Cheryld Emala

Experience

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  SPHS CARE Center

  Oct 2004 - Aug 2007

  MH Counselor

  Conducted outpatient therapy on a wide variety of mental health disorders. Some areas of interest are trauma related disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety, co-occurring, and mood disorders. Facilitated individual sessions with families, children, teenagers, and adults using a combination of different therapeutic techniques including but not limited to; cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused family therapy, transactional analysis, psychodynamic, gestalt, play therapy, Gottman’s couples counseling, reality therapy, and systems theory. Provided therapeutic groups for adolescents, and individuals with bipolar disorder. Developed and wrote individual treatment plans, progress notes, report summaries, and recommendation letters. Attended and presented during treatment team meetings to collaborate about individual cases. Conducted initial assessments on incoming clients. Worked in conjunction with a variety of different organizations including, Residential Treatment Facilities, Children and Youth services, Juvenile Justice System, and local schools Show less

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  SPHS CARE Center

  Jan 2009 - Aug 2012

  Provide clinical supervision and case consultation on difficult cases. Also provide clinicians and students reflective supervision to help manage their difficult case loads. Design and review protocol and policy manuals. Participate in internal and external committees and management team meetings. Prepare and participate in annual audits conducted by CCBHO, VBH, and BDAP. Participated in grant proposals and obtaining contracts. Provide technical assistance and policy interpretation to staff and other supervisors. Design and implement new treatment programs including co-occurring curriculum, trauma curriculum, DBT curriculum, grand parenting, parenting, children and adolescent curriculums, and criminal curriculum. Collaborate with related systems including, schools, hospitals, insurances, juvenile justice system, legal systems, and other mental health and drug and alcohol facilities. Served on Board for the Grand parenting effectively committee. Meet with clients on an outpatient individual basis with the main focus on children and adults who have been severely abused. Developed new skills including the use of Dialectical Behavioral therapy and the use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) protocol. Provided assistance to other programs clinically within the CARE Center. Helped enhanced the Community treatment team program within SPHS CARE Center. Developed more therapeutic interventions and helped in the transition to the Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT) Model. Show less

  • Clincal Supervisor

    Aug 2007 - Aug 2012

  • Clinical Coordinator

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2010
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  SPHS CARE Center & SPHS Behavioral Health

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2017

  Clinical Director

  Oversee Behavioral Health Outpatient, Drug and Alcohol Outpatient and Partial, 24 hour crisis telephone, mobile and walk-ins, Stabilization/Diversion Unit, Sexual Trauma Treatment and Recovery Program (STTARS), DUI, Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT), and Housing Supports services.Provide clinical supervision and case consultation on difficult cases. Also provide supervisors, clinicians and students reflective supervision to help manage their difficult case loads. Design and review protocol and policy manuals. Participate in internal and external committees and management team meetings. Prepare and participate in annual audits conducted by CCBHO, VBH, Department of Public Welfare, OMSHA, PCCD, and BDAP. Participated in grant proposals and obtaining contracts. Provide technical assistance and policy interpretation to staff and other supervisors. Participate and enhance behavioral health electronic medical record usage.Designed and implemented a permanent supportive housing program for individuals with severe mental illness.Obtained Behavioral Health and Assertive Community Treatment Team LicensureContinue to meet with clients on an outpatient individual basis with the main focus on children and adults who have been severely abused.Provide clinical consultation for outside agencies and provide trainings. Show less

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  Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services, Inc.

  Jul 2017 - now

  -Provides support and training to all SPHS affiliates to enhance high quality, evidence based, trauma informed services.-Developed and oversees The Center’s of Excellence for Opioid Use Disorders. - Assist with innovating and designing programs.

  • Chief Operating Officer

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Executive of Innovation and Strategic Alignment

    Jul 2017 - Dec 2020