• Mental health clinician providing individual, family, and group therapeutic services to children and youth ages 0 to 21 • Provide interventions and coping skills to clients and families regarding psycho-education, trauma, anxiety, depression, defiant behaviors• Complete all DMH paperwork such as, intake documentation, treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge paperwork• Collaborate with team members to provide the best customize care to meet the specific needs of the child and family • Responsible for meeting productivity requirements in a timely manner • Utilize a family systems approach, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, MAP, when working with children and families

• School-Based clinician that provided individual, family, and group therapeutic services to youth ages 14-18 years old and community-based therapeutic services with youth ages 6-19 years old• Experience in DMH paperwork • Collaborated with treatment team to provide the best quality of care • Met productivity requirements, while providing proper care and advocacy specific to the client’s therapeutic needs• Used a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, MAP, and strength- based approach when treating children and families • Developed and maintained clinical records such as treatment plans, progress notes, and termination summaries• Provided evidenced-based coping strategies and interventions for clients dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, crisis situations

• Develop relationship with, and inform parents of progress and behavior• Work with therapy dogs, familiar with Animal Assisted Therapy• Successfully work in a fast paced, pressured environment

• Received professional development training in: TF-CBT, eating disorders, grief and loss, suicide, self-harm, sand tray therapy, art therapy, music therapy, play therapy, peer mediation, DSM-5, and diversity• Completed over 250 client contact hours providing individual, family, and group therapy to students, grades 9 to 12, and their families• Provided coping mechanisms and psychoeducation for Domestic violence, child abuse, depression, anxiety, attachment styles, and emotion regulation• Utilized paperwork modeled after DMH: treatment plans, psychosocial assessments, progress notes

• I helped conduct two different research studies. One Focused on Attachment styles and Stress levels; the other on Attachment styles in intimate partner relationships and the correlation with child maltreatment.

• Established positive, professional, one to one working relationships with approximately 25 first-generation students• Assisted students in learning how to access and use academic resources; emphasized life-management skills (decision-making, goal setting, conflict resolution, values clarification, dealing with stress)

• Facilitated a lecture on Attachment theory to 118 undergraduate students.• Provided office hours each week, and motivated students to strive for excellence.• Instructed a caseload of 50 students to be able to enhance their study habits, by fostering a learning environment.