Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Languages
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Hi, I’m

Amy Marchesano

Mental Health Clinician
Arlington,MA

Summary

Compassionate and detail oriented clinician who supports patients and caregivers with therapeutic interventions, crisis intervention, individual consultation and support groups.

Overview

17
years of professional experience

Work History

Massachusetts General Hospital

Caregiver Support Clinician Neurology
03.2020 - Current

Job overview

Supported dementia caregivers with support groups, individual consultation and support, developed educational materials and presented educational webinars and workshops regarding healthcare topics.

Administered caregiver research protocol, conducted follow up and recruitment as well as data collection and data anaylsis.



Facilitated support groups

Provided crisis intervention

provided individual consultation and support

provided educational materials

conducted caregiver research study

coordinated data analysis

proficient with NVIVO analysis software

Conducted qualitative and quantitative data analysis

Recruitment of research participants

Promoted attention to health equity concerns in research


Massachusetts General Hospital

Social Worker
01.2019 - 08.2022

Job overview

Coordinated insurance authorization for psychiatric care

Coordinated consent and discharge planning for patients

Coordinated and scheduled transportation for patients from the Emergency Department

Provided various administrative duties and collaboration with departments

Provided case management for Emergency Dept. patients

Steward Health Care

Emergency Department Behavioral Health Navigator
08.2017 - 03.2020

Job overview

Provided psychiatric Assessment and recommendations

Obtained inpatient psychiatric insurance authorizations

Conducted level of care evaluations for psychiatric patients

Provided crisis intervention for patients in crisis in ER

Beacon Health Strategies

Utilization Review Clinician-Case Manager
01.2006 - 07.2011

Job overview

Conducted intensive case management assessment

Provided insurance authorizations and utilization review

Covered crisis intervention hotline afterhours

Provided afterhours Emergency Department support

Managed afterhours placements on call

Education

William James College
Newton, MA

PsyD Candidate from Leadership Psychology/Organizational Development
05.2026

Nova Southeastern University
Davie, FL

Master of Science from Psychology
07.2000

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Bachelor of Arts from Psychology And Communications
05.1997

Skills

    Care Plan Development

    Assessment

    Evaluation

    Psychiatric Evaluation and Assessment

    Insurance Authorization

    Public Speaking

    Webinar development

    Negotiation

    Therapeutic interventions

    Conversational Spanish

    Deescalation Skills

    Crisis intervention

    Writing / workshop development

    Newsletter writing

Accomplishments

    Publications:


    Brandt, K., Quimby, M., Wong, B., Quintiliani, L. M., Marchesano, A., Howe, I., ... & Dickerson, B. C. (2022). Courage in Care Planning: Advance Care Planning Readiness in the Context of COVID19 for Caregivers of Individuals Living with Dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18, e067200.


    Brandt, K., Quimby, M., Wong, B., Quintiliani, L. M., Marchesano, A., Howe, I., ... & Volandes, A. (2021). Courage in care planning: Advanced care planning readiness in caregivers of individuals living with dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 17, e056098.

Languages

Spanish
Limited Working

Timeline

Caregiver Support Clinician Neurology

Massachusetts General Hospital
03.2020 - Current

Social Worker

Massachusetts General Hospital
01.2019 - 08.2022

Emergency Department Behavioral Health Navigator

Steward Health Care
08.2017 - 03.2020

Utilization Review Clinician-Case Manager

Beacon Health Strategies
01.2006 - 07.2011

William James College

PsyD Candidate from Leadership Psychology/Organizational Development

Nova Southeastern University

Master of Science from Psychology

Florida State University

Bachelor of Arts from Psychology And Communications
Amy MarchesanoMental Health Clinician