Lauren Levy Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

I aim to help clients pinpoint and challenge patterns, support them in rewriting their story, and ultimately guide them in finding their way back towards (or discover for the very first time) the positive life that they're worthy of experiencing. Led by the belief that each client is incredibly unique, I don’t rely on a rigid formula, but tailor evidence-based practices and utilize universal factors in order to facilitate discovery and change.

Los Angeles, California

Manhattan Beach, California

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Design and conduct one-on-one academic support and intervention sessions for K-12 students with varying levels of ability, including those with OCD, ADD, and SLD.• Customize sessions to capitalize on individual strengths and improve areas of growth by continually assessing learning profiles through informal testing. This includes skill development in areas of time-management, communication, and problem-solving.• Invest time and energy into updating student success teams (parents, advisors, teachers, etc.) through consistent communication and concise documentation.

Watts Counseling & Learning Center

- Provide direct therapeutic services to individuals, families, groups, and couples (ages 8-50+), presenting with a variety of concerns, such as anxiety, depression, complex trauma, PTSD, inattention, personality disorders, crises, parenting challenges, addiction, etc.- Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments to conceptualize cases, formulate diagnoses, set measurable goals, and determine appropriate methods of treatment. Build rapport and continually support client progress with genuine warmth and positive regard, while also engaging in ongoing reflection to ensure they are on track to meet goals.- Develop curriculum and co-facilitate a Women’s Self-Love Group for adults struggling with low self-esteem and Kids Can Cope, a grief group for children and adolescents.- Participate in weekly individual and group supervision to cultivate self-awareness and growth, which includes the process of sharing my own clinical challenges, listening to the constructive feedback of others, and actively applying new insights to future sessions.- Deepen clinical knowledge by attending specialized trainings, i.e. TF-CBT, grief and loss, parent psychoeducation, legal/ethical issues, PTSD, personality disorders, addiction, etc.- Maintain thorough documentation of all client services in a timely manner via DMH-oriented standards, i.e. assessments, observations, communications, progress notes, etc.- Advocate and collaborate with client support systems by holding collateral sessions with significant family members, establishing working relationships with treatment teams or legal/school representatives, and connecting clients to valuable community resources.

Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy

• Managed multiple responsibilities by acting as Special Education Day Class instructor of 3 subjects, Education Specialist for a 20-student caseload, co-teacher for World History, and co-leader of the Safe & Civil Committee.• Established rapport and built meaningful relationships with caseload of students with wide-ranging learning disabilities, social skill/language proficiency levels, and behavioral challenges, e.g. Emotional Disturbance, English Language Learner, ADD, AUT, etc. • Informally mentored students in need of empathetic adult by listening/responding to issues related to neighborhood violence, immigration, bullying, peer and family conflict, etc.• Spearheaded IEP meetings with wrap-around teams by brainstorming/reviewing interventions, goals, and progress, i.e. addressed maladaptive behavior by creating Behavior Support Plans and Social Skill programs. Valued the importance of compliance by legally documenting this data on a daily/weekly basis.• Conducted Professional Developments to educate staff on academic/behavioral strategies that support students with IEPs and continually fielded questions throughout year by providing resources for individual issues.• Maintained school-wide leadership position within Safe & Civil Committee, which aimed to educate colleagues about proactive behavior management; implemented restorative justice policies; and enhanced overall school culture.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Selected from 57k applicants to join the national TFA corps of 6k who commit 2 years to teach in under-resourced schools.• Engaged in full schedule of professional development including discussion groups, workshops, and learning teams.• Participated in intensive training program to develop the skills needed to attain significant gains in student achievement, while teaching in a summer school program for low-income students at Markham Middle School.

• Led company’s digital marketing efforts for news magazine and health-related content sites, including but not limited to OpposingViews, BattleDiabetes, PeanutAllergy, & SupportGroups.• Constructed and effectively managed audience-specific social media and digital presence for ten sites sites via Facebook, Twitter, weekly newsletters, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc.• Engaged brand and site communities on these platforms with thought-provoking copy, attentive responses, visually pleasing design, and inventive games/contests.• Generated audience gain by cultivating strategic relationships and building campaigns with relevant online influencers.• Increased referral traffic by more than 30% and held responsible for growth in community engagement across all sites.

Arusha, Tanzania

• Taught elementary aged children living in the Sakone1 district of Arusha. Intense lack of resources (no electricity, text books, etc.) and fluent Swahili language barrier motivated creativity for lessons in order to find ways to stimulate students’ learning experiences.• Counseled and cared for those with overlooked, clear mental illnesses, oftentimes brought on by the severe hardships of poverty, abusive guardian(s) or guardian(s) with substance abuse.• Fund-raised over $4K for the school via letter writing, networking, and social media. Donations were strategically used towards (but not limited to) labor, launching a lunch program, school facility rental, HIV testing, and supplies. Further raised money for Tuamkeni Orphans project organization post-visit.• Recorded experiences on personal blog which received over 2k visits: laurintanzania.tumblr.com

● Helped craft digital strategies for new business pitches and existing clients within various brand categories.● Applied expertise by distilling comprehensive research findings into digestible insights, identifying implications and ultimately recommending strategic solutions and creative direction.● Presented results and recommendations to a wide range of clients and internal staff, offering insightful education to prep for specific or overall advertising and marketing executions.● Kept track of the digital landscape and regularly communicated trends to others, i.e.; Spearheaded management/editorial of an insights blog for clients within the Unilever portfolio.● Managed interns by offering guidance, allocating tasks and providing feedback of work.

● Assisted with publisher, agency, and brand relationship management by working closely with Account Managers and Account Executives on various campaigns.● Helped to support sales or new business for brands like Sony & Ford by extrapolating relevant insights from existing campaigns, pulling ComScore reports and using other 3rd party resources.● Gained a working knowledge of online media/ad sales industry with daily task flow which included consistent utilization of Salesforce, and Zedo.

● Assisted in brainstorms and creative pitch conception meetings and experienced the collaboration of ideas that help to construct effective elements within a campaign.● Created concise research documents on various brands’ consumer behavior and competitive sets. ● Consistently explored the various capabilities and successes of new and traditional marketing such as mobile, cause-related, viral/word of mouth, SEM, & social-media.

● Created a well-received campaign strategy for a specific target of prospective clients. Many ideaswere implemented in overall marketing plan. Corresponded with 50+ clients daily; employed up-selling abilities and made independentdecisions on how to handle client situations.

Master'S Degree, Marriage And Family Therapy/Counseling

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Special Education And Teaching

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology

Minor, Sociology

Education record