Kat Chen Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

- Provide individual and family psychotherapy to adults, teens and children in a private practice setting.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Provide psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction & developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings.
• Maintain documentation, records & data collections in a complete and timely manner.
• Collaborate w/ internal & external resources in Kaiser & the community to meet agreed upon objectives.

San Francisco, CA

• Provide quality behavioral healthcare services as part of primary care team to improve health and well-being of patients and promote team functioning.
• Provide individual and group psychotherapy with interventions including crisis intervention, brief behavioral interventions, assessments, supportive short-term counseling and appropriate referrals.

San Francisco, CA

• Provided behavioral interventions, clinical case management, individual and group therapy for clients with diverse needs in a community mental health clinic.
• Used techniques including motivational interviewing, play therapy and conjoint therapy for those diagnosed with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders and complex trauma.

• Provided behavioral interventions, clinical case management, individual and group therapy for clients with diverse needs in a community mental health clinic.
• Used techniques including motivational interviewing, play therapy and conjoint therapy for those diagnosed with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders and complex trauma.

• Provided individual therapy, group therapy, and family consultation at K-8 schools.
• Utilized a strength-based, resiliency-focused framework.
• Built social and emotional health for low-income students and their families.
• Worked collaboratively with school staff and families in crisis interventions.

Oakland, CA

• Provided individual, family and group psychotherapy for multicultural patients.
• Maintained confidential patient files and records and information.
• Experience in mental status evaluations, mandated reporting and knowledge of personality and psychological development.

• Provided intake, assessment, treatment planning, case management, psychotherapy to children and families at a non-profit agency using a strength-based model.
• Consulted with psychiatrists, specialists and community resources.
• Experience with Medi-Cal record-keeping, documentation and reporting in timely compliance with County Mental Health system of care.

• Traveled within Northern California providing community outreach and education.
• Analyzed health screening results, provided constructive recommendations.
• Interacted, engaged and taught participants from diverse communities.

• Provided individual, family, group counseling at a community health clinic.
• Worked with students, ages 5 to 14, coping with violence, abuse and poverty.
• Utilized play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, strength-based and systemic work.
• Worked on interdisciplinary teams with teaching specialists, artists, guidance counselors, teachers, principals, social workers, outside agencies and case workers.

-Co-facilitated groups of approximately twenty girls, ages 7 to 18.-Mentored teens in: self-defense, conflict resolution, leadership and peer relations.-Provided community outreach and social support for diverse populations.

• Provided case management, psychosocial assessments, needs assessments and benefits assessments. Conducted court visits, home visits and kept legal documentation.
• Worked on multidisciplinary teams with attorneys, physicians and social work staff.
• Interfaced with government agencies to provide holistic social work services.
• Provided service to clients who were elderly, mentally ill, homeless or in nursing homes and suffering from discrimination.

Master Of Social Work (M.S.W.), Advanced Clinical Practice

Mph, Public Health

Bs, Evolution And Ecology, Classics