James Gardner

• Performed client assessments and developed treatment plans.
• Deployed implementation guides for evidence-based interventions.
• Provided crisis support and emergency care for patients.
• Assisted clients with gaining insights, establishing clear goals and planning strategies to reach personal targets.
• Implemented variety of evidence-based counseling methods to achieve therapy goals.

• Updated treatment plans on monthly basis with latest intervention strategies and progress notes.
• Organized clinical documentation, treatment plans, and referrals.
• Conducted 28 individual counseling sessions each week.
• Interviewed clients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.

Performed individual and group psychotherapy to a wide variety of adult clients from the chronically mentally-ill to the worried well.

• Organized clinical documentation, treatment plans, and referrals.
• Trained graduate students in performing psychotherapy
• Helped coordinate a weekly clinical case-conference for staff with CEU credits.
• Did emergency evaluations, and performed both long and short-term psychotherapy
• Established and nurtured key relationships with community members to form valuable partnerships.

• Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
• Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
• Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
• Taught seven sections of Introduction to Sociology