Compassionate Counseling Intern is known for connecting with clients, maintaining comfort, and promoting progress during sessions. Quickly collects patient information through conversations, questions, and in-depth interviews—excellent observational and analytical skills with great insight into patients' mental state.
Objective
To provide exceptional mental health care to consumers as part of a well-respected professional team expressing genuine empathy, respect, and fostering dignity.
Internship Learning Goals :
· Mastering assessment and intakes.
· Proficiency in interacting with clients in a milieu setting.
· Experience in one-on-one counseling of addicts with major mental illnesses.
· Addressed behavioral and emotional needs of residents through activities and interventions, increasing resident socialization, interpersonal and social skills.
· Administered medication as directed by a physician.
· Minimized injuries to staff or patients through support or restraint to control patient movements.
· Maintained a clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
· Supervised daily activities and aided staff.
· Monitored progress and documented patient health status changes to keep the care team updated.
· Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being.
· Developed rapport to create a safe and trusting environment for care.
· Laundered items, changed sheets and made beds to keep patients' bedrooms clean.
· Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
· Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
· Coordinated and spearheaded programs to increase church members' service throughout community.
· Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship, and service opportunities.
· Officiated special services such as weddings, funerals, baptisms, and nursing home services.
· Oversaw administration and management of all areas of ministry.
· Planned and conducted worship services, wrote sermons, and worked with key church leaders to carry out church mission.
· Provided spiritual and administrative leadership to church and managed daily operations.
· Mentorship to individual
· Delivered frequent summaries on resident progression and regression in treatment to provide recommendations towards treatment plan for success.
· Addressed behavioral and emotional needs of residents through activities and interventions, increasing resident socialization, interpersonal and social skills.
· Engaged crisis intervention techniques to deescalate aggressive and hostile behavior of residents.
· Supported residents in coping with emotions and fears through one-on-one sessions.
· Developed rapport to create a safe and trusting environment for care.
· Maintained strong connections within caregiver community to gain continuous knowledge.
· Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
· Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.
· Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
· Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate a trusting caregiver relationship.
· Engaged crisis intervention techniques to deescalate aggressive and hostile behavior of residents.
· Addressed behavioral and emotional needs of residents through activities and interventions, increasing resident socialization, interpersonal and social skills.
· Communicated behavior choices to residents by outlining positive and negative consequences of choices.
· Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
· Supervised daily activities and aided staff.
· Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being.
· Led patient or group recreational activities for enhanced patient outcomes
· Implemented behavioral intervention plans created by clinical supervisors.
· Motivated clients to reach treatment goals and support each through difficult situations and transitions.
· Monitored progress and documented patient health status changes to keep care team updated.
· Minimized injuries to staff or patients through support or restraint to control patient movements.
· Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
· Supervised daily activities and aided staff.
· Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being.
· Led patient or group recreational activities for enhanced patient outcomes.
· Facilitated floor meetings to discuss concerns, review complaints and convey information about policy changes.
· Enforced policies and safety standards through building and room rounds.
· Provided emotional support and counseling to residents coping with loss and created and developed bereavement groups.
· Liaised between community programs and residents and counseled four community and assisted living residents.
· Conducted tours, orientation and educational sessions for residents and families.
· Promoted positive relations between residents and staff.
· Assisted residents with transitioning into new living environment and maintained strong relationships with residents.
· Provided swift and knowledgeable emergency support in line with campus crisis protocols.
· Resolved problems, improved operations, and provided exceptional service.
· Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.