Eduardo C. Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California

Largo, Md

• Providing community-based treatment for youth and families with antisocial traits (i.e. verbal and physical aggression, truancy, severe drug use, etc.)• Providing direct clinical treatment using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) methods to a caseload of six families at a time• Leading formal and informal family therapy sessions, individual therapy, and couples therapy • Conducting all referrals for Spanish-speaking families, as the only Spanish-speaking MST therapist in the practice• Meeting with families three times a week for an average of three to five months • Participating in MST training, weekly supervision, and weekly consultation• Conducting bilingual presentations in school settings to parents regarding youth and self harm• Emphasizing behavioral change to young people in their natural environments – at home, school and in the community• Engaging primary caregivers in identifying drivers that lead to children’s behavioral issues and developing individualized treatment plans for each family• Teaching primary caregivers to identify their roles in providing change in children’s behavioral issues• Maintaining clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts to promote review and feedback from peers and supervisors, and to demonstrate compliance with MST principles and analytic processes• Collaborating with all relevant systems (i.e., schools, courts, probation officers, law enforcement, etc.) and key participants within each system to ensure active participation, to minimize language barriers and increase cooperation with families

Rockville, Md

• Provided crisis management and counseling services to clients suffering from acute psychiatric crisis• Conducted individual, family, and peer counseling based on Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), SFBT and CBT• Adhered to program standards throughout 24-hour shifts, two to three times a week• Worked with clients, their families, and outside providers in writing individualized treatment plans and solution-focused discharge plans• Conducted assessments of clients’ mental health status, all of whom were diagnosed with severe mental illness (i.e., schizophrenia, schizoid personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, depression, paranoid personality disorder, etc.)• Participated in weekly case consultation with a licensed psychiatrist• Serviced an ongoing caseload of eight clients, their average lengths of stay being 7-10 days• Conducted formal and informal therapeutic groups, individual therapy, couples therapy and family therapy• Attended training sessions to update and enhance counseling skills in CBT, DBT, SFBT, Nutrition Education, and Psychotropic Medication Education• Reacted to crisis or emergency situations as needed; setting limits, de-escalating conflicts• Worked with clients to implement and engage their treatment plans to prevent future crises• Wrote daily contact notes related to progress made by each client towards treatment plans• Monitored adherence to morning and evening medication

Arlington, Va

• Provided direct therapeutic counseling services to clients, employing Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) techniques• Client caseload included inmates of all security levels: those arrested for murder, DWI, embezzlement, or public indecency due to mental health issues• Evaluated and provided clinical diagnoses and provided treatment plans for recently arrested inmates • Facilitated group counseling for the Mental Health Unit as well as the General Population• Served an ongoing caseload of 10 clients and assessed dozens of other inmates on a daily basis as they were referred to the mental health team for one-time crisis intervention or skills development• Guided clients in learning skills and strategies for dealing with mental health issues• Assisted clients in developing solution-focused discharge plans for life after release• Assessed inmates using various Department of Human Services assessment tools, such as Suicide Risk Assessment, Diagnosis Assessment, etc.• Facilitated crisis intervention or referrals to crisis cells as needed• Participated and played a leadership role in client case conferences conducted on a daily basis for mental health unit clients• Received weekly supervision from Mental Health Unit Manager

Silver Spring, Md

• Managed a caseload of 18 clients suffering from co-occurring serious disorders• Created fluid and changing treatment plans for each client on a bi-weekly basis• Assisted and instructed clients in residential/outpatient living skills• Provided counseling, behavior management, and crisis intervention as well as medication monitoring to insure compliance with medical instructions given by clients’ therapists and psychiatrists• Assessed clients’ needs, developed goals and linked them with community resources• Coordinated quarterly provider meetings with clients’ therapists and psychiatrists • Maintained and submitted weekly progress notes and developed client goals through treatment plans• Participated in weekly case consultations and staff meetings

Washington, D.C.

• Attended group counseling and confidentiality training and received monthly supervisions and feedback• Facilitated group discussions with a group of eight men, ages 30 to 50, who were considering coming out or had just recently come out• Through supervision, assessed and referred specific clients who could benefit from individual therapy• Displayed an awareness of and adherence to the need for confidentiality of all information shared during group sessions

Washington, D.C.

• Engaged in and facilitated group discussions in topics ranging from low self-esteem and sexual abuse to domestic and gang violence with 12 at-risk multicultural children, ages eight to ten• Provided mental and emotional support to the children throughout the group discussions• Administered behavioral assessments of the children and reported abnormal behavior to the lead therapist• Evaluated the weekly progress of each child with the lead therapist• Displayed an awareness of and adherence to the need for confidentiality of all information regarding the children and their families among clients and staff• Team received first place 2010 National Council of La Raza’s Family Strengthening Award for providing high-quality services to the Latino community

Baltimore, Md

• Transcribed and coded interviews for qualitative research that examined the ways in which family therapy educators understand and proactively use their ethnic, class, and heterosexual privilege in master’s and doctoral educational settings• Formulated and summarized the common themes that prevail throughout the interviews• Research was presented at the 2011 Pedagogy of Privilege Conference at the University of Denver

M.S., Clinical Counseling

Activities and Societies: Student & Alumni Counseling Association - Vice President. Commencement Speaker at 2013 May Graduation.

B.A., International Relations

Activities and Societies: Stony Point Volunteer Fire Company (Volunteer Firefighter), Migrant Aid Tutoring (English/Spanish Tutor), Polo.