Experience

CommuniCare+OLE

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IBH Specialist/Clinician

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Integrated Behavioral Health Clinicians provide brief interventions and therapy integrated with other health providers, including Primary Care, Perinatal, Dental and other behavioral health and substance use providers.- Provide in-person and telehealth services including assessment, triage, crisis support, and individual and/or group therapy for patients experiencing a range of mental health symptoms in a trauma-informed and culturally responsive manner.- Collaborate with primary care, dental, clinic staff, and Yolo County Health and Human Services Mental Health to provide and coordinate care, including substance use disorders and level of care changes.- Ability to quickly and accurately attune to clients during Warm Hand Offs from Primary Care and Dental Providers. - Competently deliver therapy services to children and adults with client goals being at the center of care. - Independently manage complex caseload in back-to-back 30-minute windows and complete administrative duties in fast-paced medical clinic setting. - Effectively utilize measurement-based care practices to determine client progress, wellness, and risk factors; collect required departmental pre/mid/post health screenings (e.g., PHQ9). - Available for in-person and video/phone-based crisis, triage, and consultation during primary care and substance use disorder treatment hours. - Identifies referral needs. If needed, makes referrals for more intensive psychological or psychiatric services.- Ability to address a wide range of mental health conditions, utilize a variety of assessment tools, facilitate diagnostic evaluations and treatment interventions to address client needs, goals, and circumstances. Refers patients with apparent need for psychotropic medication to primary care provider and/or psychiatrist where appropriate. Show less

• BHI Clinician

  • Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

  Navigating clinic patients with facilitation and coordination of in-clinic and community mental health services. Doing initial assessing for appropriate level of care and doing brief psychosocial interventions through warm hand offs. Working with multiple departments within the clinic such as primary care, dental and behavioral health. Corresponding with providers to evaluate best health outcomes.

• BH Clinician and Navigator

  • Jan 2022 - May 2022

  Part of the R2R (Road to Resilience) team. Conducting intake, assessment, 1:1 sessions, case management and parenting education.

• MSW II Intern

  • Sep 2021 - May 2022

  • Current ongoing placement with CommuniCare’s Behavioral Health division, with two programs, Journey HOME (intensive perinatal substance abuse outpatient services) and IHT4C• Engage in evidence based and cognitive behavioral practices regarding individual and group therapy along with parenting, relationships, trauma-recovery, and relapse prevention.• Providing case management services and connecting clients to mental health services, other primary care health services, and community partners Show less

• Case Manager

  • Jun 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Actively supporting Project Room Key participants in their connection to services through community collaboration efforts with internal and external community partners (i.e., Yolo County HHSA, City of Davis, and other agencies).• Providing case management services such as connecting clients to mental health services, primary care services, and housing resources within Yolo County.



Fourth & Hope

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AOD Counselor I

  • Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

  Monitor and have one on one weekly sessions with clients to address barriers to treatment and recovery process to determine diagnosis and need for treatment. Utilize motivational interviewing approach to work collaboratively with clients in recovery. Make referrals to appropriate programs and agencies to help clients access the right level of care to meet treatment needs (based on treatment plans and ASAM). Conduct intake, orientation, assessment, treatment planning, counseling, case management, crisis intervention, client education, referral, etc. Show less



County of Yolo

• United States
• Government Administration
• 500 - 600 Employee

• MSW Adult Protective Services Intern

  • Sep 2020 - May 2021

  Conduct interviews with clients, family members, and others in their home, in the office, or via telephone to assess the basic social, physical, and mental needs of clients and obtain health information in order to identify and provide social services. Perform case studies and evaluates individual and family case information to assess the safety of adults; determines appropriate types and methods of treatment. Refer clients to community resources for direct and intensive services; advocate on the clients' behalf for most appropriate services. Show less



Yolo County CASA

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Court Appointed Special Advocate- Volunteer

  • Oct 2019 - Jun 2020

  Volunteered as a CASA to represent the interests of foster youth in the court system. Worked with legal and child welfare professionals, educators, and service providers to ensure that the judge has the utmost up to date information on the status and current conditions of a child. Volunteered as a CASA to represent the interests of foster youth in the court system. Worked with legal and child welfare professionals, educators, and service providers to ensure that the judge has the utmost up to date information on the status and current conditions of a child.



Empower Yolo

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Peer Counselor- Volunteer

  • Apr 2018 - Apr 2020

  Underwent 72 hours of training in sexual assault and domestic counseling training with a special emphasis on Yolo and Sacramento County agency resources. Trained on 24-hour crisis intervention, emergency shelter intake procedures, confidential peer counseling, and Clothing Closet. Acquired knowledge of local public assistance, sexual assault, and domestic violence assistance programs Underwent 72 hours of training in sexual assault and domestic counseling training with a special emphasis on Yolo and Sacramento County agency resources. Trained on 24-hour crisis intervention, emergency shelter intake procedures, confidential peer counseling, and Clothing Closet. Acquired knowledge of local public assistance, sexual assault, and domestic violence assistance programs



University of California, Davis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

  Involved in a follow up research project that studies the best method of ‘presenting yourself most professionally,’ through digital means. Tasked with sending out randomized emails to professional staff and utilizing data collection from email data. Involved in a follow up research project that studies the best method of ‘presenting yourself most professionally,’ through digital means. Tasked with sending out randomized emails to professional staff and utilizing data collection from email data.



Law Office of Douglas Lehrman

• Sacramento, CA

• Intern

  • May 2016 - Dec 2016

  Currently working on a social media outreach project that seeks to further inform the public about the different existing processes towards U.S. legalization. Currently working on a social media outreach project that seeks to further inform the public about the different existing processes towards U.S. legalization.



Don Saylor for State Assembly Campaign

• Davis, CA

• Intern

  • Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

  Was involved in targeting vital voting communities (within 6 counties) through activities such as phone banking, walking precincts (door to door), candidate forums, fundraisers, advertisements, etc. Our central goal was to ensure that Don Saylor, current Yolo County Supervisor, became the next elected State Assembly member. Was involved in targeting vital voting communities (within 6 counties) through activities such as phone banking, walking precincts (door to door), candidate forums, fundraisers, advertisements, etc. Our central goal was to ensure that Don Saylor, current Yolo County Supervisor, became the next elected State Assembly member.



University of California, Davis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

  Research through a multinational communication research project that studied supportive communication in digital communication. Responsible for developing a direct translation transcription, from Spanish-English.

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  Research involved studying the best method of ‘presenting yourself most professionally,’ through digital means. Tasked with sending out synchronized emails to professional staff. Through this we were able to retrieve data.