Pamela Harris is currently the Clinical Director of African American Family Services (AAFS) in Minneapolis , Minnesota . The mission of AAFS is to help the African American individual, family, and community reach a greater state of well-being through the delivery of community-based, culturally-specific chemical health, mental health and family preservation services. "I enjoy working with individuals who are in pain," says Dr. Harris, "and assisting them in finding their inner strength to rise above their life stressors and to become self-reliant."

Prior to her work with AAFS, Dr. Harris was the Director of Social Services for the Model Cities of St. Paul and the Director of Community Services for Family Services of St. Paul.

An Adler student admired Dr. Harris' training on diversity and asked the Adler Graduate School to consider her as an instructor. Dr. Harris has been teaching Multicultural Counseling at AGS and says, "I am always learning and I stay current on my subject matter so that I can offer students up-to-date information about the subject matter."

She enjoys the flexibility of teaching and of using various teaching styles to reach the students on their level of understanding. 

Courses:
Multicultural Counseling

Professional Affiliations:
Board of Social Work 

Workshop:
Multicultural Diversity Training
Anger Management

Research Interests:
Effects of Domestic Violence on Children

Contact Information:
Home: (612) 824-2218
Work: (612) 813-0782 Extension 119
Pager: (612) 661-2909
Fax: (612) 813-0786
Email: pamelab57@earthlink.net
Website of African American Family Services: aafs.net

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