Psychotherapist

• Aug 2022 - Present

Social Worker (Kings County Hospital Med/Surg)

• Jun 2021 - Aug 2022

• Delivers care in a timely and safe manner utilizing hospital protocols and policies as well as clinical social work concepts and evidence based practices.• Coordinates safe and efficient discharge planning.• Creates and maintains detailed hospital records.

Social Worker (Elmhurst Hospital Mobile Crisis Unit)

• Jan 2020 - Jun 2021

• Conduct home visits and provide crisis counseling to patients • Link patients to long term mental health and/or substance abuse treatment

Behavioral Health Clinician (ICL Bushwick ACT Team)

• Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

• Conduct home visits to provide up to 68 clients with mental health care. • Provide therapy in order to increase clients’ self-determination and autonomy, utilizing DBT skills, CBT, MI and PST. • Support clients in their transition from hospital to community care by ensuring timely delivery of medication, teaching coping strategies to deal with stress and symptom management, and providing psychoeducation about harm reduction. • Conduct home visits to provide up to 68 clients with mental health care. • Provide therapy in order to increase clients’ self-determination and autonomy, utilizing DBT skills, CBT, MI and PST. • Support clients in their transition from hospital to community care by ensuring timely delivery of medication, teaching coping strategies to deal with stress and symptom management, and providing psychoeducation about harm reduction.

Social Worker

• May 2018 - Dec 2018

• Provided intensive casework counseling to nine families who were affected by substance abuse and/or mental health conditions. • Offered services that helped nine families prevent entry or re-entry into foster care. • Provided intensive casework counseling to nine families who were affected by substance abuse and/or mental health conditions. • Offered services that helped nine families prevent entry or re-entry into foster care.

Social Work Intern

• Sep 2017 - Apr 2018

• Provided one on one counseling services for five survivors of domestic violence in order to help the survivors develop coping strategies, feel empowered, develop trust, and begin to heal. • Facilitated a support group for up to 10 survivors of domestic violence in order to gain peer support and to promote mutuality. • Referred clients to appropriate outside services when needed. • Provided one on one counseling services for five survivors of domestic violence in order to help the survivors develop coping strategies, feel empowered, develop trust, and begin to heal. • Facilitated a support group for up to 10 survivors of domestic violence in order to gain peer support and to promote mutuality. • Referred clients to appropriate outside services when needed.

Social Work Intern (Bellevue ACT Team)

• Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

• Conducted home visits to increase the clients’ self-determination and develop confidence in living independently, along with other social workers. • Facilitated a group about budgeting in order to expand the clients’ knowledge and foster their autonomy. • Conducted home visits to increase the clients’ self-determination and develop confidence in living independently, along with other social workers. • Facilitated a group about budgeting in order to expand the clients’ knowledge and foster their autonomy.

Social Work Intern

• Sep 2016 - May 2017

• Provided individual counseling services for six middle school students in order to promote confidence, improve self-esteem, develop coping strategies, and refine problem solving skills. • Facilitated five support groups in order for the students to gain peer support, promote mutuality, and develop social skills. • Provided individual counseling services for six middle school students in order to promote confidence, improve self-esteem, develop coping strategies, and refine problem solving skills. • Facilitated five support groups in order for the students to gain peer support, promote mutuality, and develop social skills.