Experience

Peterborough Family Health Team

• Social Worker



Sarah O'Brien Counselling Services

• Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

• Counselor

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Private counselling services Provide one to one counselling to individuals struggling with a wide variety of mental health concerns Take a client-centered, trauma informed approach to working with clients to meet their goals Use the following treatment modalities : CBT, ACT, DBT, Solution-Focused, First Stage Trauma Counselling Complete session via a tele-health network and in person Make appropriate referrals to community based agencies as required Private counselling services Provide one to one counselling to individuals struggling with a wide variety of mental health concerns Take a client-centered, trauma informed approach to working with clients to meet their goals Use the following treatment modalities : CBT, ACT, DBT, Solution-Focused, First Stage Trauma Counselling Complete session via a tele-health network and in person Make appropriate referrals to community based agencies as required



Peterborough Family Health Team

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mental Health Clinician

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  • Provide clinical counselling to individuals struggling with mental health issues • Engage in a variety of different treatment modalities including but not limited to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), First-Stage Trauma Counselling, Solution Focused • Working with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, trauma and stress • Receive referrals from doctors, nurse practitioners, and dieticians • Work in a collaborative team approach to provide client centered short term treatment • Facilitate and construct workshops and groups Show less



Four Counties Addiction Services Team (FourCAST)

• Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

• Case Manager

  • Sep 2016 - Jun 2018

  Hospital to Home Case Manager • Receive referrals from hospital staff for individuals who attend Peterborough Regional Health Centre for substance use related reasons • Collaborate with hospital support staff and community agencies to connect individuals to services • Provide short term case management support to individuals • Set up case conferences, discharge meetings to develop treatment plans for individuals • Provide counselling support to individuals in and out of the hospital • Advocate on client’s behalf with doctors, psychiatrists, and other hospital employees • Make appropriate community-based referrals, and provide warm hand off to FourCAST counsellors Addiction Supportive Housing Intensive Case Manager • Maintain a caseload of eight individual clients struggling with significant mental health and addition concerns, and provide intensive case management services in a community-based setting • Intervene with crisis intervention and conflict resolution strategies • Working within a harm reduction and housing first ideology • Engage in community development and networking, advocating with landlords, community agencies, and service providers • Assist clients with Activities of Daily Living and maintaining their housing • Provide supportive counselling to clients to assist working through the stages of change • Working with individual clients struggling with concurrent disorders Addiction Counsellor • Meet with clients one to one to provide clinical counselling to individuals and families • Engage in effective Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques • Make appropriate referrals for other agencies within the community • Certified in Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) assessment • Certified in Auricular Acupuncture (Acu-Detox) • Co-facilitate Getting Started and Weekend Planning Group • Complete and input intakes Show less



Canadian Mental Health Association

• Canada
• Mental Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Justice Service Case Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Sep 2016

  Justice Service Worker, Canadian Mental Health Association • Deliver court support to clients going through the criminal justice system • Advocate on client’s behalf • Work collaboratively with the crown, defense counsels, and community agencies • Submit applications for Community Support Court and Mental Health Diversions • Case manage individuals accepted into community support court and mental health diversions • Work on client-centered goals by developing a treatment plan for those accepted to Community Support Court • Use motivational interviewing to help clients through goals, and develop client strengths • One-on-one support provided to client • Refer clients to community agencies as required Show less



Ontario Works

• Canada
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Case Manager

  • Sep 2011 - Mar 2014

  • Complete and approve applications to determine initial and ongoing eligibility for assistance • Monitor participation in employment activities • Applied motivational interviewing techniques with clients to promote positive change • Identified assets to support people in the development of personal, educational, and employment goals • Liaised with the community Legal Centre, Housing Resource Centre, and other agencies to address housing crisis • Refer clients to other community agencies as required • Managed two specialized caseloads: Student Earn and Learn working with students completing their Ontario Secondary School Education, and Preparing for Success, working with individuals struggling with mental health and addiction challenges Show less