Mental Health Staff

Tara Kreider, M.A, L.M.H.C

LinkedIn.com/in/kreidertara Phone: 540-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

PROFILE SUMMARY

Licensed mental health counselor with eight years of experience in the mental health field, including outpatient and school

settings. Skilled in traditional psychological modalities as well as more progressive methods that consider clients’

motivation, culture, context, emotions, and cognitions. Brings experience supervising and guiding co-workers and staff

toward improving services for consumers.

Core Competencies

Individual, Group, and Family Psychotherapy Clinical Assessment Rapport-Building Case

Conceptualization and Treatment Planning Psycho-education Emotion Management Client Retention

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Counseling, Eastern Mennonite University. Sept. 2009 - May, 2011

CACREP accredited program. 60 credit hours. Professional Identity Counseling Theories Group

Counseling Counseling Techniques Treatment Planning Psychopathology and Diagnosis Abnormal

behavior Appraisal Career Development Human Growth and Development Research Multicultural

Considerations Ethics Spirituality and Religion Substance Abuse/Addictions Marriage and Family

counseling Supervised Clinical Practicum and Internship (750 + hours total)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Program Supervisor, Women’s Prison Association, BK, NY. June, 2014

• Provides ongoing supervision to Case Planners and Community Liaisons on the delivery of services to client

families.

• Reviews the results of the adult mental health screening tools and substance abuse screening tools with my staff

upon completion to make appropriate referrals.

• Helps Case Planners prepare for Family Team Conferences and with the development of family service plans.

• Provides supervision and coaching to staff related to assessment and case documentation skills.

• Coordinates and plans casework interventions and activities that meet the needs of at risk children and families.

• Builds the strengths of at-risk families for long-term success.

• Conducts home visits to monitor family progress and staff service delivery.

• Addresses escalated concerns about child safety risks in a timely and professional manner.

• Performs quality assurance of comprehensive family assessments, service plans, and progress notes.

• Provides clinical and administrative supervision to staff on family-focused child welfare practices through weekly

formal supervision meetings, ad hoc case consultations, and written monthly case-level reviews.

• Consults with Case Planners and Program Director about evaluating identified potential concerns to child safety

through neglect or abuse and making reports to the State Central Registry.

Therapeutic Day Treatment Specialist in middle school setting, Crossroads Counseling Center, Inc. VA. FT. 2011-2013.

• Demonstrated the commitment to help as much as possible adolescent/teen clients with severe emotional and

social impairments to heal and grow.

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Tara Kreider, M.A, L.M.H.C

LinkedIn.com/in/kreidertara Phone: 540-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

• Provided clinical assessment and trauma-informed treatment to individuals and groups.

• Developed treatment plans in a timely fashion and documented client progress daily/quarterly.

• Led therapeutic interventions that increased clients understanding of their diagnosis, and facilitated improvement

in clients’ ability to regulate emotions, use open communication, and handle conflict.

• Facilitated reflection and discussion about healthy relationships and attachment, fairness, and responsibility.

• Participated in clinical meetings about clients and collaborated with collateral to develop and modify treatment

strategies.

• Modeled tenacity in reaching out to clients with attachment issues.

Intern Counselor, Valley Hope Counseling Center, Inc. Part-time. Jan. 2010 - April 2011

• Conducted individual counseling sessions that helped clients understand and overcome personal, relational/social,

and mental health problems.

• Directed strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes, clinical assessments, and treatment

plans with clients.

• Created and led anger management and social skills training groups for adolescent clients with legal issues and

significant social and emotional impairments.

• Demonstrated mastery in case conceptualization, counseling theory and treatment planning, and advanced

counseling techniques.

Intern Counselor, Eastern Mennonite University Student Health Clinic. Part-time. Jan-May 2011.

• Utilized traditional and progressive counseling modalities to address clinical issues for a university student

population.

• Demonstrated sensitivity to context, culture, and personality when discussing treatment with clients.

• Consulted with supervisor weekly to review client's progress and treatment plan.

Coach/Mentor at CoachLink, Eastern Mennonite University. Part-time internship. Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2011.

• Assisted university students to identify appropriate goals and possible solutions to manage problems with

relationships/academics/mental health/substance use.

• Provided appropriate referrals to other student services and community resources.

• Appropriately implemented Motivational Interviewing techniques to increase students' motivation to change.

Residential Staff, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Community Services Board. June-Oct 2007.

• Provided residential support services to adults with severe mental health and co-occurring disorders.

• Documented client's progress toward treatment goals within the allotted time.

• Taught appropriate living skills through modeling, coaching, and positive reinforcement.

• Wrote reports and case summaries and compiled case records appropriately.

• Transported clients to appointments and provided assistance in activities of daily living.

Behavior Aide, Page County Public Schools, Luray, VA. Aug. 2006-Aug. 2007

Behavior Specialist, Children's Services of Virginia, Aug., 2005-Aug., 2006

• Effectively taught social and behavior management skills to elementary students in a school setting.

• Implemented behavior modification interventions to empower clients to make better choices.

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Tara Kreider, M.A, L.M.H.C

LinkedIn.com/in/kreidertara Phone: 540-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

• Built working relationships with parents and highly skilled mental health and school staff.

• Attuned to client’s affect, moods, and behavior to anticipate problems and appropriate therapeutic response.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Parenting With Presence Teleseminar, 2014

• Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Training Part 1A. 2013

• Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Training Part 1B. 2013

• “Conversations on Attachment” Conference. 2011

• Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy with Sue Johnson, 2011

• Motivational Interviewing Training. 10 hours. 2011

• Psychotherapy Networker Symposium. 2010

• ASIST Suicide Awareness and Prevention Training. 2010

• American Counseling Association Conference. 2010

• Virginia Counselors Association Conference. 2010

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Awarded 1st place for an essay on counselor ethics submitted in the American Counseling Association's 2010 Student

Ethics Competition.

Published co-authored essay entitled The Confidentiality of a Confession: A Counseling Intern’s Ethical Dilemma in

VISTAS online journal, 2011.

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