Experience

University of Michigan School of Social Work
• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Doctoral Student

  • Sep 2021 - Present


Brooklyn Center for Families in Crisis

• Staff Therapist

  • Jul 2018 - Jun 2020

  Therapist position at OMH Article 31 Outpatient Mental Health clinic. Provided ongoing collaborative, strengths-based individual, family and couples’ counseling to clients from a variety of backgrounds dealing with issues including life changes and transitions, depression and anxiety disorders, serious and persistent mental illness, recovery from trauma, and substance abuse. Therapist position at OMH Article 31 Outpatient Mental Health clinic. Provided ongoing collaborative, strengths-based individual, family and couples’ counseling to clients from a variety of backgrounds dealing with issues including life changes and transitions, depression and anxiety disorders, serious and persistent mental illness, recovery from trauma, and substance abuse.



Metro Community Church of New York Charities

• Trauma-Informed Care Specialist

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2019

  One year grant-funded position. Created and delivered staff trainings on trauma informed care, provided milieu social work services to clients of Sylvia’s Place LGBTQIA youth emergency shelter, created and delivered cycling 9-week client therapy group intervention and tracked grant deliverables. One year grant-funded position. Created and delivered staff trainings on trauma informed care, provided milieu social work services to clients of Sylvia’s Place LGBTQIA youth emergency shelter, created and delivered cycling 9-week client therapy group intervention and tracked grant deliverables.



Housing Works

• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• License Master Social Worker

  • Oct 2017 - Feb 2018

  Temporary position; provided clinical case management, individual and group counseling services to adults living with HIV/AIDS and co-morbid substance use or mental health disorders in the Adult Day Health Care Program; designed and implemented evidence-based therapy groups; provided client care coordination and advocacy. Temporary position; provided clinical case management, individual and group counseling services to adults living with HIV/AIDS and co-morbid substance use or mental health disorders in the Adult Day Health Care Program; designed and implemented evidence-based therapy groups; provided client care coordination and advocacy.



Community Care Alliance

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Healthy Transitions Clinician

  • Sep 2015 - May 2017

  Helped to launch innovative, grant-funded program to provide flexible, empowering community-based supports to young adults in Norther Rhode Island with moderate to severe mental illness and/or significant trauma history. Provided intensive, long-term clinical services to clients and families in a team-based work environment while ensuring fidelity to grant requirements and deliverables. Focused on culturally competent care, particularly with regards to issues of access to gender-affirming services for transgender and gender-nonconforming clients. Show less



Rhode Island Hospital

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

• Clinical Social Work Intern

  • Sep 2014 - May 2015

  Completed final field placement at Rhode Island Hospital, half time on pediatric inpatient floors and half time as first-ever mental health professional working with transgender and gender non-conforming patients in Adolescent and Medicine Pediatric outpatient clinics. Responded to social work consults on the inpatient floors with assessment, support, and resources for patients and families; participated in comprehensive care rounds; completed biopsychosocial assessments and gender histories at intake in outpatient clinics; provided crisis management, ongoing support and trans-positive resources to patients; developed printed resources for transgender patients Show less



Follows the Sun Consulting

• Organizational/ Small Business Consultant

  • Mar 2010 - Feb 2015

  For five years, I worked as a consultant to support individuals and small businesses in starting, organizing and managing projects. My services listed at the time: "I help people who have more good ideas than they know how to handle make it through the detritus of daily tasks, brainstorm their next grand plan, and keep everything moving smoothly forward so that they can always function at their best. Specialties: Organizing your projects in a way that feels comfortable for you Turning big, scary piles of work into small, manageable pieces Making sure all your resources are being used at maximum efficiency Finding patterns and themes in thoughts and information Discovering the things you hate doing and help you stop having to do them" Show less



Gender Spectrum

• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Administrator & Consultant

  • Jul 2012 - Sep 2014

  Created an online community to support the families of gender non-conforming children and GNC youth, and build connections among support professionals, participated hiring and served as primary liason with technical staff, strategized around user experience and site architecture to facilitate community growth; created and updated user guides; conducted board administration services Created an online community to support the families of gender non-conforming children and GNC youth, and build connections among support professionals, participated hiring and served as primary liason with technical staff, strategized around user experience and site architecture to facilitate community growth; created and updated user guides; conducted board administration services



Charles E. Shae High School

• Social Work Intern

  • Sep 2013 - May 2014

  Provided in-school individual counseling and group services, aided student in starting and running an after school group for the school’s LBGT student population including sponsoring a school-wide Day of Silence event; worked with faculty, staff and guidance counselors to mobilize systems and improve students’ access to the curriculum Provided in-school individual counseling and group services, aided student in starting and running an after school group for the school’s LBGT student population including sponsoring a school-wide Day of Silence event; worked with faculty, staff and guidance counselors to mobilize systems and improve students’ access to the curriculum


Sarah Dopp Consulting
• Technology, Information and Internet
• Virtual Assistant

  • Mar 2010 - Jul 2013


Ready to Learn Providence

• Early Literacy Educator

  • Aug 2009 - Jul 2010

  As part of Ready to Learn Providence's AmeriCorps program, I worked with children aged 2-5, helping prepare them for literacy skills when they reached kindergarten. As part of Ready to Learn Providence's AmeriCorps program, I worked with children aged 2-5, helping prepare them for literacy skills when they reached kindergarten.


Bear Paw Tutors
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Tutor and Site Coordinator

  • Jan 2009 - May 2009

Al Di La Tratorria
• Kitchen Intern

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

Random House
• Australia
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Editorial Intern, Clarkson Potter Imprint

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007