Experience

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  North suffolk mental health

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2013

  •Planned and facilitated therapy groups for adults with mental illness, including dialectical behavioral therapy, diabetes support, dual diagnosis cognitive behavioral therapy, and art therapy.•Provided support to individual clients during milieu settings to encourage use of healthy behaviors and coping skills in the adult intensive outpatient program.•Chaperoned and drove 15 clients to and from the treatment center, and on field trips to local beaches, shopping centers, and movie theaters.•Implemented grief and trauma counseling skills in the milieu and group settings after the death of two clients who had been members of the community for over 10 years.•Managed eight clients in facilitating lunch preparation and serving. Show less •Organized and co-facilitated two hour substance abuse groups as part of the adolescent intensive outpatient program.•Developed group curriculum based on addiction psychoeducation, coping tools, and development of healthy behaviors, including role play, field trips, and structured games.•Co-facilitated weekly psychoeducation substance abuse groups at Melrose High School for using and at risk teens.•Maintained consistent contact with outside providers and client families to ensure coordination of care.•Completed intake forms, client charts, and treatment plans. Show less

  • Relief Clinician - Conexions Day Treatment

    Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

  • Clinical Intern - Teen Conexions

    Sept 2012 - May 2013
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  Dearborn academy summer program

  Sept 2013 - Aug 2016

  •Co-facilitated a classroom of 8 students in grades 7-8 with severe emotional, behavioral, and learning disorders in a structured summer program.•Assisted the head teacher with developing and implementing a mixed academic and enrichment based curriculum, including subject review, cooperative games, art, and jobs training.•Provided social and emotional support for students through individual check-ins, group counseling, mediating during peer conflict, or redirecting students managing behavioral difficulties.•Facilitated daily group counseling sessions focusing on coping with anxiety and building self-esteem through games, social stories, and discussion.•Prepared weekly reports on student progress updating parents on students’ academic and social/emotional progress.•Chaperoned students on various field trips and team building outings. Show less •Provided weekly individual counseling to students in grades 4-8 at a psycho-educational day school serving children and adolescents with severe emotional, behavioral, and learning disorders.•Assisted milieu counselors with mediation and conflict resolution with students who received out of class consequences for behavioral difficulties, such as refusing work or teasing a peer.•Co-facilitated weekly groups focusing on fostering cooperation and trust, while working on social skills and resolving issues that may arise in the classroom setting.•Established therapeutic rapport through structured games, taking walks, playing basketball, or utilizing the school sensory room.•Monitored student progress in counseling and prepared quarterly progress reports and annual IEP reports.•Collaborated with teachers, milieu counselors, outside mental health providers, and families; communicated updates on student progress at school and home. Show less

  • Summer Counselor

    Jun 2014 - Aug 2016

  • Counseling Intern

    Sept 2013 - Jun 2014
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  Boston institute for psychotherapy

  Aug 2014 - Jun 2016

  School based clinician

  •Provided weekly individual counseling services to a case load of 24 children and adolescents in grades 2-8 at the Donald McKay K-8 school in East Boston.•Utilized different therapy modalities such as play therapy and art therapy to establish therapeutic rapport and fulfill individual client needs.•Established consistent communication with parents, social service agencies, and physicians to assure wraparound care for each client.•Communicated concerns and received updates regarding client behavior with teachers, specialists, school nurse, and the principal as needed.•Monitored client progress in counseling and completed necessary paperwork including CANS, intake assessments, treatment plans, and progress notes. Show less

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  Eliot community human services

  Feb 2017 - Oct 2020

  Outpatient therapist