Providing mental health counseling for individuals 16 and older who have issues with substance abuse, mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety and other stress related issues.

I provide individual therapy for people 16 and up struggling with various issues such as: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, interpersonal problems, anger management issues and substance abuse. I also see couples and lead a Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills group. I'm currently going through Behavioral Tech's Intensive DBT Training. I have done the first of two 5 day training sessions.

Conducting mental health evaluations, provided counseling for individuals, and couples.

Provided psychological testing for clients in the inpatient and/or day treatment program. Ran groups on anger management, dual diagnosis and relaxation to clients with significant substance dependence and mental illness. Saw clients for individual and family therapy.

Worked in two different facilities while with DOC. Worked as a Psychological Associate at a misdemeanor processing facilitiy screening inmates for mental health problems, provided short-term counseling, performed intelligence tests as needed to identify inmates needing special accomodations. Worked at Eastern Correctional Institution on an inpatient psychiatric unit. I provided individual and group counseling as well as on-call services for inmates in crisis.