Social Security (Law / Disability) Consultants: 2

Healthways Services, is a small national telehealth clinical practice that offers a wide variety of biopsychosocial services, which are designed to help individuals achieve unparalleled successful health outcomes through the use of the created program called "Project S.T.O.P." (Self Taking On Prevention).  

Dr. Christopher A. Lowery, DHSc, CLCP is a Clinical Health & Rehabilitation Consultant who is board-certified as a life care planner, and he provides national telehealth clinical services in medical life care planning, counseling, assessments and evaluations, employment/career issues, pre-surgical consultation, biopsychosocial health promotion and prevention. Some of the clinical behavioral health disorders are (e.g., anxiety, employment, depression, substance use, disparities, etc.), medical conditions (e.g., chronic pain, burns, high blood pressure and diabetes management, etc.) and health behavior changes (e.g., weight management, tobacco cessation, exercise, etc.).   

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He currently hold the following degrees from University of North Texas, Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Studies (07); University of Oklahoma, Master of Arts in Human and Health Administration Services (10); Capital University Law School, Post-Specialty Certificate in Life Care Planning (12); University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Post-Master's Certificate in Rehabilitation Counseling (14); and Nova Southeastern University, Doctor of Health Science in Global Health (16).  

Dr. Lowery, integrates his health services to individuals, and primary and specialty care providers to focus on initiatives that addresses mental health, medical, psychological and psychosocial aspect of disabilities. His approach aims to provide support and holistic care to clients/patients, and guide them to understand their individual barriers and enablers, and target long-term life care planning that should increase health improvements. The main approaches are cognitive, acceptance and commitment, motivational interviewing, person-centered, human lifespan, and reality approaches, which should prevent poor health, injury outcomes, and improve good health and enhance quality of life.

**If you have a case that needs Dr. Lowery expertise, please feel free to give his office a call for a free consultation.

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Marguerita M. Cheng, CFP®, CRPC®, RICP®, Chief Executive Officer at Blue Ocean Global Wealth, is a Certified Financial Planning Expert with 18 years of experience. Prior to co-founding Blue Ocean Global Wealth, she was a Financial Advisor at Ameriprise Financial and an Analyst and Editor at Towa Securities in Tokyo, Japan. Ms. Cheng is a past spokesperson for the AARP Financial Freedom Campaign and a regular columnist for Investopedia & Kiplinger. She is a CFP® professional, a Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorSM, a Retirement Income Certified Professional® and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. As a Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) Ambassador, Ms. Cheng helps educate the public, policymakers, and media about the benefits of competent, ethical financial planning. She served on the Financial Planning Association (FPA) National Board of Directors from 2013 – 2015 and is a past president of the Financial Planning Association of the National Capital Area (FPA NCA). 

Marguerita Cheng CNBC Interview on Social Security

Awards and Honors - Ms. Cheng is a recipient of the Ameriprise Financial Presidential Award for Quality of Advice and the prestigious Japanese Monbukagakusho Scholarship. In 2017, she was named the #3 Most Influential Financial Advisor in the Investopedia Top 100, a Woman to Watch by InvestmentNews, and a Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise (MBE®) by the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council (CRMSDC).

Litigation Support - Ms. Cheng serves as a Women’s Initiative (WIN) Advocate and subject matter expert for CFP Board, contributing to the development of examination questions for the CFP® Certification Examination. She also volunteers for CFP Board Disciplinary and Ethics Commission (DEC) hearings. Services to attorneys representing plaintiff and defendant include financial due diligence, thorough reporting, depositions, and trial testimony as needed.

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