Experience

Find Your Shine

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Psychotherapist

  • Apr 2018 - Present



La Frontera Arizona - Empact SPC

• Crisis Specialist

  • May 2015 - Sep 2018

  Participated in community outreach events throughout the year: Take Back the Night, Denim Day, and 22 for the 22.Facilitated Crisis Survival Skills Group, assisted families in the petition and PAD process.Coordinated care with client health care providers, police detectives, and court staff as needed to assist victims of crime. Educated victims of crime about victim’s rights, victim’s compensation, orders of protection, and injunctions against harassment. File mandating reports of alleged abuse of children and vulnerable adults with the Police Department, Department of Child Safety, and Adult Protective Services as needed. Worked mobile crisis– overnight shifts with various contacts to complete mental status exams,

• MSW Therapist Intern

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017

  Provided individual psychotherapy, completed intake assessments, co-facilitated grief support group, and empowerment group.

• BSW Intern

  • Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Screened new clients and informed them about THS Program, completed case management assessment and provided resource informationAssisted in management of clients on the THS waitlist, set client intakes, and screening assessmentsCo-facilitated Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills group Provided active listening, validation and emotional support to clients via phone and in personInput and maintain statistical information to database for renewal of grant funding



U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• MSW Intern Therapist

  • Aug 2017 - Apr 2018

  Provided individual psychotherapy, completed mental health assessments, transplant assessments, discharge planning, co-facilitated grief support group, transgender support group, cognitive processing therapy group, mapping through depression group, and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia group. Provided individual psychotherapy, completed mental health assessments, transplant assessments, discharge planning, co-facilitated grief support group, transgender support group, cognitive processing therapy group, mapping through depression group, and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia group.