With warmth, empathy, and compassion, I work with children, teens and adults in a safe environment to explore and express their feelings related to the death of a loved one, while they learn to thrive in a world without their special person.

I provide care for my patients that include psychosocial assessments, developing and coordinating discharge plans to insure continuity of care, providing supportive counseling, and crisis intervention to enhance coping and functioning ability.

-Participated in graduate level interdisciplinary training to improve the health and well-being of infants, children, and adolescents with or at risk for developmental disabilities -Collaborated with 5 different departments to identify the needs of treatment for children in our care-Focused on leadership in advocacy, ethics, research, and systems change through clinical programs, didactic instruction, and scholarly activity-Researched the demographics, diagnoses and the clinic trends of 105 patients and 246 total visits who were treated by social work and the developmental physician at the Center of Developmental Disabilities (CDD) -Co-presented at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Conference 2022 to an audience of approximately 50 people-Successfully completed UTHSC’s Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity training program and received the Diversity Certificate on December 16, 2022-Co-led a six-week Self-Care and Intentional Parenting Support Group program for caregivers of children with developmental disabilities-Provided social work support for the rheumatology department one day a week at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s outpatient clinic-Interviewed, assessed and completed biopsychosocial evaluations for children who are referred to the CDD at their first appointments at the Learning, Attention, and Behavior (LAB) Program.-Developed treatment plans for all families who come to the CDD that are evaluated -Collaborated with the developmental physician at the second appointment in our interdisciplinary clinic (LAB). -Provided individual counseling for caregivers of children with developmental disabilities -Observed and participated in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

-Researched and shadowed counseling sessions with clients – Fall Semester -Assessed and counseled own clients – Spring Semester -Actively participated in weekly supervision with the owner of Forward Counseling-Observed and participated in a communication skills therapy group-Collaborated and observed M.D. who provided medical and holistic wellness services with several of his clients

-Appointed to be on the Catastrophe Team; traveling and handling of claims associated with Hurricane Ivan, Hurricane Katrina, and Hurricane Rita. -Interviewed claimants, witnesses, police, physicians, and other relevant parties to determine claim settlement, denial, or review-Inspected property damage and handled investigations when liability was in question-Received a National Customer Service Excellence Award for achieving perfect score from customer feedback for 6 months consistently