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Grace Weiner

Grace Weiner

Summary

Professional with strong background in mental health counseling and deep commitment to student development. Demonstrates effective communication, empathy, and problem-solving skills to support student/client well-being. Collaborative team player, adaptable to changing needs, and focused on achieving positive outcomes. Ready to contribute to fostering supportive and productive educational environment.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Adolescent Clinician

Pyramid Health Care: Focus Centers
12.2024 - Current
  • Provide individual, group, and family counseling, as well as case management to clients 10-18 in partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs.
  • Objective is mental stabilization and reintegration into the school setting. Specialties include curriculum development, behavior management, grief processing, and high-risk behavior assessment.

Mental Health Clinical Intern

The Bridge NJ
05.2024 - 12.2024
  • Providing 1 on 1 counseling to clients ages 8-80 working on how to navigate mental disorders, achieve interpersonal goals and quality of life.
  • Carefully documenting patient activity, including diagnostic findings, clinical evaluations, and treatment recommendations.

Residential Youth Counselor

Bonnie Brae
08.2023 - 06.2024
  • Providing supervision, counseling, and behavioral support for ages 13-18.
  • Collaborating with psychiatric, clinical, medical and education professionals.
  • Responsibilities include leading resident group meetings, coordinating recreation activities and overseeing activities of daily living.

School Counseling Intern

Mansfield Township Elementary School
09.2023 - 05.2024
  • Provide counseling for students K-6 to help with academic and social guidance.
  • Meet with parents, staff, students, and faculty to create appropriate plans in the best interest of students.
  • Facilitate weekly group counseling sessions for groups of students based on similar adversity and grade level.
  • Create school-wide SEL projects and provide in-class curriculum multiple times a year.

ABA Therapist Intern

Nashoba Learning Group
06.2023 - 08.2023
  • School for children and adults with high need Autism.
  • Behavior management and aggression de-escalation.
  • Performed ABA trials and taught PT/ OT programming, vocational training, and life skills.

Special Needs Paraprofessional

Mt. Olive Board of Education
10.2021 - 01.2023
  • Teaching students 1:1 with behavioral, cognitive, and learning disabilities in a 1:1 setting. Focusing on Math, Writing, Reading, and general communication skills.
  • Creating social emotional curriculum for students grades 1-3.
  • Utilizing flexibility when the students or school staff need extra support.

Outreach Coordinator

CLIMB Theatre
08.2019 - 01.2021
  • Assisting the Director of Education when training new teaching artists.
  • Delivering specialty programs from grants and trade areas.
  • Creating specialized programming for the Education Department.
  • Direct selling of programming.
  • Scheduling all programming for Actor Educators.
  • In charge of distributing and coding student evaluations.

Teaching Artist

Children's Theatre Company
07.2018 - 09.2018
  • Writing and teaching lessons.
  • Grades 4-6 and K-1.
  • Acting and Music Courses.

Education

Master of Arts - School Counseling

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
08-2025

MA.EdS - Professional Counseling

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
12-2025

B.A. - Theatre Performance, Alternative Teaching Practices, Child Advocacy

William Smith College
01.2015

Skills

  • Behavioral interventions

  • Small group instruction

  • Patient assessments

  • Treatment Planning

  • Mediation and crisis intervention

  • Individual counseling

  • Crisis intervention

  • Solutions-focused

  • Parent-teacher collaboration

  • Lesson planning

  • Student evaluations

  • Academic support

  • Clinical documentation

Certification

  • NJ LAC #37AC00843300 2024-12-2026-11
  • NJ Certified School Counselor #01835550 Sep-24
  • Professional Crisis Management (PCM) 2023-Lifetime
  • NJ Certified Substitute Teacher # 00869246 2021
  • CPR Certification 2025-2027
  • SOLVE Certification 2023

Timeline

Adolescent Clinician

Pyramid Health Care: Focus Centers
12.2024 - Current

Mental Health Clinical Intern

The Bridge NJ
05.2024 - 12.2024

School Counseling Intern

Mansfield Township Elementary School
09.2023 - 05.2024

Residential Youth Counselor

Bonnie Brae
08.2023 - 06.2024

ABA Therapist Intern

Nashoba Learning Group
06.2023 - 08.2023

Special Needs Paraprofessional

Mt. Olive Board of Education
10.2021 - 01.2023

Outreach Coordinator

CLIMB Theatre
08.2019 - 01.2021

Teaching Artist

Children's Theatre Company
07.2018 - 09.2018

B.A. - Theatre Performance, Alternative Teaching Practices, Child Advocacy

William Smith College

Master of Arts - School Counseling

Seton Hall University

MA.EdS - Professional Counseling

Seton Hall University

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