Child and Adolescent Therapist

• May 2022 - Present

Child/Adolescent Therapist

• Nov 2019 - May 2022

School Counselor

• Aug 2018 - Jun 2019

-Provided consultation to students, teachers and parents in order to best meet students’ personal, social and academic needs. -Created/conducted classroom guidance lessons on cyberbullying in an effort to educate students regarding the topic in hopes to decrease the incidents of cyberbullying within and outside the school environment. -Created and monitored 504 Plans to best meet individual student needs. -Maintained, updated and developed students’ class schedules to best meet each student’s needs. -Processed new student registrations. -Provided counseling and behavioral/academic plans if needed, on an individual basis to address various struggles such as focusing and impulse control. -Mediated conflicts between students encouraging students to lead the mediation using taught and effective responses. Show less

School Counselor

• Jan 2018 - May 2018

-Provided consultation to students, teachers and parents in order to best meet students’ personal, social and academic needs. -Conducted classroom guidance lessons on bullying, self-esteem and careers in hope to increase students knowledge regarding the topic and therefore better handle issues with these various topics. -Created and monitored 504 plan to best meet individual student needs. -Facilitated weekly groups such as social skills, study skills and conflict resolution in an effort to help each student understand their individual struggles and gain skills to better manage them. -Provided counseling and behavioral plans if needed, on an individual basis to address various struggles such as focusing and impulsive behavior. -Assisted with new student tours and meetings with parents. Show less

Mental Health Counselor-Intern

• Sep 2013 - May 2014

-Conducted weekly individual, family and group therapy to children and adolescents to improve overall functioning of clients. -Co-facilitated art therapy group with children to provide an outlet for children to not only express emotions but to also gain tools to manage these emotions. -Created and facilitated a personal control group with adolescents to assist with them not only understanding emotions, thoughts and behaviors, but to also learn coping skills to manage them. -Developed and wrote individualized treatment plans and conducted diagnostic assessments. -Conducted classroom guidance lessons on such topics as bullying, study skills, and anger management to better assist children/adolescents in making decisions and handling struggles revolving around these various topics. Show less

School Counselor

• Aug 2005 - Jun 2012

-Attended/Administered Intervention Assistance Team (IAT) meetings to meet the individual needs of students. -Maintained, updated, and developed students’ class schedules to best meet the needs of a student. -Provided counseling and behavioral plans if needed, on an individual basis to address various struggles such as class disruption and focusing. -Co-facilitated groups revolving around topics such as new student and social skills.in effort to help each student understand the topic and implement various learned coping skills/strategies to improve academic functioning. -Created and monitored 504 Plans to best meet individual student needs. -Created and implemented an anti-bullying program to be utilized both in and outside of the classroom in an effort to decrease the incidence of bullying both within and outside of school. -Organized and implemented a peer tutoring program in hope to improve academic achievement and assist struggling students in meeting their academic goals. -Processed new student registrations. -Conducted classroom guidance lessons on various topics such as social skills and study skills to assist students with gaining knowledge of the topics and better handle the accompanying struggles they may be experiencing. Show less