Meredith Mollica, Lcsw Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co

Provides mental health and case management services to young people (ages 17 to 24 years) who are homeless, who have a severe and persistent mental illness and who may have a co-occurring substance-related disorder.

Denver, Co

•Provided individual counseling to students, including crisis management (1-2 sessions) and ongoing therapy (2-25 sessions)•Coordinated Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Referral Program •Performed risk assessment, including coordination of emergency services when needed•Organized and facilitated psycho-educational groups open to students, faculty and staff (roughly one workshop/trimester) •Provided didactic workshops on topics such as drug and alcohol use and stress

Denver, Co

•Provided clinical case management for elderly adults in a variety of milieus (e.g. in-home, in-community, in-office)•Performed bio-psychosocial intake assessments •Collaborated with clients to identify needs and set goals•Advocated for the resources necessary to meet the client’s medical, physical, social and mental health needs (e.g. assisted with applications for services and benefits, accompanied clients to medical appointments, facilitated in-home services for medication management) •Partnered with clients to promote positive bio-psychosocial development•Provided psycho-education•Conducted risk assessment and intervened as necessary (e.g. contacting Adult Protective Services)

San Francisco, Ca

•Provided in-person peer counseling to individuals on the agency waiting list for therapy (4 sessions) and answered calls for domestic violence crisis line (logged 150 online hours)•Assessed client/caller safety (e.g. lethality of situation) and provided crisis management and referrals •Supported client/caller in identifying goals, evaluating options and building on personal strengths •Offered psycho-education (e.g. common dynamics of domestic violence—Power and Control Wheel) •Validated client/caller’s experience and respected the individual’s right to self-determination •Partnered with client/caller to formulate individualized safety plan (Harm Reduction Model)•Completed 40 hours of domestic violence training with WOMAN, Inc.

San Francisco, Ca

•Assisted in structuring and maintaining safe and therapeutic milieus (residential and non-public school) •Used knowledge of children’s individual strengths and needs to foster opportunity for positive bio-psychosocial development and to anticipate and address safety concerns•Communicated effectively with co-workers and children during crises•Taught (e.g. role plays) and modeled positive coping and life skills

(Agency Closed Due To Lack Of Funding) San Francisco, Ca

•Supported 8 girls and their families in identifying and creating the conditions necessary to promote bio-psychosocial development and reduce distress•Formed trusting relationships based on consistency, respect, acceptance and unconditional positive regard •Engaged the girls’ cultivation of personal insight, self-esteem, self-efficacy and life skills •Connected the families with the resources necessary to meet the girls’ educational, social, physical and mental health needs•Collaborated with community members to secure supportive services (e.g. after school programs, mental health counseling, summer camps, health care)

San Francisco, Ca

•Organized and led recreation and therapeutic art groups for children who lived at Edgewood•Partnered with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to establish an on-campus animal assisted therapy program •Co-organized and co-led over night camping trips •Collaborated with Edgewood interdisciplinary teams and community members to coordinate off-campus extracurricular opportunities for children (e.g. participation in art classes, athletic teams, swimming lessons)•Facilitated team meetings to plan for the creation and maintenance of a safe and therapeutic residential milieu •Participated in interdisciplinary team meetings to formulate and re-evaluate individualized treatment plans•Supervised family visits

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Clinical Social Work

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology