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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon Area

• Develop therapeutic relationships with guilty except for insanity clients who are serving sentences under the Psychiatric Security Review Board in order to increase their independence in the community, improve their overall mental wellness and reduce their risk of recidivism. • Design and monitor clients’ compliance with their conditional release plan from the Oregon State Hospital, ensuring they are meeting legal requirements and maintaining safety in the community. Monitoring includes utilizing formal and informal risk assessments, monthly reports, providing expert testimony at hearings and briefing community partners (law enforcement, court system, PSRB, government officials, local and Oregon State Hospitals) • Work with clients to design crisis plans and proactively avoid unnecessary use of crisis services and address any symptoms that may lead to revocation. If necessary, provide emergency interventions.

Hillsboro

• Provided weekly therapy sessions utilizing evidence-based practices to individuals dually diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness and addictions in order to decrease mental health and addiction symptoms. • Aided clients through case management in accessing services related to housing, medical, financial and social services, as most clients were homeless and low-income. • Facilitated a variety of psycho-educational therapy groups.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Assess risk and safety for both individual clients and psychiatric units, providing instruction, leadership, direction and authorization to unit staff during crisis situations.• Conduct formal assessments for suicide, self-harm, homicide, and aggression to high acuity youth living in a residential setting. • Authorize use of manual restraints and seclusions and ensure proper protocols are being followed for all crisis situations, including: staff and client debriefs, time limitations, conducting face-to-face assessments of clients’ physiological and psychological well being after a critical incident and ensuring proper documentation is completed.

Monmouth, Or

• Developed an original assessment tool to measure student success in new internship positions. • Measured success of pilot internship program-which matched students with on campus, paid internships- by utilizing assessment tools, research and data compilation. • Measured employer satisfaction to demonstrate efficacy of program and presented findings to Western Oregon University staff in an effort to maintain the program’s grant funding.

Hillsboro, Or

• Provided individual therapy and counseling services to survivors of domestic violence and their children utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral skills. • Maintained a caseload of 6-8 individual clients and 10-16 group clients. • Ran two psycho-educational groups weekly for victims of domestic violence.• Led presentations to community members (churches, local officials, schools and non-profits) which provided education on domestic violence and prevention in order to increase community literacy and involvement in reducing domestic violence.

Hillsboro, Or

Provided data entry of outcomes of an ADHD adult skills group in preparation for an accepted poster presentation at the 42nd annual International Neuropsychology Conference, Seattle, WA.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Modeled, coached and counseled 10 residential clients between the ages of 8-15 with a range of mental health diagnoses in appropriate hygiene, distress tolerance and social and interpersonal skills.• Utilized behavioral management techniques and skills training using, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Collaborative Problem Solving and Trauma Informed Care. • Managed crisis situations of children with the highest acuity of psychological needs in the state of Oregon including suicide monitoring, manual restraints and seclusion.

Sacramento, California Area

•Managed The Senator’s phone line and listen to constituents' opinions while relaying their views to The Senator. •Effectively communicated with callers in order to assist and refer them to federal agencies. •Served as a representative of The Senator to the communities of Northern California.

Sicilia, Italy

• Managed a staff of six aquatics counselors through weekly supervision, documentation of performance and in-service trainings. • Led in planning, programming and implementing twelve weeks of swimming lessons sessions for 70 children. • Effectively communicated with various military points of contact to review daily activities.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Professional Psychology With Coursework In Organizational Psychology

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology; Religious Studies