Brett Harrison
Orem
Summary
Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience serving in progressive clinical roles within residential treatment settings, including cross-collaboration within the spectrum of services provided at all levels of care, bringing strong continuity, institutional knowledge, and a demonstrated commitment to the organization’s mission, values, and long-term success. Consistently aligns evidence-based, trauma-informed care with the practical realities of day-to-day program operations.
Provides steady, ethical leadership through oversight of clinical programming, documentation compliance, staff development, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Known for leading by example, maintaining accountability with compassion, and supporting staff through clear expectations, mentorship, and individualized leadership. Trusted to partner with executive and operational leadership in evaluating programming, supporting strategic initiatives, and ensuring clinical integrity, client safety, and organizational cohesion are upheld across all levels of care.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Intern Supervisor
Deer Hollow Recovery
Draper
05.2025 - Current
- Support intern onboarding, orientation, and integration into the clinical team and residential environment
- Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to graduate-level interns, supporting skill development, professional identity formation, and ethical clinical practice
- Oversee intern caseloads, documentation, and treatment planning to ensure clinical quality, accuracy, and compliance with regulatory and organizational standards
- Facilitate regular individual and group supervision focused on case conceptualization, clinical decision-making, and use of evidence-based interventions
- Evaluate intern performance through structured feedback, competency assessments, and ongoing evaluations
- Ensure adherence to scope-of-practice, confidentiality, HIPAA, and ethical guidelines in all intern activities
- Collaborate with academic institutions to meet practicum requirements, learning objectives, and documentation standards
- Model professional conduct, trauma-informed leadership, and appropriate boundaries with clients and staff
- Address performance concerns through corrective guidance and remediation planning when necessary
Lead Therapist
Deer Hollow Recovery
Draper
09.2022 - Current
- Conduct comprehensive diagnostic assessments to evaluate client readiness for treatment, develop clinical formulations, and establish individualized, collaborative treatment goals. Implement evidence-based interventions aligned with Master Treatment Plans and Safety Plans upon admission.
- Facilitate individual and group psychotherapy grounded in trauma-informed, evidence-based models, with clinical focus on complex, chronic, and acute PTSD and associated comorbid conditions.
- Perform ongoing utilization reviews incorporating clinical progress evaluation, mental status assessment, and continued level-of-care determinations to support treatment authorization and continuity of care.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary stakeholders, including primary care providers, mental health professionals, and family systems, to coordinate comprehensive care and develop clinically appropriate continuation-of-care recommendations prior to discharge.
Primary Therapist
Cirque Lodge Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Draper
04.2022 - 09.2022
- Conduct comprehensive substance use and co-occurring disorder assessments to evaluate readiness for treatment, formulate clinical recommendations, and collaboratively develop Master Treatment Plans and Safety Plans upon admission.
- Deliver individual and group psychotherapy informed by substance use disorder assessment and co-occurring diagnosis formulation, utilizing evidence-based, recovery-oriented approaches.
- Perform ongoing utilization reviews incorporating substance use treatment progress, mental status evaluation, and level-of-care determinations, while coordinating weekly updates with referral sources and family members to support continuity of care.
- Provide training and clinical support to staff on the implementation of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) within a substance use focused treatment environment, ensuring fidelity to the model while integrating trauma-informed care into SUD programming.
Intern
New Roads Behavioral Health Residential Treatment Facility
Salt Lake City
08.2021 - 01.2022
- Provide adjunct individual therapy to clients requiring additional clinical support, working in collaboration with primary therapists to target and enhance specific components of the overall treatment plan.
- Perform comprehensive biopsychosocial and diagnostic assessments upon admission to residential treatment, informing clinical formulation, risk evaluation, and individualized treatment planning for high-acuity populations.
- Perform ongoing utilization reviews incorporating evaluation of clinical progress, mental status, and acuity to inform level-of-care determinations and treatment continuity.
- Plan and facilitate weekly process and experiential therapy groups for high-acuity residential clients, maintaining clinical structure, safety, and therapeutic containment within large group settings.
- Developed and implemented a community outreach initiative with local law enforcement and first responders to provide psychoeducation on high-acuity mental health populations, common diagnostic presentations, and strategies to improve cross-agency coordination and mutual supp
Intern/Trauma Treatment Specialist
Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center, PTSD Clinical Team
Salt Lake City
08.2021 - 01.2022
- Utilization the VA’s Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) to document care, track clinical activity, and coordinate integrated treatment with interdisciplinary VA healthcare providers.
- Conduct chart reviews and individual clinical consultations with referred veterans to assess trauma presentation, provide psychoeducation on evidence-based treatments (CPT, PE, EMDR, STAIR), and collaboratively determine an appropriate trauma-focused treatment plan.
- Provide individual Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to veterans diagnosed with PTSD, systematically assessing, tracking, and documenting symptom progression and adjusting clinical targets as indicated.
- Plan and facilitate weekly Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) groups for 10–15 veterans, focusing on values-based action, psychological flexibility, and trauma-informed care.
- Co-facilitate weekly in-vivo exposure groups for veterans actively engaged in Prolonged Exposure (PE) treatment, supporting skill generalization and real-world trauma recovery.
- Developed and facilitated a spousal support group for partners and caregivers of veterans with PTSD, providing trauma-informed psychoeducation, emotional support, and resource navigation related to chronic, complex, and acute trauma.
Intern/Caseworker
Division of Child and Family Services, Drug Court
Provo
08.2020 - 04.2021
- Shadow family dependency drug court caseworkers to learn court procedures and case management responsibilities, including client eligibility assessment, service planning, supervised visitation, and preparation of documentation for bi-weekly court hearings.
- Utilize SAFE and SAFE Classic systems to document client interactions, court activity, and treatment progress, supporting interagency coordination with residential and outpatient providers involved in family permanency planning
Case Manager
New Roads Behavioral Health
Provo
08.2019 - 08.2020
- Support individual clients and their guardians through the transition into residential treatment by facilitating tours and orienting clients to facility processes and procedures.
- Oversee, assist, and assess 10 - 15 clients who suffer from acute mental illness, substance use disorders, and acute, chronic, and complex trauma throughout the duration of their stay by establishing treatment plans, setting schedules and routines, coordinating services, and arranging resources including transportation and escort.
- Monitor cases by verifying clients’ attendance, observing and evaluating treatments and responses, advocating for needed services and entitlements, intervening in crisis, and providing personal support and coaching.
- Communicate clients’ progress with triweekly interdisciplinary meetings and evaluations through an Assertive Community Treatment model, identifying treatment influences, and disseminating results and obstacles to the therapeutic process in a coordinated effort with program managers, directors, therapists, and medical staff.
- Handle case assignments, draft service plans, review case progress, and determine case closure.
- Facilitate educational, experiential, self-help, Recovery Maintenance, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills training on a weekly and as needed basis.
Core Mentor
New Roads Behavioral Health
Provo
05.2018 - 08.2019
- Provide structured coaching and therapeutic support to 30–40 high-acuity clients across multiple levels of care, utilizing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), and 12-Step recovery frameworks to promote stabilization, independence, and sustained recovery.
- Oversee and accompany clients on individually and specially tailored recreational therapy activities, recovery meetings and events, medical and dental appointments, as well as walking them through court procedures and hearings.
- Train, supervise, and support newly hired mentors in DBT skills coaching, Assertive Community Treatment processes, validation techniques, and intake and administrative procedures, while serving as the primary liaison between clinical staff and clients during and after hours operations.
Education
Master of Science - Major Social Work
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT04.2022
Bachelor of Science - Pre-major Social Work, Sociology Minor
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT05.2021
Military Educational Training -
United States Army
Salt Lake City, UT09.2008
Skills
- Residential clinical program oversight, ensuring alignment between clinical services, housing environments, and daily operations
- Clinical documentation proficiency and regulatory compliance with state, HIPAA, and third-party payer requirements
- Experience within clinical staff leadership including onboarding, training, performance management, and processes
- Training coordination and workforce development for client-facing teams
- Clinical program evaluation and implementation of programmatic improvements based on emerging needs
- Cross-departmental collaboration with operations to support facility and workflow changes
- Strategic data collection and reporting to support executive leadership and long-term organizational goals
- Adaptive, ethical leadership with individualized decision-making and strong clinical integrity
Community Service
- Trusted Servant/General Service Representative, Alcoholics Anonymous, 01/10 - Present - Served as Chairperson on the Utah Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous, coordinating with other homegroup officers across multiple county groups throughout the state to bring the message of recovery to select areas and people with limited outreach.
- Consultant, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) In-Between YouTube Channel, 07/19 - 05/21 - Reviewed, collaborated with, and assisted with adding descriptions to music videos matching DBT skills for family members of those engaged in DBT processes and approaches.
- Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Provo, UT, 01/13 - 05/13 - Participated in the collaboration with a multidisciplinary team with the construction of the South Franklin Community Center to provide additional resources to low-income neighborhoods and families.
Military Awards And Decorations
- Joint Service Commendation Medal
- Army Commendation Medal
- Joint Meritorious Unit Award
- Army Good Conduct Medal
- National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star
- Iraq Campaign Medal with Star
- Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
- Oversees Service Ribbon (2nd Award)
- Armed Forces Reserve Medal with M Device
- Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal
- Army Service Ribbon
- Recruiting and Retention NCO Basic Badge
- Combat Action Badge
- Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
Certificates And Skills Training
- Beginning Expressive Sandtray Therapy Training, 10/25
- Cross Collaborative Equine Therapy Training, 5/25
- Experiential Somatic Climbing Training, 4/25
- Experiential, Psychodrama, and Sociometry Training, 12/24
- LOCUS and ASAM Documentation Training, 3/24
- Mind Body Bridging Basics Training, 1/24
- Integrating IFS and Psychodrama Training, 10/23
- IFS Consolation Training, 04/22, 07/23, 10/23, 01/24, 07/24
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT on Life/Happiness Trap, 10/21
- Clinical Practice Guideline for PTSD, 09/21
- MUSC Cognitive Processing Therapy Training, 08/21
- Assessing and Reducing Violence Risk in Veterans with PTSD, 08/21
- PCS Grand Rounds: Suicide Prevention Overview within the VA, 08/21
- Psychosocial Treatment for Substance Use Disorders, 08/21
- LGBTQIA Sensitivity Training, 02/20
- Back to Basics Recovery Model Training, 01/20
- Advanced Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training, 03/19
- Positive Control Systems/Aegis Certification, 08/18
Timeline
Intern Supervisor
Deer Hollow Recovery
05.2025 - Current
Lead Therapist
Deer Hollow Recovery
09.2022 - Current
Primary Therapist
Cirque Lodge Drug and Alcohol Rehab
04.2022 - 09.2022
Intern
New Roads Behavioral Health Residential Treatment Facility
08.2021 - 01.2022
Intern/Trauma Treatment Specialist
Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center, PTSD Clinical Team
08.2021 - 01.2022
Intern/Caseworker
Division of Child and Family Services, Drug Court
08.2020 - 04.2021
Case Manager
New Roads Behavioral Health
08.2019 - 08.2020
Core Mentor
New Roads Behavioral Health
05.2018 - 08.2019
Master of Science - Major Social Work
University of Utah
Bachelor of Science - Pre-major Social Work, Sociology Minor
University of Utah
Military Educational Training -
United States Army