Experience

Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2023 - Present

• • Jan 2019 - Present

• • Jan 2019 - Feb 2023

  Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health, Madison, WI 1/2019-presentInfant Mental Health Clinical Coordinator• Endorsement Coordinator: serves as an ambassador to the Infant Mental Health Endorsement system by educating professionals about mental health competencies, encouraging application for endorsement and supporting applicants through the endorsement process. Provides technical assistance to professionals working to complete IMH Endorsement; assists with marketing the endorsement competency system; and helps build and improve the IMH Competency and Endorsement System Infrastructure. • Reflective Supervision Learning Collaborative Coordinator: Organizes and facilitates WI-AIMH’s Reflective Supervision Learning Collaborative including updating content, providing training, and reflective practice supervision. Oversees project operations through leadership, project management, overseeing program marketing materials, providing technical assistance, and facilitating continuous quality improvement. • Infant Mental Health Consultant: Serves as a resource for clinical information related to WI-AIMH’s IMH Consultation projects. Provides a broad range of supports including infant and early childhood mental health consultation in a variety of settings; training and coaching staff; providing screening, assessment and referral services and reflective consultation. Collects and maintains data to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of IMH consultation for project maintenance and expansion. Show less



Aurora Family Service

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• • Feb 2016 - Dec 2018

  Supervises the personnel and administration of clinical and training programs under the Family Institute within Aurora Family Services (AFS). Program areas for the Family Institute include Family Counseling Clinic (FCC), Family Therapy Training Institute (FTTI) and Milwaukee Mental Health Consultants (MMHC). Oversees day-to-day operations of assigned services and areas including intake, referrals, programming, billing and outcomes. Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with agency personnel and the community to optimally operate programs. Show less

• • Oct 2012 - Feb 2016

  • Program Coordination: Coordinates with client agencies of Milwaukee Mental Health Consultants to assess and meet training and consultation needs. Facilitates communication with Family Therapy Training Institute students, faculty and supervisors, in coordination with Family Counseling Clinic staff. Coordinates quality improvement processes, including outcome data collection, analysis and feedback for both programs. • Consultation: Provides mental health consultation and training to multiple agencies around mental health concerns. • Psychotherapy: Provides systemic psychotherapy to individual, couples, and families through the Family Counseling Clinic. Practice specialties include: mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, parenting, marital/relationship stress, divorce, blended families, domestic violence, adjusting to life span transitions and life stress management. Show less



Sojourner Family Peace Center

• Health and Wellness Coordinator

  • Sep 2010 - Oct 2012

  • Group Facilitation: Co-facilitate parenting support and child witness groups for survivors of domestic violence and educational group for female offenders. Demonstrate expertise in the complexities of intimate partner and family violence and multifaceted effects on children. • Intake and Assessment: Execute intakes with new clients to determine compatibility for participation in groups and to assess parenting skill needs. • Case Management: Provide ongoing parenting education and individual therapy for survivors of domestic violence. Maintain monthly caseload of 30 clients. • Collaborations: Collaborate with systems and services that impact families. Gain and maintain long-term partnerships to ensure clients receive all-encompassing support and resources. • Administrative: Maintain internal database of client attendance for support groups, orientation intakes and one-on-one counseling in addition to case notes of client activities. Show less



Aurora Health Care

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Family Therapy Resident

  • Aug 2010 - Jun 2012

  • In-Home Therapy: Provided consultation, bio-psychosocial assessment, diagnosis and therapy for clients enrolled in Family Care Program. Maintained monthly caseload of 10 clients. • Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy: Completed bio-psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, and therapy to clients in the Aurora Family Service mental health clinic. Maintained monthly caseload of 10 clients. • Peer Training: Presented at multiple state and national conferences as well as local community events to inform clinicians, consumers and their families of how to navigate the predictable, yet difficult challenges that arise with aging adults and their multigenerational families. • Professional Collaborations: Assisted with administrative support for Milwaukee Mental Health Consultants and the Family Therapy Training Institute. • Administrative: Maintained timely client records of all activities according to state regulation and ethical practice. Show less



MargaretAnn's Place

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Group Facilitator

  • May 2010 - Sep 2010

  • Training: Completed volunteer facilitator training acquiring knowledge and experience in the application of counseling skills with bereaved children and families. • Group Facilitation: Facilitated peer-support groups for children ages 3-18 and their parents/caregivers. • Training: Completed volunteer facilitator training acquiring knowledge and experience in the application of counseling skills with bereaved children and families. • Group Facilitation: Facilitated peer-support groups for children ages 3-18 and their parents/caregivers.



Maritime Savings Bank

• Branch Operations Supervisor

  • Nov 2003 - Sep 2010

  • Accomplishments: Regularly exceeded job expectations resulting in three consecutive promotions leading to position as Branch Operations Supervisor. Regularly met and exceeded personal and branch sales goals. • Leadership: Effectively managed a team of three employees. Promoted a positive and collaborative work environment. Exhibited sound judgment and accountability when resolving problems and making key decisions. • Communication Skills: Utilized strong interpersonal communication skills and knowledge of systems working with managers, employees, and customers. • Customer Service: Understood and practiced the importance of providing quality customer service in congruence with company goals and values. • Policies and Procedures: Responsible for ensuring the compliance of company policy and procedure for ensuring security and quality services. • Administrative: Proficient in daily bank operations which included: processing cash transactions; balancing vault and ATM; employee scheduling; processing bi-weekly payroll; and submitting monthly tracking reports. Show less



Marquette University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Faculty Representative

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010

  • Served as communication liaison between general adult track students, student faculty representatives, and program director. • Assessed and addressed concerns of general adult-track students. • Actively participated in monthly student-faculty representative meetings to address concerns and generate working solutions. • Served as communication liaison between general adult track students, student faculty representatives, and program director. • Assessed and addressed concerns of general adult-track students. • Actively participated in monthly student-faculty representative meetings to address concerns and generate working solutions.

• Counseling Intern

  • Sep 2008 - May 2010

  • Multicultural Competency: Demonstrated understanding and cultural sensitivity providing individual, couples, and family therapy to adults, adolescents, and children from low income and culturally diverse populations. • Counseling Skills: Acquired knowledge and experience in the application of counseling skills with an emphasis on Family-Systems Approach. Practiced ethical behavior in difficult situations. Developed skills in a team-oriented environment when participating in individual and group live supervision, including observation in front of a two-way mirror. • Clinical Consultations: Participated in weekly clinical consultations with senior staff and supervisors, including Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. • Team Collaborations: Collaborated with colleagues to identify, assess and address needs of families and clients enrolled in Family Care Program and needs of families with newborns in Aurora Women Pavilion’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. • Psycho-educational Course Facilitation: Co-facilitated “Changing Families,” an educational course for parents in the process of divorce that promotes healthy child adjustment and co-parenting. Show less



Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Corporate Center

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2007 - May 2007

  • Assisted in a psychological study investigating the prevalence of eating disorders among adolescents. • Coded and entered research data into SPSS. • Practiced ethical treatment of sensitive research data. • Assisted in a psychological study investigating the prevalence of eating disorders among adolescents. • Coded and entered research data into SPSS. • Practiced ethical treatment of sensitive research data.



University of Wisconsin

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Intern

  • Jan 2007 - May 2007

  • Tracked and managed course progress of assigned students. • Identified and successfully addressed various needs of students to facilitate successful completion of course requirements. • Tracked and managed course progress of assigned students. • Identified and successfully addressed various needs of students to facilitate successful completion of course requirements.

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2005 - May 2006

  • Assisted in a psychological study investigating the prevalence of childhood pretend companions. • Ethically recruited participants. • Alternatively observed and tracked child engagement during psychological experiment. • Engaged children and families before, during, and after experiment. • Collected and entered research data into SPSS and CBCL. • Assisted in a psychological study investigating the prevalence of childhood pretend companions. • Ethically recruited participants. • Alternatively observed and tracked child engagement during psychological experiment. • Engaged children and families before, during, and after experiment. • Collected and entered research data into SPSS and CBCL.