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Bend, Oregon, United States

Conduct mental health intakes, assessments & treatment plans in an appropriate & timely manner while progressing toward & accomplishing treatment outcomes. Provide monitoring services to assure compliance with conditional release plans & mandated reporting.• Coordinate with the Oregon State Hospital and community partners including the county courts and jail, testimony at state and court hearings, review of program referrals in conjunction with team members, and coordination with local residential and employment providers.• Provide individual & group counseling including case management, working collaboratively with treatment team members & other agencies documenting the engagements, interactions & services provided within an EMR.• Lead with a compassionate & empathetic bio-psycho-social therapeutic approach including skill- & self-development, awareness development & empowerment, while utilizing a culturally-competent lens.

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Provide free, confidential mental health services, counseling, and therapy for post-9/11 veterans, service members, and their military families across Oregon and Southwest Washington. The collective responsibility is to offer support, healing, and access to mental health services without stigma or judgment, confidential services from their provider of choice, and easy and timely access to needed health services at no cost.

Oregon, United States

I work in an empathetic and caring way centered around a balanced holistic approach. Whether the source of distress was caused by a specific event, trauma, relationship, or life transition, I believe we all have the capacity for healing, personal growth, and the potential to create a more meaningful life.Living in moments of emotional distress due to challenges in life is a common human experience. Seeking therapy to help work through these challenges is a vulnerable and brave decision. As a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) and through my own experiences working with others, I believe that individuals are resilient and have the capacity to find their own solutions but often find it difficult to accomplish them alone.

Bend, Oregon, United States

Provide individual, couples, family & group counseling including case management, working collaboratively with treatment team members & other agencies documenting the engagements or interactions & services provided within an EMR.Lead with a compassionate, empathetic & ethical bio-psycho-social therapeutic approach including skill- & self-development, awareness development & empowerment, while utilizing a culturally-competent lens focusing on support & community.Provide support, knowledge, skills & abilities aligning to the competencies as a mental health therapist including therapeutic approaches focusing on client strengths, evidence or researched-based techniques (i.e., CBT, DBT, EMDR, Motivational Interviewing & CPT) & harm reduction strategies.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Answer calls on all of the Lines for Life’s crisis lines including the Military & Veterans Crisis Line, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, YouthLine, Senior Loneliness Line, Alcohol and Drug Helpline, hospital mental health crisis lines & Oregon counties mental health crisis lines.

Portland, Oregon Area

Crisis Line Volunteer supporting Suicide Prevention Lifeline (National & Portland), Military Helpline, Oregon Alcohol & Drug Helpline, Oregon Youth Line, and Senior Loneliness Line.As a Crisis Line Volunteer, answer calls in the Portland-based call center across the following lines: • Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Answer calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hopeline Network, & Portland Lifeline. These confidential, 24-hour services field thousands of calls each year.• Military Helpline – Provides emotional support & crisis intervention, as well as resource & referral services for members of all branches of the military, veterans of all eras, & their family members.• Oregon Alcohol & Drug Helpline – A confidential 24-hour crisis & referral line, responding to individuals & family members seeking crisis intervention, support, treatment referrals, & general chemical dependency information.• Oregon YouthLine – Answered by peers under the age of 21 from 4pm-10pm daily. Adult volunteers take YouthLine calls during the hours when peers are not available.• Senior Loneliness Line – In partnership with Clackamas County, volunteers create a safety net by offering an informed, compassionate response to callers ages 55+ experiencing loneliness, isolation, depression, anxiety, or other concerns.

Portland, Oregon Area

The graduate program is CACREP accredited and designed for the counseling profession to work with individuals, groups, & the broader community. It is intended to assist students in the process of developing effective expertise for effective counseling practice, skillset, and change management.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Performs supervised individual, couples, and group counseling, crisis intervention, consultation, and outreach. Provides psychological assessments, intakes, and appropriate referrals. Work with a licensed therapist/counselor providing supervision, professional support, and provide individual clinical work and documentation.

Portland, Oregon Area

As a Living Room Volunteer at the Old Town Recovery Center (OTRC), support a shared, safe place for OTRC members, many of whom are actively living with & managing behavioral & mental health challenges. The Living Room functions as an empowering healing center, a place for members to come & hang out, eat, volunteer, build a community, & participate in regular group activities.• Connect & engage to help make the Living Room a safe, warm, & inviting place for members.• Clean & organize the space including record attendance, assist with set up & break down of group materials (i.e. art work, yoga, journaling & special events).• Participate, help, & lead facilitate in group discussions.• Effectively engage with staff & clients with diverse ethnic & cultural backgrounds, religious views, political affiliation, lifestyles, sexual orientations, & treat each person with respect & dignity.• Lead & assist with kitchen prep & cooking for breakfast, lunch & special events.• Connect, engage & provide support to members with mental health & addiction experiences.

Portland, Oregon

Develop, direct & coordinate the management & execution of all cross-agency transformational initiatives with an annual budget of $10-15 million. Led with Agile & Lean portfolio & program management methodologies & standards with a team of program & project managers, business analysts & organizational change managers.• Lead & facilitate the delivery of business objectives & milestones of enterprise initiatives including scope, schedule, budget & drive benefit realization with direction & guidance from executive-led steering committees.• Implement & oversee the first enterprise Agile organization to support the execution of the agency’s strategic plan & portfolios consisting of 35+ cross-agency projects.• Responsible for driving enterprise business process management, organizational change management, communications & continuous improvement to enable flexibility & integration with rapidly progressing industry requirements & trends.

Portland, Oregon Area

Managed, facilitated & coordinated the execution of agency key strategic initiatives including scoping, planning, program managing & reporting.• Developed, implemented & communicated a program management framework, standardize & repeatable project management processes, supporting tools & templates to increase efficiencies & effectiveness when managing an enterprise-wide program/project.• Developed, facilitated & maintained the program management of the Northwest Power Pool Market Assessment & Coordination (MC) including building & implementing an integrated project roadmap, supporting project & communication plans & aligning cross-agency resources.• Coordinated, monitored & project managed the Enterprise Data Governance initiative including developing the scope, prioritization, identifying & allocating key resources, communication & change management plans.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Facilitated & led a BPA-wide cross-functional business planning, analysis, design & strategic alignment for the Power business line & supporting IT programs & projects.• Managed the portfolio prioritization & project selection process for the Power business line. This included overseeing 5-10 IT PMO projects & managing an IT portfolio annual budget of $5-8 million.• Reviewed & managed the portfolio’s value assessment & benefits realization to determine, verify & validate the portfolio’s value to the Power business line & Agency.• Ensured the portfolio was compliant with related regulations & policies in accordance with the System Life Cycle (SLC) including Cyber Security.• Developed & managed a portfolio resource & staffing plan to align skillset & experience to support the portfolio’s IT programs & projects.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Responsible for innovating, defining & managing the business analyst team for the IT PMO including hiring, developing, measuring, mentoring & overseeing a team of 30-40 business & systems analysts.• Analyzed, developed & implemented an agency enterprise & business architecture framework including business processes, policies & procedures to standardize how a business operating model is captured, assessed & used for business context analysis, transformation planning & governance.• Developed a team of senior-level business analysts & project managers to standardize scope definition, implementing best practices & determine alignment with strategic objectives & initiatives.• Led, oversaw & provided direction with the System Life Cycle (SLC) for IT. Addressed portfolio, program & project capabilities & activities, development & management of requirements, business process modeling utilizing BPMN 2.0.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Oversaw & managed a team of business & systems analysts responsible for developing, prioritizing & implementing business & information technology initiatives that support the company’s strategic objectives & in support of the IT PMO.• Acted as the product manager of applications & systems used at Banfield including the electronic medical records (EMR) application, marketing, operations & financial applications while maintaining & enforcing strict compliancy standards.• Established, communicated & managed the software development process, policies & procedures including analysis & requirements management, tracking & prioritizing business requests, managing the project approval process & communicating status reporting.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Elicited, researched, validated & documented requirements of medical & business processes, workflows, systems & quality assurance analysis for all enterprise application systems supporting over 760 hospitals.• Worked with IT architects & developers to develop technical solutions, project estimates & plans. • Built, facilitated & provided training for new enterprise systems, features & functionality.• Developed feasibility & financial impact studies for strategic projects. Developed & present project proposals for review & prioritization by senior leadership.

Vancouver, Wa

• Implemented, managed & supported the City’s enterprise asset management application, their first geographic information (GIS) application & mobile device systems including training multiple city departments. Acted as the city’s product manager for their asset tracking applications.• Developed & managed the City’s first Citrix environment used across multiple departments including Operations, Engineering, Police & Fire.• Assisted in implementing, integrating & supporting the City’s utility billing application systems including the City’s first web & IVR payment systems.• Coordinated & managed with Clark County the City’s first address synchronization system to maintain a 75,000+-address database used across multiple City systems.

Camas, Wa

• Joined 500+ employee company to establish its first formal IT department, managed the launch of essential business systems & supporting applications. • Acted as the company’s information technology product manager including working with all third party vendors, documenting & requesting enhancement requests & all bug fixes.• Within nine months, hired & trained an IT team & led a major system rollout across 12 locations. Developed & led all IT planning & budgeting, staff training, vendor management & contract negotiations.

Beaverton, Oregon

• Consulted with clients to manage technical projects, provided system support & strengthened customer relationships. Served as a consultant & trainer to client support & technicians. • Worked closely with large/key clients to build strong relationships & integrate Sage products into client business models. Conducted extensive market research working with product management & IT PMO.• Developed project, user & business requirements & a requirements management methodology for the implementation & validation of analysis & coordinated with the IT PMO.

Portland, Oregon Area

Master Of Arts - Ma, Clinical Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communications / Business Administration