Mary Beth Ager Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• Collaborated with the Child and Family Team (CFT) to determine the child's behavioral and mental health needs and assist in meeting their goals.• Developed comprehensive assessments, treatment plans and crisis plans alongside a multi-modal team to increase the child's success in the home, school, and community. • Provided individual, family, and/or group counseling through evidence-based, culturally competent, family-focused approaches to a diverse population of children and families. • Participated in weekly individual and group supervision.

New York, New York, United States

• Esteemed my clients to explore what they want out of lives and how they desired to interact with and impact their local community. • Leveraged my resources to enhance opportunities for my clients despite the visible and invisible barriers inherent with a cognitive, developmental, or intellectual disability.

New York, New York, United States

• Balanced a caseload of fifteen clients seeking individual psychotherapy for various pathologies and mental health diagnoses utilizing flexibility between Client-Centered, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy orientations to conduct evidence-based interventions during counseling sessions. • Tailored comprehensive treatment plans for each of my clients with multiple goals and objectives. • Conducted intake interviews for incoming clients and provided accurate diagnoses from the DSM-V.• Presented client case conceptualizations during weekly and monthly disposition team meetings. • Engaged in group and individual supervision with seasoned professionals and peers in order to be challenged and grow in the development of my orientation and skills.

New York, New York, United States

• Designed virtual curriculum with a team to provide online literacy experiences for preschool-aged children in the Bronx for Jumpstart's early, social-emotional learning program. • Achieved 300 hours of service through this Federal Work Study position at Jumpstart to become a recipient of Americorp's Segal Education Award to receive monetary tuition support.

The Gathering Place

• Cultivated a culture of hope and dignity throughout Menninger’s community outreach program, The Gathering Place: a psychosocial clubhouse for adults with severe and persistent mental illness. • Arranged facility-wide events and educational classes with creative therapeutic modalities highlighting various domains of wellness. • Managed daily, personalized fitness groups and yoga sessions uniquely modified to meet the needs of the members served.

Houston, Texas Area

• Created personalized fitness programs for patients and properly document progress towards individualized exercise routines. • Guided self-compassion and values-centered groups for patients on all five units of the hospital campus.• Assembled hospital-wide events and created marketing materials to ensure full participation.• Led multiple group yoga classes of varying skill levels throughout the work week.

Houston, Texas Area

• Provided home and community healthcare to clients with varying ages and intellectual, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. • Scheduled original and engaging community-based interventions during individually scheduled weekly recreational and aquatic sessions.

Houston, Texas

• Worked with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, polytrauma, and specialty physical rehabilitation patients in one-to-one, co-treatment, and group sessions. • Coordinated initial assessments and on-going evaluations of patients and created comprehensive individual treatment plans and goals. • Designed weekly groups and activities relating to the development of fine motor, gross motor, and executive functioning skills.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Collaborated with collegiate women and administrators at universities with Alpha Delta Pi chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada to develop leadership skills through properly educated and implemented programming and operations. • Facilitated educational workshops about character development, the duties of designated officer roles, and how to advance the Greek life experience. • Founded of the 217th chapter of Alpha Delta Pi at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) with a competitively selected expansion team. • Maintained the recruitment, education, and retention of collegiate women and operational functioning of the newly founded UTSA chapter.

Seguin, Texas

• Implemented an "Adapted Aquatics" program for children with cognitive, developmental, or intellectual disabilities to raise awareness for water safety, inclusion efforts in leisure activities throughout the city of Seguin, and enhance the well-being of participants.• Instructed participants from specialized lesson plans based off of their evaluated skill level. • Completed in a timely manner weekly progress notes to document what had been taught, accomplished, or should continue to be improved.

San Marcos, Texas

• Planned an event for the families in the Self-Sufficiency Program to boost morale and increase positive interpersonal relationships amongst residents of the San Marcos Housing Authority.• Managed the event's games, food, prizes, and a visit from the local San Marcos Police Department alongside a team.

Master Of Arts - Ma & Master Of Education - Edm, Mental Health Counseling/Counselor, 4.03 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society member

Bachelor Of Science In Recreational Administration, Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy, Cum Laude 3.38

Activities and Societies: • Dean's List (05/2012 - 12/2013) Achieved a 3.5 GPA or higher per semester.• Association of Recreation.