Dawn Breitenbach
140 Wildwood Road, Sag Harbor
Summary
Licensed Clinical Social Worker experienced in community behavioral health in various settings. Specializes in psychotherapy for older adults, chronic illness adjustment, caregiver support, bereavement, grief, and adoption. Committed to enhancing client well-being through evidence-based practices and compassionate care.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Outreach Manager
Stony Brook Southampton Community Palliative Care
Southampton
05.2021 - Current
- Individual, family and group psychosocial support with individual psychotherapy, supportive counseling family meetings weekly caregiver support group and bereavement support groups offered free to the community by Stony Brook Medicine
- Case management of palliative and geriatric patients, including facilitating provider visits, referrals to hospice and skilled home care, obtaining DME, transportation and other community resources
- Support for community palliative care team members including physicians, Fellows, Chaplain and massage therapist
Social Worker
Catholic Home Care
Farmingdale
01.2018 - 05.2021
- Social work services to skilled home care patients including assessment of mood, cognition, medical needs and social supports
- Supportive counseling to home care patients, caregivers and families
- Referrals to community resources including local senior centers, meals on wheels, Suffolk County Office for the Aging, Medicaid, legal assistance and Adult Protective Services
Social Worker
ArchCare/Dominican Sisters Family Health Services
Hampton Bays
07.2009 - 01.2018
- Social Work services to skilled home care patients, their caregivers and families
- Supportive Counseling
- Education and referrals to community resources
Director of Social Work
Sunrise Manor for Nursing and Rehabilitation
Bay Shore
09.2001 - 10.2002
- Initial and ongoing psychosocial assessments of all residents in a skilled nursing facility
- Individual and family counseling to facilitate safe discharge to the community or adjustment to long term care
- Monthly collaboration with consulting psychiatrist to identify patients in need of psychiatric evaluation and review treatment plans
Case Manager
Action AIDS
Philadelphia
07.1997 - 01.1999
- Case Management and supportive counseling services to individuals and families living with HIV and AIDS
Adoption and Teen Parent Education Case Worker
Good Samaritan Agency
Bangor
06.1991 - 08.1995
- Case management and supportive counseling for teen parents and their families as part of an alternative high school program.
- Options counseling and referrals to individuals experiencing unintended pregnancies.
- Pre- and post-placement counseling and support for parents placing children with adoptive families.
- Pre- and post-adoption education, counseling, and evaluation of adoptive families.
Education
Master of Social Work - Social Work
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA05-1997
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
University of Maine
Orono, ME05-1991
Skills
- Psychotherapy in later life
- Bereavement Counseling
- Caregiver Support
- Psychodynamics of Adoption
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Dialectical and Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
Certification
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker November 2024
- Advanced Palliative and Hospice Social Work Certification April 2023
Symposium
- Stony Brook Southampton Palliative Care "From Hearts to Homes: Virtual Caregiver Support During a Pandemic" Chancellors Hall Stony Brook Southampton College, Southampton NY 2021
Symposium
- Stony Brook Southampton Palliative Care "Interdisciplinary Palliative Perspective on Patients with Cognitive Impairment" Chancellors Hall Stony Brook Southampton College Southampton NY 2022
Timeline
Community Outreach Manager
Stony Brook Southampton Community Palliative Care
05.2021 - Current
Social Worker
Catholic Home Care
01.2018 - 05.2021
Social Worker
ArchCare/Dominican Sisters Family Health Services
07.2009 - 01.2018
Director of Social Work
Sunrise Manor for Nursing and Rehabilitation
09.2001 - 10.2002
Case Manager
Action AIDS
07.1997 - 01.1999
Adoption and Teen Parent Education Case Worker
Good Samaritan Agency
06.1991 - 08.1995
Master of Social Work - Social Work
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
University of Maine