Experience

New Roads Behavioral Health

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

• NRTH Program Vocational and Case Manager

  • Oct 2013 - Present

  The NRTH program is a mental-health program that specializes in working with clients diagnosed with bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, psychotic disorders, and social/anxiety disorders. Within this program, I specialize in medication management, intensive life-skills coaching, vocational training, drug testing, and DBT education. My clientele involves young adults in a transitional setting, all of whom have mental health and drug abuse-related backgrounds.

• Mentor

  • Nov 2012 - Dec 2013

  I work with young adults in an inpatient setting, listening to their difficult life experiences and developing relationships of trust. I help them to identify their challenges and strengths, and discuss short and long term goals for their treatment and life. Some of my responsibilities include distributing medication and administering room inspections for clients living at the center. Weekly, I coordinate Dialectical Behavioral Therapy groups for the clients, in addition to planning wholesome group activities and field trips for them. Show less



Brigham Young University

• Brigham Young University

• Peer Mentor

  • Jul 2011 - Apr 2013

  Each semester during my university experience, I served as a mentor/peer counselor for 85 to 100 first-year students enrolled at Brigham Young University through the Freshman Mentoring Program. I counseled them on their successes and challenges and connected them to university resources based on individual academic needs and struggles. In addition, I held workshops for struggling students, organized study groups and lunch meetings to connect students to t heir peers, and contributed to the training of new Peer Mentors. Through this position I also gained valuable leadership and research experiences. Show less