Art Therapist for the StarShine Hospice Division

Provide school-based counseling services to students K-8. • Assess, diagnose, and create treatment plans.• Provide individual, family, and group therapy to address current emotional and behavioral challenges. • Provide art therapy as needed.• Maintain progress notes on patients to ensure proper documentation of session content, client affect and behavior, and therapeutic interventions.• Collaborate with school staff and parents to monitor progress.• Provide crisis support during school hours.

Provided group art therapy sessions to elderly adults.

• Provided individual and family sessions for hospice inpatients. • Provided individual anticipatory grief counseling to adult family members.• Provided individual therapy for clients (adult and children) of The Goldstein Grief Center (located in Cincinnati, OH).• Provided group art therapy for the Cincinnati Cancer Support Community. • Designed and implemented 6-week grief support groups for bereaved adults.

• Planned and implemented individual and group art based therapy sessions for adult psychiatric ward inpatients with variety of diagnosis (Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, Bi-Polar I and II, Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymia, Substance Abuse, Anxiety Disorder, and Psychosis NOS) to neutralize suicide ideation and improve outlook.• Conducted intakes/assessments and determined therapeutic goals for patients.• Maintained progress notes on patients to ensure proper documentation of session content, client affect and behavior, and therapeutic interventions.• Participated in treatment team meetings.

• Designed logo, brochures, advertising, promotional material and business cards for small businesses and non-profits. • Effectively managed multiple tasks, budgets and timelines.• Created original artwork for restaurant.

Spearheaded new business start-up to stage homes prior to being listed for sale. Sourced furniture and accessories to complete desired interior decoration. Coached clients through decluttering process. Organized and accessorized living spaces resulting in full-price or multiple offers in a down housing market for select clients.

Recruited to design logo and high impact web sites for local non-profits and localelementary school. Created information design and architecture for websites of small businesses.

Sold scrapbooking supplies to consumers. Conducted training on scrapbooking techniques. Planned scrapbooking events.

Designed brochurest, collateral pieces and web sites for small companies.

Web design and traditional advertising art direction.

Developed interactive applications for company training and kiosks. Managed small teams in production of interactive applications.