Mental Health Part-Time
Resume:
Nancy Vierra, MFT
*********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE: part-time school counseling position where I can provide excellent mental health care for children and young people.
LICENSE
California Marriage and Family Therapist 107199
EDUCATION
Masters in Counseling Psychology
Dominican University of California, San Rafael, California
Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Mills College of California, Oakland, California
Graduated with Honors
Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society
RELEVANT COURSEWORK & CONTINUING EDUCATION
Introduction to Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Theories of Personalities, Developmental Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychology as well as Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Brief and Strategic Therapy, Solutions-Focused Therapy, Crisis Care, Narrative Therapy, Sexual Diversity and Therapy, Psychopathology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Couples and Family Therapy, Psychopharmacology, Diversity and Life Phases, Psychological Assessment, Client Advocacy and Collaborative Care.
Recent Continuing Education includes: Law and Ethics,
The New Gender Paradigms, Treating Clients with Illness and Pain Conditions, Trauma-Informed Care.
EXPERIENCE
Private Practice
Provide psychotherapy for a diverse clientele
Provide coaching and instructional services
Maintain educational standards, ethical requirements and file and record-keeping as required for in the marriage and family therapist license provisions
Educate individuals and groups about subjects related to mental health, current events, and life management skills.
Utilize CBT, Solutions-Focused, Mindfulness, Control Mastery
Emotional Focused Therapy, I among others
Work to improve the lives of clients and students
Warner Creek Senior Housing, Novato, California
2017 – 2022
Provide a group experience for community on a monthly basis
Do opening exercises to stimulate active individual responsibility and involvement
Teach relaxation skills through the use of guided imagery, visualization, mindfulness and meditation
Report and coordinate with staff to see that key topics, messages and issues are covered as needed
Provide on-call support to individuals suffering from mental health issues as-needed to all tenants living in senior housing
Orchestrate and create experiential celebrations to commemorate the passing of residents as requested
Petaluma Learning and Guidance Center, Petaluma, California
2016-2017
Work in the capacity of school counselor in Sebastopol grammar school: Parkside Elementary
Maintain a full schedule of 22 client/students
Counsel clients on social skills, emotional vocabulary, problem solving, teacher and parent interactions, family distress serving foster children and group home children, among others
Utilize development assessment tools, temperament evaluations, art therapy, drama therapy and play therapy in individual and group work
Manage files and all appropriate paperwork required in the educational and child-as-client forums
Manage reporting and client relationships with principal, school psychologist and parents as needed
Assess students in classroom and milieu settings
FamilyWorks Agency, San Rafael, California 2015 - 2016
Counsel over 50 clients with a caseload of approximately 15 clients weekly
Provide services to individuals utilizing short and longer-term therapies
Serve Medi-Cal and California Victim Witness clients including requisite documentation and billing
Utilize a wide variety of assessment tools and interventions while working with multiple supervisors with different clinical orientations
Participate in case presentations and critiques with supervisors and fellow clinical associates
Homeward Bound, Novato, California 2012 - 2015
Manage a caseload of approximately 15-20 clients
Provide individual therapy on a weekly basis to single adults
Provide therapy to children, adults and families
Work with dual diagnoses and the homeless population
Support individuals and provide collaborative care for those in AA, NA and SMART Recovery programs
Provide client advocacy and facilitation
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
Communications Division Director
California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Redwood City, California
Consultant/Account Executive
Solutions, Inc., A Marketing and Communications Agency
San Francisco, California
COMPUTER TRAINING
Microsoft Word 1,2; Excel 1, 2; Zoom; Google Docs; PowerPoint; Computer Basics; Multimedia; Google Sheets
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