Years Experience Supervisor
Resume:
Izabela Wodzinska
Email: *********@********.***
Address: ***** ****** ****** **** ****
City: Lake Bluff
State: IL
Zip: 60044
Country: USA
Phone: 224-***-****
Skill Level: Experienced
Salary Range: $40,000
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
Izabela Wodzinska, MA, MS
12900 W. Heiden Cr., Unit 4406, Lake Bluff, IL 60044
224-***-**** cell phone
*********@********.***
CAREER SUMMARY:
Open-minded individual with dual graduate degrees in counseling and psychology; culturally knowledgeable and sensitive; writer and journalist with 14 years experience, particularly in social issues; strong information technology skills; high interpersonal skills and ability to effectively work with clients resistant to therapy; recognized for professional consistency, dependability, integrity, flexibility and adaptability (able to work on weekends); very well organized and detail oriented; excellent record keeper; able to manage stress at a workplace and to work independently or under a supervision; multilingual in English, Polish, and Russian (read, write, speak).
EDUCATION:
Master of Science in Counseling
o Illinois License (LPC) and National Certification (NCC): pending (they will be available in February-March 2013)
o National Louis University, Chicago, Illinois (2009-2012)
o GPA: 3.97
o Internship: Counseling Center of Illinois in Chicago - leader of a Domestic Violence (DV) group for men, individual therapy experience (anger management, substance abuse, parenting skills, family therapy, crisis intervention)
o Relevant coursework: Psychological Assessment, Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, Fundamentals of Counseling, Theories of Counseling, Community Counseling, Counseling in a Multicultural Society, Advanced Human Development, Family Therapy, Substance Abuse, Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling, Career Counseling, Ethics and Legal Issues, Counseling Practicum, Internship I, Internship II
Master of Arts Psychology
o National Louis University, Chicago, Illinois (2007-2009)
o GPA: 4.0
o John Jeffrey Louis III Scholarship Recipient
o Thesis: An Exploratory Study on Participants Perception of Cancer Support Groups Efficacy
o Relevant coursework: Personality Theories, Abnormal Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Ethics and Legal Issues, Statistics, Research Design and Methodology
Bachelors Degree Journalism
o Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland (1987-1992)
Social work courses
o Stony Brook University, New York, NY (2006): Domestic Violence, and Death and Grief in the Family
Certificates: Neglect and Abuse, HIPAA Privacy Rule Component, Introduction to Infection Control, other. Certified in CPR, training for Healthcare Providers
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:
Louis Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, May 2010 Present
o Mental Health Technician working with patients with Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, all forms of Schizophrenia, etc.
o Responsible for: providing emotional and physical support to patients with mental disabilities; leading therapy groups, managing crisis situations including preventing suicide and acts of aggression; conducting clinical observations and reporting them to nurses and doctors; keeping detailed records of patients behaviors; participating in an admission and discharge process.
o Accomplishments include: applying job highest standards in a very stressful environment among individuals who often were verbally and physically aggressive, disoriented or in a severe depression.
Counseling Center of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, July 2012 Present
o Counselor (part time position) - providing services to individual clients, leading a psycho-educational groups, crisis intervention.
o Responsible for: screening clients to determine whether they are appropriate and eligible for admission to the program; developing customized treatment plans; conducting individual, group and family/significant other counseling sessions; providing crisis intervention in response to the needs of the client during acute emotional and/or physical distress; identifying the needs of a client which cannot be met by the counselor or agency and assisting the client in accessing the support systems and community resources available; consulting with other professionals to assure comprehensive, quality care for the client.
o Accomplishments include: Successfully overcoming resistance and lack of trust of court-mandated, involuntary clients; Providing therapy to clients from many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds who struggled with a wide variety of issues; Earning a reputation of a last resource: working with clients with whom other therapists were not able to achieve positive results; Preparing and implementing a training protocol for interns and therapists of CCI regarding performing an in-depth assessment and creating a detailed treatment plan.
Counseling Intern, Counseling Center of Illinois, Chicago, August 2011 July 2012
Independent Contract Caregiver, Chicago, Illinois, 2002-2009 and Caregiver at Comfort Keepers 2009-2010; Responsible for providing personal at-home care and emotional support for many patients recovering from surgeries, and those with chronic illnesses.
Reporting Journalist and Editor (1991-2001), in: Polish Uroda Monthly Magazine, Swiss Edipresse Publishing House, and German Bauer Publishing House. Fourteen-year experience writing assignments and conducting interviews specialized in the areas of current social issues. Positions required strong interpersonal skills.
References:
Anna Jankowska, MA, LCPC, supervisor, Counseling Center of Illinois. 4515 N.
Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL, 60630, Phone: (847-****-***
Joe Serio, MA, MSEd, LCPC, adjunct faculty member, National-Louis University. Wheeling Campus. Phone: 847-***-****
Natasha Schnell, MS, LCPC, internship supervisor, National-Louis University, Dept.
of Counseling & Human Services, Wheeling Campus. Phone: 847-***-****
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