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Joie Bauman

Union County,NJ

Summary

Mental health professional specializing in complex trauma, crisis care, eating disorders, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and abolitionist/anti-carceral care.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Peer Support Specialist

Collaborative Support Programs Of New Jersey
Freehold, NJ
06.2025 - Current
  • Provided support to individuals in active crisis in partnership with New Jersey's 988 Mobile Crisis Outreach Response Team (MCORT) program
  • Facilitated groups and conducted individual check-ins at various community wellness centers
  • Assisted community wellness center members in navigating social services and facilitated warm transfers to applicable community resources
  • Provided support to individuals experiencing crisis during their stays in respite housing

Equitable Care Counselor

Zepp Wellness
04.2025 - Current
  • Provided compassionate, trauma-informed peer counseling to individuals across diverse racial, gender, socio-economic, and occupational backgrounds, emphasizing equitable access to holistic wellness resources
  • Delivered sex work–affirming care, ensuring all counseling services upheld clients’ dignity, autonomy, and right to nonjudgmental, culturally responsive support

Recovery Coach

Monte Nido & Affiliates
Irvington, NY
06.2023 - 06.2024
  • Provided therapeutic support throughoutday, including during and after meals to adult clients in residential eating disorder treatment
  • Lead mindfulness and recovery-focused groups
  • Monitored and documented client activities and behavior during meals, snacks, during groups, and time in the milieu
  • Assisted in meal and snack preparation

Mental Health Peer Advocate

Collaborative Support Programs Of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
11.2021 - 08.2023
  • Provided peer support to patients awaiting psychiatric evaluation at University Behavioral Health Care's acute psychiatric services (APS) and in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's behavioral triage area (BTA)
  • Educated patients on CSPNJ's outpatient services and gathered resources for discharge planning

Wellness Center Intern

Collaborative Support Programs Of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
01.2023 - 06.2023
  • Facilitated check-in, coping skills, psychoeducation, weekend planning, music, art, and general wellness groups for community wellness center clients
  • Worked one-on-one with members to assess needs and develop plans to address any presenting problems
  • Educated members on available social services and referred out when necessary
  • Assisted with housing and social services applications

Associate's Level Crisis Intern

Robert Wood Johnson Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
01.2023 - 06.2023
  • Observed crisis professionals' documentation and psychiatric screenings in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's behavioral triage area

CADC Intern

Center For Network Therapy
Middlesex, NJ
04.2022 - 08.2022
  • Met with Ambulatory Withdrawal Management and Partial Hospitalization patients to monitor for symptoms of withdrawal and completed psychiatric progress notes
  • Conducted initial psychiatric evaluations for new intakes under the supervision of on-site psychiatrist

Mental Health Technician

Mountainside Medical Center
Montclair, NJ
01.2022 - 03.2022
  • Assisted in admitting and monitoring patients on the inpatient psychiatric unit
  • Recorded and updated patient charts
    Facilitated communication between patients and RNs/LCSWs assigned to their case
  • Provided direct hygiene assistance and comfort care

ABA Therapist

Hybridge Learning Group
Freehold, NJ
03.2019 - 02.2020
  • Recorded data while providing one-on-one instruction to learners with autism and other developmental disabilities
  • Worked with BCBA and other ABA therapists to properly deliver effective behavioral interventions
  • Conducted both in-home and in-school sessions with learners

Education

Human Services, Pre-Social Work

Brookdale Community College
Lincroft

English And Secondary Education

Caldwell University
Caldwell, NJ

Skills

  • Crisis intervention
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Peer counseling
  • Resource navigation
  • Group facilitation
  • Mental health advocacy
  • Graphic design
  • Microsoft Office

Certification

  • Internal Family Systems Therapy- Level 1
  • Equitable Care Certification- Counseling of Sex Working Individuals
  • Certified Peer Recovery Specialist NJ
  • Reiki- Level 1

Timeline

Peer Support Specialist

Collaborative Support Programs Of New Jersey
06.2025 - Current

Equitable Care Counselor

Zepp Wellness
04.2025 - Current

Recovery Coach

Monte Nido & Affiliates
06.2023 - 06.2024

Wellness Center Intern

Collaborative Support Programs Of New Jersey
01.2023 - 06.2023

Associate's Level Crisis Intern

Robert Wood Johnson Hospital
01.2023 - 06.2023

CADC Intern

Center For Network Therapy
04.2022 - 08.2022

Mental Health Technician

Mountainside Medical Center
01.2022 - 03.2022

Mental Health Peer Advocate

Collaborative Support Programs Of New Jersey
11.2021 - 08.2023

ABA Therapist

Hybridge Learning Group
03.2019 - 02.2020

Human Services, Pre-Social Work

Brookdale Community College

English And Secondary Education

Caldwell University