Gabrielle Scott Email & Phone Number

Waxahachie, Texas, United States

• Provide trust-based relational intervention skills to parents and children (ages:4-19)• Develop strength-based assessments and treatment planning to identify goals and interventions • Meet individually with children to work on communication strategies and conflict management • Provide family counseling to identify stressors and implement coping strategies • Collaborate with local healthcare providers within the community

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Provided 12-16 weeks of intensive teletherapy services for children (ages: 4-19) and their families • Developed family assessments and treatment planning to outline concrete goals and interventions • Met individually with children to identify stressors and coping skills• Met with families and created a safe space to encourage effective communication and emotional regulation skills • Linked families to community resources • Worked collaboratively with school counselors, psychiatrists, and caseworkers to help provide continuity of care • Facilitated consultation staffing with colleagues in order to provide ongoing support

P’Yŏngt’Aeng-Ni, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Provided support in organizing events on military base. Exhibited flexibility and adaptability in working with diverse cultures. Provided population with community resources.

GROUP COUNSELING: Provided 25 sessions of group therapy sessions per week in a 6 unit acute psychiatric hospital of totaling 75 beds. Provided counseling services to various populations-pediatrics, adolescents, young and middle age adults, and geriatrics. Adapted group material to reflect target age groups. Facilitated morning groups to help patients identify daily goals and provided wrap up groups to reflect on progress of daily goals. Conducted evening groups with adolescents to process family visits on the unit and psychosocial stressors (such as school and family dysfunction) that led to hospitalization. INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING: Implemented individual sessions highlighting motivational interviewing and specialized in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Models to help foster resiliency. Met individually with patients to develop safety planning and crisis intervention to reduce suicidal ideation and attempts.CONSULTATION AND PROGRAM PLANNING: Consulted with social workers and nursing staff about patient safety and concerns prior to discharge. Met monthly with behavioral health team to assess and revise treatment models in order to provide quality care for patients. Researched various evidenced based techniques to restructure behavioral program and reported findings to supervisor in order to make structural changes. DOCUMENTATION: Documented patients’ goals and progress after each session and entered progress notes via Epic Systems.

VOCATIONAL COUNSELING: Managed a caseload of 20 consumers with severe and persistent mental illness. Coordinated IPS Services between consumers and case managers. Met with consumers in the community (coffee shops, libraries, and restaurants) in order to cultivate autonomy. Assessed consumers' skills, abilities, and work preferences via employment assessments. Implemented job retention and support plan to identify triggers and symptoms of mental illness in regards to employment. Developed resumes and cover letters and assisted consumers with the job application process. Provided consumers with interview techniques and utilizing elevator speech to pitch their skills. CONSULTATION AND PARTNERSHIPS: Met weekly with Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) clinical team to brief team of consumers’ progress with employment and identified any barriers (psychiatric, physical, and social) that impact employment opportunities. Provided liaison between ACT and IPS services. Met weekly with IPS team in order to support consumers with obtaining and maintaining employment. Brainstormed and identified solutions with IPS team members to help consumers overcome barriers and obtain/sustain employment. Established rapport and partnerships with employers in the community in order to support consumers in obtaining and maintaining employment. Accompanied consumers to potential work sites and provided assurance as consumers pitched their elevator speech to employers. Provided transportation for consumers and accompanied job interviews with consumers. DOCUMENTATION: Documented progress notes via electronic database in order to facilitate continuity of care. Recorded minutes and disseminated minutes to team members and supervisors.

INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING: Managed a case load of 24 clients each month. Provided weekly individual and group therapy sessions to individuals with a variety of disorders including PTSD, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Depression, and Substance Abuse. Provided individual therapy and weekly follow up at homeless shelters. Conducted intake interviews to obtain clinical diagnoses. Assessed the strengths and limitations of the clients in relation to employment, psychosocial skills, and medical prognosis. Developed substance abuse and anger management material for individual and group sessions. Co-facilitated anger management groups on a weekly basis at half-way houses in the community. CASE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION: Coordinated case management by linking clients with social security, public aid, medical care, dental care, employment services, psychiatric care, and housing. Assisted clients in filing out social security paperwork to obtain Medicaid. Accompanied clients to local public aid agencies. Accompanied clients to local food pantries and assisted them in obtaining food. Consulted with physicians and psychiatrists about the clients’ progress in therapy. Consulted weekly with supervisor about clients’ treatment, progress, and barriers. DOCUMENTATION: Developed and documented psychosocial assessments, progress notes, and treatment plans.