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Heather Wright

Heather Wright

West Jordan

Summary

Empathetic and self-directed therapist with excellent active listening and verbal communication skills. Facilitates family, couples, and individual counseling sessions to help clients pinpoint underlying emotions triggering instability and conflict. Maintains records and makes written and oral reports concerning client care, counseling, and therapeutic activities. Strong ability to establish rapport with clients of diverse backgrounds and foster relationships based on empathy, respect, and trust

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Marriage and Family Therapy Intern

Sunrise Marriage and Family Therapy
Orem
08.2025 - Current
  • Conducted individual therapy sessions for diverse client backgrounds.
  • Collaborated with senior therapists on treatment plans and client assessments.
  • Utilized evidence-based techniques to support clients' mental health goals.
  • Documented client progress and maintained accurate case notes consistently.
  • Provided crisis intervention support during high-stress situations for clients.
  • Researched therapeutic modalities to enhance service offerings at the clinic.

Transfer Evaluation Specialist

Western Governors University
Home
10.2023 - Current
  • Assign proper course credit to matching equivalencies, while accurately analyzing the grades, coursework, and accreditation status of the issuing institution.
  • Develop and maintain training materials, evolve process improvements, and serve as a liaison between other academic departments.
  • Producing and presenting monthly reports indicating evaluation totals.
  • Enter data into database in an accurate and timely manner.

Intern

Wasatch Recovery Treatment Center
Cottonwood Heights
01.2024 - 05.2024
  • Collaborate with the clinical team to ensure comprehensive patient care, and engage in team meetings.
  • Co-facilitated individual and group counseling sessions.
  • Intake assessments, treatment goals, and discharge planning.
  • Evaluate patient needs and determine if referrals to other programs or facilities are needed.
  • Participate in lectures on psychoeducational topics.

Loan Officer

Veterans First Mortgage
Salt Lake City
11.2021 - 10.2022
  • Obtained Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System Certification NMLS #2271313
  • Knowledge of federal, state, and local levels of loan processing laws.
  • Collect & verify data from borrowers, such as: assets, salaries, and debts, to approve or deny the loan.
  • Remain aware of deadlines and interact with borrowers, real estate agents, title companies, processors, and underwriters in the successful closing/funding of the loan
  • Establish and maintain relationships at large to retain and attract new business

Enrollment Coordinator

Western Governors University
Home
04.2019 - 10.2021

October 2022- October 2023

  • Interact with students via telephone and email to guide them through enrollment, including resolving and mitigating student concerns.
  • Continued student outreach, including setting appointments to ensure enrollment progress is made and deadlines are met.
  • Answer questions and educate students on WGU programs and enrollment requirements. Evaluate students' academic goals to align with degree program selection.
  • Collaborated with other departments to ensure a streamlined enrollment process.
  • Conducted team and department-wide training and mentoring, and worked as a new hire trainee/coach, helping my direct manager transition new hires.
  • Consistently surpassed monthly enrollment targets through strategic planning and effective time management.

Quality Assurance Specialist

Progrexion
West Valley City
03.2015 - 04.2019
  • Investigate and provide data on customer complaints regarding Sales Representatives and Customer Service agents' performance.
  • Manage a pipeline of complaints per OCC guidelines, which results in timely resolution, and maintain SharePoint data to include updates for reporting.
  • Served as a member of a multi-functional team that was responsible for implementing corrective actions and coaching.
  • Identified opportunities for process improvements through the analysis of data.
  • Evaluated credit reports of current clients, and created individualized audit disputes.
  • Delivered via certified mail to the credit bureaus and original creditors, legal challenge letters requesting that the reported information be substantiated.

Cake Decorator

Walmart
West Jordan
07.2006 - 03.2015
  • Comply with company policies and procedures concerning department operations, quality, safe food handling, and ensuring compliance with state, federal, and OSHA safety and sanitation regulations.
  • I took orders while providing exemplary customer service.
  • Decorated cakes are for sale per customer requests.
  • Prepare baked goods, breads, pastries, pies, rolls, muffins, etc., wrap, and set up displays.
  • Worked with ovens, proofers, and managed fresh inventory.

Education

Master of Arts - Marriage And Family Therapy

Touro University
Vallejo, CA
02-2027

Certificate 14001132-6006 - Substance Use Disorder Counselor- Active via DOPL

Utah Valley University
Orem, UT
05-2024

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN
09-2021

Skills

  • Conflict resolution
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Ethical considerations
  • Continuous improvement
  • Professional demeanor
  • Adaptability
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Active listening

Accomplishments

  • Completed 5 week/20+ hour emerging leader training at WGU
  • Owl of the Year 2020 IT College award recipient at WGU

References

Dylan Hunt- Co Worker WGU   979-341-4842

Loran Delmas- Supervisor WGU   801-712-0835

Rebecca Miller- Prior Co Worker    435-840-2387

Timeline

Marriage and Family Therapy Intern

Sunrise Marriage and Family Therapy
08.2025 - Current

Intern

Wasatch Recovery Treatment Center
01.2024 - 05.2024

Transfer Evaluation Specialist

Western Governors University
10.2023 - Current

Loan Officer

Veterans First Mortgage
11.2021 - 10.2022

Enrollment Coordinator

Western Governors University
04.2019 - 10.2021

Quality Assurance Specialist

Progrexion
03.2015 - 04.2019

Cake Decorator

Walmart
07.2006 - 03.2015

Master of Arts - Marriage And Family Therapy

Touro University

Certificate 14001132-6006 - Substance Use Disorder Counselor- Active via DOPL

Utah Valley University

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

Capella University