Jessica Martinez, Ma Lpc-S, Ncc, Emdr Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, Us

Worked as Director of Crisis Services 11/6/2017-7/18/2018. 7/18 to current Chief Clinical Officer

Dallas, Texas, Us

Jessica Martinez is a LPC and began working with a diverse population in 2004 that includes children and adolescents, individuals, couples, families and forensic services. She specializes in eating disorders, addictions, obesity, weight loss surgery, body image and self-worth, childhood trauma, trauma, grief & death, juvenile and adult offenders, dual diagnosis, and severe psychiatric disorders. Her extensive background includes outpatient mental health, crisis stabilization, parent education, skills training, addiction, relapse & recovery, medication education, juvenile justice diversionary programs and criminal justice programs. Her education and experience has allowed her to bring an authentic approach to treatment and recovery by encouraging her clients to take responsibility for what they can change and accepting the things that they cannot. Jessica's approach to overall wellness includes the body, mind and spirit. She uses many techniques from her toolbox to meet the individual where they are at. Those techniques include: Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Narrative Therapy, trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, DeTur Protocol for Addictions: compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) which believes that we are not disturbed by the events that happen to us, but rather by what we tell ourselves about those events. Jessica believes that each individual has a story to tell and is the author of their own story. She has a unique ability to understand the words that we do not speak and challenges her clients to be true to themselves, their recovery, and the world in which they live. Jessica challenges her clients to re-author their stories to find healthy alternates to unhappy or unpleasant events.

• Manages clinical operations of Special Needs Offender Program: OCR /ACT/FDU• Manages the forensic clinical team• Conducts assessments, evaluations, triage, and crisis management• Collaborates with psychiatrists, nurses, treatment team and service providers • Counsels forensic clients• Conducts intakes/assessment• Assesses lethality and provides acute care to stabilize clients • Reviews and develops clinic policy and procedures and assists in internal audits

Jessica Martinez is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She works with children and adolescents, individuals, couples, and families. She specializes in eating disorders, addictions, obesity, weight loss surgery, body image and self-worth, codependency, childhood trauma, trauma, grief & death, juvenile and adult offenders, dual diagnoses, and severe psychiatric disorders. Jessica began working with a diverse population in 2004. Her extensive background includes outpatient mental health, crisis stabilization, parenting, skills training, medication education, addiction, relapse & recovery, juvenile delinquency, and juvenile justice diversionary programs. Jessica uses her own experience in recovering from an eating disorder to help her clients find their voice rather than using self-destructive behaviors or allowing their diagnosis to become them. She has a unique ability to understand the words that we do not speak and challenges her clients to be true to themselves and the world in which they live.

Corsicana, Tx, Us

•Instruct students of Navarro College in the field of Psychology, Human Life-Span Development.

•Offered psychiatric rehabilitation for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness•Provide intensive case-management services to ACT clients •Collaborate with psychiatrist, nurse, and treatment team for coordination of services•Supervise ACT Team members to ensure delivery of services to clients in accordance with the Texas Administrative Code•Provide psychosocial rehabilitative services to clients•Provide crisis management to clients in community and clinical settings•Assess clients for suitability for ACT•Assess clients for suicidiality and homicidiality•Conduct intakes, determine eligibility, and update financial assessments•Monitor medication compliance with clients•Develop and maintain crisis and safety plans•Facilitate and broker services between clients, their families, and community resources•Advocate for clients•Develop ACT Team procedures•Provide 24/7 emergency and crisis on-call services to clients•Testify in court during mental commitment hearings and prepare legal documents with the Office Indigent Health Care

•Provide intensive supervision for juveniles with a mental health diagnosis •Provide case-management services for juveniles and their families•Advocate for special need offenders in their communities & schools•Provide in-home services to juvenile offenders and their families•Facilitate and broker services between the juveniles and families and community resources•Conduct Motivational Interview sessions with juveniles and their families•Provide psychoeducation to offenders and their families•Provide psychotropic medication education•On-call to juvenile offenders and their families for crisis intervention•Develop and maintain crisis and safety plans for juveniles with specialized needs•Testify in court as needed•Ensure compliance with court orders and interact with the juvenile court

Individual, couple and family counseling

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Professional Counseling

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology