Experience

SamaraCare Counseling
• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Licensed Clinical Psychologist

  • Dec 2019 - Present


Trinity Services Inc.

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Mental Health Counselor

  • Jul 2016 - Dec 2019

  • Provide individual and group therapy to adults with severe and persistent mental illness, and developmental disabilities. • Provide off-site and on-site Community Support therapies to help to aid with client recovery goals of living independently within the community. • Major experience in treating anxiety disorders, mood disorders, Schizophrenia, trauma and personality disorders in outpatient care. • Provide crisis intervention and completed involuntary hospitalization petitions for clients in crisis. • Develop and promoted original psychoeducational group programming for the Glenwood Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program to improve the social, coping, conflict resolution, conversation and interpersonal skills of clients with severe mental illness and developmental disability. • Provide peer to peer supervision during student group case consult and presentations. • Provide case consult to staff and student externs related to intervention styles and approaches. • Provide individual therapy and neurofeedback to children and adolescents. • Completed six full neurocognitive assessments with children and adolescents ranging from age seven to fifteen including variations of protocols testing executive functioning, intelligence and achievement, and social and emotional functioning. • Completed one fetal alcohol spectrum screening with an adolescent. • Completed two Electroencephalogram (EEG) tests on children. • Provide assistance to the development of Trinity Services, Inc. Self Study Application for American Psychological Association Accreditation. Show less



Associates in Behavioral Science

• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advanced Extern

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Provided individual and group therapy to adolescents and adults from urban, low income, ethnic minority populations • Established high acuity in treating mood disorders, trauma and personality disorders in outpatient care • Administered crisis intervention and completed involuntary hospitalization petitions for clients in crisis • Aided in psychiatric hospital placement for individuals in crisis at area medical hospitals • Completed 1full integrative psychological evaluation • Responsible for clinic operations, record keeping, and interfacing with the clinic psychiatrist regarding patient care • Developed and promoted original psychoeducational group programming for the Intensive Outpatient Program to improve the social, coping, and interpersonal skills of clients with severe mental illness Show less



Fox Valley United Way

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Family Resource Specialist

  • Nov 2014 - May 2015

  • Led research on grant opportunities to secure additional permanent funding sources for future intern and extern student training positions • Assisted in compiling data and completing grant applications • Interpreted in Spanish for externs, support staff and facility psychiatrists • Inventoried, organized and assisted in ordering testing protocols for incoming student externs • Organized and assembled orientation training packets for incoming student externs • Prepared child and adolescent client testing charts and created a new filing system for more efficient record keeping Show less



Will County Health Department

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Therapy Extern for the Acute Crisis Services Program

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2014

  • Managed a caseload of 24 clients in a community mental health setting• Thrived in providing crisis intervention and completing involuntary hospitalization petitions• Conducted follow-up phone calls to area hospitals securing placement for clients in crisis who were screened and referred to a state hospital, substance abuse treatment facility or private hospital• Applied case management expertise to clients’ post hospitalization including intake paperwork consisting of consent forms, request for service, safety plan, and program requirements• Assisted in fostering education and medication management to clients• Worked collaboratively with site psychiatrists to ensure client medication compliance• Completed Mental Health Assessments and assigned Level of Care Utilization System scores • Successfully fulfilled a rotation at the community health center once per week providing crisis services to patients seeking mental health care with their primary care physician• Responsible for developing and promoting original didactic seminars and presentations on topics such as cultural bound syndromes within the Latino population, mindfulness and self-care and eating disorders Show less

• Diagnostic Extern

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2013

  • Completed 12 full integrative assessments with children and adolescents ranging from age five to eighteen including variations of protocols testing intellectual functioning, achievement functioning and social and emotional functioning in a community mental health center• Scored, interpreted, and integrated test data and wrote comprehensive assessment reports, school reports and forensic reports as requested by the referral source• Interpreted in Spanish therapy and feedback sessions for externs and intake sessions for staff • Attended Individual Education Plan meetings on behalf of the client as requested by the legal guardian and Will County staff• Conducted feedback sessions for clients that included the referral source and the legal guardian• Provided individual therapy for two clients from the child and adolescent division Show less

• Community Service Extern

  • Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

  • Led research on grant opportunities to secure additional permanent funding sources for future intern and extern student training positions• Assisted in compiling data and completing grant applications • Interpreted in Spanish for externs, support staff and facility psychiatrists• Inventoried, organized and assisted in ordering testing protocols for incoming student externs • Organized and assembled orientation training packets for incoming student externs • Prepared child and adolescent client testing charts and created a new filing system for more efficient record keeping Show less



Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Community Outreach and Engagement Specialist

  • Mar 2011 - Aug 2012

  • Managed outreach and community engagement for assigned Local Technical Assistance Program Projects • Exceeded previous public meeting attendance figures with representation ranging between 40-100 community stakeholders • Assisted in creating templates and best practices for Local Technical Assistance Program Projects • Researched and assisted in compiling existing condition reports for 16 municipalities around the Northeastern Illinois Region • Facilitated the development of relationships among community stakeholders and elected officials • Helped facilitate outreach among underserved communities, especially Latino communities • Systematically organized and facilitated public meetings Show less



City of Aurora

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Administrative Aide

  • May 2005 - Mar 2011

  • Provided full administrative support to Chief of Staff and 12 Aldermen • Provided research support for statutes and ordinances from neighboring cities and states for the development of local ordinances • Served as liaison for the Hispanic/Latino community in communicating to their Alderman • Worked with various neighborhood organizations and aldermen on projects such as Neighborhood Clean-ups working and securing volunteers/vendors and compiling information for Ward Newsletters • Created proposals and resolutions for official governmental approval as necessary • Translated Aldermanic documents as needed, from English to Spanish or Spanish to English • Translated verbally for Aldermen’s Office as well as other city departments • Provided creative contributions, such as creating a city employee directory for over forty departments Show less