PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: 3 years of experience as a psychotherapist working with a variety of populations, mental health diagnoses, severity levels, and settings utilizing Medi-Cal, health insurance, and private pay. Prior professional experience includes 8 years as a recruiter in the tech industry. QUALIFICATIONS Direct service experience working with youth, adults, and couples at in-person settings (office, home, community) and remote via telehealth with a variety of presenting problems and diagnoses to reduce symptoms, improve interpersonal relationships, school performance, job performance, and daily functioning.Utilize DSM-V criteria to diagnose and provide ongoing treatment of mental health disorders for clients. Skilled in building therapeutic alliances, client centered therapy, supportive therapy, solutions focused therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, strengths based therapy and mindfulness. Help clients identify their emotions, encourage clients to express their feelings, to discuss what is happening in their lives and to help them develop insight into themselves and their relationships with others. Teach clients anger management techniques, relaxation skills, impulse control, social skills, boundaries, emotional coping skills and functional living skills. Help clients reduce alcohol and / or substance use by educating clients regarding behavioral associations they have made regarding their usage and using intentionally planned replacement behavior to build new healthy associations. Guide clients through meditations, visualizations, and breathing exercises to help clients deescalate triggered responses. Coach clients regarding career, relationship, and life transitions to enhance value driven quality of life. Adaptable psychotherapy style matching the changing needs of clients at different stages of change and acuity throughout treatment. Determine appropriate level of care and risk assessment of suicide (thoughts, plans, intent) on an ongoing basis.Provide advocacy services and teach self-advocacy to clients in accordance with their therapeutic needs. High ethical standards when interacting with clients and peers including establishing and maintaining healthy clinical boundaries. Administrative tasks include scheduling, notes, and reporting.Maintain confidential client files including assessments and progress notes for all clients to ensure proper documentation of session content and interventions, and track client progress in a timely manner.