Therapist and founder at Clay Collaborative Therapy Practice, providing individual and family therapy to children, teens, and adults. Office located in Sacramento, CA and providing services via telehealth throughout the state of California.

- Provided individual and family therapy to youth and young adults, ages two to twenty years old, and their families. Provide parenting strategies and relational support to parents and caregivers.- Completed clinical documentation, including treatment plans and clinical assessments, in a timely and professional manner. Completed all documentation per Medi-Cal and agency standards.- Certified in PC-CARE and trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

- Provided individual and family therapy to youth, aged five years old and over, and their families. - Completed clinical documentation, including treatment plans and clinical assessments, in a timely and professional manner. Completed all documentation per Medi-Cal and agency standards.

- Approved mental health notes for multiple programs, per county and Medi-Cal standards.- Provided new program staff with training and ongoing coaching around note writing skills and expectations.- Reviewed program notes monthly to note trends and ensure quality documentation practices.

- Engaged antepartum and/or postpartum individuals in collaborative psychosocial assessment during their inpatient stay, as well as provided psycho-education and counseling support and made referrals to longer-term, specialized services.- Collaborated with multidisciplinary care team and community partners to ensure holistic understanding of patient strengths and needs, as well as support patient access to continuing care. - Completed documentation in patients’ Electronic Health Records using Epic System.

- Worked under supervision of Licensed Clinical Social Worker to analyze attendance data at high poverty elementary school in North Portland, in order to provide targeted and specialized case management to students with chronic or severe attendance and their families.- Facilitated weekly student leadership group with second and fifth grade students to design and implement school-wide attendance initiatives. - Planned and implemented program evaluation project to support program development.

- Provide individualized and targeted support to transition aged youth in care, in order to increase youth’s development and recognition of self-sufficiency skills.- Facilitate in-house trainings and case consultations meant to increase program staff’s awareness of mental health interventions tailored to target demographic.- Work closely with youth’s caseworkers and larger county partners to provide appropriate service across systems.

- Continued to hold a case load of youth clients and provide mental health counseling, crisis intervention, case management, and permanency services to support them in meeting mental health/treatment goals (as listed below under previous position).- Held additional cases in an analogous role to master's level staff, overseeing clinical treatment planning, documentation, and care coordination between service providers and natural supports.- Led projects and teams, facilitated professional growth opportunities within the agency, and mentored new staff.

- Provide behaviorally focused mental health services to children and families in a community based setting, managing a minimum case load of six clients aged 5-20.- Provide treatment team with strengths based and family focused insight, as well as develop individualized interventions based on youth and family goals.- Collaborate with natural supports and other service providers, including birth/foster parents and extended family, teachers, attorneys, and child welfare workers, in order to increase stability of residential and educational placement.- Utilize family finding techniques to increase number of family connections and natural supports.- Support youth in the development of personal goals and age appropriate life skills, through mentoring and coaching, individualized plan development, resources research, and collaboration with outside community organizations.- Complete clinical service documentation, per Medi-Cal and agency standards.

- Worked as part of a cohesive treatment team to create a supportive and safe living environment for youth in treatment.- Provided behaviorally focused mental health interventions, primarily targeted at decreasing aggressive and impulsive behaviors and increasing the use of pro-social coping skills and positive replacement behaviors.- Developed supportive relationships with youth, in order to promote safety, stability and overall well-being.- Completed mental health and day treatment notes, per Medi-Cal and agency standards.

Collaborated with Professor of Memory/Cognition and Research Methods to design and conduct research experiment regarding the influence of anxiety and sadness on false memory effects. Research was presented at the annual APA conference in 2012.

- Supervised clients of mental health services in a social rehabilitation setting that offers person-centered social support, skills training, recreation activities and assistance with independent living.- Provided members with individual guidance, support and problem solving as needed, designed lesson plans and facilitated group discussions and activities.- Completed daily documentation following agency and Medi-Cal standards.