Compassionate Person-centered counselor with MA in CMHC employing interventions from CBT, REBT, Motivational Interviewing and incorporating attachment and trauma informed principles and practices. Adept at creating rapport with K-12, college, adult, geriatric, special needs populations. Experience in treating clients who survived trauma, have anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, codependency, grief, dual diagnoses. Devoted to creating safe, caring, supportive environment for all.
Provide Person-centered individual and group counseling (psycho-ed), conduct consultations, intake interviews, agency assessments for risk, anger management, and biopsychosocial for third parties in a non-profit community mental health setting.
* Note: This position was internship from 1/23-4/23.
Work with K-12 students in Special Education who have mild to profound cognitive impairment, implementing positive behavioral strategies and support, administering instruction, assisting in occupational therapy, and in mainstream and ESOL classrooms implementing lesson plans and providing instructional support.
Provided Person-centered Brief Therapy using REBT interventions in individual counseling, conducted intake interviews for the college population with creative mindsets.
Provided short-term individual counseling, completed crisis plans, and led psychoeducational groups in a psychiatric hospital unit for the geriatric population.