Objective

Highly knowledgeable and passionate Marriage & Family Therapist Intern (Intern # 71594) eager to obtain an MFT Internship position and collaborate with other mental health professionals to provide comprehensive treatment to clients struggling with mental and emotional disorders.

Skills

• Additionally holds knowledge in implementing MFT theories and techniques in ways that exemplify cultural competence as well as demonstrate respect for the dignity and worth of all people and enhance appreciation of peoples’ diversity.

• Foundational coursework and application training in Cognitive- Behavioral, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical- Behavioral Therapy, Applied Behavioral Analysis, and Family Systems Therapy.

• Extensive knowledge working with severely and chronically mentally ill adults and children.

• Applying MFT theories & techniques to conceptualize from a relational perspective the strength, problems, and dynamics in individuals, couples, & families.

Experience

The Bridge Teen Recovery- MFT Intern

Laguna Hills, CA 2012-present

• Provide individual and family counseling treatment services to adolescents and their families who are participating in substance abuse programs.

• Confer with other counselors in order to analyze individual cases and to coordinate therapeutic services.

• Conceptualize and apply behavioral therapies such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help the client’s maintain sobriety.

Marriage & Family Therapist Trainee

Phoenix House- Adolescent Unit

Santa Ana, CA 2011- 2012

• Provide individual and family counseling treatment services to adolescents and their families who are participating in substance abuse programs.

• Collect information about clients, using techniques such as testing, interviewing, discussion, and observation.

• Confer with other counselors in order to analyze individual cases and to coordinate therapeutic services.

• Counsel clients on concerns including: adolescent/parent conflicts, blended family problems, communication, death of a parent, sexual, physical, neglect abuse victims, interracial family problems, separation/divorce, traumatic life events, academic underachievement, anger management, anxiety, ADHD, chemical and alcohol dependence, grief/loss unresolved, low self esteem, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and peer/sibling conflict.

• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing individual and family relationship problems.

• Maintain case files that include activities, progress notes (SIROP & DAP format), evaluations, and recommendations.

• Processed disruptive and self-injurious behaviors with adolescents to ensure safety and cultivate healthier coping skills.

• Provide group therapy to adolescents and their families on topics such as: seeking safety, strengthening teens, strengthening parents, and parent education classes.

• Confer with clients in order to develop plans for post-treatment activities.

Child Care/ Private Behavior Modification Specialist

The Quayle Family, San Diego, CA 2010-2010

• Working with one child who had been diagnosed with autism and 1p36n Deletion Syndrome

• Applied behavior analysis techniques to daily routine and activities

• Trained parents in use of ABA techniques

Volunteer

Vista Balboa Crisis House, San Diego, CA 2009- 2010

• Assisted/Observed Therapists and Residents in providing individual, group, and milieu therapy to individuals experiencing severe mental health crises.

• Assigned chores to residents and monitor completion progress.

• Performed rounds to ensure resident accountability on an hourly basis.

Account Executive

Blackbaud- Internet Solutions Division, San Diego, CA 2008-2010

• Sold Blackbaud Sphere modules, training, and related services to new or existing nonprofit clients (Autism Now, DragonFly Forest, Autism Speaks, Ability Path) in a defined geographic territory. Products include: products including: CRM/Database management solution, CMS/Website design- hosting- and management and Event Management.

Lender Sales Representative

LandAmerica Commonwealth Title, San Diego, CA 2003-2008

• Ranked top sales professional that increased territory sales by 35% and exceeded quotas by building promotional opportunities through prospecting, cold calling, and networking selling title and escrow services for the company.

Education

• University of California, San Diego, Bachelors of Science, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Communications, graduation date, August 2003.

• Alliant International University- CSPP, Masters of Arts Marriage and Family Therapy, expected graduation date, May 2012. Cumulative GPA: 3.85/ Alliant Honors Psi Chi Member

• Alliant International University- CSPP, Psy.D. Couple and Family Therapy, expected graduation date, May 2015. Cumulative GPA: 4.00/ Alliant Honors Psi Chi Member

References Available Upon Request