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Clinician working in service of youth ages 3-18 and families involved with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. Responsibilities include:- Provision of in-home individual and family therapy utilizing motivational interviewing, CBT, DBT, Validate/Challenge/Request, genograms, internal family systems, and other modalities, all through a trauma-informed, culturally competent lens- Treatment planning and case conceptualization- Clinical and comprehensive assessment- Clinical intervention creation and implementation (worksheets, activities, logs, schedules, etc.)- Collaboration with collaterals, including primary care, psychiatry, outpatient therapy, Department of Children and Families, and other social service providers- Clinical and social group co-facilitation- Cross-cultural mediation- Case management services, such as referrals to community resources, budgeting, and systems navigation assistance- Working with families struggling with domestic violence, substance use, severe emotional and behavioral disturbances, autistic children, chronically ill individuals, and families facing poverty and homelessness, among other issues

- Virtually conducted psychological and educational assessments (e.g., BASC-3, WJ-IV, IVA-2, MCMI, etc.) to youth aged 6-17, as well as some adult individuals- Scored assessment measures using hand scoring and Riverside Score- Compiled psychoeducational and neuropsychological reports to assist in diagnostic clarification and academic support recommendations- Maintained open communication with other providers to clarify and plan for complex cases

- Designed and facilitated psychosocial workshops centered on self-esteem, interpersonal effectiveness, informal discussion, and creative projects- Created and collected group materials (e.g., workshop handouts, creative materials, stim objects)- Engaged clients in a psychosocial setting to provide peer support using motivational interviewing and informal conversation- Assisted site staff with event planning and daily operations- Managed food pantry checklists and client logs, maintained food pantry stockroom, and distributed orders to clients

Provided 100 hours of supervised, transdiagnostic therapeutic services to student and non-student clients in the UConn Psychological Services Clinic from September 2020 to June 2021. Services included CBT, IPSRT, and mindfulness techniques, along with provision of logistical support to clients (e.g. assisting with coursework schedules, email communications, sleep/wake routines, medication prescriber consultation, etc.)

Independently taught four semesters of undergraduate psychology courses, including General Psychology I and II and Research Methods and Statistics. Class size varied from 12 to 40 students and involved both in-person and online (synchronous and asynchronous) instruction.

Research assistant in Child and Adolescent Anxiety lab - conducted research on the cognitive correlates of PTSD

Research assistant working on the Health Improvement Through Employee Control for Correctional Officers (HITEC) study, sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Lowell and The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW).

Assisting with an ongoing research study on Racial Trauma and Use of Psychedelic Substances. This study is a joint collaboration between the University of Connecticut and Ohio State University.

Brooklyn, New York

• Facilitate the Tobacco Reduction Program at Housing Works’ Cylar House Health Center • Maintain client records, progress notes, and care plans in eClinicalWorks • Provision of medical care coordination and education to chronically ill patients• Provision of technical assistance, clinical assistance, and data hygiene to clinical and site-wide Quality Initiatives/CQI projects, including interventions for cervical cancer screenings and other chronic illness-related gaps in care • Assists with Mount Sinai Care Gaps measures projects, linked to clinic transition into Value Based Payment system • 1700 hours of health care management and coaching for marginalized patient populations (e.g. LGBTQ individuals, those living with HIV/AIDS, patients with substance abuse disorders)

Purchase, New York

As an EOP Supplemental Instructor, my responsibilities included tutoring EOP students in Introduction to Psychology on a weekly basis.

New York, New York

Assisted principal investigators with qualitative sociological and quantitative social psychological research studies- Recruited, screened, and scheduled potential study participants- Conducted study protocols, including Qualtrics questionnaires- Collected and analyzed data using IBM SPSS, Microsoft Excel, Atlas.ti

Assisted principal investigators with qualitative sociological and quantitative social psychological research studies- Recruited, screened, and scheduled potential study participants- Conducted study protocols, including Qualtrics questionnaires- Collected and analyzed data using IBM SPSS, Microsoft Excel, Atlas.ti

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Student, Clinical Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, 3.94

Activities and Societies: NIGMS/NIH MARC U*STAR Scholarship Program, Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology, Sigma Xi.

B.A., Psychology