Provide 1:1 therapy with clients between 12-27 years old
Help client building coping strategies, setting boundaries, improving self-esteem, anxiety, depression
Conducting intake
Showcase the capacity to understand and share the client's feelings, fostering a supportive environment
Demonstrate the capacity to help clients identify issues, explore options and develop SMART goal
Trainee at Flynn Elementary School
YMCA San Francisco Youth Service Bureaus
San Francisco, California
08.2023 - 06.2024
Provide 1:1 therapy with approximately 5-7 clients twice a week, primarily helping with emotional regulation through modeling/teaching coping skills that can help improve well-being
Implement various interventions to all clients during sessions to adapt to their specific mental and emotional needs
Conduct meetings with parents to promote involvement in their child's care and gain more insight about clients
Collaborate with teachers to gather information about clients' behavior in class and ways to better support them (interventions)
Tutor
USF Athletics
01.2023 - 05.2023
Tutor for assigned student-athletes majoring in Psychology
Help them complete their homework, learn new ideas
Provide guidance, and help them to become independent learners
Intern
Centre Médico-Psychologique (Guadeloupe)
06.2021 - 08.2021
Shadowed three therapists during client sessions, with consent from client, and learned essentials of therapeutic process
Observed the therapist working with clients, both individually and in group therapy sessions
Accompanied therapists to psychiatric hospital, both on floor rounds as well as in 1:1 sessions
Attended twice daily staff meetings discussing clients' current mental state and possible release dates
Education
M.A. - Counseling Psychology, Emphasis: Marriage Family Therapy
University of San Francisco (USF)
San Francisco, CA
05.2024
B.A. - Psychology, Minor: ASL
Saint Francis University (SFU)
Loretto, PA
05-2022
Associate in Science -
Neosho County Community College
Neosho, KS
05.2020
Skills
Trauma-informed care
Conflict resolution
Counseling access to lethal means
Therapeutic Art
Motivational Interviewing
CBT
Cultural Humility
Knowledge of DSM-5
Certification
AMFT Ethics & Laws
Interests
Avatar
Apricot
Timeline
Mental Health Clinician AMFT #151165
3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic
09.2024 - Current
Trainee at Flynn Elementary School
YMCA San Francisco Youth Service Bureaus
08.2023 - 06.2024
Tutor
USF Athletics
01.2023 - 05.2023
Intern
Centre Médico-Psychologique (Guadeloupe)
06.2021 - 08.2021
M.A. - Counseling Psychology, Emphasis: Marriage Family Therapy