Barbara Jeanne Townsend

Background

Townsend, Barbara Jeanne was born on November 18, 1939 in Vernon, Texas, United States. Daughter of Robert Rollin and Dessie Marie (Pollock) Morgan.

Education

Bachelor, North Texas State University, 1962; Master of Public Administration, Golden Gate U., 1976; Master of Social Work, Norfolk State University, 1983; certified forensic examiner, University of Virginia.

Career

Teacher, Peninsula Emergency Medical Council, 1962-1973; social work associate, Family Svc.-Traveler's Aid, Hampton, Virginia, 1976-1977; special placement coordinator, Juvenile and Domestic Rels. Court, Newport News, Virginia, 1979-1980; director social services, Hughes Memorial Home for Children, Danville, Virginia, 1980-1984; director social services, Eastern Eastern State Hospital, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1984-1988; consultant, group therapist Mental Health Center,, Riverside Hospital, Newport News, 1984-1989; therapist, Charter Colonial Institute, Newport News, 1988-1989; program administrator, clinical supervisor, Charter Colonial Institute, Newport News, 1989-1990; private practice individual, family and group therapy,, Newport News, since 1990. Consultant Eastern Virginia Health Superior vena cava syndrome Agency, Norfolk, 1977.

Guest various local television talk shows, 1989-1990. Professor Norfolk State University Graduate School, since 1987.

Achievements

• Barbara Jeanne Townsend has been listed as a noteworthy Therapist, educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Offutt School Parent-Teachers Association, Bellvue, Nebraska, 1971-1972. Phone worker, group trainer Contact Peninsula, Newport News, 1976-1980. Board directors Virginia Peninsula Council for Battered Women, Hampton, 1979-1980.

Member of advisory board home health care Peninsula Health Department, Newport News, 1987, department social work Christopher Newport College, Newport NNews, 1988. Member Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Norfolk, since 1991. Member NASW, Council Women Therapists, Virginia Society for Clinical Social Work, Virginia Council for Social Welfare.

Interests

• Avocations: collecting movies, gardening, sewing, walking.

Connections

Married Kenneth W. Townsend (divorced 1977). Children: Robert Douglas, Teresa Lynn, Jeffrey Kenneth, J. Samuel.

Father:

Robert Rollin Morgan

Mother:

Dessie Marie (Pollock) Morgan

Spouse:

Kenneth W. Townsend

child:

J. Samuel Townsend

child:

Robert Douglas Townsend

child:

Jeffrey Kenneth Townsend

child:

Teresa Lynn Townsend