Behavioral Health Resources Manager
Resume:
WILLIAM B. SWIERINGA
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Clinical Therapist- Child, Adult, and Family Services
Clinician with 35 years of experience delivering short- and long-term psychotherapy to children, teenagers, and adults. Expertise in fitting treatment approaches to specific consumer needs. Sensitive to issues of unresolved trauma in clinical presentation and treatment.
CORE COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS
Assessing complex medical/behavioral health cases for treatment and referral
Providing Motivational Interviewing or Solution Focus therapies when short-term treatment is possible.
Determining proper level-of-care to reduce risk of under-delivered services.
Utilizing Trauma informed approaches in cases of PTSD, Chronic Developmental Trauma.
Applying Harm reduction treatment models (Solution Focus or Narrative Therapy) for consumers with substance abuse difficulties.
Coordinating Care with multi-disciplinary teams.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chicago Family Health Center, Chicago, Illinois
Behavioral Health Specialist- Integrated Care, 1/3/2021- currently employed.
Provide short term treatment for people of all ages utilizing Solution Focus therapy.
Present complex cases to Integrated Care Team (psychiatry, medical, nursing, case management) for advanced care planning.
Refer clients directly to medical care and complete warm handoffs immediately from the medical team.
The Family Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
Community-Based Therapist, 01/07/2007-04/15/2014
Provided short- and long-term therapy to children, teenagers, adults, families, and couples.
Assessed court-ordered persons with DUIs for referral to IOP and Residential Treatment Services.
Convened School/Family Treatment Teams for comprehensive behavioral planning.
Lydia Home Association, Chicago, Illinois, Child, and Family Therapist, 09/16/2005-12/20/2007
Provided long term psychotherapy to teenaged boys, removed from their homes by the courts.
Pioneered in non-talk therapies for teenagers unable to utilize evidenced-based approaches.
Collaborated with teachers, DCFS case managers, residential staff members, and psychiatrists for comprehensive treatment planning.
Central Michigan Community Mental Health, Big Rapids and Reed City, Michigan, Clinic- and Home-Based Child and Family Therapist, 08/07/1988-06/20/1997
Provided short and long-term psychotherapy to children, families, adults, and seniors.
Completed Intake Assessments and referred consumers to psychiatry and nursing.
Innovated use of Wrap-A-Round Family Treatment Teams to integrate efforts of school, family, clinics, and friends.
ADDITIONAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Grand Prairie Services, Tinley Park, Illinois, ACT Lead, 2020-2021
Illinicare, Chicago, Illinois, Behavioral Health Care Coordinator, 2014-2020
VMC Behavioral Health Care, Gurnee, Illinois, EAP Case Manager, 2002-2005
Wedgwood Christian Services, Child and Family Therapist, Traverse City, Michigan, 2000-2002
Northern Lakes Community Mental Health, Utilization Review Specialist, Cadillac, Michigan, 1999-2000
Sound Mental Health, Children’s Therapist/Case Manager, Seattle, Washington, 1998-1999
West Michigan Community Mental Health, Ludington, Michigan, Case Manager/Therapist, 1988-1989
EDUCATION, LICENSURE, AND TRAINING
Master of Social Work, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 06/12/1987
Bachelor of Arts, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 05/07/1978.
Licensure and Professional Training
State of Illinois LCSW #149-010142
State of Indiana LCSW #34011177A
State of Michigan LCSW 680*******
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training Level I (CCTP): Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma, Janina Fisher, Ph.D., October 2021
Member of West Michigan Solution-Focus Training Consortium, Central Michigan Community Mental Health, and The Grand Rapids Child Guidance Clinic, 1990-1998
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