LMHC

Alice R Porterfield

**** ******* **** **** ** Davenport, FL 33896

*********@*****.*** 863-***-****

EDUCATION

Play therapy classes University of Central Florida

Bachelor’s in Psychology Troy University - Montgomery, AL

Masters in Counseling & Human Development Troy University, Montgomery, AL

Ph.D. in Psychology Capella University (ABD)

Florida Certification

Florida Certification Board

Title/Coverage: LMHC #MH 12876

Type: Professional

Status: Active

WORK EXPERIENCE

11/2006-present Back on Track (BoT) Therapist The Center for Drug Free Living, NKA Aspire - Orlando, FL 100 W Columbia Street Orlando, FL 32806 407-***-**** Supervisor: Glory Montanez Description: Assessment to determine eligibility for BoT program for students referred by OCPS who received a level 4 infraction. Teach parents and students drug and alcohol awareness; communication; and problem solving using brainstorming with SODAS to identify the situation, options, disagreeable aspects, agreeable aspects, and solution. Use PIE to plan, implement, and evaluate the solution.

Follow-up session to recommend additional services, if needed, and evaluate effectiveness of program.

4/2015-8/2015 Substance Abuse Therapist Osceola Mental Health DBA Park Place Behavioral Center, 208 Park Place, Kissimmee, FL 34741 Supervisor: Natalie Mullatt 407-***-**** X1321 Description: Outpatient substance abuse intake evaluations/ biopsychosocial; recommend services; and assign groups to address substance use/abuse. Facilitate substance abuse groups for clients in the Residential 1 program and Residential 4 program for clients in long-term residence. Interventions utilized CBT, motivational interviewing, art therapy, confrontation, clarification, trauma focused care, encouragement, and positive reinforcement. Electronic record program: Profiler.

05/2008-04/2015 Advanced Clinician LifeStream Behavioral Center, 2140 Don Wickham Dr., Clermont, FL 34711 Supervisor: Gary Schneider Phone: 352-***-**** Description: Focused on Lake County/ Clermont day cares and Elementary Schools assessing 2-10-year olds referred by parents, schools, or DCF. Therapeutic Behavioral On-site Services (TBOS) providing individual, family, play and art therapy. Services in the schools, clinic, and homes. Close working relationship with guidance counselors, teachers, and administrators. Ensure all documents are signed/saved in a timely manner and no outstanding documents. Complete face-to-face evaluations to verify/clarify the therapist's information. Interventions utilized CBT, motivational interviewing, art and play therapy, confrontation, clarification, trauma focused care, encouragement, and positive reinforcement. Electronic record program: TIER.

11/2006-12/2008 Mental health therapist Orlando Psychiatric Associates, 923 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809 Supervisor: Dr. Bhaskar Raju Phone: 407-***-**** Description: Intake psychosocial with new clients; assessments; Play therapy; Groups -- social interaction, substance abuse; Family & individual therapy -- Autism, selective mutism, ADHD, anger management, Pica, oppositional defiant, BiPolar, Asperger's Syndrome, eating disorders, PTSD. Maintain clinical documentation.

9/2005-11/2006 Sr. Counselor The Center for Drug Free Living Adolescent Residential Campus - Intercession City, FL - 5970 S Orange Blossom Trail Intercession City, FL 33848 Supervisor: Troy Nielsen Phone:407-***-**** Description: Counselor for 10-15 clients in ARC under guidelines of the Department of Juvenile Justice; group session; treatment plans; family reunification; family therapy,

08/2003-08/2004 Retail associate WDW EPCOT - Lake Buena Vista, FL Process point-of-sale transactions. Trainer for inbound sales associates. Upsale items. 8/2004-8/2005 Employee time recorder clerk Supervisor: Patricia Wright Phone: 407-***-**** Description: Pay 600 employees accurately and validate hours. Adhere to Fair Labor Standards Act.

5/2002-7/2003 House Mgr Alabama Shakespeare Festival - Montgomery, AL Supervisor: Kellie Matthews Phone:334-***-**** Description: Supervise 70 front-of-house (FOH) staff. Create and maintain work schedule, training requirements, pay process. Work closely with Stage Manager and Box Office. Manage FOH processes (mediation, conflict resolution, team building). Hire employees in all areas of FOH, ensure qualified, and trained after selected during hiring process. Maintain database for scheduling for gift shop, concessions, bar, and ushers. Coordinate staff for special events. Stock all areas for sales, keep ledger of point of sales, profit margin, loss, and seasonal advertising.

6/2002-12/2002 Therapeutic foster care therapist Seraaj Family Homes - Montgomery, AL

April Jackson Phone:334-***-**** Description: Develop treatment plan for 10-40 clients; supervise 3-6 family support workers Complete clinical notes in compliance w/Alabama Dept. of Children's Services Travel approx 75% visiting foster care homes & meeting w/foster & biological parents.

5/2001-2/2002 Project Control Quality Research - Montgomery, AL - Supervisor: Archie Burchard, CMSgt (Ret) Phone:334-***-**** Description: Program manager/administrator for $2M government contract Database administrator. Quality checks all documents. Schedule site visits for 4-6 engineers.

1/2001-5/2001 Customer Service Regions Financial – Montgomery, AL Description: Answer average of 100 phone calls daily; research; account Maintenance. Sales on as-needed basis.

11/1998-4/2000 Office Manager Cisco Systems - Montgomery, AL - Field Sales Administrator Supervisor: Steve Meany Phone:334-***-**** Description: Manage sales exceeding $5M. Quality checks all documentation for compliance. Track equipment shipments. Create & maintain databases. POC for meetings & trade shows. HR rep on-site. Maintain schedules.

6/1988-11/1998 Financial/budget administrator Dept. of Defense USAF Standard Systems Center Gunter AFB - Montgomery, AL - Supervisor: John Carroll, Comptroller Description: Assist 8-10 budget analysts on budget exceeding $15M Ensure compliance with government regulations Maintain schedules Create meeting/presentations slides Track action items Compile results using statistical analysis

1976-1988 Inpatient admitting clerk Dept. of Defense US Army Hospital - Fort Benning, GA

Admit patients through emergency room and preplanned admissions. Supervisor: Maureen Geoffrion

1977-1988 Lead medical records clerk Dept. of Defense US Army Hospital - Fort Benning, GA

Responsible for 100K+ medical records to ensure all documents filed correctly and timely. Sign out records for medical clinics. Locate misplaced records. Supervisor: Mae Batiste

1976-1977 Clerk Dept. of Defense, Mental health Clinic, TDC, Korea.

Insurance panels

Cigna

ValueOptions TriCare

PsychCare - Commercial

PsychCare - Medicaid HMO

PsychCare - Medicare

BCBS/New Directions

Children's Medical Services (CMS)

Magellan - Commercial

Magellan - Medicaid HMO

Straight Medicaid

United Healthcare/United Behavioral Health - Commercial

United Healthcare/United Behavioral Health -Medicaid

United Healthcare/United Behavioral Health -Medicare

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dept. of Defense (USAF) Facilitator for Process Action Teams; DoD (USAF) Statistics for Quality Initiative; DoD (USAF) Using Graphs & Charts for Statistics; DoD (USAF) Quality Management Trainer; Past president &Historian, Junior Management Association, USAF, Gunter AFB, AL; experiential low ropes courses trainer; Gamma Beta Phi (Nat'l Honor Society); Kiwanis member, outdoor experiential low ropes course trainer. Proficient in MS office. Editor of Quality newsletter, USAF, Gunter AFB, AL.

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