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Orange, Ca

- Manage clinical team and implement changes to meet J-Co certification guidelines and ensure ethical and legal business practices within the scope of practice. - Train clinical staff on U/R Reviews, clinical assessments and ASAM criteria as well as pre-admission and bio-psychosocial assessments to best met criteria necessary for insurance coverage at each level of care. - Handle all incident reports and internal investigations of client to client and employee to client incidents, making sure proper documentation and reporting standards are met. - Design clinical calendar, assignments and all group curriculum for 2 separate programs at all levels of care. - Work directly with owner to grow business from 1 detox house to a 6 house residential/PHP/IOP/ OP business in the course of 2 years with 2 offices and 2 treatment "tracks".- Create and implement policies procedures to meet state guidelines and train staff on medication management procedures, proper state protocols for detox and residential properties and handle crisis or high-stress client situations.- Manage team of therapists with a caseload of 6-9 clients each; addiction and dual diagnosis.

Cypress, Ca

- Functioned as a senior level therapist trainee for a sliding scale community clinic, under the supervision of Dr. Art Holden and Dr. Marilyn Davis, treating the more severe cases at the clinic including (Axis II) psychological disorders and substance abuse cases. - Created individual, theory-based, treatment plans and provided weekly therapy sessions for a caseload of 10+ clients

Costa Mesa, Ca

- Provided on-site clinical therapy for dual diagnosis patients suffering with substance abuse issues under the supervision of Dr. Art Holden.- Managed a caseload of 7 patients at a time; conducting once weekly individual therapy sessions, crisis management, all insurance correspondence, family therapy sessions, transitional assignments, referral and interventionist communication while meeting to all CAARF standards and documentation requirements. - Lead weekly process groups, anger management groups, experiential groups and weekend family groups.

Covina, Ca

- Performed comprehensive intake assessments of Covina Valley middle school and high school students in crisis. - Provided individual and family counseling, drug and alcohol interventions, suicide assessment, assertion training, communication and problem solving training and academic monitoring in a school environment. - Managed all cases under the clinical supervision of licensed clinical psychologist and Program Director, Dr. Robert H. Hohenstein, as part of Graduate Assistant contract.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Clinical Psychology

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi Honors Society

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)