Cecilia P. Cole M. A. **************@*****.***
I am a multilingual, multicultural mental health therapist. Fluent in English-Spanish. My goal is to serve diverse populations, billing direct hours in a hybrid work style.
Profile:
M.A trained professional of Mental Health in the treatment of children,adolescent, individuals and families with different emotional, social and mental issues.
M.A in Psychology with nearly 12 years of experience in Mental Health experience build in the service of all populations. Apart from those 12 years.
This counselor has dedicated her services specificly in the treatment of trauma
Survivors, adding several domains group counseling, individual, couples and families.
Highly ethical, committed, client-centric along with another treatment modalities, emphatic and with a warm disposition and abilities to stablish both an initial and lasting rapport with clients and their families.
Excellent problem solving, cases notes documentation with outstanding interpersonal communication skills.
EDUCATION
Adler School of Professional Psychology Three years
Chicago. Illinois NOT COMPLETED THE educational degree of Doctor in
Psycholofy yet (G.P.A 3.7)
National-Louis University Chicago Illinois, Masters of Arts In Psychology (G.P.A 3.9)
National-Louis University, Chicago Illinois, Bachelor of Arts in
Psychology (G.P.A 3.9)
University of Panama Law School Bachelor in Law an
and Political Sciences Panama, Republic of Panama.
Professional Experience
Ecker Center for Behavioral Health Bilingual Mental
Therapist Elgin, Illinois
●Counseling children, adults and families presential and virtually.
●Keeping records notes for counseling sessions
●Participated in some training professional events
Generations Inc. Q.M.H.P Evanston, Illinois
●A residential facilities for individuals with a chronic Dx. of Mental Illness.
●Managing their lifes, problem solving, preparing involuntaring admissions to inpatient mental illnes
facilities for psychiatric evaluation and to prevent further scalation of suicidal intents
●Support and counseling in the daily one to one activities of residents, problem solving, prevention and safety meseaures to display while
Living in the facicility and going into the community.
●Various task that allows the consumers to live with
Freedoom in an structure live facility.
Caregiver for seniors 5 years/ Illinois North Shore
● Care for seniors with Dx of Dementia, Alzheimer’s Dementia,
Parkinson’s and other mental health concurrent Dx.
● Setting of care Private homes, assisting living, independent living, rehabiliattion centers.
Volunteering work in residential settings/shelters for
individuals/families while undergoing different stages in the Domestic Violence syndrom.
Returns Management Inc. Buffalo Grove, Il
●Refurbishement business testing medical devices,
For performance of equipment/engineering.
Latino Family Services Mental Health Counselor/bilingual/multicultural
● Dx., treatment and therapy of Clients in trauma model (sexual abuse, DV)
●Individual and group therapy to enrich the client with tools in their treatment of trauma
●Educational work-shops in positive parenting, DV, (rules governing sexual and physical abuse)
●Follow up, consulting and working with another agencies involved in the treatment plan for the client
●Educational information about the laws that regulated the proper boundaries between client survivor and offender, in DV and sexual abuse(trauma)
National- Louis University Office Of IR
Various obligations relate to the process of completing assignments fro research, or updating journals for areas of further development.
Family Service of S. Lake County. Family Counselor
Bilingual/Multicultural Spanish-English
●Counseling sessions with stablished clients with a Dx of mental illnes
●Open new clients into the process of treatment of mental illnes,
And others mental health diads.
●Significant treatment and support for client suffering for culture shock(new individuals arriving into the life style of the hostess culture “ The United States of America”
●Organized a celebration for the month of hispanic Heritage a team effort, music, a food and socializing.
●Reaching out to contact clients that were in a waiting list, effectively done, accomplished.
Josselyn Center for MH Psychiatric Case Manager
●Appoinment scheduling and follow up with medication management
●Follow up with medication refills
●Attending staffing twice a week to work in synchronicity with a team of experts in Mental Health Josselyn Staff.
●Home visits to evaluate family atmosphere in behalf of client progress
●Meeting with local areas social workers to learn new sources of support for current and future clients,
●Counseling sessions of individuals and families utilizing different schools of taught.
City of Chicago Mental Health Community Worker Chicago Illinois.
●Recommended innovative techniques to facilitate medication management compliance
●Co-faciliated socializtion group. Targeting specific clients needs.
●Committee Member and Creator of the Theme “Allowing Creativity to Heal the Soul”
●Organized and handle details for creation of art work facilitating it, and be present on exhibition day.
●Encouraged members of socialization group to practice their learned skills, into attending in vivo sessions visiting, social educational environment such the Art institute of Chicago or other museums.
●Identify each member personalized style in art by the creation of greeting cards. It was welcome by the group as a positive experience creating thank you notes, whomever they felt it was appropriate, a truly positive initiative.
Honor and Awards
● Ambassador Award Certificate for United Way
● Honor Roll at National- Louis University Under two degrees
● Membership to the National Honor Society in Psychology Psy Chi
Based on Scholastic performance
● Honor Award Women Studies Scholarship: Women Studies
● Motherhood my biggest accomplishment, he is completing his environmental degree at the Univerity and is a full time employee.
●Why motherhood is a honor for me, because I am the first generation female hispanic in this country, raise my son with mostly solely on my own. Nevertheless, he is an independent thinker and a proud server of the environmental sciences.
Interest
● Three planting both domestically and internationally.
●Ecology, cooking healthy meals, walking, dancing, music appreciation, arts and crafts, meditation, reading, poetry, writing, aromatherapy.