Licensed Professional Counselor, Child and Adolescent/Family Therapist

Patricia Reichert

**** ***** ***** **** ****, Driftwood Texas 7 8619

(C) 5-126****** (E) ****@***.***

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Professional Summary

Seasoned, team -oriented ClinicalTreatment Director with strong demonstrated track

record of successfully working with diverse client and co-worker populations in

individual and group settings. Licensed Professional Counselor skilled at

psychotherapy with children, adolescents and families with challenges related to

attachment, sexual abuse (victimization and perpetration), depression and anxiety,

mood disorders, PTSD, ADHD, and drug abuse. Child and adolescent advocate skilled

a t communicating with, and motivating clients, co -workers, administrators and local

agencies.

Skill Highlights

• Licensed Professional Counselor in

Texas

• Seasoned child and adolescent

psychotherapist

• Family therapy aptitude

• Solution -focused counseling

• Exceptional problem solver

• Medicaid provider

• Specialized training in grief

c ounseling

• Therapeutic expertise

• Superior communication skills

• Extensive DSM-IV knowledge

• Clinical documentation mastery

• Parenting skills educator

• Experienced in child and

adolescent sex offender treatment

• Experienced in use of experiential

therapies (music, art, ROPES, pets,

etc

• Thirty years of psychotherapy

experience working with youth with

PTSD, attachment disorders, ADHD,

mood disorders, and sexual issues

Experience

• Direct, supervise, oversee, train, and work in close collaboration with the clinical

treatment team, case managers, program director, administrators, charter school

teachers, direct care staff, volunteers, mentors, and sponsors to ensure

t herapeutic services/milieu programming are implemented in an effective and

safe manner consistent with the mission, policies and procedures of the RTC,

state minimum standards, and appropriate regulatory agencies.

• Caseload of 10-15 children and their families who are provided individual,

g roup, and family therapy.

• Utilize specialized experience in working with child and adolescent sex

offenders,victims of sexual and physical abuse, youth with attachment issues,

PTSD, mood disorders, ADHD

• Utilize art and music therapy a nd other experiential therapy components to

e nhance treatment

• Supervise therapists, case managers, and o versee clinical documentation

• Approve admissions to the RTC and c oordinate discharge planning.

• Work in close collaboration with program director to hire and ensure training of

staff

• Work in close collaboration with executive director to hire and train therapists,

contract workers,and interns for the clinical department.

• Work closely with The UT Charter School teachers to ensure residents are

receiving the support, safe supervision, and guidance they need within the

classroom setting

• Continuing education to keep license, skills and knowledge current

Career Chronology

09/2014

07/2004 - Current Pathfinders Residential Treatment Center Driftwood, Texas

Clinical Treatment Director/Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

05/2000 - 0 7/2004 Pathfinders Residential Treatment Center of the Burke Center for Youth Driftwood,

Texas

Psychotherapist (Individual, Group, Family)

09/1997 - 0 6/2000 P rivate Practice Austin, Texas

Psychotherapist (Child, Adolescent, Family. Couples)

04/1994 - 0 9/1997 New Life Children's Treatment Center of Lutheran Social Services Canyon Lake,

Texas

Therapist/Case Supervisor

07/1993 - 0 4/1994 Child and Adolescent Emergency Team (Austin-Travis County) Austin, Texas

Clinical Assessment Supervisor

Education and Training

1996 Licensed Professional Counselor, # 13629, Texas

1983 Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA

Counseling Psychology

M.Ed.

1976 The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

Studio Art, English Literature

B.F.A.

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