Mental Health Executive Assistant

Susana Gaia, LPC, LMHC

*** ****** ***, ****** ******, NJ 07076

Phone # 917-***-****; ******.****@*****.***

Bilingual (Portuguese/English) NY/NJ Licensed Mental Health/Professional Counselor

EDUCATION:

Certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, American Institute for Psychoanalysis, N.Y.C. – Completed 1 of 2 years.

Advanced Certificate in Grief Counseling, CUNY, Brooklyn, N.Y. – Graduation: May 2012 (GPA: 4.0).

Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling, CUNY, Brooklyn, N.Y. – Graduation: May 2012 (GPA:3.9).

Psychology Undergraduate Requirements, St. Francis College & CUNY, Brooklyn, N.Y. (20 Credits) – 2009.

Diploma in Credit Analysis, New York University, New York, NY – Graduation: January 2009 (GPA: 3.63).

Bachelor of Science in Management, Saint Francis College, Brooklyn, New York – Graduation: May 2000.

National Dean’s List, Dean’s List, Graduating Honors: Cum Laude (GPA: 3.54)

Marketing Certificate, Berkeley College, New York, New York – Graduation: 1998.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Fluent in English and Portuguese (Brazilian). Speak conversational Spanish.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

DaTerra Psychotherapy and Wellness, Inc., Newark, NJ 08/2017 – Current

Owner of Private Practice & Psychotherapist – Licensed in NY & NJ.

Clinician performing as a licensed professional counselor for youth 7+, adults and couples.

Provide consultation for other clinicians as well as organize and run workshops.

Vida Counseling, LLC, Newark, NJ 07/2015 – Current

Psychotherapist – Master’s Level / NYS Licensed as LMHC as of 3/27/2017

Clinician performing in-home clinical services for youth 3 to 21 via a government contract with Children System of Care.

Supervised individual’s and couples’ long-term psychotherapy.

Brooklyn College Personal Counseling Center, Brooklyn, NY 09/2012 – 08/2013

Psychotherapist - Trainee

Clinician performing extended intake process, psychological assessment, crisis intervention, running workshops and brief psychotherapy to clients from a diverse background.

Karen Horney Clinic, New York, NY 08/2012 – 11/2013

Psychotherapist

Clinician providing long-term psychotherapy to clients with various diagnoses and backgrounds.

Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 9/2011 – 05/2012

Psychiatric Inpatient Unit Intern – Two-Semester Clinical Internship

Performed c.1000 hours of supervised clinical work. Duties included: developing and leading group therapy sessions, interviewed patients for psychosocial information, provided supportive psychotherapy, met with patients’ family, obtained collateral information, gathered and entered patients’ information into the system (Quadramed): Detailed Psychosocial, Treatment Plan, Reviews, Progress Notes, and Discharge Summary.

Brooklyn College Personal Counseling Center, Brooklyn, NY 10/2010 - 07/2011 Clinical Intern [Practicum]

Clinician in training performing intake and brief psychotherapy.

Newedge USA fka Fimat USA, New York, NY 10/2004 - 05/2009

Credit Administrative, Supervisor

Supervised the work of two Credit Administrators.

Documentation liaison between Front Office, Trading Desks, Legal, Compliance, Margin, and other departments.

Coordinated CEO/CFO weekly Credit Committee and Risk Management Committee Meetings - including draft of minutes.

Followed up on Credit Line Approvals by coordinating issuance of Guarantees, Standby Letters of Credit and Margin Financing Line Agreements; Review of Guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit - following up on amendments/extensions; Process, analyze and circulate Daily-Loan and Monthly-Interest Reports.

Executive assistant to the EVP, Risk Management & Head of Credit/Risk departments.

Responsible for Internal systems account linking and data update.

New York City Transit, Brooklyn, New York 10/2000 - 02/2003

Staff Analyst I - Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities included: analyzing high dollar value bids to award long-term contracts, assessing and maintaining commodities inventory levels utilizing daily reports, conducting pre-bid conferences with prospective vendors to establish contract requirements, conducting informal market surveys to award low dollar value purchase orders, and exceeded $1 Million inventory drawdown goal by assessing changing needs and curtailing over orders.

The New York Times, New York, New York 08/1999 - 12/1999

Market Editor’s Assistant – Non-paid Internship

Coordinated photo shoot site, personnel set up, performed clerical duties and marketing research.

MTA New York City Transit, Brooklyn, New York 05/1999 - 07/1999

Labor Relations Director Assistant, ERP – Non-paid Internship

Coordinated mailing lists and hosted various events for the ‘Employee Recognition Programs’.

RELEVANT VOLUNTEER WORK

Sunrise Assisted Living Facility, Brooklyn, New York 08/2010 - 11/2011

Performed c. 200.hours of supervised clinical work as a counselor-in-training. Duties included: Individual counseling sessions and group activities.

ADDITONAL AWARDS, SKILLS & TRAINING

Licensed as a Professional Counselor in NJ as of July 2017.

Licensed as a Mental Health Counselor in NY as of April 2017.

Strengths and Needs Assessment Certification – NJ Children System of Care, December 2017.

Juan Batista Rodriguez Scholarship - 2011.

Achievement Award for Dedicated Efforts and Exceptional Performance: MTA NYC Transit - 2001.

Saint Francis College _ Franciscan Scholarships - 1999- 2000.

Computer Literate: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Quadramed.

Experience teaching English as a Second Language (ESL)

Passed Series 3 (Futures) Exam: 2005

Art Courses – School of Visual Arts 2008/2009

Basic Cartooning and Basic Illustration (7 credits)

Psychology Courses – C.G. Jung Foundation, New York, NY. 2009

Hermes: Guide of Souls – daylong seminar led by Gary D. Astrachan, PhD

Invisible Partners: Fairy Tales of the Anima and Animus – Five-Week Course by Maxson J. McDowell, PhD

Childhood and Fate – Five-Week Course by Sylvester Wojtkowski, PhD

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