Alison Kaufman

Email: aboyu1@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Tewksbury

State: MA

Zip: 01876

Country: USA

Phone: 603-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Solution-focused Mental Health Practitioner with 7 years of experience in the mental health and human services field. Extensively trained in the areas of illness management, relapse prevention and crisis stabilization with high risk youth and adults with severe and persistent mental illness.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from New England College of Graduate and Professional S, Henniker NH 1/2001 to 9/2012 (Mental Health Counseling)

High School Dipolma from Keene State College, Henniker NH 1/2001 to 10/2012

High School Dipolma from Keene State College, Henniker NH 1/2001 to 10/2012

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

Solution-focused Mental Health Practitioner with 7 years of experience in the mental health and human services field. Extensively trained in the areas of illness management, relapse prevention and crisis stabilization with high risk youth and adults with severe and persistent mental illness.

Skill Highlights

Dual diagnoses

Crisis intervention

Lethality and risk assessments

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Elder services

Addiction

Illness Management and Recovery

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Culturally sensitive

Biopsychosocial assessments

Medicaid familiarity

Treatment and discharge planning

Community integrated counseling

Solution-focused counseling

Evaluation and diagnosis

Case management proficiency

Clinical documentation

Personality Assessments

Motivational Interviewing

Group planning and facilitation

Program Development

Personality disorder treatment aptitude

Advanced research in personality type and function

Psychotropic medications knowledge

Accomplishments

Effectively managed caseloads of more than 30 individual and group clients at any given time.

Independently developed and facilitated innovative program for high risk female youth which provided collaborative interventions through the Evidenced Based Practice of Illness Management and Recovery and reinforced practice of skills in community settings.

Independently developed and facilitated community based group programs for elders with severe and persistent mental illness.

Independently created, organized and dispensed resource, skill training, and alternative therapeutic strategy manuals for clinicians to use in practice.

Independently created new tools for measuring client outcomes and tracking goal achievement.

Professional Experience

December 2009 to Current

CENTER FOR LIFE MANAGEMENT Derry, NH

Illness Management and Recovery Specialist

Track clients progress surrounding goal achievement and symptom management through standardized outcome measure tools.

Program and curriculum development and implementation of integrated IMR and community individual and group interventions.

Guide clients in effective therapeutic exercises using motivational interviewing strategies and CBT and DBT modalities.

Psycho-education surrounding diagnoses to further client insight and strengthen awareness.

Create individualized relapse prevention plans, crisis plans and symptom management plans.

January 2009 to Current

CENTER FOR LIFE MANAGEMENT Derry, NH

Community Support Counselor

Utilization of strength based approach to support clients with goal achievement directly in their homes and community settings.

Proactive collaboration with multi-disciplinary treatment teams to ensure appropriate level and quality of care and ensure fluid communication surrounding client progress and mental health status.

Document all client information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.

Development and facilitation of goal-oriented community based groups focusing on independent living skills and symptom management for elders, adults and high risk youth.

Provide psycho-education and reinforcement of distress tolerance skills, functional living skills and interpersonal effectiveness skills.

September 2011 to June 2012

CENTER FOR LIFE MANAGEMENT Derry, NH

Emergency Services Clinician-Intern

Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.

Executed appropriate risk and lethality assessment to determine appropriate level of care.

Provided acute crisis intervention on a weekly basis to suicidal and homicidal individuals.

Managed crisis calls and guided individuals through crises by providing impromptu safety planning strategies.

Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment.

Connected individuals with community service and resource agencies.

Executed individualized crisis plans and relapse prevention plans.

Developed comprehensive treatment plans that focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.

Involved individual's family members in crisis planning

Coordinated in-patient hospitalizations and arranged for legal proceedings for at-risk individuals.

September 2008 to January 2009

CENTER FOR LIFE MANAGEMENT DERRY, NH

Adult Case Manager

Developed and implemented treatment plans and modified when needed.

Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.

Conducted outreach, advocacy and rehabilitative services for regular cases and crisis intervention.

Provided comprehensive case management services, including creating treatment plans and connecting clients and families to appropriate resources.

Connected clients with community service and resource agencies.

Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.

September 2006 to March 2007

MONADNOCK FAMILY SERVICES Keene, NH

Respite Counselor

Provided daytime care to children with severe emotional disturbances

Taught personal self-care skills to address deficits in different areas of functioning.

Created and executed behavior modification plans

Conducted quarterly case reviews with families and care givers.

June 2005 to September 2006

HAMPSTEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL Hampstead, NH

Special Education Para-Educator

Provided individual support to children in grades K-4 with autism, emotional disorders and developmental disorders.

Participated in workshops and trainings to further knowledge and skill set surrounding intervention techniques tailored toward autism.

Incorporated cognitive behavioral strategies while following behavior modification plans.

Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team including children's families to review progress and challenges.

Education and Training

2012 New England College of Graduate and Professional Studies Henniker, NH

Master of Science Mental Health Counseling

2008 Keene State College Keene, NH

Bachelor of Arts Psychology

2008 Keene State College Keene, NH

Associate of Science Chemical Dependency

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