JUDITH PÉREZ GRIMALDI
St. Cloud,FL
Summary
Licensed Professional Counselor providing crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, and relationship counseling for individuals, couples, and families. Delivers bilingual support, family-strengthening services, and co-parenting counseling, while developing treatment goals, psychoeducational, and documentation in community-based and remote settings.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Marriage and Family Therapist
Private Practice
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
02.2018 - Current
- Provide individual and couples counseling addressing anxiety, emotional regulation, relationship and communication concerns, life transitions, and family dynamics.
- Provide co-parenting counseling to separated parents, emphasizing healthy communication, boundaries, conflict reduction, and child-centered decision-making.
- Develop individualized treatment goals, provide psychoeducational, monitor client progress, and maintain professional clinical documentation.
License Professional Counselor
Community Mental Health & Family Support Resource
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
10.2018 - Current
- Provided mental health education, emotional support, psychoeducational, referrals, and family-strengthening services for individuals, couples, families, and groups.
- Led workshops on emotional wellness, resilience, healthy relationships, personal development, employment readiness, and financial well-being.
- Supported psychosocial and crisis-response efforts during hurricanes, earthquakes, public health emergencies, and other critical incidents.
Teacher Training & Social-Emotional Learning Speci
RAM Educational Services
Toa Alta , PR
09.2025 - 03.2026
- Supported educators through intensive professional development workshops on integrating social-emotional learning (SEL) into classroom instruction.
Provided training in neuroscience and neurobiology, highlighting stress effects on brain function, emotional processing, and student behavior.
Assisted teachers and parents with conflict resolution, classroom behavior management, and response strategies for challenging situations.
Shared evidence-informed techniques to strengthen emotional regulation, encourage positive behavior, and build supportive learning environments.
License Professional Counselor /Implementation Project Manager
Programa del Adolescente de Naranjito, Inc.
Naranjito, Puerto Rico
06.2022 - 06.2024
- Led grant-funded domestic and gender-based violence prevention initiatives serving women, families, children, and community leaders across multiple communities.
- Provided and coordinated counseling, prevention, psychoeducational, and support services for individuals and families affected by or at risk of domestic and gender-based violence.
- Designed, implemented, and evaluated community prevention programs, training more than 100 community leaders and delivering prevention education to more than 1,700 children.
- Secured and managed approximately $315,000 in state and federal grant funding to expand domestic violence prevention, counseling, and community-based support services.
- Coordinated program implementation, participant services, outcome monitoring, documentation, and evaluation to ensure achievement of grant objectives.
Mental Health Service Coordinator
Mental Health & Anti-Drug Administration
San Juan, Puerto Rico
06.2012 - 12.2018
- Coordinated behavioral health services for adolescents referred by juvenile court, including screening, assessment, care coordination, and case follow-up; increased program referrals by approximately 300%.
Crisis Intervention Counselor
Mental Health & Anti-Drug Administration
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
08.2007 - 06.2012
- Provided psychological first aid, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and emotional support to approximately 250 individuals monthly, including on-site crisis response for youth and families.
- Worked with hospitals, shelters, and treatment providers to connect clients with support.
- Took part in professional development on crisis intervention and counseling.
- Used de-escalation techniques to lower intensity of client emotional distress.
- Created safety plans to reduce crisis risk and guide response procedures.
Education
M.Ed. - Professional Counseling
Central University of Bayamón
Puerto RicoGraduate Certificate - Couples & Family Counseling
Central University of Bayamón
Puerto RicoB.A. - Social Sciences
Interamerican University
Puerto RicoSkills
- Electronic health records (EHR/EMR) management
- Telehealth platforms and virtual communication
- Microsoft Office
- Online scheduling and care coordination
- Case documentation
Credentials
Licensed Professional Counselor – Puerto Rico | Remote / Telehealth Mental Health Services
Licensed Professional Counselor/ Florida Mental Health Board, Application in progress
Core competencies
Individual Counseling • Couples & Family Counseling • Telehealth Counseling • Clinical Assessment • Treatment Planning • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) • Trauma-Informed Care • Anxiety & Emotional Regulation • Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention • Clinical Documentation • Grief & Life Transitions • Domestic Violence Intervention • Co-Parenting Counseling • Psychoeducational • Group Facilitation • Care Coordination • Spanish-Language Behavioral Health Services/ English Level B2
Timeline
Teacher Training & Social-Emotional Learning Speci
RAM Educational Services
09.2025 - 03.2026
License Professional Counselor /Implementation Project Manager
Programa del Adolescente de Naranjito, Inc.
06.2022 - 06.2024
License Professional Counselor
Community Mental Health & Family Support Resource
10.2018 - Current
Marriage and Family Therapist
Private Practice
02.2018 - Current
Mental Health Service Coordinator
Mental Health & Anti-Drug Administration
06.2012 - 12.2018
Crisis Intervention Counselor
Mental Health & Anti-Drug Administration
08.2007 - 06.2012
M.Ed. - Professional Counseling
Central University of Bayamón
Graduate Certificate - Couples & Family Counseling
Central University of Bayamón
B.A. - Social Sciences
Interamerican University