Case Management United States

TAMARA JOHNSON

******@***.*** / 917-***-****

**** ***** **. ***. * G, QUEENS, NY 11375

SUMMARY

Licensed Master of Social Work in New York State. Graduate of NYU’s Silver School of Social Work in May 2021. Experience working in a hospital setting with patients with severe mental illness. Agency experience with young adults struggling with anxiety and depression, as well as experience working with veterans, as well as work in intensive case management. Currently studying for NY State LCSW exam. EXPERIENCE

Psychotherapist (LMSW), United States Department of Veterans Affairs--Harlem Vet Center; Harlem, NY — 2024-2025

Remote and in-person work with a caseload of combat veterans and Military Sexual Trauma survivors, along with military family members. Performed psychotherapy; CBT; DBT skills, motivational interviewing; reflective listening, trauma focused work; PHQ-9 and GAD-7 questionnaires; SOAP notes; treatment plans. Experience working with PTSD, anxiety, major depressive disorder, and others. Attended group and individual supervision.

Psychotherapist (LMSW), Valera Health; Brooklyn, NY — 2021-2024 Remote work with a caseload of adult patients. Performed psychotherapy; CBT; motivational interviewing; reflective listening; PHQ-9 and GAD-7 questionnaires; SOAP notes; treatment plans; referral letters. Experience working with anxiety, depression, major depressive disorder, adjustment disorders, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and others. Attended weekly supervision. Social Work Intern (MSW), United States Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System; Brooklyn, NY — 2020-2021

Tasked with a caseload of patients with severe mental illness in Mental Health Intensive Case Management program. Performed psychotherapy; CBT; motivational interviewing; case management; biopsychosocials. Facilitated writing therapy group for veterans. Facilitated intakes and consults with Caregiver’s Support Program for veterans and their caregivers. Co-facilitated the evidence-based Life Goals Collaborative Care program for depression, anxiety, and substance use disorder.

Social Work Intern (MSW), Bay Ridge Center, Brooklyn, NY — 2019-2020 Performed case management for older adults. Facilitated recreational knitting and crochet group and co-facilitated trips and travel group. Made weekly telephone reassurance phone calls to shut-ins and during the pandemic when all members were at home. Performed new member intakes. Co-wrote grants for the senior center. Facilitated meditation group on occasion. Ran the Subaru Home for the Holidays event, which successfully garnered thousands of dollars for the center’s Meals on Wheels program.

Volunteer Worker, The Healing Center of New York, Brooklyn, NY — 2019-2021 Attended weekly Daughters of the Lotus group meetings for teen girls. Produced PSA videos for the annual Teen Dating Violence Awareness Walk. Helped facilitate the Teen Dating Violence Awareness Walk. Performed outreach at local fairs and events. Chaperoned and cofacilitated social justice outreach with teen girls in the Daughters of the Lotus program. Freelance Writer & Editor, Brooklyn, NY — 2015-2020 Copyeditor, B&H Photo-Video-Pro Audio, New York, NY — 2007-2015 Wrote product descriptions, articles, and blog posts for B&H Photo’s website and mailing list of 2 million plus subscribers. Technical editor for product descriptions, articles, blog posts, and other Web content. Created ad copy for print media and the B&H Superstore. Project manager for the In-Depth! microsite. Responsible for Web Department’s line of credit. Editor of the B&H catalog.

EDUCATION

New York University, Silver School of Social Work, New York, NY — Masters of Social Work, 2021

Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL — BFA in Photography, 2007

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