Mental Health Counselor

• Aug 2021 - Present

Mental health counselor, working in-person and Telehealth. Accepting all ages, individual, couple, and family therapy clients. Mental health counselor, working in-person and Telehealth. Accepting all ages, individual, couple, and family therapy clients.

Family and Life Skills Case Manager

• Jan 2016 - Aug 2021

Community Living Support Therapist

• Sep 2015 - Jan 2016

Provide necessary support to children with severe emotional disturbance to assist them to live independently as possible. 1. Teach, train and assist youth with skill development related to activities of daily living, household chores, organization, socialization, improving communication and relationship building skills. 2. Remind, observe, reward and monitor pro-social behaviors and internal controls by instilling positive behaviors and increasing resiliency factors that should reduce risk factors. 3. Track behaviors and assist the therapist and caregiver with implementing behavioral techniques established by the Individual Plan of Service. 4. Participate in leisure and community activities as identified as goals in the Individual Plan of Service, to support skill building around health, safety, and socialization and communication. 5. Assist with preserving the health and safety of the youth in order that they may reside or be supported in the most integrated, independent community setting. 6. Complete case notes, documenting the services that were provided specific to the identified goals and the Community Living Support services. 7. Assist in developing the Individual Plan of Service to include the goal(s) and intervention strategy(s) that the Community Living Supports will address. 8. Maintain and balance a client caseload. 9. Provide group respite and one-to-one respite care as needed. Show less

Master's Level Intern

• Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

Home Based Intern at Bethany Christian Services. Visit clients in their home and school setting. Areas of interest: Crisis intervention, counseling, case management, assessments, treatment planning, individual and family therapy.Theoretical orientation: CBT, TF-CBT, REBT, Psychotherapy, Play Therapy

Service Request operator

• Dec 1987 - Dec 2016

• Communication liaison between patients, visitors, community, doctors, and nurses• General health care duties and knowledge• Able to act quickly and accurately in emergency situations• Observing privacy issues and procedures

Patient Care Tech-nursing

• Dec 1987 - Jun 1998

• Patient care on adult and pediatric units• Taking orders from doctors• Able to act quickly and accurately in emergency situations• Observing safety and privacy procedures

Infant/Toddler Room Lead Teacher

• Jan 2005 - Dec 2011

• Director over infant and toddler age children attending church nursery • Lesson and activity planning and implementing • Scheduling • Director over infant and toddler age children attending church nursery • Lesson and activity planning and implementing • Scheduling

Manager

• Sep 1984 - Sep 1987

Sales associate. Assistant manager. Sales associate. Assistant manager.