Mental Health

ANNA FINKELSTEIN

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Boulder, CO 80301

Phone: 719-***-****

Email: *********@*****.***

EDUCATION

****-**** ****** **********; MA Expressive Arts Therapies specialization Mental Health Counseling and Dance/Movement Therapy; Cambridge, MA

2011-2014 European Graduate School Arts and Societies Division; MA Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy; Saas-Fee, Switzerland

2004-2008 University of Colorado at Boulder; BA Psychology; Boulder, CO

2001-2004 Coronado High School; Colorado Springs, CO

EMPLOYMENT

June 2020-Present Self-Employed

Creating own business part time as an expressive arts facilitator/coach. Working with clients in the field of personal development to improve their lives and using the creative arts for healing.

Nov. 2020-Nov. 2021 Caregiver CDASS Colorado

Part- time in- home caregiver for an older woman with late-stage Alzheimer’s. Duties include taking care of woman’s physical needs and watching over her to make sure she is safe, in a family home.

Jan. 2018-June 2020 Community Organizer, Center for People With Disabilities; Boulder, CO Community Organizer doing systems advocacy work to further the rights and accessibility of people with disabilities in the community. Created various events for the organization, networked with partner organizations and members of the community building relationships or strengthening existing connections, took action on legislative issues in the state of Colorado, did public speaking and created new trainings for CPWD, worked with consumers both in groups and one on one to address advocacy issues such as transportation, accessibility in the community, and more, also organized members in the community to take action around local issues.

Sept. 2016-July 2017 Barista at Amante Coffee Shop; Boulder, CO

Working as a part time barista in a local coffee shop doing customer service, key holder of the coffee shop, doing opening shifts, mid day shifts, and closing shifts cleaning and taking ownership for the shop, serving coffee/tea drinks, some bartending, interacting with the general public and co-workers on a daily basis.

Sept. 2014-April 2016 School Based Therapist, Community Reach Center; Thornton, CO

Unlicensed therapist working with children/adolescents ages 5-18 in the schools doing individual, family, and group therapy. Conducting Intakes, doing assessments, creating treatment plans, providing therapy, care coordination, some case management services, acting as a laison between CRC and the schools.

Sept. 2013-May 2014 Intern, North Suffolk Mental Health Association-Conexions; Boston, MA

Intern at Conexions Out-Patient Day Treatment program offering group therapy for adults diagnosed with severe mental illness such as Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Major Depression, Borderline Personality Disorder, Substance Abuse, etc. Conexions has traditional talk therapy groups as well as expressive arts therapy, music therapy, and dance/movement therapy.

Sept. 2012- June 2013 Intern, Community Art Center; Cambridge, MA

Intern/ Assistant Teacher for children ages 5-12 at afterschool program for arts education of art, dance, music, theatre, new media with at risk, multi-cultural youth with behavioral issues.

Sept. 2010- June 2011 Teacher/Tutor, Dream Catchers Learning Center; Boulder, CO

Teacher/Tutor children ages 5-17 in spelling, reading, writing, mathematics, and critical thinking. Tutor at Halcyon Middle school with children with severe behavioral, emotional, and learning disabilities three times a week. Substitute Teacher all year (Full time teacher for month of April-5 days a week) at Denver Justice High School.

May 2008- Present Quest Leader, Renaissance Adventures; Boulder, CO

Counselor for children ages 6-18 at a summer camp designed to teach children principles of responsible empowerment, creative problem solving, and cooperative conflict resolution through experiential learning and interactive play with the imagination.

Nov. 2009- April 2011 Professional Ski Instructor; Beaver Creek, CO

Seasonal Work teaching skiing to children 3-16 at the Beaver Creek Children’s Ski School

Oct. 2008- April 2009 World Wide Workers On Organic Farms (WWOOF) Program in New Zealand:

Worked 5-6 hours a day at various farms, hostels, and retreat centers in exchange for lodging and meals doing organic gardening, house keeping/cleaning, cooking, catering, some manual labor, and more.

Summer 2008 Natural Living Associate, Sunflower Farmer’s Market; Boulder, CO

Worked in the natural living section as a customer service agent at a local grocery store

Spring 2008 Research Intern, CUSLAM study at University of Colorado at Boulder

Helped Professional Research Assistants set up and run studies with teenagers on probation at the Denver probation office.

Summer 2006 Canvasser, Coloradans for Fairness and Equality; Denver, CO

Worked as a canvasser in the neighborhoods of Denver and surrounding areas.

Summer 2005 Senior Counselor/ Activities Instructor, Birch Trail Camp for Girls; Minong, WI

Cabin counselor for girls ages 8-10. Project head for Drama Games and Village Night Programmer. Also helped teach tennis, sailing, pottery, rock climbing, fishing, canoeing, arts and crafts, and many more activities.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

June 2017 Summer workshop with Anna Halprin exploring dance/movement; Kentfield, CA

October 2016 American Dance/Movement Therapy Association annual conference; Washington, DC

April 2016 Psychological First Aid Training for crises and disasters in community

March 2015 Two week Play Therapy workshop; Thornton, CO

October 2015 American Dance/Movement Therapy Association annual conference; San Diego, CA

September 2014 Suicide Prevention training with Community Reach Center; Thornton, CO

September 2011 Leadership workshop with Paolo Knill and Sean Mcniff at Lesley University

CERTIFICATIONS

Completed 5/10/2016 American Heart Association First Aid and Adult/Infant CPR

Completed 3/2010 Professional Ski Instructors of America Certification 1

Completed 5/13/2009 American Heart Association First Aid and Adult/Infant CPR

Completed 5/16/2008 American Heart Association First Aid and Adult/Infant CPR

Completed 06/09/2005 American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer

Completed 05/22/2004 American Red Cross Standard First Aid

LANGUAGES

Spanish:

Jan. – May 2007 CIEE Language and Society Program; Seville, Spain

2004-2006 CU Boulder

2001-2004 Coronado High School

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Spring 2008 Ensemble Vagina Monologues, Conference on World Affairs; CU Boulder

Fall 2006 Vicarious Voyagers; Semester at Sea

2005-2006 Conferences on World Affairs, Hiking Club, Jewkbox Players Acapella; CU Boulder

2002-2004 Show Choir; Coronado High School

2001-2002 Women’s Choir; Coronado High School

2001-2004 Drama Club; Coronado High School

2001-2004 Mock Trial; Coronado High School

2002-2003 Future Education Leaders of America; Coronado High School

2002- 2004 Writer’s Club; Coronado High School

TRAVEL

June 2019 3 week Service trip working with adults who have disabilities in a group home in Armenia

April 2016 Costa Rica

June-July 2014 Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Croatia

July-August 2013 Switzerland and France

August 2012 Wales Quest-Renaissance Adventures, Created and led a trip taking a group of teenagers to Wales, UK for ten days

June-July 2011 Two months in Switzerland studying at the European Graduate School

Aug-Oct 2010 Road trip around the western United States and British Columbia Canada

Oct 2009 Backpacked for a month around Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands

Oct 08- April 2009 Traveled around New Zealand participating in the World Wide Workers on

Organic Farms Program (WWOOF): 3 months North Island, 4 months S. Island

May- Aug 2007 Backpacked around Europe: Spain, Portugal, England, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

Jan – May 2007 lived in Seville, Spain studying Spanish with CIEE’s Language and Society’s Program

Fall 2006 Studied abroad with Semester at Sea: Japan, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam,

Cambodia, Myanmar, India, Egypt, Turkey, Croatia, Spain

Summer 2003 Spain: 2 months living with a family in Granada

2001-2004 High School and family trips, Europe: England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales,

France, Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Italy; Mexico; Canada

1994-1996 Family trip: Hawaiian Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal, Northern India, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zanzibar

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

Skiing, Dancing (Salsa, Swing, African, Afro-Cuban, Jazz, Contact Improvisation, Creative movement, Modern, Flamenco) Traveling, Singing, Camping, Hiking, Canoeing, Rock Climbing, Yoga, Photography, Reading, Writing, Playing Guitar

REFERENCES

Anne Harper: 720-***-****

Employer and Leader of the Caregiving Team for caregiving with CDASS and private family

Nancy Beardall : 617-***-****; ********@******.***

Professor and Head of the dance/movement therapy program at Lesley University

Mark Hoge: 720-***-****; ********@*****.***

Director/ Employer of Renaissance Adventures

Laura Foster: *******@***********.***

Employer at Beaver Creek Children’s Ski and Snowboard School

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