OBJECTIVE:

• To work for a growing organization that will utilize my extensive experiences and skills as a clinical therapist. To focus on the clients’ issues using trauma, cognitive behavioral therapy, and structural family therapy modalities. To focus on the client using a systemic and conscientious therapeutic approach. To continue to grow as a clinician who puts first the needs of the client and organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Associate Program Director

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Provide Supervision at assigned Residential Treatment site.
• Maintain and enforce compliance of DPW’s 55 PA Code Chapter 3899 (Child Residential and Day Treatment Facilities Regulations) OMHSAS’s Member date November 1995 titles: Requirements for Licensure of Residential Treatment Facilities for Adults, DHS and CBH requirements.
• Interview and assess individuals for program admission as assigned by the program director.
• Observe and provide feedback/supervision to Residential Treatment Associates to ensure that they are utilizing outlined treatment plan goals and objectives.
• Monitor program to ensure health and safety of residents.
• Ensure that housekeeping, dietary and other basic needs of residents are met.
• Ensure medication are monitored in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
• Review and follow up, corrective action plans and processes for all Behavioral Health Reviews.
• Review and follow up, with all incident reports.
• Provide on call supervision to ensure safety of all residents.
• Assist with development of proposals as requested.
• Ensure petty cash and other financial resources specific to residential treatment program.

Therapist

Confidential, Abington, Pa

Responsibilities:

• Provide individual and couples counseling to EAP clients in a Private Practice setting.
• Coach client to improve communication with their partners.
• Induce role plays and enactment to address systemic issues.
• Provide supportive and corrective feedback to frame presenting issues/symptoms.
• Provide psycho to client to address symptoms in terms that they are capable of grasping.
• Meet client where they are and focus on a strength based approach.
• Work with clients with sexual dysfunctions and intimate phobias.
• Focus on self - esteem building and empowerment.
• Work to resolve relational issues that are impacting clients level of intimacy
• Provide counseling to couples/parents of children that are separated or divorced.
• Assess treatment needs and conduct safety checks to clients that may need a higher level of care.
• Provide techniques and strategies to individuals with ADHD, OCD and Depression.

Therapist

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pa

Responsibilities:

• Provide individual and couples counseling to EAP clients in a Private Practice setting.
• Coach client to improve communication with their partners.
• Induce role plays and enactment to address systemic issues.
• Provide supportive and corrective feedback to frame presenting issues/symptoms.
• Provide psycho to client to address symptoms in terms that they are capable of grasping.
• Meet client where they are and focus on a strength based approach.
• Work with clients with sexual dysfunctions and intimate phobias.
• Focus on self-esteem building and empowerment.
• Work to resolve relational issues that are impacting clients level of intimacy
• Provide counseling to couples/parents of children that are separated or divorced.
• Assess treatment needs and conduct safety checks to clients that may need a higher level of care.
• Provide techniques and strategies to individuals with ADHD, OCD and Depression.

Clinical Director

Confidential, Glassboro, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical and administrative supervision of program staff, students (intern) and volunteers.
• Provide weekly psychotherapy, individual, family and group counseling.
• Assure the continuing and development of program staff.
• Regularly schedule meetings with program staff to discuss treatment and transition plans.
• Coordinate program activities with agency liaisons to collaborate and problem solve.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with other clinical social service programs across multiple systems.
• Perform administrate functions to complete required reports to funding sources.
• Provide leadership to staff to promote agency missions and values.
• Lead treatment team meetings and facilitate coordination between various disciplines (i.e. Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Nurses, Teachers, Clinical Case Managers, Senior and Residential Counselors).
• Review all treatment plans, intakes, progress reports and other documentation related to treatment to ensure compliance with DYFS and COA regulations.
• Coordinate structured activities that correlate with the goals and objectives of individual treatment plans.
• Formulate and implement various clinical group curriculums.
• Engage youth in crisis management and problem solving during high risk situations.
• Provide case conceptualization and insight of problematic and challenging youth.
• Implement positive reward system to correlate with YES program level system.
• Ensure the YES program is continually at capacity.
• Schedule “meet and greets” for potential youths that are appropriate for YES program.

Behavioral Specialist Consultant/Mobile Therapist

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Provide individual counseling to mentally and emotional unstable adolescents and adults in the community and school setting.
• Complete Functional Behavioral Assessments.
• Implement coping mechanisms to de-escalate clients’ anger and frustration.
• Coach clients to utilize techniques to manage maladaptive symptoms & behaviors.
• Role-play pro-social problem solving solutions to resolve family issues.
• Assess possible stressors and factors that limit client’s treatment success.
• Complete weekly DAP notes on clients treatment progress.
• Construct treatment plans for clients with a multitude of mental health diagnosis.
• Conduct Family Therapy Sessions and Individual Therapy.
• Write clinical summaries, including program notes, and coordinate/collect data on program outcomes.
• Develop, monitor, and revise client treatment plans, crisis behavior or plan of support programs designed to meet the needs of assigned clients.
• Participate as a member of assigned client’s Interdisciplinary and al Teams.
• Provide clinical supervision and instruction on implementation of individual behavior or support plans.
• Collaborates with various service providers and al entities around client’s behavioral adjustments.
• Empower caregivers and clients to be more self-sufficient and work cohesively.

Clinical Therapist

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Provide individual and family therapy to mentally and emotional unstable adolescents and their families.
• Implement coping mechanisms to de-escalate clients’ anger and frustration.
• Coach clients to utilize techniques to manage maladaptive symptoms & behaviors.
• Role-play pro-social problem solving solutions to resolve family issues.
• Assess possible stressors and factors that limit client’s treatment success.
• Conduct individual and family sessions with clients and their family members.
• Implement strength based approaches to clients while in treatment.
• Coach adults, adolescents and families on healthy self-soothing techniques to reduce anxiety and anger.
• Structured Therapeutic Play Therapy
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
• Attending court hearings to address client’s progress.
• Assist with discharge recommendations and conduct transition sessions to new provider.
• Conduct Process Group Therapy with clients in RTF.
• Conduct Diversity Group with client’s in RTF.

Out Confidential t Therapist

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Provide individual counseling to mentally and emotional unstable adolescents and adults in the out Confidential t office.
• Implement coping mechanisms to de-escalate clients’ anger and frustration.
• Coach clients to utilize techniques to manage maladaptive symptoms & behaviors.
• Role-play pro-social problem solving solutions to resolve family issues.
• Assess possible stressors and factors that limit client’s treatment success.
• Conduct individual and family sessions with clients and their family members.
• Implement strength based approaches to clients while in treatment.
• Coach adults, adolescents and families on healthy self-soothing techniques to reduce anxiety and anger.

Behavioral Specialist Consultant/Mobile Therapist

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Provide individual counseling to mentally and emotional unstable adolescents and adults in the community and school setting.
• Complete Functional Behavioral Assessments.
• Implement coping mechanisms to de-escalate clients’ anger and frustration.
• Coach clients to utilize techniques to manage maladaptive symptoms & behaviors.
• Role-play pro-social problem solving solutions to resolve family issues.
• Assess possible stressors and factors that limit client’s treatment success.
• Complete weekly DAP notes on clients treatment progress.
• Construct treatment plans for clients with a multitude of mental health diagnosis.
• Conduct Family Therapy Sessions and Individual Therapy.
• Write clinical summaries, including program notes, and coordinate/collect data on program outcomes.
• Develop, monitor, and revise client treatment plans, crisis behavior or plan of support programs designed to meet the needs of assigned clients.
• Participate as a member of assigned client’s Interdisciplinary and al Teams.
• Provide clinical supervision and instruction on implementation of individual behavior or support plans.
• Collaborates with various service providers and al entities around client’s behavioral adjustments.
• Empower caregivers and clients to be more self-sufficient and work cohesively.

Lead Clinician

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Assess child and student needs according to baseline information obtained from mandatory ASEABA assessment for assigned clients.
• Conducted family therapy session on weekly basis.
• Write clinical summaries, including program notes, and coordinate/collect data on program outcomes.
• Develop, monitor, and revise client treatment plans, crisis behavior or plan of support programs designed to meet the needs of assigned clients.
• Participate as a member of assigned client’s Interdisciplinary and al Teams.
• Provide clinical supervision and instruction to 6 STS staff and 3 Fee for Service Clinicians in implementation of individual behavior programs.
• Review all clinical documentation and assist in utilization of authorized hours.
• Conduct and supervise Group Therapy.
• Conduct periodic reviews of client plans and clinical summaries to ensure appropriate levels of medically necessary services are provided.
• Compose performance evaluations of all supervised staff.
• Collaborates with various service providers and al entities around client’s behavioral adjustments.
• Designs and directs behavior modification plans which, is individualized to family and clients needs.
• Coordinate and approve appropriation of funds in program.
• Consult with Administrative Clinical Director and various management teams on programming.

Out Confidential t Therapist

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Provided individual counseling to mentally and emotionally unstable adolescents in the out Confidential t office.
• Coached clients to utilize techniques to manage maladaptive symptoms/behaviors
• Coached caregivers on effective parenting techniques.
• Role-played pro-social problem solving solutions to resolve family issues.
• Empowered caregivers and clients to be more self sufficient and work cohesively.
• Assessed possible stressors and factors that limit client’s treatment success.
• Completed weekly notes on clients’ treatment progress.
• Constructed treatment plans for clients with a multitude of mental health diagnosis.
• Conducted individual and family sessions with clients and their family members.
• Coached caregivers on healthy self soothing techniques to reduce anxiety/anger.
• Conducted routine safety checks to determine clients’ high risk factors.
• Participated and made treatment recommendations for clients’ program discharge.

Mental Health Professional

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Provided individual counseling to mentally and emotional unstable adolescents and their families in the home.
• Conducted couples counseling session with married and cohabitating partners.
• Implemented coping mechanisms to de-escalate clients’ anger and frustration.
• Assessed possible stressors and factors that limit families’ treatment success.
• Completed weekly notes on clients’ treatment progress.
• Constructed treatment plans, strategies and recommendations to assist families through their ongoing issues and/or dysfunctions.
• Conducted weekly family sessions.
• Implemented Ecological Structural Family Therapy model with families to assist with their problem areas.
• Trained families on pro-social problem solving solutions to resolve family conflict.
• Assisted families with structuring and nurturing a supportive homeostasis.
• Advocated in support of families to remain in their natural environments to work through their systemic issues.
• Made referrals to assist families with supportive services for aftercare planning.
• Served as a 24-hour Crisis Response Team member for families on assigned caseload.
• Transported families to psychiatric appointments and treatment team meetings.
• Serviced high risk juvenile offenders primarily from RTF in specialized team.

Primary Therapist

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Provided individual counseling to a caseload of 8 male youths ages 13 to 18.
• Provided individual counseling to adult caregiver around their stressors with reunification.
• Conducted individual counseling to caregivers with mental health diagnosis to asses their mental status prior to discharge from facility.
• Conducted weekly groups on Delinquent Thinking Patterns and other assigned topics.
• Constructed treatment plans for clients with a multitude of mental health diagnosis.
• Completed Bio-Psychosocial history on all clients.
• Conducted individual and family sessions that are trauma specific.
• Implemented strength based approaches to clients while in treatment.
• Made recommendations for clients’ aftercare treatment.
• Completed court reports, provided treatment recommendations for clients and participated in clients’ court proceedings.

Provider Relations Representative

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Served as a liaison and primary point person between various provider agencies and CBH.
• Served as the primary contact for providers around all issues related to CBH in understanding operational systems.
• Educated providers on changes and operational concerns on the state level.
• Responsible for keeping CBH staff and Administrators abreast of all changes and challenges to numerous assigned providers. Duties included: changes in Executive staff, provider contract/services being provided to consumers, structural challenges, and billing issues.
• Assisted in the resolution of issues that arose between providers and other CBH departments such as Contracts and Claims.
• Planed and moderated provider s.
• Assisted in compliance and credentialing audits.
• Recouped outstanding payments from provider agencies for negligent services