Alejandra Jimenez Velasco

• Conducted intake and needs assessments to set therapeutic goals and establish professional relationships with clients.
• Rendered mental health and counseling services to adults and anxious clients, focusing on development of healthy relationships.
• Delivered counseling services to adults, families and couples dealing with familial issues.
• Maintain accurate and thoroughly documented notes and client records in accordance with licensing standards.
• Perform individual psychotherapy and conducted teletherapy sessions to help clients pinpoint emotions underlying personal and relational conflicts.
• Educate clients and families on importance of mental health and self-care.
• Develop and implement creative interventions to engage and promote therapeutic progress.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Provide culturally affirming therapy and psycho-education for first timers attending therapy.
• Provide therapy services in Spanish or English.
• Enrolled in Fellowship for the decolonization of private practice.
• Networking and attending trainings to continue improving therapy services.
• Provide both in person and virtual appointments.

• Attended trainings to participate in regular supervision and continued education to maintain professional competence and ethical standards.
• Observed and monitored client behavior and responses to treatment.
• Stayed current on mental health research to follow new developments.

Worked collaboratively with other mental health professionals to provide consistent care if appropriate.

• Complete required documentation for students including charting.
• Conduct crisis and/or risk assessment and response.
  • Conduct interviews, assessments, observations, and prepare reports.
  • Conduct screening in coordination with the school-wide system of social-emotional supports.
  • Participate in weekly individual and/or group clinical supervision.
  • Provide individual and family therapy services; maintain a caseload of clients; develop
  treatment goals.
  • Serve as a member of the school team and integrate within the school-wide culture and
  system; provide behavioral health support within a multi-tiered intervention framework and
  engage in prevention and intervention activities.
  • Attend and participate in a variety of assigned meetings, committees, conferences, in-services and/or special events.
  • Comply with schedules, policies and procedures, orders, and directives of the County
  Superintendent.
  • Exhibit professionally appropriate interpersonal skills including but not limited to tact, patience,
  flexibility and courtesy.
  • Maintain a safe work environment.
  • Serve as a liaison between County Superintendent and administrators, personnel, outside
  organizations or the public concerning assigned area.
  • Work collaboratively and maintain effective working relationships with others in the course of work in assigned area.
• Displayed sensitivity to cultural and linguistic needs of clients and families served.
• Provided one-on-one therapy with broad range of youth struggling with various mental health issues.
• Provided consultation with teachers, administrators, family therapy when needed.
• Assessed mental health needs to determine nature and extent of clients' emotional, behavioral or mental health issues.
• Adhered to ethical and legal standards for confidentiality, protecting clients' privacy.
• Conducted crisis interventions to respond to clients in crisis, assess immediate needs and provide support and resources.

• Adhered to ethical and legal standards for confidentiality, protecting clients' privacy.
• Conducted crisis interventions to respond to clients in crisis, assess immediate needs and provide support and resources.
• Stayed current on mental health research to follow new developments and research in mental health field.
• Displayed sensitivity to cultural and linguistic needs of clients and families served.
• Provide psycho-education to families about mental health.
• Provide psycho-education to teachers and administrators on cultural differences, family resistance, mental health symptoms.
• Provided referrals to connect clients with other community resources to support mental health and well-being.
• Provide assessment, treatment plan and interventions with youth.
• Consult with families and educators regarding ways to assist youth.
• Build rapport with youth and families, explain therapy intake and therapy process.
• Provide bilingual support to families.
• Assist with training new clinicians.
• Help families understand confidentiality and limits of confidentiality.
• Mandate report when needed.

• Engage caregivers and family during services to work on conflict resolution and positive communication skills.
• Provide interventions to help child/adolescent reach target behavior goals.
• Provide community resources that are beneficial for family.
• Use therapeutic activities beneficial to child/adolescent treatment.
• Provide crisis intervention services as needed. Monitor at-risk behaviors and intervene appropriately.
• Communicate appropriately and professionally with all employees, children, families and other individuals.
• Attend weekly supervision and training as needed. Complete all required documentation in a professional manner.
• Provide home or school face-to-face services to the child or youth for whom services are authorized.
• Safety plan with families and youth.
• Travel to rural areas for services.
• Validate family fears regarding having someone in their home and provide psycho-education in how services and assist the family regardless of their immigration status.
• Explain family through the 51/50 evaluation process when youth were in crisis (harm to self/ or others).
• Empower parents/ families in the benefits of creating structure, engaging in play while keeping cultural traditions.
• Build rapport with families and respect their preference of communication.
• Provide flexibility in schedule to accommodate family needs.