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Jay McCarrick

Sebastopol,CA

Summary

Compassionate professional specializing in trauma-informed care and effective communication. Proven ability to foster social-emotional learning, conflict resolution, and emotional well-being with a diverse client population.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Co-Leader

Thrive St. Choir
01.2023 - Current
  • Community organization offering song circles, communal singing, and facilitation of songs at events focusing on activism, cultural development, and wellness.

Yoga Instructor & Yoga Teacher Trainer

Self-employeed
01.2015 - Current
  • Led group classes and individual sessions utilizing adaptable yoga techniques.
  • Taught at studios, festivals, community centers, and retreats to enhance accessibility.
  • Supported diverse clients in embodiment practices through yoga therapy techniques.
  • Instructed Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, Gentle/Beginner Yoga, and Chair Yoga classes.
  • Prepared daily class sequences and managed scheduling for private sessions.
  • Developed personalized class plans for individual clients based on specific needs.

Childcare Provider

Self-employeed
01.2008 - Current
  • Developed engaging educational activities to promote learning and social skills.
  • Assisted parents with communication regarding child development and daily progress.
  • Monitored children's behavior and provided guidance for conflict resolution.
  • Assisted children in development of social, communication and problem-solving skills.

Office of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS) S

CIIS
San Francisco, California
01.2024 - 04.2025
  • Supported and advocated for student experience concerning accommodation services at CIIS.
    Collaborated with OSAS staff to address needs and concerns for equitable access.
    Facilitated discussions on improving services for students with disabilities.
    Engaged in initiatives promoting awareness of accommodation resources available to students.

Beloved Community Action Committee Member

CIIS
01.2023 - 04.2025
  • Engaged in Beloved Community Initiative to foster a culture of nonviolence and support community building.
    Partnered with faculty, students, and staff to facilitate resolution of interpersonal conflicts.

Fellow

Integrated Wellness Fellowship
San Francisco, CA
01.2024 - 01.2025
  • Developed holistic therapy approaches through comprehensive training in cultural and ancestral practices.
  • Equipped marginalized communities with tools for proficient and sensitive support.
  • Enhanced integrative clinical skills via mentorship and involvement in community clinics.
  • Facilitated integration of psychology with cultural and ancestral healing methodologies.

Child Behavioral Specialist

Urban Adamah
Berkeley, CA
01.2023 - 01.2025
  • Delivered social, emotional, and behavioral support to children aged four to ten in educational and recreational settings.
  • Supported students with diverse learning needs and interpersonal dynamics.
  • Trained staff and interns on developmentally appropriate behavioral interventions.
  • Facilitated distress tolerance and emotional regulation through interactive and play-based therapeutic interventions.

Teaching Assistant

California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA
01.2022 - 01.2025
  • Teaching assistant for graduate level classes in Somatic Psychology.
  • Facilitated group work, supporting curriculum development, grading and supporting individual students.

Facilitator of CAWARC

California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA
01.2022 - 01.2025
  • Student run organization that fosters an anti-racist community at California Institute of Integral Studies.
  • Responsibilities include: facilitating community meetings, networking and collaborating with other students and administration, supporting organizing around local actions/events, facilitating and organizing workshops and learning enrichment opportunities, supporting fellow students in developing an anti-racist praxis.

Clinical Intern

Center for Somatic Psychotherapy
San Francisco, CA
01.2023 - 01.2024
  • Pre-licensed clinical internship working in a private practice therapy setting offering weekly in-person and virtual therapy sessions.
  • Completed weekly training sessions and individual and group supervision.
  • Incorporated theoretical frameworks and application modalities from: Somatic Psychotherapy, Creative Arts Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Hakomi, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Attachment Theory, Trauma Theory, Ecopsychotherapy, Liberation Psychology, Transpersonal Psychology, and interpersonal neurobiology.

Assistant Preschool Teacher

Williams Elementary
Williams, Oregon
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Provided individualized support to distressed students to enhance emotional well-being.
  • Coordinated activities and programs to address both individual and group needs.
  • Assisted teachers in maintaining a positive learning environment for all students.

Workshop & Retreat Facilitator

Nature's Heart Retreats
Eugene, OR
01.2015 - 01.2022
  • Teacher & facilitator for workshops/retreats offering yoga, mindfulness, nutrition, holistic health, somatic movement.
  • Effectively leveraged proven facilitation techniques including active listening, role modeling of key skills and behaviors, group and individual discussions, group breakout activities, and peer-to-peer coaching.
  • Successfully developed and delivered a variety of curricula to address holistic needs of group.
  • Ability to work with diverse groups across a broad spectrum of ideologies and backgrounds.

Leadership Team Member

Liberation Listening
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Facilitated workshops focused on active listening and empathetic communication techniques.
  • Developed training materials for team members to improve communication skills.
  • Offering Somatic Training to group members.

Mentor

Nature's Mystery School of Awareness
01.2017 - 01.2021
  • Outdoor education program for youth offering life skills and emotional development support through creative and service oriented outlets.
  • Offering yoga, somatic skills and individual mentoring along with nature based personal development practices to adolescents.
  • Supervised and oversaw staff/volunteers in running multi-day programs.
  • Created and directed programming content.

Lead Yoga Teacher Trainer Assistant

Radiant Health Yoga
Eugene, OR
01.2019 - 06.2019
  • Teaching Assistant in 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training.

Professional Event Coordinator

Self-employeed
01.2012 - 01.2019
  • Conceptualized and executed community-focused events, including non-profit fundraisers and spiritual gatherings.
  • Managed operations for workshops and retreats, ensuring seamless execution.
  • Coordinated staffing and logistics to meet diverse client needs during events.
  • Collaborated closely with clients to tailor events to personal specifications.

Yoga Studio Manager & Workshop Coordinator

Everyday People Yoga
Eugene, OR
09.2016 - 12.2017
  • Managed and cared for all classes, studio responsibilities, workshop facilitations, teachers, clients, etc.

Dance Instructor

Matta Dance Company
Brockton , MA
01.2009 - 01.2015
  • Managed classroom behavior to create a positive learning environment.
  • Developed lesson plans for diverse dance styles and skill levels.

Co-President & Founder of UNH PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) Student Chapter

University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
01.2011 - 01.2014
  • Act as main liaison between the organization members, faculty advisor and all outside contacts.
  • Organize events, schedule and run meetings, handle liability and ethical conduct issues, organize voting procedures, secure funding, advertise for events, arrange fundraising events.

Executive Director of Student Committee on Popular Entertainment (S.C.O.P.E)

University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
01.2009 - 01.2014
  • Director of a 20 member student run team responsible for booking and organizing campus concerts.
  • Oversee and manage departments responsible for advertising events, managing $365,000 budget, providing hospitality services to artists, providing show production, enforcing security procedures, volunteer scheduling.

Education

M.A. - Counseling Psychology, Concentration in Somatic Psychology

California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS)
San Francisco, CA
05.2025

Study/Intern Combination Program in Events Management

Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Auckland, New Zealand
12.2011

Bachelor of Science - Hospitality Management, Concentration in Recreation Management Policy, Minor in Dance

University of New Hampshire (UNH)
Durham, New Hampshire

Certified Holistic Nutrition Counselor -

Institute of Integrative Nutrition
New York, NY

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Event coordination
  • Social emotional learning
  • Conflict resolution
  • Active listening and empathy
  • Collaboration capacity
  • Critical thinking
  • Self-regulation
  • Professionalism
  • Relational attunement
  • Experiential learning
  • Group facilitation

BBS Registration No:

AMFT 156559

Certification

  • Clinical Internship, Center for Somatic Psychotherapy (CSP), San Francisco, CA, 2023-2024
  • Integrated Wellness Fellowship (IWF), San Francisco, 2024-2025
  • Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Teacher Training, 08/21
  • Yoga Alliance RYT-200, Radiant Health Yoga, Eugene, OR, 05/19
  • Yoga is Unity RYT-200 Yoga Teacher Training, San Marcos, Guatemala, 02/18
  • Yoga Alliance RYT-200, Everyday People Yoga, Eugene, OR, 10/15
  • Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN), New York, NY, 03/18

Timeline

Office of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS) S

CIIS
01.2024 - 04.2025

Fellow

Integrated Wellness Fellowship
01.2024 - 01.2025

Beloved Community Action Committee Member

CIIS
01.2023 - 04.2025

Co-Leader

Thrive St. Choir
01.2023 - Current

Child Behavioral Specialist

Urban Adamah
01.2023 - 01.2025

Clinical Intern

Center for Somatic Psychotherapy
01.2023 - 01.2024

Teaching Assistant

California Institute of Integral Studies
01.2022 - 01.2025

Facilitator of CAWARC

California Institute of Integral Studies
01.2022 - 01.2025

Assistant Preschool Teacher

Williams Elementary
01.2020 - 01.2022

Leadership Team Member

Liberation Listening
01.2019 - 01.2021

Lead Yoga Teacher Trainer Assistant

Radiant Health Yoga
01.2019 - 06.2019

Mentor

Nature's Mystery School of Awareness
01.2017 - 01.2021

Yoga Studio Manager & Workshop Coordinator

Everyday People Yoga
09.2016 - 12.2017

Yoga Instructor & Yoga Teacher Trainer

Self-employeed
01.2015 - Current

Workshop & Retreat Facilitator

Nature's Heart Retreats
01.2015 - 01.2022

Professional Event Coordinator

Self-employeed
01.2012 - 01.2019

Co-President & Founder of UNH PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) Student Chapter

University of New Hampshire
01.2011 - 01.2014

Dance Instructor

Matta Dance Company
01.2009 - 01.2015

Executive Director of Student Committee on Popular Entertainment (S.C.O.P.E)

University of New Hampshire
01.2009 - 01.2014

Childcare Provider

Self-employeed
01.2008 - Current

M.A. - Counseling Psychology, Concentration in Somatic Psychology

California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS)

Study/Intern Combination Program in Events Management

Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

Bachelor of Science - Hospitality Management, Concentration in Recreation Management Policy, Minor in Dance

University of New Hampshire (UNH)

Certified Holistic Nutrition Counselor -

Institute of Integrative Nutrition

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