Alicia Kupchack
Little Falls,NJ
Summary
My mission is to embrace creativity, inspire equality, and promote healthy relationships. My goal is to provide a safe and nurturing environment where individuals can build meaningful relationships and develop the social and cognitive skills that will help them throughout their lives. I can offer skills in developing behavioral interventions and have experience in providing crisis management and provide direct therapy to clients in individual and group settings.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional Counselor
Empower U
02.2022 - Current
- Continually pursued professional development opportunities to stay current on best practices within the field of counseling and better serve clientele needs.
- Maintained timely documentation of therapy sessions, adhering to ethical guidelines and professional standards for recordkeeping.
- Encouraged self-reflection among clients by posing insightful questions that challenged preconceived beliefs and promoted cognitive shifts.
- Applied cultural competence throughout counseling interactions to ensure culturally sensitive care was provided for all clients served.
- Employed motivational interviewing techniques to help clients identify their values, strengths, and goals for future change.
- Assisted clients in developing coping skills and stress management techniques, improving their overall emotional resilience.
- Developed comprehensive treatment plans to address clients'' diverse mental health needs and promote holistic healing.
- Guided clients towards increased self-awareness by exploring underlying emotional patterns, facilitating personal growth, and improving interpersonal relationships.
Senior Care Manager
Partnership For Children Of Essex
05.2019 - Current
- Provide services for youth and adolescents who struggle with emotional, behavioral, intellectual, learning and physical disabilities.
- Have experience with the Developmental Disabilities population.
- Facilitate child family team meetings where the development of a family crisis plan, strength and needs assessment, and an individual service plan is implemented.
- Collaborate with providers, schools, and community resources to utilize the Wraparound Model of Care.
- Provide community resources to families and crisis de-escalation when needed.
- Assist with training new staff members on effective care management, regulations, and standards of care.
- Consulted with supervisor to assess cases and plan strategies for enhancing care.
Applied Behavioral Specialist Assistant
Burnet Hill Elementary School
06.2018 - 05.2019
- Provide intensive individualized therapy services directed toward the development and/or enhancement of skills necessary for emotional, cognitive, behavioral, language, and interpersonal growth of the student.
- Collect data and provide documentation daily.
- Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of the individual student, his/her needs, interests, and abilities.
- Help with lunch, snack, cleanup routines, wash-up and toilet routines.
- Completed 40 hour Registered Behavior Technician Course.
Instructional Aide
Livingston High School
05.2017 - 06.2018
- Assisted with instruction and/or therapy as directed by related services personnel (including behaviorist, school counselor, case manager).
- Provided individual assistance to students in challenging situations regarding all aspects of the education system.
- Used data to implement instructional and behavioral strategies.
- Assisted high school counselors and director of guidance with testing preparation (SAT and PARCC) Memorial, , Cedar Grove.
School Counseling Intern
Memorial Middle School
09.2015 - 12.2016
- Counseled students regarding social and academic concerns, and met with parents, teachers, and administration to implement plans to rectify these problems.
- Visited team meetings to gain insight on students and their progress throughout the school year.
- Met with counselors to work on articulation for the following year.
- Attended IEP, 504, grade level, safety team, and faculty meetings.
- Investigations, trainings on the H.I.B.
- Provide information to the Division of Youth and Family Services about crisis situations.
Education
B.A. - Psychology, Business
Montclair State University
Montclair, New JerseyNJ Standard School Counselor Certification -
M.A - Counseling, School Counseling
Montclair State University
Montclair, New JerseyLicensed Associate Counselor - Mental Health Counseling
Capella University
Minneapolis, MNSkills
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural Competence
- Self-care strategies
- Behavior Modification
Timeline
Professional Counselor
Empower U
02.2022 - Current
Senior Care Manager
Partnership For Children Of Essex
05.2019 - Current
Applied Behavioral Specialist Assistant
Burnet Hill Elementary School
06.2018 - 05.2019
Instructional Aide
Livingston High School
05.2017 - 06.2018
School Counseling Intern
Memorial Middle School
09.2015 - 12.2016
B.A. - Psychology, Business
Montclair State University
NJ Standard School Counselor Certification -
M.A - Counseling, School Counseling
Montclair State University
Licensed Associate Counselor - Mental Health Counseling
Capella University
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