Experience

Greenbriar Treatment Center

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

• LSW, Chemical Dependency Therapist

  • Feb 2009 - Present

  Outpatient partial program

• Chemical Dependency Therapist

  • Feb 2009 - Present

  Facilitate specialized group therapy sessions, individual therapy with clients and significant others •Conduct educational sessions with patients and family members •Provide appropriate assessment and clinical services and participate with clinical team in forming and implementing treatment plans for assigned clients. •Maintain on-going case consultation and develop continuing care plan for assigned clients •Perform utilization review responsibilities on an on-going basis throughout treatment process •Facilitate treatment of dual diagnosis clients under supervision of Psychiatrist and Medical Director•Maintain contact with referral sources and community resources •Complete accurate documentation in clinical records according to DDAP requirements•Provide long-term treatment for clients mandated for treatment by WDAC; encompasses group and on-on-one therapy, developing treatment plans and reporting progress on a long term basisAccomplishments:•Continuing Care/Treatment Group: Patients released from treatment are invited to return to group sessions, patients dating as far back as 2009 that regularly attend group sessions to share their experience, strength and hope to the newcomers still in treatment. •Provide high-quality services, actively increasing average length of stay, with an above average census•Administer individual treatment through Greenbriar, for select clients following discharge from partial programming



Mental Health Therapist, Wesley Highland School

• Mental Health Therapist (Floater)

  • Apr 1999 - Sep 1999

  Supported primary therapeutic staff for alternating caseloads, for children ages 5-12 and adolescent 13-20 •Helped facilitate the educational process with students diagnosed with varying degrees of mental illnesses•Performed as a part of the School’s Treatment Team, handling significant patient caseload Supported primary therapeutic staff for alternating caseloads, for children ages 5-12 and adolescent 13-20 •Helped facilitate the educational process with students diagnosed with varying degrees of mental illnesses•Performed as a part of the School’s Treatment Team, handling significant patient caseload



Southwood Psychiatric Hospital

• Clinical Social Work Intern

  • Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Performed as part of the Psychiatric Treatment Team for children and adolescents with mental illness, in acute care setting•Handled social histories and assessments and set up after-care plans •Conducted supervised individual and family therapeutic sessions •While interning, was offered full-time position of Mental Health Therapist at Wesley Highland School, by attending psychiatrists Performed as part of the Psychiatric Treatment Team for children and adolescents with mental illness, in acute care setting•Handled social histories and assessments and set up after-care plans •Conducted supervised individual and family therapeutic sessions •While interning, was offered full-time position of Mental Health Therapist at Wesley Highland School, by attending psychiatrists