Danielle Wolfson Email & Phone Number

Rochester, Ny, Us

•Provide mental health counseling in outpatient facility serving children and adolescents ages 3-18 with mental health diagnoses. •Manage case load of 10-17 clients and meet weekly/biweekly.•Meet one-on-one with clients to deal with issues such as behavioral problems, depression, anxiety, school issues, feeling identification, coping skill identification, problem solving, and anger management.•Work with client’s caregivers to deliver psychoeducational information around different mental health diagnoses, address issues such as co-parenting, boundary setting, discipline, and behavioral charts. Utilize role-plays to help parents practice alternative parenting skills.•Facilitated family therapy sessions including caregivers and children/adolescents, co-parents, primary parents and involved extended family.•Collaborate with client’s PCP’s, school counselor/psychologist, teachers, speech/language/occupational therapists, caregivers, social workers, case managers, psychiatrists and other involved parties and report interpretations and diagnostic conceptualization. •Co-facilitated weekly social skills group, of 2-4 boys ages 10-11 and discussed topics including, social problem solving, communication, self-esteem, bullying, etc. •Co-facilitate 12 week parent and adolescent DBT skills group. Topics discussed included mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, middle path, and dialectical dilemmas.•Complete biopsychosocial assessments with caregivers and children/adolescents.•Provide caregivers, children and adolescents feedback regarding case conceptualization, diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Work collaboratively with caregivers and children/adolescent to develop goals and treatment plans.•Collaborate with on-site Senior Case Manager, Psychiatrist, Psychologists and Senior Mental Health Counselor on cases.

Brockport, New York

• Meet with students to assist them with topics such as, major decisions, MyPlan assessment results, internship placement discussions, job search, graduate school information and resume and cover letter critiques.• Present to students and parents about the career service office resources, major exploration, job search and internships. • Co-coordinate four internship programs, Disney, America Reads, Public Service, and Brockport Career Exploration, being primarily responsible for Brockport Career Exploration and Disney.• Collaborate with career service office staff, on campus faculty, and internship supervisors in regards to internship opportunities and recruitment of students for internship programs.• Meet with students (group and individual) for internship course orientations and mid-semester check-ins. • Reach out to employers to collaborate campus information sessions, such as Southwest Airlines, Peace Corps, Target and Disney representatives. • Grade monthly student journals, final paper assignments and weekly discussion forums.• Create and update internship program assignments, grading rubrics, syllabus, and program survey.• Handle students’ registration for the course, approval of internship applications/learning agreements, and organization of student information such as registration information, assignments, time sheets, and supervisor evaluation.• Manage online Angel course, discussion forums, drop boxes, assignment information and resources.• Participated in search committee for Career Services Assistant Director of Employee Relations position, completed duties such as résumé critique, contributed to development of skype and in-person interview questions and reference calls. • Assist with daily office duties such as, answering phones, scheduling appointments, completing student employment I-9 and W4 forms, assisting walk-in students.

Brockport, New York

•Managed case load of three clients and met weekly. •Completed biopsychosocial intakes and treatment plans with clients.•Worked with clients on issues such as academic stresses and concerns, relationship problems, parental relationship concerns, and gaining self-awareness. •Co-facilitated weekly group of 2-3 women, for survivors of sexual abuse and discussed issues such as self-esteem, intimacy, guilt and shame, flashbacks/triggers, fear/anger, and self-care.

Batavia, New York

•Worked in outpatient facility serving court mandated clients and general substance abuse populations ages 13-60.•Managed caseload of three clients and worked one-on-one dealing with issues such as clients’ progress with treatment plan and current status with addictions.•Facilitated weekly women’s’ psychosocial/therapeutic group that met two nights per week. Developed group topics to discuss such as: self-esteem, anger, healthy boundaries, healthy relationships, co-dependency, happiness, and communication styles. •Led weekly psychosocial/therapeutic adolescent group of between five and ten clients that met three times weekly and educated clients on addictions and family role structure.

Geneseo, New York

•Worked in outpatient facility serving court mandated clients and general substance abuse populations ages 13-60 in Livingston County.•Co-facilitated weekly psychoeducational/therapeutic adult group of 8-15 individuals.

Counselor Education/Mental Health

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology, Health Science