Licensed Professional Counselor and Mental Health Therapist
Resume:
Helen W. Jackson
*** ********** *****, *************, ******* 31061
helenjackson@*****@*****.***
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position as a Licensed Professional Counselor that allows me to use my education, experience, and training to provide quality services to clients and their families and to make a positive difference in lives. Provide comprehensive mental health assessment and treatment in collaboration with multidisciplinary team.
SUMMARY of QUALIFICATIONS: I have over 20 years of experience providing services to both adults and juveniles in various capacities. I have worked with clients and their families in a variety of different treatment modules and treatment programs throughout the state program. I am currently a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Georgia.
Work Experience:
Department of Corrections 2009-2018 Mental Health Counselor/Centurion 2018-Present
Licensed Professional Counselor 2018-Present
Maintain confidentiality of record relating to client’s treatment
Complete suicide risk assessments
Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, or tests
Counsel clients individually or in-group settings
Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies to cope with problems
Evaluate clients’ physical and/or mental condition
Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members
Complete behavioral/mental health assessments
Complete treatment plans
Assist clients in defining goals to achieve personal, social, educational, and/or vocational development
Complete weekly progress notes
A Better You, Inc., Part-time: March 2025-March 2026
Professional Licensed Therapist
Complete behavioral/mental health assessments
Complete treatment plans
Assist clients with identifying treatment goals
Complete weekly progress notes
Conduct clinical diagnostic using the DSM-5-TR
Conduct individual and couple therapy sessions
Department of Juvenile Justice: Part-time 2022-2024
Professional Social Service Worker
Conduct individual and group counseling
Conduct psychoeducation groups
Assist in defining goals for juveniles
Conduct daily rounds on dormitory
Complete behavioral/mental health assessments
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
Complete weekly progress notes
River Edge Behavioral Health, Macon, Georgia Part-time 2018-2022
Crisis Counselor
Complete behavioral/mental health assessments
Find In-patient care for clients
Refer clients to out-patient care
Assess clients for risk of suicide
Complete suicide risk assessments
Georgia Department of Corrections: 1999-2008
General Population Counselor
Maintain a caseload of 75 10 120 inmates
Conduct individual counseling sessions
Guide inmates in the development of skills or strategies when dealing with stressors
Encourage inmates to express/discuss feelings of life
Conduct educational groups
Attended mandatory meetings
Education:
Master of Education with Concentration in Counseling
Troy State University
December 2004
Bachelor of Science (Psychology)
Georgia College
June 1998
Training and Skills:
Advance Mental Health
Motivational Interviewing
Continuing of Education
Investigation of Sexual Abuse
Moral Recognition
Prime for Life
Substance Abuse
Thinking for Change
Motivation for Change
Victim Impact
Family Violence
Child Abuse
Basic Sex Offender
Addictionology
Corrective Thinking
Why Youth harm themselves
Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Ethics
Ethics and Behavior Management with Self Injurious Patients
2026 Adlerian in Action Conference
Elder Abuse
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