Licensed Professional Counselor focused on trauma-informed child and family therapy, crisis response, and coordinated behavioral health services. Brings direct care across foster care, adoption, psychiatric, school, home, and community settings, with clinical strengths in ADHD, anxiety, depression, anger, and developmental concerns.
Overview
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Certification
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Intensive Treatment Foster Care Therapist
Open Arms Foster Care, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
09.2021 - Current
Lead culturally responsive, trauma-informed services for children and families within intensive treatment foster care setting.
Direct clinical assessment process and develop individualized treatment plans aligned with presenting concerns, treatment goals, and family priorities.
Integrate individual and family-centered interventions in partnership with caregivers and school personnel to strengthen treatment engagement and care continuity.
Manage crisis situations with consistent emphasis on client safety, stabilization, and therapeutic engagement.
Coordinate multidisciplinary care with DHS, school districts, primary care physicians, psychiatrists, caregivers, and community partners to support comprehensive service delivery.
Guided 5 youth through ITFC program completion, supporting successful transitions and permanent family placements.
Deliver school-based counseling to approximately 30+ children ages 4–11 addressing behavioral, emotional, social, and developmental concerns.
Establish collaborative partnerships across child-serving systems to strengthen communication, continuity of care, and coordinated treatment planning.
Licensed Professional Counselor
Changing Minds, LLC
Tulsa, OK
02.2020 - 07.2025
Provided individual and family-centered psychotherapy to adolescents through older adults who presented with diverse behavioral, emotional, relational, and mental health concerns.
Maintained a caseload of 15+ clients per week, providing assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic intervention, progress monitoring, and clinical documentation.
Maintained an 87% client retention rate, supporting continuity of therapeutic services and ongoing treatment engagement.
Gained clinical expertise in specialty areas such as adoption, ADHD, racial identity, anger, anxiety, depression, and behavioral addictions, enhancing therapeutic effectiveness.
Collaborated with clients and support systems to establish treatment goals and track clinical progress, ensuring alignment with client needs and improving engagement.
Utilized individualized, client-centered interventions responsive to developmental, cultural, relational, and presenting clinical needs.
Oversaw practice operations including billing, scheduling, marketing, and insurance correspondence and enhancing operational efficiency and service delivery in outpatient behavioral health.
Maintained compliance with applicable ethical, confidentiality, documentation, and insurance requirements.
Licensed Professional Counselor
YouthCare of Oklahoma
Tulsa, OK
01.2018 - 09.2021
Managed a caseload of 30+ clients weekly, ensuring timely clinical documentation and comprehensive treatment planning.
Conducted clinical assessments and developed individualized treatment plans based on client presentation, treatment needs, and identified goals.
Delivered targeted therapeutic interventions to address behavioral, emotional, relational, and psychosocial concerns in diverse treatment environments.
Collaborated with caregivers, schools, and community providers to enhance continuity of care and facilitate treatment progress.
Applied current clinical practices and evidence-informed interventions to support effective, developmentally appropriate services.
Customized therapeutic strategies to fit clients' needs in various environments, including school, home, family, and community.
Provided individual, family, school-based, and home-based counseling to children, adolescents, and families across diverse cultural and socioeconomic populations.
Psychiatric Technician
Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital
Tulsa, OK
08.2013 - 08.2018
Supported comprehensive psychiatric care for 360+ patients annually within an acute behavioral health setting.
Maintained safe, structured therapeutic environment for individuals with acute psychiatric and behavioral health concerns.
Applied crisis prevention and intervention techniques to promote patient and staff safety.
Collaborated with multidisciplinary treatment teams to enhance patient care and streamline unit operations.
Facilitated therapeutic and recreational group activities to enhance patient engagement and social functioning.
Utilized EPIC to document patient information, clinical observations, treatment-related activities, and progress.
Selected for appointment to the Unit Based Council in recognition of leadership, initiative, and contributions to unit improvement.
Education
Master of Science - Counseling
Northeastern State University
Broken Arrow, OK
Bachelor of Arts - General Psychology
Northeastern State University
Broken Arrow, OK
Skills
Trauma-Informed Care
Child & Behavioral & Emotional Concernstal Health
Child & Family Therapy
School-Based Mental Health
Foster Care & Adoption
Crisis intervention
Care coordination
Caregiver Collaboration
Clinical documentation
Family Therapy
Anxiety & Depression
ADHD
Family Therapy
Community-Based Mental Health
Parent-Child Relationships
Certification
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Oklahoma | 7446, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Advanced Training in Progress | Parent Child Interaction Therapy, Incorporated, Registered Play Therapy (RPT) Credentialing/Training in Progress | League of Extraordinary Play Therapists (LEAPT), CPR Certification American Red Cross | 2025, Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Crisis Prevention Institute | 2018
YOUTH CARE COUNSELOR (SHELTER FOSTER CARE) at OPTIMIST YOUTH HOMES AND FAMILY SERVICESYOUTH CARE COUNSELOR (SHELTER FOSTER CARE) at OPTIMIST YOUTH HOMES AND FAMILY SERVICES