Mental Health Professional Experience

JUSTIN LIEB

**** ***** **** ****, **********, FL, 32780

321-***-**** **************@*****.***

Healthcare Counselor - Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Dedicated professional offering 15+ years of insightful experience in counseling, client servicing, operations and administrative functions. Highly skilled professional with wholehearted dedication towards patient care; possess willingness to learn and keep abreast of new developments in the field. Significant experience using 12 step approach and cognitive behavioral therapy with motivational interviewing as a counseling style. Empathetic individual with tremendous sensitivity, tact and patience to listen to patient’s problems with strong belief in treatment of substance abuse and mental health.

Areas of Strength and Expertise

Counseling

Documentation

Effective Communication

Motivational Interviewing

Training and Development

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Professional Experience

CENTRAL FLORIDA TREATMENT CENTER 2010 – 2016

Counselor

Key Result Areas:

Handled fifty to sixty patient cases and counseled individuals on a weekly, bi-monthly or monthly basis as per the progress in the program and stages of change model.

Functioned as a part of a treatment team and provided group or individual supervision; suggested and received feedback to better help patients face and solve challenges in treatment.

Delivered effective trainings for the whole treatment team bi-annually.

Worked in accordance with the standards of documentation from Florida Statute 65d-30

Participated in agency audits from The Joint Commission, CARF and Department of Children and Families to maintain standards of excellence and quality documentation.

SPECIALIZED TREATMENT EDUCATION PREVENTION SERVICES 2008 – 2010

Counselor

Key Result Areas:

Handled around forty patient cases and ran four therapy groups per week, also met each patient personally at least once per month.

Served as a part of the:

oIntensive Outpatient Program- a day treatment program for patients who meet criteria for level II outpatient treatment or IOP.

oGroups responsible for Juvenile Drug Court with other treatment providers.

Education and Training

Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology (Counseling Psychology)

Webster University, Merritt Island, FL

Bachelor of Arts (Liberal Arts), 1996

Hofstra University, Uniondale, NY

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