Dana Lea Boynton

*** ***** **** *****, ****** Street, PA 17584

acgsaz@r.postjobfree.com

717-***-****

EDUCATION Walden University

May 2011

Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA May 2006

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology; Minor in Anthropology.

EXPERIENCE Catholic Charities IDT Program, Lancaster PA June 2011-

December 2013

Therapist

Works with children ranging from 9 years to 16 years old in an Intensive Day

Treatment Program.

Conducts Individual Therapy once a week, Group Therapy once a day and

Family Therapy once a Month.

Leads Parent Support Group twice a month with the parents of the children in

our program.

Writes Treatment Team Plans Monthly, DAP notes daily, as well as re-

authorization packets.

Is available throughout the day to process with the children and use de-

escalating techniques.

Conducts weekly supervision meetings with the Mental Health Workers.

J.B. Dawson’s Restaurant and Bar, Lancaster, PA August 2009 –

Present

Server/Manager

Serves food and drinks to customers and took care of all their needs.

Trains new employees.

In charge of Host scheduling, hiring, firing, and growth.

Pressley Ridge, York, PA December 2010 –

May 2011

School-Based Play Therapist Intern

Continued to improve my child-centered play therapy (CCPT) skills in a

school-based setting with children ranging in age from Kindergarten through

5th grades under a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Lead individual sessions, parent sessions, and intakes.

Continue to work on my diagnosing skills as well as my case note writing.

Pressley Ridge, Lancaster, PA September 2010 – December 2010

Child/Adolescent Play Therapy Intern

Worked with a Licensed Professional Counselor for my practicum hours for

my masters program.

Observed play therapy counseling sessions and parent intake sessions.

Learned about paperwork, insurance, billing, case notes, scheduling and

everything else that comes along with outpatient counseling.

Conducted my own child/adolescent play therapy sessions.

Pressley Ridge, Lancaster, PA April 2009 – December

2010

Adoption Counselor

Work with children who are in foster care to understand where they are in

their lives and how they got to where they are by the unit of service called

Child Preparation.

Write Child Profiles for the children who are in foster care.

Help train families who want to become adoptive parents and help them to

find children available to adopt and supervise the children in placements.

Lead Child Preparation groups for children in foster care.

Keystone Human Services, Lancaster, PA November 2007 - April 2009

Therapeutic Foster Care/Host Home Service Coordinator

Worked with children who were in foster care and host homes to make sure

their needs were being met.

Coordinated the children who were on my caseload’s dental, medical, and

psychiatric schedules.

Supervised the children in their foster and/or host homes once per week.

OTHER EXPERIENCES

Varsity Field Hockey Assistant Coach, Warwick High School, Lititz, PA August 2006 – March

2007

Supervised girls at practices, games, and tournaments.

Taught the girls field hockey skills, while motivating them to do well.

Intern at Community Attention/Teens Give, Charlottesville, VA June 2005 – August

2005

Helped youth avoid further trouble while improving their anger management

skills through positive leadership behavior skills.

Supervised youth while at community service sites and recreations sites.

ACTIVITIES

Member of the University of Virginia Varsity Field Hockey Team 2002-2006

Competed as a four-year starter.

Practiced approximately 20 hours per week, while maintaining a full course

load.

Developed great time management skills.

Full athletic scholarship.

SKILLS

Time Management, Discipline, Leadership, Team work, Confidence, Loyalty, Flexibility, Hard

Worker.

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