Ananya Avinash Email & Phone Number

I provide evidence-based therapeutic services to individual clients with unique mental health concerns (i.e., anxiety, depression, racial identity conflicts) while maintaining professional boundaries/confidentiality specified under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

I worked with over 300 colleges, employee assistance programs, community mental health agencies, and suicide crisis lines, in order to provide solution-focused telephonic triage, intake and assessment services, and referrals to appropriate local resources. I stabilize clinically acute presentations utilizing lesser-restrictive safety interventions, and document them electronically while following agency documentation standards as well as current HIPAA policies. In November 2018, I was promoted to a Senior Clinical Specialist with the following additional responsibilities:-Providing consultation and leadership to other clinicians engaging in risk mitigation.-Assisting training new hires in order to support our brief solution-focused training model. -Attending hiring events and conduct interviews to assess potential applicants’ fit for our role.-Participating in agency retention initiatives in order to promote positive workplace culture.

Lansing, Michigan Area

I worked at a local elementary school with children who attend 1st through 4th grade. My responsibilities included:-Meeting weekly with clients to assist them with behavioral goals.-Teaching social skills lessons to multiple groups of students every week.-Participating in creating Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) for students.-Assisting teachers in creating and maintaining behavior plans.-Attending professional development training sessions.

Mason, Mi

I worked with children who deal with physical, cognitive, and emotional disabilities while they work through school. Responsibilities included:-Meeting students weekly in order to assist with progress on their individual education plans.-Facilitating social skills groups to several classrooms every week.-Participating in behavioral team meetings to create intervention plans for students.-Assisting teachers in carrying out classroom management plans.

Lansing, Michigan Area

I provided basic needs for runaway, homeless, or otherwise at-risk youth who voluntarily admitted themselves into our transitional living home. Responsibilities included:-Training in telephonic crisis intervention (provided by The Listening Ear of East Lansing).-Assisting youth in meeting goals set with case managers and therapists.-Modeling independent living skills and healthy coping mechanisms.-Connecting with other relevant organizations in the area to provide resources.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Clinical/Medical Social Work

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology, MSU Psychology Club