KELLEY SCOTT
Copperas Cove,TX
Summary
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern with experience providing individual counseling and facilitating group sessions. Supported clients navigating emotional regulation, adjustment concerns, and life transitions through culturally responsive and client-centered approaches. Applies ethical principles and evidence-informed therapeutic interventions while continuing to develop clinical competence and professional counseling identity.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern
Empowerment, PLLC
Killeen, Texas
08.2026 - Current
- Provide supervised individual counseling services while developing treatment planning, case conceptualization, clinical documentation, and therapeutic relationship skills.
- Support clients presenting with concerns including trauma-related symptoms, anxiety, depression, family and relationship stress, sleep difficulties, chronic pain, and life transitions.
- Apply person-centered, cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, grounding, psychoeducational, and strengths-based interventions according to client needs and scope of training.
- Complete clinical documentation and participate in supervision to strengthen ethical decision-making, diagnostic understanding, professional identity, and counseling competence.
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Practicum Student
Community Counseling and Family Therapy Center (CCFTC)
Killeen, Texas
06.2026 - 08.2026
- Completed supervised clinical practicum providing counseling services to individuals, couples, and groups in a university-based community counseling clinic.
- Facilitated and co-facilitated counseling sessions addressing interpersonal conflict, relationship concerns, emotional regulation, coping skills, trauma-related concerns, and behavior change.
- Facilitated a violence-prevention group and used psychoeducation, therapeutic questioning, reflection, confrontation, reframing, role-play, and communication-skills practice.
- Developed skills in intake and assessment, case conceptualization, treatment planning, progress documentation, risk assessment, rapport building, multicultural responsiveness, and ethical practice.
- Participated in individual and group supervision and used feedback and self-evaluation to strengthen advanced reflections, purposeful questioning, session focus, and clinical documentation.
Housing Case Manager
Families in Crisis
09.2022 - 10.2024
- Provided trauma-informed assessment and case management services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
- Developed individualized service plans addressing safety, housing stability, resource access, and long-term self-sufficiency.
- Facilitated support groups focused on coping skills, self-esteem, parenting, and financial literacy.
- Collaborated with community agencies and maintained confidential documentation in accordance with program, ethical, and legal requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Colorado Technical University
01-2018
Master of Science - Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Texas A&M University–Central Texas
Personal Information
Title: Clinical Mental Health Counselor-in-Training
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
United States Army veteran with prior leadership, supervision, regulatory compliance, and high-responsibility operational experience. Brings disciplined communication, accountability, collaboration, and crisis-response skills to developing professional counselor identity.
Timeline
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern
Empowerment, PLLC
08.2026 - Current
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Practicum Student
Community Counseling and Family Therapy Center (CCFTC)
06.2026 - 08.2026
Housing Case Manager
Families in Crisis
09.2022 - 10.2024
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Colorado Technical University
Master of Science - Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Texas A&M University–Central Texas