Prerna Menon, LCSW, CCTP

Experience

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  The Carbone Clinic - Dubai

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Undergraduate Psychology Intern (Stipend)

  Handled administrative duties for the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) department. Duties included: Session scheduling, formulation of weekly utilization and supervision reports, handling primary financial and insurance transactions. Handled duties for the Clinical Private Psychology Department. Duties included: Scheduling client sessions, interacting with clients dealing with various mental health illnesses and weekly supervision with the Clinics Psychologist Dr. Deema Sihweil

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  School for Potential Advancement and Restoration of Confidence (SPARC)

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  Academic Researcher

  Academic Researcher/ Undergraduate InternTaught English, Hindi, Science and Math to children with cerebral palsy, RT Spastic Hemiparesis, Muscular Dystrophy, Down syndrome, Autism and Mild Mental retardation. Led the academic department in creating and implementing a revised Open Basic Education Syllabus to their existing curriculum. Assisted in construction of the new “functional” division syllabus, scheduled monthly home visits, and formulated weekly lesson plans.

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  Self Employed Womens Association (SEWA)

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

  Academic Researcher

  Conducted a research study titled: “Assessing the changes in levels of social and economic empowerment prior and post SEWA employment, among female chikankari artisans”

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  Urban Justice Center

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Domestic Violence Project (DVP) Graduate Clinical Social Work and Legal Intern

  Provided; mental health counseling to survivors of domestic violence, treatment planning; affidavits (i.e. I-751 Battered Spouse Waiver Petition), alternate legal options, safety planning, risk assessment, stabilization techniques, case management, outreach services and referrals

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  New York University

  May 2017 - May 2018

  Candidate: NY State Office of Mental Health Dean’s Consortium Project of Evidence Based Practice

  Received a project award certification for the completion of an 8-month long training and field-practice in evidenced-based practices for working with individuals diagnosed with a serious mental illness

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  The Bridge

  Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT) Graduate Clinical Social Work Intern

  Served in the capacity of a clinical social work intern on an interdisciplinary team, conducting 3-6 daily home-visits for clients with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SMI). Provided evidence-based treatments in areas of mental health and substance abuse to address client needs (motivational interviewing, MBT, CBT, TIC, harm reduction, acute symptom management); immediate needs assessments, comprehensive psychosocial assessments, individualized service plans, and crisis/relapse prevention plans; specialized clinical assessments of violence risk, suicide risk, substance use, trauma, and criminogenic needs. Conducted other required assessments with clients, such as Child and Adult Integrated Reporting System (CAIRS) reports, Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) reports. Coordinated client care through close involvement with hospitals, substance use treatment facilities, etc. Show less

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  Research Foundation of The City University of New York

  Jul 2018 - Jan 2020

  Behavioral Health Clinician at The Mental Health Service Corps

  Employed as a BHC to provide clinical expertise and BH services to clients identified as “high-risk” at an Outpatient Methadone Maintenance Program at the Lower East Side Service Center. Collaboratively worked on an interdisciplinary team, with a caseload of 40+ clients, diagnosed with primary substance use disorders and secondary mental health disorders and other poly-substance use. Skillfully provided evidence based treatments to address unresolved behavioral health issues present amongst a grossly overlooked population. Show less

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  NYC Health + Hospitals

  Jan 2020 - Feb 2021

  Collaborative Care Behavioral Health Clinician

  Employed through Central Office/ MHSC Program at NYC H+H to be the collaborative care social worker at Lincoln Hospital’s Adult Medicine Clinic (Primary Care). Provided evidence-based interventions to adults suffering from varying behavioral health and substance use-related issues.

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  Repose

  Aug 2020 - May 2023

  Program Director of Repose's Advance Clinical Fellowship Program (created and rolled out Repose's fellowship program; currently supervising and managing operations for the same)Marketing Program Manager (SEO development; Google Ads; Website content; Newsletter Campaigns)Recruitment, Hiring & Onboarding Manager (recruiting candidates, conducting interviews, facilitating an immersive and educational onboarding process)Training, Education & Growth Manager (strategizing around marketing, education and growth efforts)Clinical Staff Supervisor (supervising 5 staff members, conducting monthly supervision, providing weekly drop in consultations, and on-call crisis support; coordinating and developing in-house trainings, lunch n learns and supervision topics)Advanced Clinical Fellowship Supervisor (weekly fellow supervision) Show less ∙ Managing marketing strategy (SEO development), creating social and educational content, website development, formulating email and newsletter campaigns/blog writing. ∙ Created and rolled out the clinical internship fellowship at Repose. Created field educational curriculum, and facilitated intern supervision. ∙ Developed educational curriculum for team clinicians, formulated weekly supervision agenda and delegated training modules amongst staff members. ∙ Created onboarding trainings for new staff. Engaged in the recruitment and hiring of new clinical staff.Hiring & Recruitment Manager∙ Oversee the recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of new staff clinicians. Psychotherapist ∙ Working in an integrative wellness group practice.∙ Work through a relational psychodynamic lens, informed by trauma theory, to maximize client outcomes. ∙ Specialize in working with LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, POC (South-Asian populations), Immigrant populations. Copy Writer∙ Operated as an author and co-editor with the Practice’s founder and clinical director.∙ Conduct preliminary literature reviews and write monthly blogs. Show less

  • Director of Growth & Development

    May 2022 - May 2023

  • Director of Training & Education

    May 2021 - May 2022

  • Psychotherapist

    Jul 2020 - May 2022

  • Content Writer

    Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
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  Columbia University

  Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

  Field Instructor

  Graduate clinical intern field supervisor 2021-2022

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  Prerna Menon LCSW

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Psychotherapist in Private Practice
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  Boundless

  May 2023 - now

  Co-Founder

  A progressive mental health collective & psychotherapy practice empowering our communities to journey beyond limits

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  Wellness Counseling Services, LCSW, PLLC

  Jun 2023 - now

  Growth Consultant & Clinical Supervisor

  • Supervise a team of 3 clinicians• Offer consulting services to increase practice reach, media presence, and client conversions • Blog writing to build website traffic