Jessica Walther

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• Full time Clinical Psychologist administering psychological evaluations and psychotherapy.
• Administered, scored and created psychological reports.
• Offered individual outpatient therapy to adult clients with wide range of psychological problems.
• Used imaging and relaxation techniques to develop strengthening and safe zones to facilitate processing of trauma.
• Organized clinical interventions and treatment plans for patients suffering from chronic pain disorders.

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• Created and maintained telehealth administration and platform for psychological testing administration.
• Collected information about individuals or clients using interviews, observational techniques, and other assessment methods.
• Treated various mental health disorders, using exposure therapies such as in vivo, imaginal and virtual reality exposure, and other therapeutic techniques.
• Attended monthly didactic trainings focused on improving knowledge and skills with play therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and attachment theory.

• Offered individual outpatient therapy to adult clients with wide range of psychological problems.
• Conducted psychological assessments for adults and children to help address variety of clinical concerns and performed educational testing to inform courts of intelligence and personality assessment results.
• Provided crisis intervention services to individuals experiencing acute mental health episodes, ensuring safety and stabilization.
• Implemented variety of evidence-based counseling methods to achieve therapy goals.
• Administered, scored and interpreted psychosocial examinations for assessment of different patient markers.

• Primary Population: Out-patient behavioral health clinic for child and adolescents with symptom impairment and/or functional difficulties in both Kentucky and Indiana locations
• Conducted therapy and testing with a small case load
• Responsible for general oversight, administration, and quality assurance of all services
• Supervised team members in psychological testing and therapy skills
• Developed and managed budgets
• Established a training program for new students and supervises
• Completed evaluations of supervises
• Developed departmental policies and procedures
• Licensed Psychologist
• Provided psychotherapy, parent consultation and/or family therapy
• Conducted intakes, utilized case conceptualizations, and treatment planning
• Completed integrated psychological testing for developmental, cognitive and emotional/social profiles.

• Primary Population: Families active with Department of Child Services whose goal was to reunify with children removed from parental custody. Clients generally worked to manage challenges of substance abuse, trauma, domestic violence, personality disorders, and disrupted attachment. Demographics included rural, low SES families.
• Conducted intakes, provided home-based parent training, and instructed parents through the STEP program designed to identify the goals of misbehavior in children, utilize reflective listening, set appropriate boundaries, and increase emotional attunement.
• Utilized a multitude of play therapies with younger children including non-directive play therapy, sand tray therapy, and thera-play techniques.
• Attended monthly didactic trainings focused on improving knowledge and skills with play therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and attachment theory.

• Primary Population: Elementary and high school students enrolled at St. Francis private schools. Free assessments were provided for students who qualified for financial assistance. Students were referred for assessments based on a variety of academic difficulties including learning disorders, ADHD concerns, and cognitive/developmental disabilities.
• Conducted detailed clinical interviews with child and parents to inform background information including history of presenting problem, family, medical, academic and psychological history.
• Created ADHD and LD assessment batteries and wrote reports to provide in depth measurements of client’s executive functioning, cognitive and academic abilities. Batteries followed the College Board standards for SAT and ACT accommodations. Assessment tools included the DKEFS and Continuous Performance Task.
• Provided feedback to families and staff members of client’s assessment results and consulted with staff to make accommodations for client’s IEPs.

Primary Population: Students enrolled at the University of Louisville.

• Clients attended weekly individual psychotherapy regarding issues including, anxiety, depression, trauma recovery, substance abuse, childhood problems, and interpersonal difficulties. Diverse population with a variety of cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.
• Provided brief and long term individual psychotherapy utilizing an evidence based perspective including cognitive processing therapy, emotion-focused therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, brief psychodynamic, and focusing.
• Offered crisis intervention for clients with severe mental illness, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse problems.

• Primary Population: Adolescents placed in a residential treatment center within the Department of Child Service’s custody. Adolescents exhibited problems including aggression, severe illness, and cognitive difficulties. Demographics included low SES, rural, urban, and culturally diverse individuals.
• Administered, scored, interpreted, and wrote assessments including cognitive, academic, personality, projective, and psycho-social measures.
• Assessments and feedback sessions focused on providing evidence based recommendations to help the “aging out” process and increase the adolescent’s successful transition into adulthood.
• Attended weekly individual and group supervision focused on diagnostic impressions, assessment composition, recommendations for services, and treatment planning.

• Primary Population: Adults (ages 18 to 65) seeking long term disability services. Full psychological assessments were court ordered to determine the extent of their cognitive abilities and severity of mental illness. Demographics included low SES, low cognitive functioning, and ethnically diverse individuals with severe mental illness.
• Administered and interpreted disability assessments tools such as neurological screeners, malingering assessments, and brief cognitive and academic (e.g. KSNAP, TOMM, WRAT).
• Reviewed client’s case files and previous assessment material.
• Provided recommendations for treatment and job placement based on client’s cognitive abilities, severity of psychological symptoms, and independent living skills.
• Conducted feedback sessions and discussed recommendations for daily needs, basic care, and psychological treatment.