Management Assistant

ALI GUIDA SMITH

**** **** **** ***, *******, CA *3230

tel: 415-***-**** email: abiwzf@r.postjobfree.com

RELEVANT SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

-California State Marriage and Family Therapy License from BBS

July 2010, MFC# 48932

-Over four years experience working with children, couples and

families in San Francisco, in Spanish and English

providing individual, family and group therapy

-Military spouse, raised by military and government- employed

parent, and spent a 1 years at the U.S. Naval Academy

-Experience conducting brief psychotherapy as well as using

extensive social service referrals and community-based social

service collaboration with diverse sociodemographic and ethnic

populations

-Conducted many psychoeducational classes with both parents and

children

-Experience with both child and adults clients who were

experiencing or had experienced domestic violence and

sexual/physical abuse

EXPERIENCE

Children's Organization of Southeast Asia, Chiang Mai, Thailand Summer

2010

Expressive Arts Therapist

Facilitated expressive arts therapy sessions for 12 girls who live at

a shelter in rural Thailand using visual arts, music, dance/

movement, drama and writing. The girls are all victims or were at-risk for

child trafficking, sexual abuse, violence and poverty.

San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, CA

Aug. '07-June '09

Learning Support Professional/Marriage & Family Therapist Intern

Provided individual case management and team-based coordinated

treatment for over 80 youth; provided individual and group therapy

as well as psychoeducational groups; behavioral consultations with

teachers, staff and families, provided family therapy interventions; mental

health intakes, assessments and referrals; coordinated community-based

resources/

programs with students and the school; provided crisis management

support both at schools and in the community; provided parenting

workshops and professional developments on various topics such as

AD/HD, trauma, developmental psychology, expressive arts, and

Anxiety/depression for staff; provided therapy in

Spanish for multiple families.

Expressive Arts Therapist, MFTi, for Community Works, Aug. '07-April

'08

San Francisco, CA

Citywide Case Management Forensics Program and

Sheriff's Jail of San Francisco, Ca through Jail Aftercare Services.

Conducted a 9 month expressive arts therapy group for women

in jail with dual diagnoses (Sheriff's Jail) and a 2 month group for

homeless

women (at Citywide ).

Seven Tepees Youth Program, San Francisco, CA 2005-2006

MFT trainee (one-year contract)

Established counseling department for 28 adolescent clients; case

management,

individual therapy; Crisis interventions and management for adolescents

and their families; Group expressive arts psychotherapy for boys and girls;

psycho-educational workshops for both children and their parents;

provided therapeutic support on nature-based activities

California Institute of Integral Studies May 2006

MA, Counseling Psychology, Specialized in Expressive Arts Therapy

Counseling Psychologist Crisis Intervention Jan. 2005

Expressive Arts Psychotherapeutic trauma work

with tsunami survivors in Aceh, Sumatra

Expressive Arts Therapy-based Wellness Workshop Spring 2003

Facilitator

Proctor and Gamble, Mumbai, India

St. Mary's Hospital, London, England Fall 2000

Psychotherapist Intern on dual-diagnosis adult psychiatric ward.

Green Candle Dance Company Intern Fall 2000

Dance/Movement Therapist Intern with dance company at elderly

residential center in London, England.

EDUCATION

California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco

May 2006

M.A. Student in Counseling Psychology, Expressive Arts

University of Surrey, Roehampton, London Sept.

2000-June 2001

Post-Graduate Diploma in Dance/Movement Psychotherapy/Counseling

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Sept. 1993-

June 1996

B.A. International Relations, Minor in Spanish

Semesters Abroad in Spain and Italy.

Intern at Jimmy Carter Presidential Center concerned with

international peacekeeping

Intern at Mundo Hispanico Spanish Newspaper as copy editing

assistant

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

1992-1993

Undergraduate midshipman studies in sciences, naval navigation,

etc.

Officer Candidate School leadership training.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP May 2000-Apr. 2004

San Francisco, London and New York City

Legal Word Processor/Proofreader.

Duties included: Process legal documents using computer

software; proof documents;

Office management.

Cond Nast Publications, New York City Aug. 1999- May 2000

International Advertising Sales Assistant (Freelance)

Duties included: Assistant Vice President of

Marketing/Advertising for

Cond Nast Publications (Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Cond Nast

Traveler and others)

in administrative tasks such as design and creation of

PowerPoint presentations;

Maintaining correspondence with clients.

OTHER SKILLS/CERTIFICATIONS/ACTIVITES

California State Marriage and Family Therapy License from BBS

July 2010, MFC# 48932

Internationally Certified Yoga Teacher (2004)

Certified Thai Massage Therapist

Published poetry book entitled The Beloved Revolution (2004)

Skilled and/or familiar with various software applications for

MAC and PC

Interests include singing, photography, dancing, hiking, traveling and

writing

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