Senior Prevention Therapist
Lansing, Michigan Area
I build capacity for mental health awareness and youth suicide prevention programming in Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties. In this role I am responsible for multiple initiatives and projects. I provide numerous conference presentations, community talks, seminars, advanced clinical training and classes on youth mental health first aid, trauma awareness, and youth suicide prevention. I also act as a consultant to groups, organizations, and schools on issues pertaining to these topics.I coordinate and chair The Tri County LifeSavers, which is a youth suicide prevention coalition comprised of over 15 school districts and multiple agencies, groups, and organizations that meet monthly to network, share resources, and educate each other on best evidence-based practices of youth suicide prevention. I coordinate and chair my agency's multi-district School-Based Crisis Response Group that focuses on helping schools prepare for the inevitable crisis, train their staff in crisis management, and provide a network of interconnected districts and schools that can support each other in times of crisis.I coordinate my agency's Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) team, which is highly effective at helping individuals and groups who have been effected by recent traumatic events. In times of high stress, I oversee the deployment of a team that helps restore functioning, effectiveness, and group cohesion.I'm responsible for helping management develop training and team development strategies to improve the clinical services our agency provides. One example of this is the three hour online video training on risk assessment that I created, developed and produced. This training is used by new clinical staff in my agency who work with youth.Lastly, I'm involved in grant writing and oversight of special projects that are designed to help enhance mental health awareness and youth suicide prevention efforts in central Michigan.
