Management Mental Health

JoAnn Kurek

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Ocean City, NJ ****6

PH:609-***-****

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

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Seasoned Clinical Social Worker with more than 18 years of generalist experience providing outpatient services including therapy and groups, consultation and supervision Foci: Mood Disorders, Trauma, Post-traumatic Stress, Domestic Violence, Anxiety, Stress, Abuse issues, Women’s Issues. EMDR Facilitator and Consultant., EMDRIA Regional Coordinator for NE & NW Ohio. Member Community Advisory Team, Social Work Department, Stockton College.

LICENSE: L.C.S.W. in NJ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Private Practice-Part-time: Egg Harbor Township, NJ -Atlantic County 5/1/11-present

Independent Clinical Social Worker

Provide outpatient counseling services for individuals

Contracted and familiar with managed care companies

General practice: Assess, diagnose and treat clients with behavioral concerns

MASTERS LEVEL CLINICIAN: Cape Counseling, IOP program,Cape May Courthouse, NJ 7/12/2010-4/1/11

• Provide dynamic intensive group and individual counseling for psychiatric

cientele in Cape May County.

• Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of client base, all dual diagnosis

• Team oriented interaction with various areas of organization

• Case management: assist with obtaining services for client base

• Assume responsibility for all documentation for client base

INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER, Private Practice, Rocky River, OH

Provide outpatient counseling services for individuals

Contracted and familiar with managed care companies

Opened Private Practice : Counseling Works! 1/09-6/2010

Developed substantial client base Clinical Counseling Associates 4/01-12/09

recognized as trauma specialist for practice.

INSTRUCTOR: Adult Education 1999-present

• Design/deliver non-credit courses for Social Work Department,

• Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio for C.E.U.’s

• Accepted as staff faculty for 2008 in social work Department- 1/18/08-present

Teaching Interviewing & Counseling for Human Services Dept.

• Speak at speaker at local, state and national conferences

• Provided training/in-house workshops to mental health and business organizations

• Facilitator/Consultant: EMDR INSTITUTE, CA.

NORTH EAST OHIO EMDR NETWORK: 7/08-present

Director: Organized & developed first collaborative for clinicians using

• EMDR in NE Ohio. as a forum to continue their development their skills and

knowledge of EMDR.

• Developed volunteer program, including policies and procedures, for recruiting clinicians to treat Iraqi veterans free of charge, networking with Veterans Administration to meet goal of delivering EMDR services present veterans and their families within N.E. Ohio,

Licensed Clinical Social Worker 7/1998-present

RAINBOW HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES, Glassboro & Bridgeton, New Jersey

• Provided inpatient social psychotherapy to patients at long-term nursing home

• Successfully provided outpatient mental health services to adults, children, and families

• Performed all trauma counseling for clients of organization

• Worked with EAP’s for several managed care companies

• Assumed responsibility for all critical incident calls

• Recognized for successfully developing/maintaining a substantial client base.

Volunteer

CUMBERLAND COUNTY GUIDANCE CENTER, Millville, New Jersey 1991-1993

Created and taught Rape Care Volunteer Program as volunteer

Intern

Sexual Assault Unit: assess, diagnose & treat clients under supervision

LSW

Outpatient Unit:

1.Intake

2. Outpatient counseling, case management home visits for 1993-1995

multicultural, multiethnic population

3.Sexual Assault Unit:

Outpatient therapist: generalist ,and Sexual Abuse Unit: Program Director-

Developed and Implemented first program in New Jersey for children with sexually

offending behaviors, including assessment, treatment, advocacy and case management

Education:

BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1993

Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research

Master of Social Science, Clinical Social Work

Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, 1986

Bachelor of Science, Business Management

Appointments:

EMDR International Association Regional Coordinator for NE & NW Ohio

Appointed 8/2009 for unlimited term

Authored 7 articles on Psychological Topics for women.

Cleveland’s Women’s Magazine: 4/2005-11/2005

Awards and Recognition:

2005: Woman of Professional Excellence: eliminating racism, empowering 5/2005

Women, YWCA, Cleveland, OH

AFFILIATIONS : NASW, EMDR International Association

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