DIONE M. SIMMONS
Arlington,TX
Summary
Skilled Licensed Professional Counselor - Supervisor who is a dedicated professional with strong background in providing evidence-based counseling services to individuals, couples and families. Skilled in developing treatment plans, conducting assessments and documenting progress. Committed to advocating for mental health and well-being of clients.
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Licensed Professional Counselor- Supervisor
Private Practice
01.2021 - Current
- Offered guidance to help cultivate self-esteem and community involvement.
- Communicated closely with other counselors to devise programs and activities based on developmental and academic levels.
- Assessed student issues pertaining to depression, anxiety and physical abuse to resolve conflicts between students, peers and teachers.
- Kept abreast of new and developing information in mental health field by attending professional conferences and workshops.
- Provided education on mental health topics and resources to the associates and students.
Licensed Professional Counselor
Wellness Counseling Services
08.2016 - Current
- Identified risk and resiliency factors within individual youth, peer group, family, school and community and developed strategies for intervention
- Led up to 25 individual sessions per week and 10 group therapy meetings.
- Help clients to deal with their realities and develop coping skills.
- Displayed sensitivity to cultural and linguistic needs of clients and families served.
- Assessed client's behavior, moods and other responses to determine correct diagnosis and devise treatment plans.
- Directed family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments.
Co-Teacher
New Day Services
12.2014 - 01.2017
- Co-facilitated over 30 court order women’s groups.
- Worked with women of different ages, cultural backgrounds and races on anger management and co-parenting.
- Counseled women with trauma, depression, emotional abuse, relationships, and abandonment issues.
Worker V
Protective Service, CVS
08.2000 - 01.2017
- Trained over 75 potential foster parents and relatives to become licensed homes with CPS.
- Prepared case file for home study.
- Completed all background screening on likely foster parents and relatives.
- Conducted assessments and screening on all potential homes.
- Conducted home studies on potential foster parents and relatives.
- Provided crisis intervention and selected providers for individual and family counseling.
- Interacted with legal, medical, and psychological professionals
- Located placement for all kids in CPS care
- Interacted with all Therapeutic Child Placing Agencies for placements.
- Provided safety planning, crisis intervention, and case management to clients.
- Communicated with supervisor regarding issues related to case management, resourcing, service collaboration and development of new resources.
- Served as case coordinator, assuming responsibility for complex, high-volume assignments and guiding endeavors to successful completion.
- Assisted and accompanied clients and families to court, legal appointments, health care, public benefits and social or community agencies relative to client short- and long-term stabilization goals.
- Created well-written, effective care plans appropriately matching needs of clients following standards and guidelines of funders, contractors and governmental regulations.
- Informally mentored new case managers and service coordinators, answering questions, offering opportunities to shadow and observe and explaining basic information about company procedures.
Education
Ph.D. - Marriage and Family Therapy
Texas Wesleyan University
Fort Worth, TX 06.2019 - 12.2023
Master’s degree - Professional Counseling
Amberton University
Texas11.2011
Bachelor’s degree - Rehabilitation Counseling
Southern University And A&M College
Louisiana06.1999
Skills
- Group Activities
- Reading Comprehension
- Dual Diagnoses Expertise
- Student Feedback
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Family Therapy
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
- Crisis Response
Websites
Accomplishments
- Experience in counseling individuals and couples in a private and therapeutic environment
- Supervise master-level students and LPC-Associates in a private and therapeutic setting
- Expertise in training and licensing foster parents and relatives, completing home studies, assessing cases, developing treatment plans, and providing resources for individual and family counseling
- Experience with child abuse and neglect cases, as well as developing strategies for adolescents exiting out of CPS care.
Affiliations
- National Association of Social Workers
Certification
- LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor
- Certified - TRUMA Sepcialist
Timeline
Licensed Professional Counselor- Supervisor
Private Practice
01.2021 - Current
Ph.D. - Marriage and Family Therapy
Texas Wesleyan University
06.2019 - 12.2023
Licensed Professional Counselor
Wellness Counseling Services
08.2016 - Current
Co-Teacher
New Day Services
12.2014 - 01.2017
Worker V
Protective Service, CVS
08.2000 - 01.2017
Master’s degree - Professional Counseling
Amberton University
Bachelor’s degree - Rehabilitation Counseling
Southern University And A&M College