Joseph Dickson, MA, LCMHC

Experience

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  Caldwell County Department of Social Services

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Social Worker

  Worked with children, parents, and community as a foster care social worker. Provided case management services to children and families for purpose of reunification of family. Provided Court testimony and Court reports for placement reviews and termination of parental rights hearings. Coordinated individualized services for families such as medical, psychological, dental, and family therapy for clients. Arranged and implemented community activities and experiences for families. Also worked as Child Protective Services Investigator over Christmas Holidays of 1997 at the request of the agency. Show less

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  New River Behavioral Healthcare

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2008

  Adolescent Program Director

  Provided group, individual, and family therapy for children and teens with mental illness and substance abuse problems. Worked in on-call crisis rotation for emergency mental health services. Provided mental health consultation to emergency room for placement/evaluation of clients needing emergency mental health services. Supervised Masters level interns and Master’s level staff working with adolescents and families. Consulted with social services, school system, community boards, and other agencies to provide community collaboration. Performed substance abuse and mental health evaluations. Provided Court testimony as needed for Court involved youth. Supervised Adolescent Substance Abuse Programs in Watauga and Ashe Counties. Facilitated Dialectical Behavior Therapy group for adolescents. Facilitated Multi-Family groups and adolescent peer groups for substance abuse. Routinely worked with children/adolescents and their families on such issues as Oppositional-Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, ADHD, Depression, BiPolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, and others. Have worked with Jail Diversion Program and Adult Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program. Provided Threat Assessments at the request of the school system to determine student’s needs for therapeutic services and to determine potential risks to student body. Worked after hours to provide services for working families. Coordinated drug screening program for substance abuse services. Edited and wrote articles for “The Adolescent Letter”, a mental health newsletter geared toward parents and community members. Coordinated Urine Drug Screening program for New River Behavioral HealthCare. Served as coordinator of a seven County Juvenile Justice Treatment Continuum Program. Show less

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  180 Behavioral Health, PLLC

  Oct 2008 - now

  Director of Mental Health Services

  Created 180 Behavioral Health, a private practice specializing in adult, child, adolescent, and family therapy. 180 works in partnership with Blue Ridge Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Inc and was initially supported through a grant from iCare NC. Highly specialized, the goal of 180 Behavioral Health is to provide the most focused and expert therapeutic services available to adults, children, teens, and families in the surrounding areas. Duties: Oversee and facilitate all aspects of the practice. Provide treatment for adults, children, adolescents, and families with mental health, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities. Administratively and clinically supervise Master’s level clinicians. Collaborate with Pediatricians at Blue Ridge Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine as well as physicians outside of Blue Ridge to provide mental health assessments, treatment, and consultation regarding mental health, substance abuse, and developmental issues.Provide continuing education and professional training seminars in violence threat assessment, family therapy, adolescent substance abuse, parenting, adolescent program development, psychopharmacology for clinicians, drug screening, and others. Show less