Experience

Counselor in Private Practice

• Mental Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Outpatient Therapist

  • Nov 2021 - Present



Familylinks, Inc.

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Outpatient Therapist

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Provide outpatient mental health and dual diagnosis care to adults, children, and families

• Care Coach

  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2017

  Implemented evidence-based interventions with caregivers of older adults



Guardian Caregivers, Inc

• Caregiver

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2014



Benedum Geriatric Center/ WPIC

• Social Work Intern

  • Sep 2013 - Apr 2014

  Completed psychosocial assessments in inpatient and outpatient settings, provided referrals and resources as needed, created treatment plans, provided therapeutic interventions, participated in treatment team meetings, and recorded notes in accordance with MediCare/MedicAid guidelines. Completed psychosocial assessments in inpatient and outpatient settings, provided referrals and resources as needed, created treatment plans, provided therapeutic interventions, participated in treatment team meetings, and recorded notes in accordance with MediCare/MedicAid guidelines.



UPMC Palliative Care Institute

• Amdur Fellow

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

  ● Met with seriously ill patients and their families to determine goals of care and assess psychosocial needs● Understood and arranged placement with different levels of hospice care● Spent one week with Family Hospice and Palliative Care, participating in care and grief process with patients and social workers in the field and in their inpatient units● Daily interaction with an interdisciplinary team of palliative care professionals ● Met with seriously ill patients and their families to determine goals of care and assess psychosocial needs● Understood and arranged placement with different levels of hospice care● Spent one week with Family Hospice and Palliative Care, participating in care and grief process with patients and social workers in the field and in their inpatient units● Daily interaction with an interdisciplinary team of palliative care professionals



Mercy Behavioral Health

• CTT Intern

  • Oct 2012 - Apr 2013

  Provided services to people with chronic mental illness in a community setting including: motivational interviewing, CBT, case management, harm reduction, skills training, ADL support, AOD counseling, medication monitoring, and meeting personal goals. Provided services to people with chronic mental illness in a community setting including: motivational interviewing, CBT, case management, harm reduction, skills training, ADL support, AOD counseling, medication monitoring, and meeting personal goals.



Bittersweet Farms

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Direct Care Professional

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2012



AIDS Interfaith and Residential Services

• Residential Aide

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2011