Angela Willson

Experience

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  Lockheed Martin

  May 2005 - May 2011

  Production Controller/Diversity Chair

  Maintained schedules to support production. Compiled records and reports. Expedited flows within or between departments in accordance with schedules. Assisted in determining possible goal impediments. Prepared payroll and timekeeping records. Provided general administrative services. Acted as a diversity advocate and ambassador overseeing diversity council members and initiatives throughout ten locations across the United States. Created a vehicle for addressing diversity-related issues and recommending initiatives and implemented metrics to measure diversity goal progress. Coordinated community service activities Show less

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  Healthy Partnerships

  May 2006 - Sept 2008

  Substance Abuse Counselor, MFT Intern

  Provided mental health treatment services for mental, emotional, behavioral, and chemically dependent disorders. Developed and implemented treatment plans. Conducted intake interviews. Provided individual counseling and facilitate group counseling. Prepared reports and documentation. Referred clients to resources in the community. Worked with social worker, parole and probation officers to offer them help in setting future goals. Managed individual case load and facilitated groups.

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  Redefining Educational Services (RES)

  Jan 2009 - Aug 2010

  Doctoral Ethnographic Practicum Trainee

  Offered modeling, advocacy, and interventions for adults with varying degrees of mental retardation, autism and other developmental delays. Provided intensive behavior modification therapy for individuals in order to learn to replace disruptive behaviors with more appropriate life skills. Reduced the frequency, duration and intensity of maladaptive behaviors. Empowered students to lead safer and more independent and productive lives. Emphasized education and exposure to meaningful life-learning experiences, including art, music and dance. Helped students modify behaviors that prevent individuals from achieving their fullest potential. Assisted in planning goals, chart progress through a structured series of notes, meetings, and reports. Co-facilitated a women’s health group. Show less

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  John F Kennedy Community Counseling Center

  Oct 2010 - Jun 2011

  Doctoral Psychology Practicum Trainee

  John F. Kennedy Community Counseling Center, Pleasant Hill, CA. Provided Outpatient services for community based program. Provided therapy for children, adults, couples, and families. Developed treatment plans for a wide variety of issues, including: Parent education, School-related issues, Alcohol and drug problems, Life transitions, Family conflicts, Divorce, Grief, Anxiety and depression, Obsessive compulsive disorder and phobias, Incest and abuse, and Sexuality. Managed a caseload of 8-10 clients utilizing a variety of therapy approaches Show less

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  AgeSong Senior Communities

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

  Doctoral Psychology Practicum Trainee

  Provided in-depth therapy for elders in a residential setting. Facilitated psychoeducation and discussion groups which promote the experiences of community and increase social support. Conducted supportive expressive groups to enhance the emotional well being and reduce depression and anxiety. Provided psychotherapy targeting grief, role transition, interpersonal disputes, interpersonal sensitivity, and deficits to deal with meaning in life while accommodating change. Provided stage of life psychotherapy and emotional care exploring concerns and attitudes about fears of illness, loss of mobility, loss of autonomy, and death. Collaborated with treatment team, collateral contacts, and community agencies to coordinate service. Helped seniors remain engaged in the world to help create a community that supports the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being of its residents. Offered encouragement, support, and opportunities for growth, to counter loneliness and isolation. Also administered the MMSE, GDS, PHQ-9, BDI, BAI Show less

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  Anka Behavioral Health, Inc.

  Feb 2013 - Feb 2014

  Clinician

  Evaluated and treated adults and children experiencing an acute crisis who required 24-hour supervision and intense structure. Placed and/or dropped involuntary holds, and arranged placements or aftercare linkages. Provided a positive environment wherein clients could stabilize and prepare for the next phase of treatment within the therapeutic milieu using crisis stabilization principles in a clinical setting. Developed, coordinated, implemented, and monitored individual treatment with clients and other treatment agencies and individuals to include intake, assessment, and discharge planning. Show less

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  California Forensic Medical Group

  Jul 2013 - now

  Review inmate/client health information, conducts mental health assessment and, as necessary, make recommendations with regard to the inmate’s treatment and housing. Provide individual counseling and group counseling as required, and in conjunction with other facility functions. Evaluate and Monitor progress in patients. Coordinate and implement individual and group case studies and discuss during multidisciplinary meeting for improvement. Maintain and document records. Monitor inmates housed in Segregation Housing and perform psychological assessments and develop appropriate treatment plans. Make recommendations to custody staff concerning placement and removal of inmates from safety cells. Monitor patients on suicide watch and make recommendations concerning placement of inmates on suicide watch. Communicate with health services staff regarding inmate’s mental health status. Conduct group counseling in Administrative Segregation Housing on a weekly basis, Respond to psychiatric emergencies as identified, Refer inmates requiring psychotropic medications to Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner for evaluation and monitoring. Provide training regarding Suicide Prevention. Chart all findings in inmate’s medical record. Attend Quality Management and Multidisciplinary meetings as scheduled. Show less Provide supportive care. Evaluate adolescents for symptoms of mental disorders and behavioral problems, including mental status examination and psychosocial history, and develop multi-axis diagnoses. Work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team to provide comprehensive treatment to adolescents with mental illnesses in a forensic/correctional setting. Assess and place adolescents on suicide and precautionary watch. Remove adolescents from suicide/precautionary watch. Deliver cognitive-behavioral treatment and psychoeducation to individuals, groups, and staff. Provide training and consultation to treatment and correctional/security staff on psychological methods and procedures for use with patients in forensic and correctional settings. Show less

  • Mental Health Provider

    Mar 2015 - now

  • Mental Health Provider

    Jul 2013 - Feb 2015