Alexis Cate, LCSW, CCTP, CASAC-T

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Education

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK MAY 2014 SILBERMAN SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, HUNTER COLLEGE

·Major: Clinical Social Work; Concentration: Health and Mental Health

BACHELOR OF ARTS MAY 2012 WAGNER COLLEGE

·Major: Psychology; Minor: Sociology; Magna Cum Laude

Experience

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR CAZENOVIA COLLEGE JANUARY 2021 – PRESENT

·Provide asynchronous courses through the online adult and continuing education center

·Current course topics include Alcohol & Drugs in Modern Society

·Offer additional consultation to students surrounding licensing in NYS for various disciplines

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EDUCATOR CEYOU INC & MHA NASSAU COUNTY MARCH 2019 – PRESENT

·Offer live interactive webinars and real time seminars to behavioral health professionals

·Topics include fostering life skills with clients in clinical practice, suicide assessment and prevention, narrative therapy, adolescent substance use and mental health, and motivational interviewing

·Provide continued case consultation to behavioral health professionals upon request

MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER MARCH 2018 - PRESENT

·Provide individual, group, and family therapy to adolescents, young adults, and adults in an outpatient substance use clinic

·Psychosocial concerns of client’s included: substance use disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma related disorders, and personality disorders

·Utilize an electric approached to therapeutic sessions including dialectical behavioral, cognitive behavioral, motivational interviewing, narrative, and community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT) therapies

·Collaborate with Site Psychiatrist and fellow community providers to ensure continuity of care

·Facilitate therapeutic groups geared toward client’s development of a coherent sense of self, substance misuse specific to adolescents, and a psychoeducational group which aims fosters client’s development of basic life skills (financial, physical, emotional, social and vocational/educational heath)

·Collect toxicology screenings

MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER DECEMBER 2016 – MARCH 2018

·Completed psychosocial assessments of patients admitted for medical and behavioral health symptoms

·Provided psychoeducation, crisis intervention, psychotherapeutic support, stress management, and brief strategic solution-focused therapy to patients and their families

·Ensured timely and safe discharge planning in collaboration with medical team

·Identified psychosocial concerns and/or barriers to discharge and resolved barriers via coordination with community resources and collaboration with patient’s supports

·Arranged patient’s community-based services to optimize biopsychosocial wellbeing

SOCIAL WORKER STATEN ISLAND MENTAL HEALTH SOCIETY JANUARY 2015 – DECEMBER 2016

·Provided individual and family therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults up to age 26 in an outpatient mental health and substance use clinic

·Mental health concerns of client base included mood disorders, psychotic disorders, anxiety & phobic disorders, trauma and stress related disorders, substance use disorders, and developmental disorders

·Collaborated with Staff Psychiatrist to ensure wellbeing of client’s managed on psychotropic medications

·Utilized eclectic interventions gathered from the following therapies: play, psychoeducational, cognitive behavioral, narrative, structural, strategic, and motivational interviewing

·Collected and supervised toxicology screenings

PSYCHOTHERAPIST SILVERLAKE PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES AUGUST 2014 – OCTOBER 2016

·Provided individual, couples, and family therapy to children, adolescents, and adults

·Psychosocial concerns of clients included depression, anxiety, attention deficit-hyperactivity, oppositional defiance, bullying, self-esteem, acute stress, substance use, socialization difficulties, maladaptive coping, psychosocial stressors, anger, interpersonal concerns, maladaptive communication, and life-cycle transitions

·Utilized an eclectic approach to therapeutic counseling including psychodynamic, psychoeducational, cognitive behavioral, narrative, motivational interview and structural-strategic family therapies

COUNSELOR PROJECT HOSPITALITY MAY 2013 – JANUARY 2016

·Facilitated group therapy session for adults managing substance use disorders

·Group topics included phased recovery, treatment specific (i.e. Suboxone treatment), spirituality, women & addiction, and stress management

·Collected and supervised toxicology screenings

GENERAL PREVENTIVE CASEWORKER STATEN ISLAND FAMILY SERVICE JUNE 2014 – JANUARY 2015

·Provided in-home family therapy and case management services to high-risk families

·Utilized structural family therapy and solution focused casework with families

·Co-facilitated a Youth Empowerment group for youth ages 13-18 which focused on providing inner city youth with coping skills to manage daily stressors, peer pressure, and community violence

·Worked in coordination with New York City's Administration for Children's Services (ACS) on cases where there had been indications or investigations surrounding child abuse and neglect

Licenses & Certifications

CERTIFIED CLINICAL TRAUMA PROFESSIONAL EVERGREEN CERTIFICATIONS ISSUED MAY 2020

CREDENTIALED ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR – TRAINEE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS ISSUED FEBRUARY 2020

LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER NEW YORK STATE ISSUED SEPTEMBER 2018

LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER NEW YORK STATE ISSUED JULY 2014

Volunteer Experience

GUEST SPEAKER/MENTOR WAGNER COLLEGE & HUNTER COLLEGE SEPTEMBER 2012 – MAY 2018

·Lectured students on special topics including substance use, social welfare, adolescent development and mental health, and eclectic therapeutic approaches

·Provided current undergraduate and graduate students engaged in social work, psychology, and sociological studies with insight into higher education and internships options

·Mentored students who are interested in pursuing counseling careers

Additional Skills

Grant Research Excel PowerPoint Word Mac Proficiency Adobe Photoshop Active Listening Effective Communication Case Management Conflict Resolution Adaptability Crisis Intervention Psychotherapy Anger Management Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Motivational Interviewing (MI) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Family Therapy Couples Therapy Narrative Therapy Trauma Informed Care Group Work

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