Brennan Aguayo
Fresno,CA
Summary
Committed and well-educated therapist offering comprehensive experience with individuals, groups, couples and families in inpatient and residential facility settings. Proficient in maintaining timely and accurate progress reports, treatment plans, termination summaries and court reports. Analyzes and responsively reviews psychological diagnostic assessments to identify clinical problems and health care needs to work towards desired outcomes. Demonstrates clinical language in the conceptualization of clients symptoms, presenting problems, interpersonal relationships, and trauma. Presents with an accepting, amicable and warm approach in which the focus is of providing client an exceptional quality of client care. Provided trainings to colleagues across treatment programs within the company on multiculturalism and demonstrates cultural competency and humility.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Sierra Meadows Behavioral Health
06.2022 - Current
- Conducted effective group therapy to a range of clients with various psychiatric diagnoses, cultural backgrounds, and presenting problems.
- Conducted group therapy to a group size ranging from 3 to 18 clients, with group hours ranging from 3 to 15 hours per week.
- Led clients in open process, psychoeducation, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) skills, and suicide risk prevention groups.
- Managed an individual caseload of a maximum of 12 clients, at times meeting twice per week depending on caseload.
- Performed effectively as a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) therapist, and working as a therapist at the Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP).
- Trained in suicide risk prevention, harm reduction, crisis prevention, deescalation, and CPR.
- Conducted clinical intakes for newly admitting clients, trained in diagnosing of clients, and placing clients at specific levels of care based on clinical observation of appropriateness.
- Selected to conduct clinical intakes at the psychiatric unit at Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) for newly admitting clients.
- Conducted biopsychosocial assessments, safety plan, intake assessments, treatment plans, initial discharge plans, admission paperwork, clinical assessment (UR), and discharge summary.
- Participated in Peer Reviews with client's insurance to advocate for increased time.
- Collaborated with treatment team in discovering referrals to outpatient therapists, psychiatrists, programs, and support groups to clients as part of discharge planning.
- Demonstrated clinical language, conceptualization and solutions to client's presenting problems.
- Experienced in creating Adult Protective Services (APS) and Child Protective Services (CPS) reports.
- Experienced in calling for welfare checks of clients presenting as a DTS or DTO, communicating with police and medics and completing relevant documentation of the incident.
- Managed crisis intervention hotline with the company in which therapist would respond between 8am and 10pm on a daily basis to provide coaching to client's presenting problems.
- Provided trainings on multiculturalism focusing on LGBTQ+ clients and themes of marginalization, discrimination and effective approaches with this population across various programs within the company.
- Trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and well versed in the therapeutic model, interventions, and approach.
- Attended externship for Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) designed to be an effective therapeutic approach to families and couples.
- Improved client's quality of life, quality of connection, hopefulness, resilience, willingness, problem-solving, and outlook on life.
- Encouraged client's confronting of emotional suffering and psychological avoidance, accepting maladaptive behaviors and implementing behavioral change.
- Navigated complex family and couple relationships, creating a safe environment for client and client's support system.
- Worked with clients ranging in psychiatric diagnoses such as Schizophrenia, Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety (GAD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Substance Use Disorders (SUD), Eating Disorders, and Paraphiliac Disorders.
- Communicated with client's outpatient providers in the continuity of care.
- Reviewed overwhelmingly positive by clients in the areas of therapist's excellence, quality of care, therapeutic alliance, and competency.
Education
Master of Science - Counseling Psychology
California Baptist University
Riverside, CA05.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Film
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA05.2019
Skills
- Substance Abuse Counseling
- Couples Counseling
- Eating disorder treatment
- Behavior Modification
- Group therapy facilitation
- Boundary Setting
- Mental Health Assessment
- Multicultural Competence
- Anxiety Management
- Depression coping strategies
- Grief and loss support
- Teamwork and Collaboration
Certification
- Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #133086 - (Anticipated to be licensed in 2025).
Timeline
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Sierra Meadows Behavioral Health
06.2022 - Current
Master of Science - Counseling Psychology
California Baptist University
Bachelor of Arts - Film
San Francisco State University
- Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #133086 - (Anticipated to be licensed in 2025).
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