LISA KURCZYNSKI

DeMotte, IN ***** * 219-***-**** * ad427k@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

To make the necessary changes within the professional, living, or healthcare environment that promote a healthy atmosphere within the different departments or services provided.

Mental Health care professional with skill leading situations-specific counseling sessions, assessing the needs of individual clients. Expertise in working with families, children adolescents, and couples. Observant Individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to enhance building meaningful relationships with my professional team, colleagues, and individuals I council. I am an empathetic professional with hands-on experience who strives to provide quality psychological services to children, and adults. I am skilled in identifying and assessing mental health, emotional, and behavioral issues. I develop and implement treatment plans, set goals, and follow through with counseling, and therapy to support follow through of my clientele to maximize their results. I optimize their spiritual, physical, and cognitive coping mechanisms while improving their overall functioning.

Skills

Intake Assessments

Biopsychosocial Assessments

Functional Behavioral Assessments

Team Development

Department or Family Restructuring

Interdisciplinary Collaboration to enhance clients care plan/strategy

Self-Care Strategies

Suicide Prevention

Motivational Interviewing

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Family Systems Theory

Communication Strategies

Anger Management

Sexual Assault Support

Grief Counseling

Building Rapport/confidence

Positive Patient Experience

Psychotropic medication knowledge base

WORK HISTORY

Christian Mental Health Consultant/Coaching-05/2020 to present

Graceful Transitions Ministry and Council Services-160 S West Street, Crown Point, IN 46307

I work independently in a private practice setting, assessing the emotional, behavioral, physical, and cognitive needs of clients

Using behavioral analysis, biopsychosocial assessments during our initial interview to create care plans that address the individual, family or professional needs of the individual pertinent to their situation, and past experiences

I work on creating their best self with accountability, through Self Reflection, of words, actions, and behaviors

If there is a need for medication, I refer out locally to psychiatrists in the Crown Point area to maximize the clients over all care plan and increase tolerance for the situation by communicating with them and the psychiatrist

Private Practice Mental Health Counselor, 05/2017-10/2021

Mainstreet Counseling Center, 158 N Main St Crown Point, IN 46307

I performed Intake Assessments, Biopsychosocial Assessments, Emergency treatment to local hospitals, reached out to reliable psychiatrists to help clients manage their medications successfully

I was left unsupervised to figure out the best care plans for my clients, with minimal guidance, instruction or help when needed

Went to court to testify for children, and family situations

Performed therapeutic care plans for children, couples, and families from grieving, to addiction, to eating disorders, to suicide, to couples marital strife, divorce, and co- parenting sessions

Guided clients in effective therapeutic exercise derivative of CBT, and DBT and some EMDR techniques taught ot me by other certified therapists

Improved client coping mechanisms with mindfulness, stress management and breathing or exercise techniques known to relax the mind and lower cortisol levels

Continuously expanded knowledge base by attending workshops relevant to demands of work due to lack of instruction

Promoted clients Self Awareness by having them Self Reflect, and learn to identify their contribution to their circumstance with the hope or repairing or stopping participative or unwanted behaviors

Maintained detailed notes and documentation to track clients progress and help motivate them to keep moving forward

Assisted clients with setting of realistic goals and practices to accomplish said goals in a timely manner

Became fluent with grief counseling as it appears to affect so many regardless of death a break up can be just as debilitating for some clients

School Social Worker

Merrillville School Corporation, Intermediate, and Middle Schools (4th-8th grades)

6701 Delaware St. Merrillville, IN 46410, 2016 & 2017

FBA-Functional Behavior Assessment, for monitoring unwanted or unnecessary behaviors during the day at school

IEP-Individualized Education Plans, for assessing individual learning and behavioral needs during school day, to address needs of the student, and designing a plan that addresses those needs to improve the functionality of the student in the classroom

Biopsychosocial assessments of the family and student needs to incorporate in into a multiprofessional care plan to help improve behavioral, mental health, socio economic, and academic restructuring to enhance the classroom needs of individuals and how family functioning or dysfunction affect the students classroom work or progress.

Helping needy families socioeconomically, developing plans to address familial needs according to the students family needs

Prepared speeches for the student body to enhance behavioral, restructuring appropriate or inappropriate displays of touching, verbalizing, and communication styles that develop and enhance positive classroom and individual relationships during classroom interactions

Classroom program delivery addressing individual, and classroom needs to Improve class time and interactions between students, and teachers

Documentation of interactions and programs as well as presentations individually, classroom, and student body curriculum

PEP-Prevention to Expulsion program for all age groups in intermediate and middle school children to help them modify behaviors, and develop coping mechanisms that enhance their functioning both at home, and at school.

Certifications:

Master of Social Work, Diploma 2016

Certified Life Coach, 2020

Licensed Cosmetologist 2003

Owner First Church DeMotte

Experienced with DBT therapy skills 2013

Doctrine of Divinity 2023

Working On Certification For Holistic Healing, 2023/2024

References Available on Request:

Dorian Laumann, LMFT-professional

Ann Vasquez, LCSW-professional

Tia Vaupel-personal

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