Sandy Duran Email & Phone Number

Boise, Idaho Area

Facilitate groups surrounding substance abuse education and treatment, conduct assessments and diagnose level of care for those in need of treatment. Prepare documentation and reports for court appearances, collaborated with probation and other mental health professions to act in the best interest of the client. Facilitate individual sessions in regards to issues of substance abuse/addiction and relapse prevention techniques. While in this position, my responsibilities include teaching behavioral modification, positive coping skills, relationship building and repairing, boundary setting, issues concerning family and life skills.

Working in a Therapeutic Community with male offenders. Counselor providing Substance Abuse Cognitive Behavioral Programming for incarcerated male offenders.

Counselor/Case Manager in a Therapeutic Community substance abuse program (RSAT) Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program for incarcerated offenders  Facilitated and advised a clinical (startup) and social learning modality of a 100-bed Therapeutic Community Program.  Provided case and crisis management for 100 inmates.  Facilitated Cognitive Self Change I, Relapse Prevention and Process therapy group. Provide crisis interventions as needed and uses confrontation as role modeling to provide behavioral changes.  Conduct intakes for admission and monitors behavior for release.  Meet with the Parole Board to facilitate Parole Hearings and offender management issues. Facilitated After Care / Winners Circle to TC Graduates at Probation and Parole.

Boise, Idaho Area

Drug and Alcohol Counselor-Outpatient. Counseled/Case Managed Drug/Alcohol clients at WCA

Boise, Idaho Area

Officer for Juveniles.

Portland, Oregon Area

Clinical counseling with a substance abuse detox program that included psychiatric care. Provided counseling for an adult 28-day program. Patients evaluated for psychiatric problems and various substance abuse issues with Physicians in the emergency room. Determined criteria for hospital admission and made clinical assessments for the treatment program. Including Screening, Assessment, and Diagnostic evaluations. Conducted groups, individual counseling, and monitored patients for withdrawal and psychopathic problems including medication stabilization.

Portland, Oregon Area

Provided Substance Abuse Tx in addition to medication management.

Reno, Nevada Area

Provided Substance Abuse Counseling with Adolescents.

Counselor Interventions, Counseling Psychology, Junior

Two Year Study, Counseling Psychology, Sophmore