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Orange County, California Area

Vericare provides comprehensive and integrative behavioral healthcare services within skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitative care centers.Responsibilities:-Provide brief and long term individual psychotherapy-Conduct psychological assessment batteries including R-BANS, HADS, and DASMIE.

San Clemente, California

Sovereign Health offers a Capic approved pre-doctoral internship program. The internship program provides comprehensive training tailored to working with patients with substance abuse and/or mental health issues as well as provides experience with psychological assessment.Responsibilities:-Developed and implemented mission, goals and objectives of Capic pre-doctoral internship program. -Supervised 10 pre-doctoral interns. -Supervised after hours on call clinical program.-Maintained a comprehensive evaluation system of interns consistent with APA/Capic guidelines.-Oversaw didactic training program.-Facilitated didactic trainings as needed/appropriate.-Managed the recruitment and training process of pre-doctoral interns.- Reviewed and addressed training needs of interns through coordination with the interns’ delegated supervisors.

San Clemente, California

Sovereign Health of California offers substance abuse and mental health treatment programs. Treatment programs include residential through intensive outpatient levels of care.Responsibilities:-Planned, directed and monitored structural changes in the mental health and dual diagnosis programs. -Selected, oriented, trained, motivated and disciplined employees. -Ensured compliance with all legal/ethical requirements of the program. -Resolved complaints from patients or family members.-Evaluated need for administrative discharge of patients. - Reviewed patient referrals and evaluated appropriateness of fit for the program-Coordinated care with insurance companies.-Completed peer reviews to advocate for continued care for patients.-Provided consultation to therapists/interns.

Orange County, California Area

Golden Mental Health provides mental and behavioral health services to residents of skilled nursing, residential, and assisted living facilities.Responsibilities:-Provided brief and long term individual psychotherapy to older adults.-Conducted psychological assessment intakes.

Antioch, California

Kaiser Permanent offers integrated health care services across the nation. IOP is a 2-8 week outpatient crisis stabilization program serving patients primarily referred from the hospital. The Adult Team provides brief and long term services to diverse populations.Responsibilities:-Provided brief and long term individual psychotherapy to adults.-Facilitated weekly process and psychoeducational groups including IOP, IOP aftercare and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. -Conducted intakes including an in depth psychosocial assessment, risk assessment, and various measures such as the depression and anxiety measure (PHQ-9 and AOQ).-Developed a program evaluation advocating the need for a depression group tailored to the 18-25 year old population.-Conducted psychological assessment batteries including the WAIS, MMPI, MCMI, and Rorschach.

Concord, California

Anka offers various programs throughout California and Georgia, with specialization in vulnerable populations. Niereka House is a 2-4 week crisis residential treatment center serving clients primarily referred from the hospital. Hope Program is a 3-9 month outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center serving clients primarily referred from the court system.Responsibilities:-Provided brief and long term individual psychotherapy to adults.-Facilitated weekly process and psycho educational groups including relapse prevention, anger management, and crisis management and planning. - Conducted intakes including an in depth psychosocial assessment, risk assessment, and various measures such as the brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS) and addiction severity index (ASI). -Coordinated case management services including identifying appropriate housing and continued mental health service referrals