Jack Sparagna
Riverside,California
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Group therapy lead
Pacific Grove Hospital
Riverside, California
09.2025 - 12.2025
- Provided group therapy sessions on psychoeducational topics such as self-esteem, self-care, and distress tolerance for thirty minutes each session.
- Used motivational interviewing and a strength-based approach when speaking with clients one-on-one during process groups, enabling them to identify their strengths and set goals.
- Completed documentation for group therapy sessions, which consisted of accurately displaying how patients presented themselves in terms of their attitude, participation level, and affect.
- Completed documentation for group therapy sessions, which consisted of explaining why each patient didn’t attend therapy.
- Completed two psychoeducational therapy groups, a shift, including documentation for each one.
Family Support Counselor
Victor Community Support Services
Perris, California
09.2024 - 05.2025
- Provided one-on-one services, which consisted of teaching clients coping skills to help them learn how to release stress in a healthy way, leading to three patients being discharged.
- Learned how to build rapport with clients to provide comfort in the session, resulting in the clients opening up during the therapy process.
- Collaborated with clinicians and communicated with them about seven patients and the growth that has occurred as a result of meeting consistently.
- Collaborated with the parents of clients and discussed the treatment plans of seven patients.
- Participated in team meetings by sharing insights with the agency about which coping skills have been successful, working with clients dealing with anxiety and depression.
- Superseded the billing percentage standard for a family support counselor.
Education
Master of Social Work -
California Baptist University
Riverside, CA05-2026
Bachelor of Social Work -
California Baptist University
Riverside, CA05-2025
Skills
- Motivational interviewing
- Group therapy
- Team collaboration
- Coping skills training
- Psychoeducational techniques
- Communication strategies
Timeline
Group therapy lead
Pacific Grove Hospital
09.2025 - 12.2025
Family Support Counselor
Victor Community Support Services
09.2024 - 05.2025
Master of Social Work -
California Baptist University
Bachelor of Social Work -
California Baptist University