Mental health treatment services in a private practice setting.

• Professional Clinical Counselor-Supervisor, Mental Health Therapist for children ages 5 to 18 in a school setting.• Evaluates and writes Diagnostic Assessments, Ohio Scales, Childhood Trust Events Survey, Daily Living Activities Scale, Individual Service Treatment Plan for each client served.• Solution Focused Treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy• Clients served dealing with a variety of issues including trauma, grief, ADHD, behavior disorders.• Progress Notes and required paperwork completed within 24 hours turn-around time.

• Professional Clinical Counselor, Mental Health Therapist for children and adults. • Provide mental health counseling in a private practice setting for individuals and families seeking assistance improving communication, interactions and wellness in a supported environment.• Wellness counseling, stress management, adjustment issues• Women’s issues in counseling (domestic violence, trauma, grief, loss, drug addiction, loss of custody)• The counseling process for adolescent depression, ADHD, RAD, ODD and other conduct related disorders.• Assess, diagnose and treat chemical dependency issues and provide assistance with Court Mandated counseling requirements, and relapse prevention-focused therapy.

• Manager for Bridges to Housing, a Grant funded program to transition the most severely mentally ill with co-occurring health issues, and drug and alcohol addictions into permanently supported housing. • Support staff in their daily case management activities, attend meetings, coordinate housing, track progress, delays, and coordinate and ensure mandated Grant paperwork is completed.

• Mental Health Therapist for Early Childhood Mental Health (ages 0 to 5), Maternal Depression (first year post-partum), and Outpatient Counseling (all ages).• Interview clients for intake and assessment of mental health issues, behavioral problems, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, reactive attachment disorder, & personality disorders.• Diagnose and treat mental health disorders utilizing Nurturing Parenting Techniques, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Reality Therapy.• Progress Notes entry due within 24 hours of appointments, and other deadline oriented paperwork completed in accordance with Medicaid compliance.

• The program is 72-hour residential program certified by the State of Ohio as an alternative to incarceration for persons who have been arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or any drug of abuse.• Provide diagnostic assessment and case evaluations for individuals in the program, co-facilitate group therapy treatment sessions, evaluate client progress, utilizing standardized assessment tools.

• Diagnostic assessments for drug and alcohol clients, group progress notes for each individual client in group, letters of treatment progress written to Court, co-facilitate group therapy sessions.

• Researched and developed case material to support Court testimony which won for the plaintiffs involved over $100,000 in each case.• Provided organized, supporting documentation and resources. • Wrote legal documentation (Motions, Orders, and Citations).• Human Resources/Instructional Design• Developed classroom and reference materials in system training for Customer Service, Telephone/Cable Service Delivery and Billing Departments. • Participated and contributed to the re-organizational process of developing standards and implementing new training requirements in a dynamic environment. • In a series of classes, taught users how to utilize the quick guide and reference materials I created for them. Installed the procurement software on new systems and troubleshot the reasons for system failure.• Wrote and implemented internal communications policy and developing a more extensive and thorough media plan, articles and newsletters for internal distribution.• Developed standards for ISO implementation, worked on a development team to create online help and computer-based-training, and reference guides.• Researched medical documentation to produce a beta-test customized presentation in Power Point for medical sales staff to present to hospital administrators.