; Jeffry, M. "OWEP Opioid Paraprofessional Expansion Grant" $900,000. August, 2019 - December, 2023

Winfield, C. "Research Mini-Grant" $500. Private. October, 2016 - October, 2018

Old Dominion University

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