Aaron Free
Johnson City,TN
Overview
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Certification
Work History
Trainer in Training, Training Coach Consultant in Training
Personal Transformation Institute
Private Practice Owner/Administrator/Therapist
Appalachian Integrated Therapy Services
Therapist/Counselor
Appalachian Integrated Therapy Services
- Follow syllabus and use education skills to assist in teaching therapists in EMDR training
- Assistant Trainer/Trainer in Training, Training Coach, and Consultant in Training for EMDR development and training
- Work with consultees through ten months of consultation to develop EMDR clinical skills and personal awareness connected to therapeutic skills
- Assist in continuing development and accuracy of current EMDR training
- Assist with technicalities of operating fully online training
- Consult with clinicians during six day training to continue developing personal awareness and how the model can be integrated into their clinical practice
- Manage all administrative duties of a therapy business
- Develop marketing strategies
- Manage revenue streams
- Manage business build from the ground up, including infrastructure
- Manage billing and insurance/payer source technicalities
- Maintain charts and clinical responsibilities as a licensed professional counselor - supervise clinicians
- Maintain license and CEUs
- Hire therapists and administrative personnel while managing referrals and responding to clinician questions/concerns
- Administrative supervisor for an unlicensed therapist.
Therapist/Counselor
Frontier Health - Watauga Behavioral Health Services
- Conduct interviews with clients and families and provide written documentation to assist in facilitating effective planning and strategies
- Formulate accurate DSM-V diagnosis
- Provide appropriate therapeutic interventions using varying techniques and modalities while addressing multi-tier system of care including individual, group, and family
- Maintain written documentation to remain in compliance with agency policy
- Maintain confidentiality
- Provide information and linkage with area resources
- Remain current in knowledge of area resources
- Maintain open lines of communication with supervisors, involved staff, and other appropriate individuals
- Respond calmly and rationally in challenging and/or crisis situations while staying in accordance with agency policy
- Provide consultation and education services to the community
- Attend regular staff meetings and supervision sessions as required.
Therapist/Counselor
Frontier Health - Bristol Regional Counseling Center
Therapist/Counselor
Brian Scott LPC, MHSP
- Facilitate individual counseling sessions with adolescents
- Use CBT, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Client-Centered counseling techniques
Recovery Court Coordinator
Families Free
- Conduct psychological assessments with potential participants to determine eligibility for the Recovery Court program
- Facilitate group therapy sessions using MRT, DBT, Matrix, Drug and Alcohol Education, Relapse Prevention, Criminal and Addictive Thinking, and Problem Solving curriculums
- Facilitate weekly meetings with participants
- Facilitate weekly meetings with team members to assess program development and participant progress
- Coordinate team training
- Connect participants to community resources
- Create policy and procedure manual, handbook for participants, and all other documentation for the Recovery Court program
- Maintain working lines of communication with all team members-district attorneys, public defenders, probation officers, judges, treatment providers, community resources
- Coordinate community resources
- Offer case management services to participants.
Field Instructor
Second Nature Blue Ridge Wilderness Therapy
- Led therapeutic adventure outings with adolescents; participated in and helped organize group therapy sessions; observed therapists during individual counseling sessions; developed beneficial relationships for therapeutic work; maintained a safe environment for clients and staff; applied intervention strategies and emergency protocols; organized group activities for play and education; processed weekly therapeutic assignments; safety assessments.
Therapist Intern
Brian Scott, LPC
- Conduct and observe individual therapy sessions with clients with anxiety, depression and OCD, substance abuse, marriage, adjustment concerns using a client centered and existential framework supplemented with emotion-focused, narrative, cognitive-behavioral, and solution-focused techniques
- Co-lead and/or observe individual and couples therapy sessions with clients with concerns of sexuality, relationship difficulties, eating disorders, anxiety and depression
- Staff cases with supervisor.
Therapist Intern
Day Reporting Center, Frontier Health
- Work with a lead therapist to develop and maintain therapeutic alliances with clients struggling with substance abuse, relationship concerns, anxiety, depression, co-occurring disorders, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, adult ADHD, and trauma
- Lead group therapy sessions with clients; topics of discussion include coping skills, emotional regulation, stress management, making good choices, thinking patterns, thinking distortions, addictive behaviors, criminal behaviors, communication skills, among others
- Conduct individual and family therapy sessions, as well as initial assessments, with patients with mental health, substance abuse and co-occurring problems, using a client-centered and existential framework supplemented with emotion-focused, narrative, cognitive-behavioral, and solution-focused techniques
- Coordinate with the treatment team to provide individualized therapy to clients and their families
- Complete and maintain individual and group therapy/assessment notes and documentation.
Education
MSC - undefined
Milligan College
01.2016
B.A. - undefined
East Tennessee State University
01.2013
Skills
- Effective tools and skills for assisting therapists in development of awareness and personal growth that increases clinical efficacy
- Pleasant and courteous; great people skills; team player, with an ability to think and work independently
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; detail-oriented; experienced in writing treatment plans and therapy notes, as well as other professional communications
- Strong work-ethic; honest, with high integrity and moral standards
- Able to work independently and as a team player
- Efficient and industrious; organized, timely; experienced in streamlining processes and procedures
- Good project management skills; able to see both the big picture and the finer details, and how each works together to create a harmonious whole
- Proficient with numerous computer software programs, including MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, MS Project, TherapyNotes, TheraNest, Zoom, TIER; able to learn new programs quickly and efficiently
Certification
- EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist, 2020
- EMDRIA Certified Consultant in Training, 2020
- EMDRIA Approved Training Assistant, 2020
- LPC-MHSP, 2018
Professionalinterests
- Trauma-Informed Practices
- Mindfulness Based Therapy
- EMDR Applications and Training
- Personal growth for helpers
- Educational development for helpers
- Experiential Learning
Degrees
- MS
- LPC-MHSP
- EMDRIA Certified
References
- Deborah Kennard - MS, Found and Trainer - Personal Transformation Institute, 734.925.3622
- Melissa Tucker - MA, Therapist, 423.361.6302
- Tyler Orr, LPC-MHSP, Counselor Trainer and Psychotherapist, 423.284.3518
- Dr. Christine Browning - PhD, Associate Professor of Counseling and Psychology, 423.461.3513
Timeline
Trainer in Training, Training Coach Consultant in Training
Personal Transformation Institute
Private Practice Owner/Administrator/Therapist
Appalachian Integrated Therapy Services
Therapist/Counselor
Appalachian Integrated Therapy Services
Therapist/Counselor
Frontier Health - Watauga Behavioral Health Services
Therapist/Counselor
Frontier Health - Bristol Regional Counseling Center
Therapist/Counselor
Brian Scott LPC, MHSP
Recovery Court Coordinator
Families Free
Field Instructor
Second Nature Blue Ridge Wilderness Therapy
Therapist Intern
Brian Scott, LPC
Therapist Intern
Day Reporting Center, Frontier Health
MSC - undefined
Milligan College
B.A. - undefined
East Tennessee State University
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