Mental Health Technician

Lisa Kellogg

**** ******** **., ***. *-C • New Orleans, LA 70126

Cell: 573-***-**** • Home: 504-***-****

isn1ql@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Client-focused counselor known for my patience and ability to work with difficult clientele. Compassionate and committed to my clients' welfare. Believe every person is worthy of dignity and respect. Seek to discover a client's strengths as a foundation for growth. Counselor Intern #5032 with LPC Board of Examiners, Louisiana.

Skills

•Excel at intakes

•Rapport building through empathy and respect

•Strong communication skills

•Excellent charting

•Ability to work well independently or as part of

an effective team

•Counseling individuals, couples, and groups

•Ability to lead but also willing to submit to

authority

•Teachable attitude; desire to continue learning and

growing

•Suicide assessment and response based on ASIST

model

Accomplishments

Client Relations:

•Developed trust with a client with paranoid tendencies.

•Witnessed counseling-related improvements in clients with a range of issues and concerns.

Groups:

•Facilitated life skills groups in a psychiatric setting.

•Created group lesson plans.

•Led Prepare to Last and assisted with PREP groups focusing on marriage.

•Developed psycho-educational support group for parents of children with special needs.

Experience

Counselor Student Intern/Counselor Intern, 08/2009 - Present

Celebration Hope Center – Metairie, LA

Counseled both individuals and couples, ages 8 to over 70, on a variety of issues including but not limited to: anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar, self-identity, codependency, and marriage concerns.

Assisted in Prepare to Last premarital class, and PREP marriage group.

Mental Health Professional, 08/31/2011 to January 27, 2012

The Guidance Center – Chalmette, LA

Counseled clients, mostly children, both individually and with family members, on a variety of issues including ADHD, Autism spectrum, anger, depression, anxiety, and trauma. Provided mental health rehabilitation services, often in clients’ homes. Logged services according to Medicaid requirements.

Counselor Practicum Intern, 01/2009 - 08/2009

The Gathering – Chalmette, LA

Counseled at risk youth and young adults through the St. Bernard Juvenile Detention Center, as well as through a program at Adullum Christian Fellowship.

Call Center Counselor, 05/2008 - 08/2009

Vialink – New Orleans, LA

Counseled callers in crisis, including suicide hotline, as well as 211 Information and Referral callers. Multi-tasked using computer to record information and search for referrals, while actively listening to callers and offering assistance, empathy, and counsel. Trained in ASIST suicide intervention model.

Behavioral Health Technician, 03/2004 – 07/2007

Lakeland Regional Hospital – Springfield, MO

Provided direct patient care involving patient safety and milieu stability, conducted various life skills groups, and excelled in charting. Primarily worked on residential unit for adolescent girls.

Trained in and utilized Therapeutic Crisis Intervention as needed.

Hotline for the Homeless Operator/Emergency Services Worker, 08/1999 - 10/2000

City Union Mission – Kansas City, MO

Answered calls for the homeless hotline for the Kansas City area, scheduling shelter beds and aiding callers in problem-solving when shelter beds were not available. Organized and managed the clothing room and the workers in the New Life Program who worked there. Interviewed people seeking services, ascertained their physical needs and presented the Gospel as able. Updated database with client information.

Social Service Worker I, 08/1997 - 08/1998

State of Missouri – Vienna, MO

Performed in home assessments of at risk families. Engaged families in goal setting to reduce risk of abuse and neglect. Monitored progress and safety through regular follow-up visits. Documented visits through objective charting.

Education and Training

Master of Arts Marriage and Family Therapy

2011 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary – New Orleans, LA

GPA 3.89

Currently pursuing PhD. in Psychology and Counseling.

B.A. Psychology/Communication

1995 Southwest Baptist University – Bolivar, MO

Double major, with minor in counseling. Graduated Magna Cum Laude. GPA 3.707

Special Trainings

PREP, Prepare/Enrich, Child-Parent-Relationship Therapy, Family Rules, ASIST, Communication Mats, Byron Kehler's Trauma Recovery Training, Complex PTSD.

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