Episode 11: Self-Care: Why It Must Be A Priority w/Dr. Addie
Dr. Addie J. McCafferty, affectionately known as “Dr. Addie”, is an MSW Field Education Associate with Capella University’s Social Work Program. She received her doctorate in Higher Education and Leadership from Trident University International. Her MSW from the University of South Carolina (USC) advanced standing program and her BSW from Limestone College. She is licensed in two states as an LMSW (SC) and an LGSW (MN).
Dr. Addie is a transformational leader who focuses on empowering individuals through her social work experience. She has worked at USC on a national research project called Center for Adolescents Research in Schools (CARS) as a consultant in which she trained school counselors and psychologists on how to implement the intervention of the research project. She is the CEO of A.J. Consulting, LLC in which they contract services with community mental health organizations to administer behavioral modification to children who are struggling with success in the classroom. Also, she worked as a counselor/outreach coordinator at the Hinesville/Ft. Stewart Ga satellite office of the Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire in Savannah, Ga.
Dr. Addie is the executive director of her internet TV show called: Wisdom Breaks with Dr. Addie, and the author of Livin It Up Wholly and Beyond Betrayal: Standing in The Midst of Adversity, both of which can be purchased on Amazon.
She has earned a reputation as a dynamic catalyst for change in learners, individuals, and families seeking to expedite the journey along the path towards self-sufficiency. Dr. Addie’s insightful lectures/speeches are seasoned with humor, compassion, and personal candor. She opens the minds of her learners and challenges their thought processes with documented research and real-life examples. Dr. Addie translates psychology and human behavior into everyday language that enables individuals to transform their lives and helps change the path they take in the quest for knowledge, sustainability, dignity, and hope.