A counseling/consultation service for those individuals who cannot/prefer not to access coaching/ support/consultation/therapy within a brick and mortar outpatient enviornment. Specialties include geriatric care planning, pre-marital prep /marital/divorce counseling and grief and loss. This company also contracts through BETTER HELP where I provide online counseling for a variety of issues including anxiety and depression. I am a GLBTQ+ friendly therapist

Residential Redeveloper. I am always on the lookout for homes in need of TLC. I am involved in active rehabs as well as passive income opportunities via rentals or loan/investment options. I am open to single or multi family homes including section 8. I am part of an international group called FORTUNE BUILDERS and also attend many community events in service of building up communities going through transitions.

Discharge planning and placement of aftercare resources

Responsibilities include oversight and regulation compliance for social service depts. within nursing home settings. Training and case consultation for PRSD/PRSC and SSD/SSA is provided one to one, within departmental meetings and in seminar style trainings. A graduate of CPI, I can provide Crisis Prevention Institute training for your entire facility insuring improved safety to all employees serving in a psychiatric long term care setting. Currently providing support and expertise in preparing SS depts to transition to EMR. Other in-services are available upon request.

Responsible for visiting clinical sites and assisting student adjustment to field work placements. Coaching both students and field work instructors to maximize the educational and training opportunities from BSW through MSW 2nd year placements.

Coordinated all adoption education curriculum, performed family assessments, foster care licensing assessments and homestudy preparation. Did information and referral, therapy and post placement supervision for members of the adoptive triad.

Traveled across the country servicing contracted accounts who were experiencing reduction in force episodes. Responsibilities included individual EAP work as well as training small groups of downsized executives prepare for the job market via interview preparation, resume building and perfecting personal branding, networking and creating job opportunities. The small groups were followed up by one to one ongoing coaching sessions as well as telephone follow up.

Expanded adoption department through creative recruitment, providing training and supervision for contractors as well as mentoring and supervising student interns. Developed in-service curriculum and continued education opportunities for all adoption contractors as well as standardized presentation material for client presentation state wide. Provided client training through public speaking, written articles, news releases and initiated an ongoing newsletter as well as curriculum for educational groups and workshops. Facilitated information and referral, case assignment, and direct counseling of birth families, pre-adoptive parents and newly placed adoptees. Assessed infant and child mental health status and provided family therapy specializing in attachment and bonding, trauma resolution, loss, grief and depression. Conducted research to create reunions and counseled all sides of the adoptive triad.

Provided psychotherapy in an outpatient psychiatric and substance abuse clinic. Specialized in co occurring disorders, adoption and family therapy, affairs, substance abuse and codependancy, marital and divorce therapy. As clinical site manager, held responsibilites for audits to insure maintaining standards to successfully pass BC/BS, COA and JCAHO audits, CQI, hiring, supervising and firing personnel and getting contracts and maintaining good relationships with managed care agencies. Oversaw the clinic smooth operations during a site relocation assisted in the redecorating, assignment of office spaces and rebooted all licenses, advertising, as well as hired more staff to provide additional coverage hours to serrice growing client base.

Psychiatric/Substance Abuse/Rehabilitation Social Worker-Active team member of the Social Work Service at North Chicago VA Medical Center as well as Hines VA Medical Center, Illinois as a GS 11-5 social worker. Assignments at NCVAMC included Psychiatric Triage, Behavior Modification, Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit as well as General Medicine/Surgery and Neurology Units. At Hines VA Medical Center responsibilities included Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation both inpatient and outpatient. • Initiated the first half way house for SCI veterans. • Participated in rounds, workshops and seminars as a presenter/organizer and panel participant. • Created the first discharge planning manual for NCVAMC. • Received training and worked as a training partner for Loyola University’s Sexual Dysfunction Clinic under the direction of Dr. Domeena Renshaw. • Provided mentorship and field work instruction to numerous students participating in Graduate and undergraduate studies.