Experience

YES Community Counseling Center

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mental Health Counseling Intern

  • May 2022 - Present

  • Co-facilitate 3 therapeutic groups: educating children under the age of 10 on mindfulness, emotional regulation, and communication; adult stress management allowing space to discuss life stressors and learn new coping skills; recovery group for those diagnosed with substance use disorders to develop skills to manage triggers and cravings as well as psychoeducation on recovery• Conduct individual and family sessions for an active caseload of clients with varying presenting problems, including anxiety, addiction, suicidality, and bullying• Maintain progress notes, scheduling, coordination (psychiatrists, probation officers, school social workers), and termination • Facilitate weekly individual intake assessments and develop write-ups consisting of treatment recommendations and impressions Show less

• Prevention Specialist

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  • Co-facilitate two parenting groups (Active Parenting and PAX Community Workshops), educating parents on strategies and skills to aid in their child’s ability to self-regulate, understand emotions, and successfully communicate• Facilitate a 10-week evidence-based program “Supporting Students Exposed to Trauma” teaching adaptive thinking and coping strategies through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with 10–14 year-olds• Administere an evidence-based program “Teen Intervene” for high school students who display early stages of alcohol or drug involvement, using CBT and motivational interviewing techniques• Facilitate an evidence-based classroom intervention program “PAX Good Behavior Game” to multiple classrooms in a local elementary school, providing social-emotional learning• Deliver nationwide program “Too Good for Drugs” to elementary and high school students to identify personal goals, manage emotions, decision making, and learn effective communication, striving to reduce the rate of substance experimentation and misuse• Provide interventions to high school students through “PreVenture” to identify personality types that can affect specific dimensions, such as anxiety sensitivity, negative thinking, impulsivity, and sensation seeking Show less



CREEDMOOR PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mental Health Counseling Intern

  • Jan 2022 - May 2022

  • Co-facilitated and provided programming for morning therapeutic groups to enhance patients’ social and ADL skills, provide psychoeducation on diagnoses and managing symptoms, create a safe place to explore trauma, and develop other essential therapeutic skills • Administered functional assessments and mental status exams with newly admitted patients to better understand their current level of functioning, to identify active symptoms, and to plan for treatment • Strengthened my understanding of severe mental illness symptomology, including active hallucinations and delusions • Participated in morning rounds with therapists, psychiatrists, and other professionals to update all patients’ mental/physical statuses • Prepared for handling a verbal and physical crisis by participating in the hospital training “Preventing & Managing Crisis Situations” Show less



Sentara Healthcare

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intensive Outpatient Program Intern

  • Sep 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Created literature and worksheets used to co-facilitate programming for an Intensive Outpatient substance abuse recovery group in order to educate the group on substance abuse and coping skills • Maintained progress notes, co-facilitated intakes, developed treatment plans, administered random breathalyzers/drug tests, and shadowed the ER Psychology Evaluation Team, learning assessment for treatment, ER note taking, and finding appropriate inpatient hospital beds • Created literature and worksheets used to co-facilitate programming for an Intensive Outpatient substance abuse recovery group in order to educate the group on substance abuse and coping skills • Maintained progress notes, co-facilitated intakes, developed treatment plans, administered random breathalyzers/drug tests, and shadowed the ER Psychology Evaluation Team, learning assessment for treatment, ER note taking, and finding appropriate inpatient hospital beds



Summit House

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  • Aided patients diagnosed with severe mood and personality disorders (some of which were found not guilty by reason of insanity) with daily clubhouse model tasks such as clerical, exercise, cooking lunch, and ‘house’ cleanup. • Co-facilitated group therapy sessions and recovery groups, promoting social skills and overall safe talk spaces for patients to discuss freely • Aided patients diagnosed with severe mood and personality disorders (some of which were found not guilty by reason of insanity) with daily clubhouse model tasks such as clerical, exercise, cooking lunch, and ‘house’ cleanup. • Co-facilitated group therapy sessions and recovery groups, promoting social skills and overall safe talk spaces for patients to discuss freely