Aline Bethea Defiglia Email & Phone Number

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

I work with individuals and groups to elevate performance and improve quality of life! My work includes life and career coaching, team and business consulting, integrative psychotherapy, clinical hypnotherapy and experiential workshops in interpersonal skills. Telehealth (virtual) sessions available for clients in Chicago, Illinois and Atlanta, GA (and.

4401 Dayton Blvd Chattanooga TN 37415

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Group Facilitator

Greater Chicago Area

*Conducts team assessment to diagnosis strengths, weaknesses and vulnerabilities. *Using data driven results, provides training, individual and group coaching on effective team functioning*Provides a simple path to healthy, effective and thriving teams by giving the tools they need to adapt to change and repair themselves

Greater Chicago Area

*Provides mental and behavioral health consultation, including assessment, diagnosis, crisis intervention, and treatment options to established patients, residents and attending physicians at a Federally Qualified Health Center.*Conducts individual, family, and couples therapy to diverse patients across the life span in English and Spanish.*Collaborates.

• Wild Goose Festival, Wisdom Camp 2017, 2018, 2019Life Compass Living 2018Relating as a Spiritual Practice 2017, 2018, 2019Relational Yoga, Chicago IL October 2015National Association of Community Health Centers’.
• Developing an Integrated Pediatric Primary and Behavioral Health System of Care (2014) Mississippi School of Addiction Studies, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• Communication and Barriers to Treatment with Hispanic Clients (2009)
• Serving Ethnic Communities: Communication and Treatment (2011) Georgia School of Addiction Studies, Savannah, Georgia
• Barriers to Prevention and Treatment: Reaching out to adolescents and ethnic communities (2010)
• Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) suicide prevention and the HEROES youth suicide prevention program (2010) Seasons in Prevention, Macon, Georgia

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Curated blog content (text + images) for MikeMorrell.org and Presence.tv
• Purchased targeted Facebook ad sets for The Buzz Seminar, running new subscriber campaigns
• Conducted word-of-mouth marketing campaigns for theSpeakeasy.info, summarizing new release books, collecting relevant author data, and communicating with the 1,000+ Speakeasy Network bloggers

Chicago, IL

• Conducted comprehensive mental health assessments for diagnostic and service planning and managed a full caseload of high-risk clients on the west and south side of Chicago
• Provided community based, individual and family psychotherapy to English and Spanish-speaking children and adults with mental illnesses including depression, attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder, psychosis.
• Utilized diverse therapeutic models to improve functioning in clients including cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, art therapy, psycho-education, nature and sports fitness therapy.
• Collaborated with system of care service providers including school administrators (development and implementation of IEP plans), in-patient psychiatric hospital personnel, crisis service teams, medical providers and.

Chicago, Illinois

• Co-authored and granted funding for a $2 million dollar, multi-year grant for a fully integrated, primary and mental health continuum of care for children, adolescents and their families (Westside H3 project)
• Agency lead responsible for co-managing (in partnership with Erie Family Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center) the design, pilot, implementation and evaluation of the Westside H3 project
• Provided specialized research and expertise on integrated care models and worked with the integrated care medical team at Erie Family Health Center to pilot new clinical care models and improve service delivery to.
• Facilitated integrated behavioral health functions using the Behavioral Health Consultant model at Erie Family Health Center
• Assisted in personnel recruitment and training for the H3 project using the Behavioral Health Consultant model

UGA School Of Social Work

• Assisted Global Programs Director with grant writing and research on global program development, international education, expressive therapies, and violence and trauma
• Helped develop and implement a strategic plan for international education expansion
• Organized a school-wide international festival with an attendance of 100+ people
• Coordinated Marriage and Family Therapy Certificate Program

Athens, Georgia Area

• Projects and Collaborations:Director, GOAL Girls Oct. 2009-July 2010Atlanta, Georgia
• Led program initiation and first year implementation of a prevention program for adolescent girls at high risk for sex trafficking (This local initiative is now a 501c3 organization)
• Collaborated with local school, community members and sex-trafficking prevention organizations to recruit and train facilitators and volunteers to implement program components
• Organized community-wide training with local stakeholders to assist in the development of a system of care for immigrant and refugee women who have been victims of sexual traffickingProgram Manager of Latino Youth.
• Facilitated Latino adolescent youth suicide peer empowerment groups and maintained all program components of the grant including community capacity building, crisis intervention, and reporting and implementation
• Consulted with program manager of SPF-SIG Georgia grant and assisted in project developmentBilingual Outreach Facilitator Jan. 2010- July 2010Girls Inc., Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

• Managed new program outreach and case management for all Latino and international clients at a Prevention Resource Center for Drug and Alcohol Abuse
• Taught ESL curriculum and supervised all After School Program operations
• Facilitated Life skills classes including drug and alcohol abuse and violence prevention, K-12
• Wrote grants for program development and expansion

120+ hours of direct assistance to Resettlement Services case manager.Provided support, guidance and counseling to newly arrived refugees through all stages of resettlement

Canton, Georgia

• Interpreted and translated all health care information (Spanish/English)
• Assisted provider with psycho-social assessment of clients and acted as case manager for Limited English Proficient (LEP) clients
• Provided outreach and tracking services in coordination with provider, developed instructions and handouts as resource guides for clients
• Designed and taught a two month Spanish course to clinical and clerical staff

Master Of Social Work (Msw) And Masters In Public Health (Mph), Clinical/Medical Social Work And Health Promotion And Behavior, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Founder of the International Social Work Student Group, Graduate Assistant to Global Programs, International.

B.A, Spanish And Education, 3.6

Activities and Societies: Certified Georgia Educator T-4 grades P-12 with ESL endorsement, treasurer of HHOPE (outreach organization with.