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Michelle M. Brown

Profile Summary

License-eligible Marriage and Family Therapist with five years of experience in outpatient, school-based,

and community-based locales. Proficient in meeting professional obligations and compliance deadlines.

Recognized team player, familiar with CASSP system. Employs eclectic approach in therapeutic practice.

Maintains extensive, personal, professional resource library. Follows ethical standards as required by

law/company policy. Pristine clearances and child abuse history.

Professional Skills

• Developed child-centered, family-focused, outcome-oriented treatment and service plans.

• Collaborated with treatment team, supervisors, medical professionals, school personnel, and

family members to evaluate effectiveness of treatment based on client functioning and response

to interventions.

• Devised system to increase compliance with paperwork deadlines.

• Provided weekly direct support and supervision to therapeutic support staff.

• Designed and wrote curriculum on stress reduction in middle-school aged adolescents.

• Presented accelerated training class on navigating life transitions.

• Identified appropriate community resources and scheduled client appointments related to

discharge plans.

• Employed diverse assortment of intervention techniques with success

Professional Development

• The Global Leadership Summit, Dr. Bill Hybels

• 2012 National Counselor Exam, Licensed Professional Counselor, pass

• 2nd Annual Autism Conference: Safety, Sexuality, and Security, Mike Miklos, MS, BCBA,

Beverly Frantz, PH.D., Dennis Debbaudt

• Compassion Fatigue, Reni Wexler, MA, LPC

• Raising Truly Great Kids Conference, Dr. Tim Kimmel

• New Developments in Structural Family Therapy, Dr. Salvador Minuchin

• Bad and Good Couples Therapy, William J. Doherty, PH.D.

• Reclaiming ‘US’ in Couples Therapy, Terry Hargrave, PH.D.

• Attachment Theory & Reactive Attachment Disorder, Michael Lapaglia, MA, BCBA

• The Importance of Father Involvement with ADHD Children, Randell Turner, PH.D.

• Treating Explosive Kids with Focus on Collaborative Problem Solving, Suzanne Ail, PH.D.

• Substance Abuse: A Secret Co-occurring Disorder, Martha Thompson, Psy.D.

• Risk Management and the Ethical Use of Various Treatment Methods, Samuel Knapp, Ed.D.

• PA Department of Health BDAP trainings

• Self-directed study regarding professional mental health diagnosis and treatment

207 W. Hamilton Avenue, Myerstown, PA. 17067 + 610-***-**** + acanvq@r.postjobfree.com

Michelle M. Brown

Relevant Experience and Awards

• Substitute Teacher at the Elementary and Secondary School level

• Learning Support Teacher at the Elementary School level

• The Harold H. Scanlon Award for Christian Leadership

• Student Forum Vice-President and President, Evangelical Seminary

• Non-voting member of Board of Trustees, Evangelical Seminary

Employment

• Mobile Therapist/Behavior Specialist Consultant, Philhaven, 2011-1012

• Intensive Case Manager, Lebanon County MH/MR/EI, 2010

• Facilitator/Specialist, Compass Mark, 2009

• Therapist, PCS-Renaissance, 2006-2008

Education

• M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy, Evangelical Seminary, 2006

• Elementary & Secondary Ed. Certificate, Biology and General Science, Alvernia, 1992, 1997

• B.S in Biology, Alvernia, 1987

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