Head Cook Health Tech

Summary

Licensed Professional Counselor, Master of Science in Professional Counseling. A passionate individual with multi-cultural experience in drug/alcohol addiction counseling, teaching, recruiting, sales, with a humble, teachable spirit

Qualifications

Licensed Professional Counselor

Five+ years counseling SMI patients experience

Three+ years drug/alcohol addiction counseling experience

CPR/First Aid trained

Arizona fingerprint clearance card

Education

Master of Science in Professional Counseling

Grand Canyon University 7/2017

Worked full-time, while attending school full-time, GPA 3.76 Phoenix, AZ

Bachelor of Arts in Education, English 5/2000

Arizona State University West Campus Phoenix, AZ

Worked part-time, while full-time student, GPA 3.25

Employment History

New Freedom Phoenix, Az

Clinician 03/2022 to present

Facilitate Intensive Out Patient treatment, drug/alcohol addiction counseling

Conduct individual counseling sessions with co-morbid patients

Update treatment plans, adhering to company standards, and expectations

Terros Health Glendale, AZ

Clinician 05/2019 to 03/2022

Facilitate Standard Outpatient groups, drug/alcohol addiction counseling

Complete intakes, diagnosing patient’s utilizing DSM-5 criteria

Counseling patients with Serious Mental Illness, and comorbidity

People Empowering People Tempe, AZ

Clinician II 01/2017 to 05/2019

Counseling adult patients with Serious Mental Illness, also comorbidity

Instructing patients in DBT coping skills to better manage anxiety and depression.

Participated in weekly staffing, as well as Dialectical Behavior Training

Create daily patient progress notes for intensive oversight

Desert Edge Mentoring Services Phoenix, AZ

Behavioral Health Tech 09/2016 to 10/2016

Managed adolescents, enforcing established behavior boundaries

Counseled adolescents, assisting in achieving his/her individual goals

Collaborated with peers, striving to facilitate clients achieving his/her goals

Yellow Cab Phoenix, AZ

Trainer / Recruiter / Road Supervisor 12/2014 to 06/2016

“We had our best summer ever (2015).” Hossein Dibazar, Owner, Yellow Cab

Copper Canyon High School, Tolleson Union High School District Glendale,AZ

Read 180 Teacher 09/2013 to 12/2014

Achieved 95% student improvement in standardized test scores

Successfully administered Arizona Instrument to Measure exams

Volunteer Experience

Kairos Outside Women’s Prison Ministry Phoenix, AZ

Head Cook

Proudly lead a team of four men, serving 65 women impacted by incarceration

Managed back of the house operations, successfully and timely delivering meals

Graceful in praise from women, who have “Never been served by a man before.”

Shepherd of the Valley United Methodist Church Phoenix, AZ

Chairperson – Staff Parish Relations Committee

Facilitate Staff Parish Relations Committee meetings

Instruct paid church staff on their duties

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