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Provided weekly individual art therapy sessions to children and adolescents thatwere tailored to support various emotional and behavioral needs.Responsible for creating individualized treatment plans, completing reflectiveand accurate progress notes, assisting in referral contact, and engaging withoutreach to families, caregivers, and collateral contacts within CUA and DHS.

Planned and implemented group art therapy sessions for adolescents andadults with various diagnoses at an inpatient facility.Developed skills in group processing, verbal counseling, observational skills,interpersonal skills, crisis management, and cultivated a person-centered,humanistic approach to art therapy

Part of a small office team responsible for executing tasks to ensure smoothoperations day-to-day and annually. Responsibilities included: Parent and staff communications, greeting familiesand prospective parents, maintaining a professional and friendly presence andpositive relationships with students, website upkeep, assist with eventexecution, maintain student, family, and staff information, scheduling forextracurricular activities, school photographer, creating the school yearbook,ordering supplies.Offered position of co-art teacher but declined due to admission into graduate program of Art Therapy and Counseling.

Resolved interpersonal conflicts for both staff and management.Created and implemented innovative staff training.Responsible for troubleshooting and creatively solving management issues asthe mediator between the owner and the studio staff.

Assisted customers with creating freestyle paintings by providing tips,techniques, and overall encouragement.Taught structured classes for individuals and groups, giving step-by-stepinstruction.Facilitated an environment that encouraged creativity, self-expression, andengagement with the arts.

Co-led the art classroom, working with students ranging from Pre-K to 8thGrade.Developed lesson plans in accordance with educational standards.Created and implemented interactive learning mediums to increase studentunderstanding of course materials.

Co-created a unit for this summer camp that addressed issues connected towater conservation and preservation through the use of art and recycledmaterials. It focused on the history of the Anacostia River, its current state andefforts to clean it up.Worked with the students to create mixed media and printmaking pieces, aswell as a group collaborative piece that was exhibited at the end of the course.