Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Investigationexperiences
Teachingexperiences
Otherexperiences
Workshopsgiven
Clinicalexperiences
Internexperience
Personal Information
Timeline
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Adith Rodríguez Quiñones

Holyoke,MA

Summary

Empathetic and conscientious psychologist committed to providing effective care and mental health education. Offering a patient-focused practice style that emphasizes active participation in the development of treatment plans. Successful in establishing rapport with patients while maintaining appropriate boundaries. Skilled in interviewing, psychological evaluations and report writing. Monitored client progress through private counseling sessions. Identified and diagnosed psychological, emotional and behavioral issues.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Post-Doctoral Psychologist

Latino Counseling Center
08.2021 - Current
  • Individual psychotherapy services for children, adolescents and adults
  • Direct work with traumas (e.g
  • Sexual, physical, and emotional abuse; domestic and community violence witnesses and survivors; grief and natural disasters), crisis interventions, and multiple health concerns, comorbid disorders, and substance abuse, with specific individualized treatment
  • Provided psychological evaluations for cognitive impairment, personality assessment, learning disabilities, comprehensive psychological assessment, trauma, etc.

Gandara Center
08.2017 - Current
  • Psychological services to children, adolescents and Adults
  • The psychological interventions are conducted individually, and groups therapy.

Post-Doctoral Psychologist

CT Family Care Services
02.2021 - 08.2021
  • Individual and family psychotherapy services for children, adolescents and adults
  • Direct work with traumas (e.g
  • Sexual, physical, and emotional abuse; domestic and community violence witnesses and survivors; grief and natural disasters), crisis interventions, and multiple health concerns, comorbid disorders, and substance abuse, with specific individualized treatment
  • Assisted in the completed needs assessment for the refugee and minority population in order to develop a psychological assessment program
  • Assisted in the development of assessment questionnaires and protocols for the department
  • Provided psychological evaluations for cognitive impairment, personality assessment, learning disabilities, comprehensive psychological assessment, trauma, etc.

Merlos y Asociados
09.2013 - 12.2016
  • Psychological services to children, adolescents
  • The psychological interventions are conducted individually, in groups and/or family therapy.

Clinical Psychologist

Horizon Military Academy
07.2011 - 12.2016
  • Direct psychological services that include; Psychological and Psychometric evaluations when required by the administrative staff
  • I work with adolescents and adults with problems related to conduct and addictions.

Clinical Psychologist

Private Practice
08.2009 - 12.2016
  • Provide psychological services to children, adolescents, and to adults
  • Therapies are conducted individually, in groups, and/ or family
  • I also do psychological evaluations, psychometrics, psycho educational, and therapy to couples.

Lafayette Psychomedics
03.2009 - 05.2013
  • Individual and group therapy Duties: Psychological services to children, from the pre-school level to pre adolescents
  • I give workshops to teachers and parents.

Institute for Personal Development
02.2009 - 05.2012
  • Psychological services to children, adolescents, and adults
  • The psychological interventions are conducted individually, in groups and/or family therapy
  • I also perform psychological, psychometric, and psycho educational evaluations
  • I also do give therapy to couples and supervise students that are doing their Psychological Clinic internship.

Education

Psy. D., Doctoral Program on Clinical Psychology -

Ponce School of Medicine
Ponce, Puerto Rico
06.2008

M.S, Industrial and Organizational Psychology -

Carlos Albizu Campus-San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
05.1992

BA, Psychology Major -

University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus
Cayey, Puerto Rico
05.1990

Skills

  • Knowledge in counseling practices and methods
  • Ability to plan, implement, evaluate and report activities conducted
  • Ability to communicate effectively in writing and to prepare written and electronic documents
  • Ability to communicate orally, both in person and by telephone
  • Ability to establish rapport with others as a requisite for healthy and therapeutic relationships
  • Ability to present oneself in an appropriately personable and professional manner to students and staff
  • Ability to receive and utilize constructive feedback regarding performance, presentation and relationships with others
  • Ability to be both consistent and flexible as circumstances warrant
  • Ability to effectively weight and evaluate personal needs, client needs and the aims and policies of the agency and to respond and negotiate these competing needs as appropriate
  • An enhanced level of self-awareness as to how he or she relates to others and an ability to effectively modulate this personal style as conditions warrant
  • Ability to communicate via computer e-mail
  • Ability to use electronic records

Investigationexperiences

Study of the psychological problems on obese adolescents who are 13 to 14 years of age, 01/01/05, 05/01/08, Adith S. Rodríguez Quiñones, Axel Santos, Nanet López

Teachingexperiences

  • Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Professor, 08/01/08, 12/01/08, Taught psychology to students of the Education Department and of Social Sciences
  • Interamerican University, Professor, 08/01/04, 12/01/04, Same as above
  • Brown School of Puerto Rico, 08/01/00, 07/01/04, Spanish teacher to adolescents that were part of the correctional system of Puerto Rico (Administration of Juvenile Institutions)

Otherexperiences

  • National School Services, Offered workshops, 08/01/95, 05/01/96
  • Lucy López Roig, Prepare young people for the workforce
  • Instituto de Banca y Comercio (Bank and Commerce Institute of Puerto Rico), Guidance Counselor, 08/01/93, 1994, In the areas of study and personal situations

Workshopsgiven

  • Suicide of adolescents, September 2011
  • Conduct management, September 2010
  • Workshops for Children’s October 2014-July 2015
  • Study Habits
  • Self-control
  • Sibling’s relations
  • Losses management

Clinicalexperiences

  • Center for Psychological services- Ponce School of Medicine, Practical Clinics, 08/01/05, 07/01/07, Psychometric evaluations and psychotherapeutic interventions to a variety of patients. Tasks included initial interviews, evaluations of mental state, cognitive evaluations, educational and project wise, psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults, family therapy, and therapy for couples. Participated in clinical team meetings, case discussions, and received weekly supervisions by a licensed psychologist of Puerto Rico.
  • Damas Hospital, 08/01/05, 07/01/06, Provide psychological services to people in the Emergency Room. Do initial interviews, evaluations of mental states, short-range psychotherapeutic interventions, and referrals for outpatient treatments.
  • Sol Isolina Ferré Center, 08/01/05, 05/01/06, Provide individual therapy to couples and to children. Participate in weekly supervisions with licensed psychologist. Give workshops to the staff members of the center.

Internexperience

Psychological Service Clinics- Ponce School of Medicine, Intern Student, 07/01/07, 06/01/08, Conduct individual and supervised group therapy and crisis intervention with children, adolescents, and adults. Make psychological evaluations, initial interviews, and appropriate referrals. Supervise administrative work by a professional team, and individual clinical work supervised by a licensed psychologist.

Personal Information

Title: Psy. D. Clinical Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist (in Puerto Rico)

Timeline

Post-Doctoral Psychologist

Latino Counseling Center
08.2021 - Current

Post-Doctoral Psychologist

CT Family Care Services
02.2021 - 08.2021

Gandara Center
08.2017 - Current

Merlos y Asociados
09.2013 - 12.2016

Clinical Psychologist

Horizon Military Academy
07.2011 - 12.2016

Clinical Psychologist

Private Practice
08.2009 - 12.2016

Lafayette Psychomedics
03.2009 - 05.2013

Institute for Personal Development
02.2009 - 05.2012

Psy. D., Doctoral Program on Clinical Psychology -

Ponce School of Medicine

M.S, Industrial and Organizational Psychology -

Carlos Albizu Campus-San Juan

BA, Psychology Major -

University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus

Adith Rodríguez Quiñones