• Provided individual student counseling services on a weekly basis or as determined by clients Individual Education Plan (IEP.)• Provided small group counseling and family counseling when appropriate to support client in ability to access their education.• Provided mental health assessment and intervention in conjunction with school site staff and administration.• Provided mental health case management by coordinating services with outside mental health service providers, i.e., therapists, psychiatrists, and wrap service providers.• Made classroom observations of students when related to counseling support and interventions.• Consulted with classroom staff and behavior specialist in understanding student’s social emotional abilities and needs.• Attended IEP meetings and prepared summary of social-emotional progress and goals at IEPs for students on their caseload. Developed treatment planning based on IEP social-emotional goals.• Participated with the Therapeutic Program/Special Education Team (including teacher(s), aides, Behavior Specialist, Program Specialist, school psychologist, school administrator(s).) in coordination of services to children and families.• Maintained client records and completed all required reports and paperwork in compliance with legal and ethical standards dictated by the mental health profession.

Provided milieu counseling to elementary school teachers and staff as a Resilience Consultant and group psycho-education as a Social Emotional Learning Facilitator.• Provided milieu coaching to elementary teachers and staff to increase teacher and staff resilience and to promote school wide engagement and well-being.• Observed and coached teachers in the classroom to understand and appropriately respond to emotional and developmental needs of students.• Utilized foundations of neuroscience to teach middle school students coping skills to manage anxiety, anger and social stressors.• Facilitated resilience building curriculum utilizing a strengths-based, growth mindset approach and incorporating mindfulness strategies, and gratitude practices.• Tracked student group engagement and emotional cues and adapted curriculum to address specific group needs.

Provided Marriage Family Therapy under the supervision of a licensed therapist to clients and groups in agency clinic and to children in middle schools in Sunnyvale and Mountain View. Utilized mindfulness, reflective listening, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, expressive arts, play therapy, and solution-focused therapeutic approaches. • Interviewed students and evaluated their mental health. Detected signs of suicidal tendencies and self-harming. Collaborated with families, faculty, school administration, and therapeutic teams to identify goals, developed treatment plans, and monitored progress. • Assessed children’s behavioral and academic problems, and suggested corrected measures to maximize emotional development and learning. • Interviewed parents, listened to their problems, and assessed their mental health. • Responded to and de-escalated crisis situations in classrooms. Mediated conflicts and encouraged children to be aware of their own and others’ feelings. • Provided teen group psychoeducation focusing on the topics of eating disorders, sex, substance abuse, and bullying. Helped students focus on learning.

Developed and oversaw curriculum, marketing, participant recruitment, staff training, and logistics for inclusive adventure education programs that incorporated students with and without disabilities.• Managed 4 summer youth leadership programs which served 43 children aged 14–18 years, from diverse cultural socio-economic, and religious backgrounds. Taught them to develop emotional intelligence, team-building skills, and self-confidence-building.• Used small group interactions to frame experiences as key life lessons for building character, communication, and leadership• Adventure programs included environmental education through watershed explorations and curriculum focused on water related issues in the state of California.• Taught foundational skills in sea kayaking, whitewater river rafting, backpacking and organic farming.• Transitioned students into leadership roles as skills developed over the course of the program.* Directed a school year Youth Leadership Training Internship - provided an 8-month program for seven (7) graduates of the summer programs to continue leadership development as guides in the agencies sea kayaking and cross country skiing programs.