Michael Wurth LPC-S

Experience

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  Scriptwise Partners LLC

  Jan 2002 - Apr 2011

  Director/Writer/Producer

  From a film festival blurb: Michael Wurth began his career as a poet, and straightened out that mistake fairly quickly. He was an independent scholar, script doctor, screenwriter, and director for 15 years. He was discovered writing pastoral rap lyrics while working as an Alpaca shepherd in South America. Or he won first prize in the Maui Writer’s Conference screenplay competition in 1997. That was a while ago.Michael has since directed two independent feature films, several shorts, and has shown his films at over a dozen film festivals and several universities nationwide. For ten years Michael was based in Honolulu where he wrote and directed television commercials, with clients ranging from Oceanic Time Warner Cable to HBO, from the City and County of Honolulu public events to Extreme Fighting promos (these are often confused).His work has won awards at the Maui Writer’s Conference, the Hawaii International Film Festival, the Arizona International Film Festival, the Big Island Film Festival, and MAUIFest. He has also shown his film THE SYMPOSIUM, the first cinematic translation of Plato's dialogue, for classics departments all over the country, and his short film SUNDAY WIND has been invited to join the collection of the Museum of the American Indian in New York City.He also won a Pele Award and a special commendation from the American Advertising Federation for Best Promotional 30 Second Spot for Oceanic Time Warner Cable, and was awarded for a Po’okela from the Hawaii Theatre Arts Guild for Best Drama for MERRY CHRISTMAS, ROBERTA, which Michael adapted for the stage and co-directed with Jon Brekke.Michael's novel THE CHILD AT FORTY can be found on Amazon.com. He now works as a counselor, helping other writers recover from their experience. Show less

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  San Antonio State Hospital

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  PNA III

  Shift supervisor on the male adolescent unit; coordinated services with medical and counseling staff, performed one-on-one therapeutic interventions in an effort to bring unit to a patient-centered model of care for interventions.

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  Starlite Recovery Center

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Counselor II

  Conduct small group therapy sessions, particularly with new clients in inpatient treatment center.Conduct individual therapy sessions for individual case load and for other counselors when clients are in crisis.Guide clients through discomfort in detoxification unit.Assist clients with meditative-based stress reduction.Design and present didactic groups for men in recovery from substance abuse.Assist facility management in managing client risk behavior.Practice CDOI case management as well as CBT and DBT therapeutic modalities. Show less

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  Michael Wurth LPC

  May 2014 - now

  Managing Member

  Sagata Thera is a Buddhist Psychology Method for Improving the Quality of Men's Lives.I offer therapeutic services, meditation instruction, mental health curriculum development, empathetic communication courses, and cognitive behavioral therapy with a creative state of mind.Unlock your mind. Calm down. Sit up. Get Right.

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  MARS SA LLC

  Dec 2014 - Jul 2016

  Counseling Supervisor

  I was the Supervisor of Counseling at a medication-assisted treatment facility with over 150 patients in methadone maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder. I was responsible for counselor training and oversight, patient and employee retention, regulatory adherence, and community outreach. I trained over 100 patients and members of the community in naloxone overdose reversal.

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  The Sagata Thera Foundation, Inc.

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2018

  Executive Director

  The Sagata Thera Foundation was established to provide community and clinical training as well as direct therapeutic care in response to the public health addictions crisis. SFT treatment principles are designed to operate in conjunction with or as an alternative method to traditional 12-step treatment models, using medication-assisted treatment interventions, mindfulness training, and supportive technological resources.

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  The Last Resort Recovery Center

  Sept 2017 - Sept 2018

  Clinical Director

  Clinical director of 54-bed, 12-Step residential treatment center.

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  Omega Recovery LLC

  Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

  Senior/Lead Counselor
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  ManbrainInc

  Jan 2019 - now

  Executive Director
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  Maui Recovery

  Feb 2019 - Mar 2019

  Interim Executive Director

  Appointed as Interim Executive Director to streamline and accelerate licensure process.