Emily Kyte, LCSW
Salem,MA
Summary
Motivated clinician with a strong foundation in therapeutic modalities and client-centered care. Driven to see a diverse range of clients across the lifespan. Creative approach to fostering a collaborative therapeutic environment to help clients pursue meaning and achieve wellness. Skilled in individual, family and group therapy, crisis intervention, and treatment planning, while maintaining high ethical standards, thorough documentation and integrity.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Outpatient Therapist
LifeStance Health
11.2023 - Current
- Conducting comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments for new patients, identifying appropriate diagnoses and developing targeted treatment goals.
- Maintaining thorough and timely documentation.
- Improving patient outcomes through the implementation of evidence-based therapeutic interventions tailored to each client's needs.
- Collaborating with collateral contacts and community resources to connect clients with additional support services such as housing assistance, academic advocacy and the Department of Children and Families.
- Facilitating discharge planning in collaboration with clients and their support network to ensure smooth transitions back into the community from inpatient and partial programs.
Behavioral Health Social Work Intern
Atrius Health/Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
08.2022 - 05.2023
- Implemented evidence-based interventions to address diverse client needs through individual and family therapy.
- Maintained client documentation utilizing, EPIC medical records system and CANS assessments.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to optimize client care and improve overall wellbeing for medically complex clients.
- Coordinated referrals for specialized services, ensuring timely access to essential supports such as housing, educational advocacy and medical care.
Forensic Social Work Intern
Joyce and Associates, P.C.
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Managed a caseload of public defense clients, who are DCF involved adults and juveniles facing criminal charges and/or DCF-involved children, youth and families
- Referred clients to specialized services, such as parenting support and addiction services.
- Counseled clients to meet court-mandated service and DCF reunification plans.
- Supported supervisor with court-mandated DCF home-visits and drafting home-visit reports.
- Facilitated short-term in-home, individual and family counseling.
- Documented all contact with clients on LawLogics (documentation database)
- Collaborating with American Sign Language, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese interpreters to provide services to diverse clients
Engagement Partner II (Case Manager)
Bay Cove Human Services
04.2019 - 02.2020
- Coached residents of a specialized DMH group home (holding dual diagnoses of psychotic disorders and substance abuse, with a history of chronic street homelessness) toward their Individualized Action Plan (IAP) goals.
- Connected clients with community resources and social services.
- Taught independent living skills.
- Managed crises (psychiatric, medical, substance) and interpersonal conflicts that arise for residents.
- Administered medications to clients and teaching clients how to independently administer their medications.
Research Assistant, Social and Economic Policy
Abt Associates
07.2018 - 04.2019
- Designing literacy game materials in partnerships with USAID for the Malawian Department of Education
- Facilitating elementary literacy tests as part of a nationwide intergenerational tutoring program evaluation
- Achieving a high level of confidentiality and accuracy when communicating with participants in a federal study related to Social Security and Disability
AmeriCorps Literacy Member, Social/Emotional Learning Coordinator
AmeriCorps/City Year Boston, JFK Elementary School
08.2017 - 06.2018
- Advocated for a socially and emotionally healthy school environment by launching whole-school initiatives
- Analyzed data to implement individualized goals for my 3rd grade students social-emotional and academic learning
- Launched an after-school program with my AmeriCorp team to provide homework support and enrichment activities to students
Community Based Learning Fellow, East-African Tutoring Partnership
Mount Holyoke College Community-Based Learning Department
09.2014 - 11.2017
- Served as the point of contact between 50 plus student fellow/volunteers and the department
- Recruited, trained, and managed over 30 volunteer tutors
- Tailored individualized English lesson plans for program participants (children, teens and adults)
- Conducted personalized home visits in collaboration with translators and professors
Director of Outdoor Living Skills and Hiking, Middle School Unit Leader
Camp Pondicherry, Girl Scouts of Maine
06.2017 - 07.2017
- Delegated teaching tasks and responsibility among program staff to meet Outdoor Living Skills and Hiking learning goals
- Negotiated and balanced the needs of my residential campers, staff and management with regular check-ins
- Attained a high level of physical and social/emotional safety of campers and their staff in my unit community
Education
Master of Social Work (MSW) - Children, Youth And Families Specialization
Boston College School of Social Work
Chestnut Hill, MA05.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Major: Geography Minor: Arabic
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA05.2017
Skills
- Clinical Interests:
- Parenting support, Family Conflict, Trauma, LGBTQIA issues, Gender-affirming care, Academic issues, School avoidance, DCF Involvement, ADHD, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Chronic Illness, Trauma
- Modalities
- Play Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Family Therapy, CBT, DBT
Licensure
License: Licensed Certified Social Worker 229764
Effective Date: 9/14/2023
Anticipated LICSW eligibility: August/September of 2025
Academic Research
- Integrating GIS and Historic Census Data: Mapping Historic Census Data of Individuals Classified as Freed Slaves in Washington D.C from 1820 to 1850, Mount Holyoke College Geography Department, 09/16 to 12/16
- An Emotional-Educational Geography of Jordan's Northern Badia Region in the Wake of the Syrian Refugee Crisis, School for International Training in Amman, Jordan, 01/16 to 05/16
Accomplishments
Boren Scholar, National Security Education Program, Award for study of Arabic in Amman, Jordan in Spring 2016
Awarded this prestigious scholarship by the U.S. State Department’s National Security Education Program
● Mastered intermediate-advanced Levantine Arabic fluency
● Conducted independent geographical research on the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on public education outside of Zaatari Refugee Camp
Timeline
Outpatient Therapist
LifeStance Health
11.2023 - Current
Behavioral Health Social Work Intern
Atrius Health/Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
08.2022 - 05.2023
Forensic Social Work Intern
Joyce and Associates, P.C.
01.2021 - 06.2021
Engagement Partner II (Case Manager)
Bay Cove Human Services
04.2019 - 02.2020
Research Assistant, Social and Economic Policy
Abt Associates
07.2018 - 04.2019
AmeriCorps Literacy Member, Social/Emotional Learning Coordinator
AmeriCorps/City Year Boston, JFK Elementary School
08.2017 - 06.2018
Director of Outdoor Living Skills and Hiking, Middle School Unit Leader
Camp Pondicherry, Girl Scouts of Maine
06.2017 - 07.2017
Community Based Learning Fellow, East-African Tutoring Partnership
Mount Holyoke College Community-Based Learning Department
09.2014 - 11.2017
Master of Social Work (MSW) - Children, Youth And Families Specialization
Boston College School of Social Work
Bachelor of Arts - Major: Geography Minor: Arabic
Mount Holyoke College
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