Michael Hecht Email & Phone Number

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEChildren's Institute, Inc., Los Angeles, CA 8/01 to PresentTherapist III, Counsel primarily Spanish-speaking families with at-risk children in their homes with a problem of child sexual or physical abuse with or without concomitant domestic violence. Conduct intake interviews, devise diagnoses and treatment plans and draft progress reports. Community Counseling Service/Amanecer, Los Angeles, CA 1/99 to 7/01CalWORKS Coordinator/Therapist. Counsel primarily Spanish-only-speaking individuals on County Welfare to Work/CalWORKS program to remove barriers to employment in realm of mental health and improve community functioning. Conduct intake interviews, devise diagnoses & treatment plans and draft progress reports. Attend meetings to make CalWORKS program function more smoothly and effectively.Counselor to Transitional Youth. Adolescent and Family Therapy for troubled youths and families.San Pedro Peninsula Hospital, "Bridges" Geriatric Unit, San Pedro, CA 5/98 to 12/99Therapist. Groups & Psychosocial assessments with inpatient, "partial" and outpatient populations. Del Amo Hospital, Department of Social Services, Torrance, CA 3/98 to 9/99Therapist. Group and Individual counseling on open Sexual Disorders Unit and closed Adult and Adolescent Intensive Care units, as well as groups in the Masters and Johnson National Trauma Unit, a closed unit treating adult victims of severe physical and sexual childhood abuse.Los Angeles County Jails/California State and Federal Prisons & Beit T'Shuvah, Addiction Rehabilitation Center. Outreach Worker/Counselor, Jewish Committee for Personal Service, Gateways Hospital and M. H. Center, 8/93 to 6/98• Provide crisis interventions, problem-solving and counseling sessions to incarcerated inmates, on-site, individually and in groups.Specialties: HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONSCounsel Families and Children with History of Spousal and Child AbuseUse of Trauma-focused CBT for Traumatized ChildrenCounsel At-Risk Children and Adolescents both In-home and In-schoolExperienced in Individual and Family therapy for Addicts and CodependentsExpert Witness in Immigration CourtBilingual English/Spanish

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  Therapist, Iii

  Children'S Institute, Inc.

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  Antioch University, Los Angeles

  Clinical Psychology