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Breanna Szabo

Casselberry,FL

Summary

Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern with over 8 years of experience in the mental health field, and a strong passion for supporting clients impacted by trauma and suicidal ideation. Skilled in utilizing both top-down and bottom-up evidence-based modalities to foster resilience and growth in individuals and couples. Highly committed to creating a supportive and affirming environment, where clients of all backgrounds and identities can safely explore their experiences and tap into their inner wisdom. Eager to collaborate with a dedicated team to empower clients on their healing journeys and make a meaningful difference in their lives.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern

Constantly Healthy Counseling & Coaching
Winter Park , FL
08.2023 - Current

Constantly Healthy Counseling & Coaching is a private practice that specializes in couples counseling and workshops. The practice also offers individual and family counseling.

  • Conducts consultations with potential counseling clients to assess their needs and determine appropriate treatment options for their presenting concerns.
  • Provides individual and couples counseling services, utilizing a client-centered approach and evidence-based modalities to address a wide variety of mental health and relationship concerns.
  • Links clients to additional resources outside of counseling, based on individual needs.
  • Responds to client mental health crises as they arise.
  • Administers both formal and informal assessments to clients, utilizing the information to inform treatment planning and check progress towards goals.
  • Engages in biweekly supervision sessions to enhance clinical skills and receive feedback on client cases.
  • Collaborates with team members in weekly meetings to consult on challenging cases and share best practices.
  • Facilitates psychoeducational workshops for couples to promote healthy relationships and open communication.
  • Offers specialized consultation and support to team members on cases involving recurrent suicidal ideation or self-harming behaviors, drawing from extensive training and experience in crisis intervention.

Team Lead Hotline Specialist

Helpline of Delaware and Morrow Counties Inc.
Delaware , OH
12.2020 - 12.2023

Helpline of Delaware and Morrow Counties Inc. is a non-profit organization that serves the community by offering a 24-hour I&R and crisis hotline, emergency financial assistance, violence prevention education, suicide prevention education, support groups for survivors of suicide, retreats for survivors of sexual assault, victim advocacy, and linkage to volunteer opportunities within Delaware county. The 24-hour hotline provides support to those struggling with emotional difficulties, suicidal or homicidal ideation, abuse and other crimes, addiction, psychosis, natural disaster, discrimination, isolation, poverty, or homelessness.

  • Crisis intervention & safety planning.
  • Provided information and referrals to clients seeking community resources.
  • Supervised 10 hotline specialists.
  • Provided follow up calls to clients experiencing suicidal ideation.
  • Reviewed hotline specialists' call recordings and call documentation.
  • Trained hotline specialists on crisis intervention, mental health conditions, suicide, abuse, sexual assault, safety planning, sexuality and gender, human trafficking, as well as mandated reporting and exceptions to confidentiality.
  • Recommended ongoing training and development for hotline specialists.
  • Prepared monthly hotline meeting minutes.
  • Completed monthly hotline reports for Helpline funders.
  • Contributed to on-call services to ensure 24-hour coverage of the hotline and provide guidance to hotline specialists.

Crime Victim Specialist

Huckleberry House
Columbus , Ohio
03.2020 - 11.2020

Huckleberry House is a non-profit organization that serves Franklin county youth and young adults who have experienced homelessness, abuse, or human trafficking. The organization serves the community by offering a 24-hour crisis shelter for run-away and homeless youth, an 18-month housing program where young adults are housed free of cost and learn the life skills necessary for independent living, education on crime victims' rights and the impact of trauma, victim advocacy, support groups, counseling, and case management.

  • Maintained caseload of 11 clients.
  • Provided education to clients on healthy relationships, boundaries, evidence-based coping skills, trauma, crime victims' legal rights, and the criminal justice process.
  • Trained staff on abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking, trauma informed care, and safety planning.
  • Provided emotional support and advocacy services to survivors.
  • Assisted survivors with safety planning.
  • Monitored PTSD symptoms to report to clients' counselors.
  • Facilitated client group discussions.
  • Contributed to on-call services in order to provide guidance to crisis intervention specialists.
  • Member of Clinical Committee.

Contingent Hotline Specialist

Helpline of Delaware and Morrow Counties Inc.
Delaware , OH
03.2020 - 11.2020
  • Crisis intervention & safety planning.
  • Provided information & referrals to clients seeking community resources.

Team Lead Hotline Specialist

Helpline of Delaware and Morrow Counties Inc.
Delaware , OH
05.2017 - 03.2020
  • Crisis intervention & safety planning.
  • Provided information and referrals to clients seeking community resources.
  • Supervised 14 hotline specialists and reviewed their call documentation.
  • Created training materials and trained hotline specialists on crisis intervention, mental health, suicide, abuse, sexual assault, safety planning, sexuality and gender, human trafficking, as well as mandated reporting and exceptions to confidentiality.
  • Oversaw continuing education requirements for hotline Staff.
  • Oversaw financial tracking for hotline.
  • Prepared monthly hotline meeting agenda.
  • Completed monthly hotline reports for Helpline funders.
  • Contributed to on-call services to ensure 24-hour coverage of the hotline and provide guidance to hotline specialists.
  • Member of Trauma Informed Care Committee.

Hotline Specialist

Helpline of Delaware and Morrow Counties Inc.
Delaware , OH
09.2016 - 05.2017
  • Crisis intervention & safety planning.
  • Provided information & referrals for clients seeking community resources.
  • Provided follow up calls to patients recently released from a hospital due to suicidal ideation.

Education

Master of Science - Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Walden University
Online
05-2024

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology and Philosophy

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
05.2016

Skills

  • Crisis Intervention
  • Trauma Informed Care
  • Treatment Planning
  • EMDR
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • The Flash Technique
  • Exposure & Response Prevention
  • The Gottman Method for Couples
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Safety Planning
  • Screening & Assessment
  • Cultural Sensitivity
  • Clinical Documentation
  • Providing Psychoeducation

Certification

  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern License #IMH25978- 2024
  • EMDR with Expressive Arts Certification- 2024
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification- 2024
  • Certified Crisis Specialist with The American Association of Suicidology- 2023

Continuing Education

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification Training- PESI, 2024
  • EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Therapy Training with Expressive Arts Parts 1 & 2- Institute for Creative Mindfulness, 2024
  • Motivational Interviewing: Evidence-based treatment for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and more- Psychotherapy Networker, 2024
  • Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD- Mind Body Behavioral Institute, 2024
  • Flash Technique for Trauma: Rapid Trauma Processing for Clinicians- PESI, 2024
  • Couples and Addiction Recovery- The Gottman Institute, 2024
  • Treating Affairs and Trauma- The Gottman Institute, 2023
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 2- The Gottman Institute, 2023
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1- The Gottman Institute, 2023
  • 2-Day Trauma Conference: The Body Keeps the Score-Trauma Healing Through the Senses with Bessel van der Kolk, MD- PESI, 2023
  • Trauma and Self-Harm: Increase Safety with a New Approach to Cutting, Bingeing, and Addictive Behaviors- PESI, 2023
  • Toward Gender- Affirming Parenting: Building Capacity for Caregivers of Gender- Diverse Children, Teens, and Young Adults- American Psychological Association, 2023
  • Crisis Specialist Training and Certification Course- The American Association of Suicidology, 2023
  • Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Trauma online course- PESI, 2022
  • Three-Day Dialectical Behavior Therapy online course- PESI, 2022
  • Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, and Complex Trauma Treatment Course-PESI, 2022
  • Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic: Effective Treatment for Cluster B Personality Disorders Seminar- PESI, 2019
  • Social Work 5005: Human Trafficking graduate course- The Ohio State University, 2019
  • Fifth Annual Trauma-Informed Care Summit- Ohio Mental Health & Addiction Services, 2018
  • Fourth Annual Statewide Suicide Prevention Conference: A Journey to Zero Suicide- The Ohio State University, 2017
  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)- LivingWorks, 2017

Timeline

Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern

Constantly Healthy Counseling & Coaching
08.2023 - Current

Team Lead Hotline Specialist

Helpline of Delaware and Morrow Counties Inc.
12.2020 - 12.2023

Crime Victim Specialist

Huckleberry House
03.2020 - 11.2020

Contingent Hotline Specialist

Helpline of Delaware and Morrow Counties Inc.
03.2020 - 11.2020

Team Lead Hotline Specialist

Helpline of Delaware and Morrow Counties Inc.
05.2017 - 03.2020

Hotline Specialist

Helpline of Delaware and Morrow Counties Inc.
09.2016 - 05.2017

Master of Science - Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Walden University

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology and Philosophy

The Ohio State University
  • Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern License #IMH25978- 2024
  • EMDR with Expressive Arts Certification- 2024
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification- 2024
  • Certified Crisis Specialist with The American Association of Suicidology- 2023
Breanna Szabo