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Ellen Franklin

Roanoke,VA

Summary

Warm, authentic, and dedicated clinician with over four years of postgraduate experience in various settings. Extensive direct clinical experience with diverse client population in individual and group therapy settings. Background as an outpatient therapist in community mental health, utilizing trauma, behavioral, and cognitive behavioral modalities. Integrative and client-centered approach in psychotherapy, emphasizing client strengths and self-determination. Experience as a forensic social worker in public defender offices deepened clinical expertise and enhanced compassion. Ability to conceptualize complex cases. Strong belief in the potential for individuals to make significant positive changes.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Outpatient Therapist

Highlands Community Services
09.2022 - Current
  • Complete comprehensive clinical assessments for adults and children, including diagnostic assessment and resulting in service recommendations
  • Provide individual and group psychotherapy to diverse client population encompassing children and adults, utilizing an integrative model and applying crisis intervention and stabilization when merited
  • Lead therapy groups including: DBT skills group, Anger Management, Grief Group, Intensive Outpatient Programming, Relapse Prevention, and After Care
  • Participate in an interdisciplinary treatment team within the agency, communicating and coordinating care with psychiatrists, case managers, and other providers in order to provide comprehensive care, facilitate referrals and identify resources in the community
  • Participate in Substance Use Disorder Outpatient Therapy Team, which coordinates with Washington County Recovery Court to provide court-mandated substance abuse treatment
  • Accurately enter and document all progress notes and data in Electronic Health Record system
  • Develop and monitor treatment plans collaboratively with clients, emphasizing strengths and self-determination

Forensic Social Worker

Sullivan County Public Defender’s Office
01.2021 - 09.2022
  • Conducted comprehensive Biological-Psychological-Social assessments of criminal-justice involved persons in order to provide mitigation reports and alternative sentencing plans, highlighting and advocating for mental health or substance abuse intervention when appropriate, and utilizing a trauma-informed clinical orientation
  • Provide psychoeducation to attorneys and judges on potential impact of environmental factors such as poverty and abuse on human behavior, advocating for a holistic picture of a person’s life to be considered in their adjudication
  • Utilize various assessment tools such as ASAM, Mini-Mental Status Examination, Mental Status Examination, and ACES to assess and evaluate clients and determine key factors contributing to involvement in the criminal justice system
  • Assess and evaluate individual clients, specifically for substance abuse and mental health, to better provide alternative sentencing, treatment plans, discharge plans, and mitigation reports to the courts
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary co-workers and treatment team members to develop and implement a comprehensive, individualized treatment and jail discharge plan including but not to: housing, employment, financial services, substance abuse treatment, detox services, mental health treatment

Intern

Jefferson County Public Defender’s Office
01.2020 - 12.2020
  • Completed over 1,000 hours of graduate social work internship by proactively participating in all phases of client case management, structuring treatment and alternative sentencing plans around each client’s strengths and needs
  • Initiated and completed referrals to social, emotional, employment, housing, and financial support programs within the individual’s community
  • Conducted ASAM tool to evaluate appropriate intervention for substance abuse
  • Referred and secured client bed in treatment centers or outpatient programs as indicated by assessment
  • Included referral in comprehensive alternative sentencing plans
  • Conducted Bio-Psycho-Social Assessments to determine client's strengths, assets, resources, and support structure as well as needs and obstacles to establish the appropriate level of care across the continuum, including in alternative sentencing plans advocating for appropriate intervention for mental health and substance abuse
  • Crafted comprehensive social histories including all aspects of client’s life, establishing life circumstances before and after the crime and presenting context for the complexity of human behavior, resulting in comprehensive mitigation reports

Resident Assistant

A Reprieve for Women
07.2019 - 01.2020
  • Utilized 12-step modality and therapeutic support to facilitate long-term, multi-factorial recovery for women struggling with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders
  • Facilitated group therapy sessions and supported residents in the development of a personal recovery plan and relapse prevention plan, providing psychoeducation on various recovery models and connecting residents to various resources to bolster their recovery upon discharge

Intern

Firehouse Homeless Shelter
09.2019 - 12.2019
  • Achieved 100 hours of graduate social work internship by conducting needs-based assessments, providing therapeutic support, and connecting persons with community resources
  • Determined each client’s goals, assessed mental health, cognitive impairment, and substance dependency, and collaboratively developed safety plans
  • Abetted with a wide range of situations such as life changes, illness, unemployment, substance abuse, and mental health to advocate for and aid in obtaining resources to improve overall well-being

Education

Masters of Social Work -

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
12.2020

Bachelors of Arts - General Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Social Psychology

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
12.2016

Skills

  • Suicide risk assessment
  • Case documentation
  • Building client relationships
  • Stress reduction techniques
  • Psychotherapy techniques
  • Individual therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Individual counseling
  • Group therapy facilitation
  • Treatment Planning
  • Substance abuse counseling
  • Personality disorder interventions
  • Anger management techniques
  • Depression treatment approaches
  • Building trust with clients
  • Identifying client goals
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder therapy
  • Anxiety management strategies

Certification

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker, VA, 0904017755, 12/10/24
  • Licensed Masters Social Worker, VA, 0903003486, 04/21/22

Training

  • EMDR Virtual Basic Training and Virtual Consultation Group, Connect EMDR Training and Consulting, 01/01/23, 03/01/23
  • Moral Reconation Therapy training, Correctional Counseling Incorporated, 10/01/23, 11/01/23
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy basic training, Treatment Implementation Collaborative, 01/01/24, 02/01/24
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy advanced training, Treatment Implementation Collaborative, 04/01/24

Timeline

Outpatient Therapist

Highlands Community Services
09.2022 - Current

Forensic Social Worker

Sullivan County Public Defender’s Office
01.2021 - 09.2022

Intern

Jefferson County Public Defender’s Office
01.2020 - 12.2020

Intern

Firehouse Homeless Shelter
09.2019 - 12.2019

Resident Assistant

A Reprieve for Women
07.2019 - 01.2020

Masters of Social Work -

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Bachelors of Arts - General Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Social Psychology

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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