Mental Health High School

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Address:

City: Peytona

State: WV

Zip: 25154

Country: USA

Phone: 304-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

Experienced therapist with excellent client and behavior management skills. Action-oriented with strong ability to communicate effectively with technology, individual, and family client ele. Currently, supervise 15 temporary social work licensees on behalf of the West Virginia Board of Social Work.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from West Virginia University, Morgantown WV 1/2001 to 5/2010 (Social Work)

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

Experienced therapist with excellent client and behavior management skills. Action-oriented with strong ability to communicate effectively with technology, individual, and family clientèele. Currently, supervise 15 temporary social work licensees on behalf of the West Virginia Board of Social Work.

Core Qualifications

Client-focused

Proficient in behavior management, REBT, CBT,and reality therapy

Quick learner

Results-oriented

Creative problem solving

Mental Health assessment

Experience

September 2011 to Current

New Horizons Behavior Services Dunbar, WV

Mental Health Therapist

Provide individual and family therapy to clients that are self-referred and/or court ordered to successfully complete outpatient treatment. Engage in debriefing sessions with co-workers, school staff, and social service workers that are subject to crisis situations. Experienced in writing mental health assessments that provide DSM diagnoses. Therapist has successfully discharged clients within treatment plan time frame. Medicaid billing is submitted on a weekly basis.

January 2002 to September 2011

Children's Home Society Charleston, WV

Youth Service Supervisor

Initiated multi-disciplinary meetings between youth, family, DHHR, court system, and community members on a monthly basis. Ensured social workers followed policy and social work code of ethics. Debriefed social workers that experienced traumatic events relating to removal of children, domestic violence, and drug abuse. Prepared correspondence, accounting and financial documents for the financial department.

Education

2010 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV

MSW Social Work

3.35 GPA

2010 recipient of the Helen Steele Ellison Scholarship from West Virginia University (based on values and ethics)

Professional Affiliations

Psi Chi

National Association of Social Work

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