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Santa Cruz, California, United States

•Responded to mental health crises for both adults and youth across Northern Santa Cruz County, conducting on-site assessments and interventions under protocols 5150 and 5585.•Employed a trauma-informed, client-centered approach to establish rapid rapport, ensuring a supportive environment for at-risk individuals.•Led comprehensive 5150/5585 assessments to accurately determine the necessary level of care, coordinating with healthcare providers and law enforcement to implement crisis interventions.•Managed daily operations as Officer of the Day, overseeing the resolution of incoming crisis calls via the county ACCESS line and 988, directing response teams, and ensuring timely support to community members in distress.•Developed tailored safety plans for clients not meeting 5150/5585 criteria, leveraging client strengths and natural supports, and integrating additional resources as necessary to ensure client stability and safety.•Collaborated with mental health clinicians from county and community agencies to coordinate effective crisis response strategies, enhancing inter-agency relationships and client outcomes.•Diligently completed crisis and progress notes within strict timelines, ensuring detailed documentation of all calls and assessments to maintain high standards of client care and legal compliance.•Demonstrated thorough proficiency in utilizing the Avatar electronic health record system, ensuring accurate and efficient management of client data.•Maintained a calm and empathetic demeanor during interactions with clients in crisis and their support persons, facilitating a supportive environment and enhancing effective communication under stressful conditions.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Acute sense of aesthetics to create powerful images• Extensive use of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop to make images photos breathe and come to life• Emphasis on landscape and surf photography, with much experience in portraiture, engagements, weddings, events, and the people skills to perform at all• Knowledge of Adobe Suite, including Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign• Experience in music and sound design with Native Instruments and Pro Tools platforms

Santa Cruz County

• Counsel youth having a wide range of severe mental health disorders• Teach, model, and coach children and parents to utilize coping strategies to reduce targeted behaviors across settings• Provide psychoeducation and advocacy on part of client to caregivers and natural supports• Increase TBS program caseload and expand scope of services• Strategize and develop client treatment plans individually catered to client needs • Interview client and families to gather necessary details to complete Psychosocial Assessments and other accompanying documents• Collaborate with other county personnel, teachers, caregivers, and other service providers regarding best practices in working with mutual clients• Attend and participate in Child/Family/Team (CFT) meetings to • Knowledge and experience in Avatar, Welligent, and Tier Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems• Highly proficient in both Windows and Mac working environments• Licensed track AMFT with ~2200 hours completed• Passed Law and Ethics Exam

Monterey County

• Observe youth in natural setting to assess environmental factors in regard to treatment planning• Provide behavioral counseling to children and teens in the home, school, and community environments• Lead and help facilitate COS (Coordination of Services) meetings with youth, family, and County mental health professionals• Utilize patience, calm demeanor, and empathy to connect, establish rapport, and foster personal growth within youth• Creatively incorporate client interests into therapeutic practices• Trained in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), First Aid, and CPR• Complete progress notes within 3-day turnaround period• Knowledge and experience in TIER and Welligent EHR systems

• Perform quickly and confidently during high pressure deadline periods• Accomplish swift turn around times with strong prioritization and multi-tasking skills• Thrive both independently and in collaborative work with others

Saratoga, Ca

• Reconcile all sales orders for Walmart, Costco, Target and other major resellers to existing purchase orders and enter into Netsuite system• Daily reporting package and review of inventory delivered to Inventory Manager to forecast product shortages, recognizing and resolving customer order errors• Manual entry of smaller sales orders into Netsuite system• Communicate and resolve issues with warehouse for all incoming and outgoing shipments; notify customers of any order issues or delays to improve customer experience• Prepare routing request forms and calculate order processing time to ensure "ship by" and "must arrive by" dates are in compliance

Saratoga, Ca

• Enter and reconcile over 100 vendor bills a week with exceptional timeliness and attention to detail, ensuring all approval thresholds met and purchase orders in place• Gather receipts for ten corporate credit card accounts and reconciled charges to the billing statement; reviewing and resolving all discrepancies before preparing Excel summary of charge descriptions and GL coding for entry into Netsuite• Month end analysis of vendor invoices to recommend vendor accruals to Accounting Manager• Organize and maintain multi-year AP filing system, including more than 500 vendors to ensure completeness of records for audit• Communication with vendors, tax agencies, and contractors to identify and resolve billing issues• Sort and distribute all mail for company across all departments

Santa Cruz County

• Help lead dynamic musical/kinesthetic program for adults with developmental disabilities at three different Hope Services Centers• Engage clients with challenging mental exercises based with rhythm using instruments such as shakers, Boomwhackers, drums, Happi Drums, and an eclectic mix of other instruments • Play guitar with both practiced sing along songs and improvisational performances based with the rhythm provided by the group

Santa Cruz, Ca

• Research drawn from Shtulman (2009) regarding children discerning improbable/impossible events• Generated ideas for scenarios to be used in pilot testing• Analyzed video data to identify and catalogue prior experiment response data• Created Excel documents to summarize and analyze results• Use of IBM SPSS statistical program to slice and dice numbers for management review

Portola Valley, Ca

• Responsible for daily pool safety, policy enforcement, and emergency action strategy• Managed and supervised various events involving 50+ individuals• Facilitated lifeguarding program through management transition, facility relocations, and staff overhaul for a strenuous nine month facility remodel• Communicated with a wide range of personalities to effectively manage and resolve conflict• Responded to inquiries from club members regarding pool safety and program advocacy• Supervised, developed, and mentored junior lifeguards• Facilitated group safety brainstorms and practice drills

Palo Alto, Ca

• Office build out and assembly for primary business location upon inception• Planning, ordering, and drafting floor plan for technical and office equipment • Office floorplan design and management with Powerpoint • Provided administrative support to president and management staff by answering and directing all incoming calls, data organization with Microsoft Excel, and preparation of Powerpoint slides • Other administrative ad hoc reporting and projects

Master Of Arts - Ma, Counseling Psychology

B.A., Psychology

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