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Women And Children'S Hospital Of Buffalo

• Advance knowledge regarding sexual development, behavior, LGBTQ, and other aspects of sexuality.• Perform all aspects of professional counseling, including intake interviews, assessment, treatment planning, discharge and follow-up.• Counsel children, adolescents, families, and adults individually, and in group treatment.• Provide preventive services through education to children, adolescents, and families.• Assist, support and educate families who have children with various endocrine conditions that affect their psychosexual development.• Lead a support group for girls with Turner Syndrome and their families and organize annual events.• Consult and collaborate with various medical and mental health professionals, parents, and others to provide the best standard of care for clients.• Advocate for clients by visiting schools and community agencies to educate administrators, teachers, and staff about medical conditions and DSM-5 psychiatric diagnoses that affect sexual development.• Perform all tasks that necessitate running a successful private practice.

Women And Children'S Hospital Of Buffalo

• Collaborated with colleagues to write and submit a grant to the New York State Office of Children and Family services to secure funding for the SIB Program.• Manage and organize all aspects of the SIB Program including referrals, intake, evaluation, treatment, and discharge.• Conduct psychological evaluations with children and adolescents, 10-18, who display sexually inappropriate behavior.• Deliver evidence based mental health treatment to help reduce problematic sexual behavior.• Provide education regarding sexual development and behavior to individuals, families, organizations, and other mental health professionals.• Supervise graduate student interns.

Graduate Course: Gender and Sexuality Issues in Counseling

Women And Children'S Hospital Of Buffalo

• Recruited and interviewed youth from the City of Buffalo and Erie County.• Supervised 21 youth participants in various departments throughout Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.• Served as the liaison between department supervisors, youth, and parents.• Mediated workplace conflict between youth and department supervisors.

Women And Children'S Hospital Of Buffalo

• Met with child and adolescent patients and their families in the Endocrine Clinic to provide psychosocial follow ups.• Organized schedules, activities, and client information for children and families coming to the Growth Clinic.• Scored and interpreted assessments taken by children and adolescents coming to the Growth Clinic.• Led and facilitated a support group for girls with Turner Syndrome and their parents.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mental Health Counseling

Activities and Societies: Member of Chi Sigma Iota Student counselor of the year for 2009

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology