Eric Slamovich, AMFT

Experience

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  Marin County Youth Court

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  Peer Attorney

  Participated in the Superior Court’s alternative juvenile justice system fulfilling both prosecutor and defense attorney roles and functions. Often assigned to client the day of the hearing. The program rehabilitated defendants using community service and peer jury participation instead of incarceration. Overcame systemic stereotypes to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and inclusion to support client’s rehabilitation.• Served as a peer prosecutor and defense attorney on first-time misdemeanor cases.• Developed speaking, presentation, and active listening skills.• Formed trusting, respectful relationships with offenders and worked with peers and supervisors on case consultation.• Managed extensive administrative tasks including a variety of community reports.o Generated sentencing recommendations in collaboration with the judge.o Decreased recidivism as offenders gained insight into the consequences of their actions on themselves and others. Show less

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  Meals on Wheels America

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  Volunteer

  Delivered meals to individuals who were unable to purchase or prepare meals for themselves. Individuals didn’t have the physical or monetary resources to purchase and prepare their own meals.• Provided emotional support, comfort, and helped with miscellaneous household tasks.o Combated social isolation to clients and helped to decrease food-insecurity issues.o Provided physical contact and gave a listening ear for individuals otherwise alone.

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  Bay Area Air Quality Management District

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

  Intern - Engineering Division

  • Assisted Engineering Projects Section on quality assurance/document management. • Reviewed air quality permit files to assure proper organization and content.• Performed data entry, filing, and other office tasks as assigned.

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  Bay Area Air Quality Management District

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Intern - Information Services Division

  • Assisted software developers with beta testing new Production System applications.• Identified software bugs using online reporting tools. • Worked with District staff and other interns to accomplish team goals.

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  San Diego State University Enrollment Service

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Student Employee

  • Worked independently to organized and deliver time an average of 100 sensitive transcripts and confidential files to the Division of Undergraduate and Graduate offices per day.

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  Langsam Realty Company

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Administrative Assistant

  • Assisted in the preparation and processing of rental agreements of 50 units of housing.• Utilized spreadsheets to track contractor expense reports, lease agreements, maintenance records, and rent collection.

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  L7 Creative

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Marketing Intern

  • Performed quality assurance on website design and development while creating reports on code bugs and compatibility on different platforms, browsers.• Created strategy proposals to pitch brand assets and deliverables for prospective clients and research documents regarding competition and industry forces. • Wrote and scheduled Facebook content for clients using keywords from Google Analytics. • Formulated current marketing topics and wrote blogs for L7’s blog website.

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  22Social

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2015

  Marketing Intern

  • Wrote script on Kickstarter landing pages helping define client’s story. • Managed, edited, and posted content on 22 Social’s Facebook page that had 50,000 likes.• Helped organize San Diego Digital Marketing Experts Meetup biweekly with an average attendance of 50 digital marketers.

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  BrightHaus

  Apr 2016 - Jul 2017

  Search Engine Optimization Account Manager

  • Managed short and long-term SEO campaigns for clients after initial website launches.• Managed monthly SEO project milestones to successfully gain website visits and convert new customers.• Conducted keyword research, performed technical analysis for top performance, and implemented page optimizations for SEO best practices.• Created, coordinated, and implemented optimized copywriting tactics fostering organic SEO improvements for campaigns while liaising with external copywriters.• Helped clients grow an online presence through traditional SEO efforts, blogging, link building, image optimization, and content creation.• Partnered with clients on current efforts and future business goals to create marketing roadmaps to help drive sales.• Optimized and managed local SEO to help clients maintain visibility in selected markets.• Analyzed, monitored, and created comprehensive client reports and presentations. • Illustrated site performance and achievement of KPI's through conversions, events, user engagement and channel specific traffic contributions. Show less

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  Bench

  Feb 2018 - Aug 2018

  Performance Specialist

  • Supported Performance team with data, tagging, and trafficking needs.• Monitored campaigns’ key metrics and troubleshoot campaign issues.• Troubleshooted technical issues such as tracking issues, defective tags etc.• Reported troubleshooting outcomes to appropriate stakeholders.• Assisted with acceptance and implementation of new products & features.• Provide redundancy to Performance Managers where needed.

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  Crisis Text Line

  May 2020 - Jul 2021

  Crisis Counselor

  • Focused on abuse, anxiety, depression, gender issues, grief, isolation, loneliness, relationships, substance use, and suicide.• Provided crisis interventions via text to individuals who reach out.• Laddered up risk to assess for suicide ideology, looking at means, lethality, plan, and time frame.• Employed the five stages of conversation: build rapport, explore, identify goal, discover next steps, and end the conversation.• Managed multiple client conversations simultaneously; works with supervisor for additional support of high-risk calls.• Active in the volunteer chat room; offers support to other volunteers to help release their own stress from sessions.• Completed 30-hour intensive training program; finished in top 10% of the 200-hour volunteer-certificate program.• Ensured safety of texters, determining immediate next steps to deescalate the level of urgency.• Provided vetted resources for texters to gain outside psychosocial, medical, or psychiatric support.• Offered empathy and compassion to encourage texters to continue using Crisis Text Line if necessary. Show less

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  Alcott Center for Mental Health Services

  Jul 2021 - Feb 2025

  • Documented provided services in an accurate, thorough, and timely manner according to LAC-DMH, Medi-Cal and Agency Documentation Standards.• Handled a caseload of serving 25 individual psychotherapy and 10 case management clients.• Provided training and oversight to graduate student trainees and newly hired psychotherapists.• Collaborated effectively in a team setting of psychotherapists, case managers, psychiatrists, the administration team, and the management team.• Completed the Los Angeles County Coordinated Entry System (CES) survey to connect clients experiencing homelessness to resources and housing opportunities such as this agency’s ACS Housing Program. • Participated in a weekly on-call rotation, picking up calls outside of regular business hours during the week from 5:00 PM to 8:30 AM, and on the weekends at any time to help clients who are suicidal/homicidal and/or in crisis situations. Show less • Completed psychosocial assessments for DSM-5 diagnosis and treatment purposes of adult clients suffering from anxiety, depression, bipolar and psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, developmentally delayed, and dually diagnosed clients.• Documented services such as assessments, progress notes, and treatment plans in an accurate, thorough, and timely manner per the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and Medi-Cal documentation standards.• Provided individual and group psychotherapy to clients utilizing evidence-based practices through an integrative approach of Psychodynamic Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-based Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-focused Therapy, and Exposure Therapy.• Collaborated in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings with psychotherapists, social workers, and psychiatrists. Show less

  • Fisher Place Clinical Supervisor

    Nov 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Outpatient Clinical Case Manager

    Jun 2022 - Nov 2024

  • Grief and Loss Group Facilitator

    Jul 2021 - Nov 2024

  • Marriage and Family Therapist Clinical Trainee

    Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
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  Teen Line

  Sept 2022 - Jun 2024

  Teen Supervisor

  • Partnered with Cedars-Sinai and Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services to provide an anonymous, nonjudgmental space for teens to access personal peer-to-peer support from highly trained teens supervised by adult mental health professionals.• Monitored incoming calls, texts, and emails to assess for child abuse and/or suicidality.• Contacted and provided information to DCFS and/or police to ensure teen safety.• Trained newly hired Teen Supervisors on how to make call reports, suicide risk assessments, referrals, and the ins and outs of this role.• Provided interventions to combat and protect teens from abusive/sexually inappropriate callers and texters.• Supervised adolescents in assisting them progress from an observer to an emailer, to a texter, and to the final stage of becoming a listener on calls. Show less