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Kevin Roum

Milwaukee,WI

Summary

Mental Health Counselor with experience helping clients work through personality, depressive, and anxiety issues. Adept in utilizing various interventions from psychodynamic, cognitive, and schema orientations. Experienced with both individual and group counseling in a partial hospitalization/intensive outpatient environment. Currently searching for a licensed professional counselor in-training position to gain experience and make meaningful contributions to clients' mental health as well as the team.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Program Therapist

Rogers Behavioral Health
Brown Deer, WI
05.2021 - Current

Served as program therapist for depression recovery program providing group and individual counseling for adult patients with depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and other diagnosable conditions.

  • Worked with interdisciplinary treatment team to develop treatment and discharge plans.
  • Worked as part of a treatment team to develop evidence-based care delivering measurable results in a timely manner utilizing CBT, DBT, RO-DBT, and Schema Therapy.
  • Guided group therapy for adult clients with focus on insight into depression and anxiety and development of new skills to manage symptoms.
  • Developed and delivered clinician training on Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Personality Disorders.

Mental Health Counseling Intern

Mind Above Matter Inc.
Keller, TX
06.2019 - 11.2020
  • Provided over 1,000 hours of direct and indirect counseling services for adult clients. Performed 511 hours of supervised group and individual counseling sessions, typically seeing 4 clients per 8-week period within a specified treatment program.
  • Facilitated group counseling sessions in partial hospitalization/intensive outpatient mental health facility working with a range of moderate to severe presentations including personality disorders.
  • Utilized variety of theoretical orientations including psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and schema therapy in patient care
  • Participated in weekly treatment team meetings with program therapist, site supervisor, psychiatric nurse practitioner, and insurance specialist to discuss current client cases and determine best treatment outcomes.
  • Engaged in weekly hour-long supervision sessions and weekly 2-hour long University supervision sessions to discuss current cases as well as personal
  • Used Valent Private Practice Suite to implement client cases into system and provided updates whenever required.

Meals Program Coordinator - Nutrition Services

Resource Center
Dallas, TX
12.2016 - 11.2017
  • Responsible for nutrition program for at-risk population of over 2,000 clients at community health center
  • Responsible for supervising preparation of daily meal for client base of HIV positive adults under specific dietary guidelines.
  • Supervised pool of 25 regular volunteers in addition to corporate groups.
  • Developed and administered nutrition and health education programs in partnerships with major pharmaceutical companies and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Clinical Nutrition Program.
  • Facilitated monthly group discussions on a variety of topics pertaining to the physical and mental health of individuals living with HIV and other chronic diseases.

Relationship Manager

JR Advertising and Consulting
Marlboro, NJ
05.2002 - 06.2015
  • Operated in a self-directed environment with minimal input to solve problems and implement resolutions.
  • Served as the liaison between the sales team and design team for direct mail local shopping guides to provide targeted client attention and ensure ongoing satisfaction with product and service.
  • Identified trends related to client non-renewals and developed programs to improve year-over-year retention rates.

Customer Service Research Supervisor

Mellon Investor Services
Ridgefield Park, NJ
08.1999 - 03.2002
  • Responsible for the supervision of 12 customer service representatives who were responsible for researching complex issues that could not be handled during a single phone inquiry, and responding to the customer in a timely manner.
  • Research and responded to stock-based inquiries directed to the Chief Executive Officer of client companies.
  • Conducted yearly performance reviews identifying areas needing improvement and working directly with employees in a productive and positive manner to improve their performance and job satisfaction.

Education

Master of Arts - Counseling

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
12.2020

Master of Science - Health Psychology

Northcentral University
San Diego, CA
2019

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology with Concentration in Criminal Justice

Patten University
Oakland, CA
2017

Associate of Applied Science - Computer Information Systems

DeVry Technical University
North Brunswick, NJ
1999

Skills

  • Group sessions
  • Treatment planning
  • Individualized counseling
  • Intervention planning
  • Day treatment professional
  • Personality disorder treatment aptitude
  • Clinical interventions
  • Psychoeducation
  • Adept at treatment and discharge planning
  • Mental health evaluations
  • Writing
  • Treatment plan development
  • Biopsychosocial assessments
  • Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing

Volunteer Experience

  • 2013-2014 - Over 200 hours spent at United Church of Christ Dallas helping to feed and provide various services for the local homeless population. Duties included stocking and distributing food at the weekly food pantry and conducting job skills training sessions.
  • 2014 - Over 800 hours at Resource Center in the Nutrition Services Department working at the Food Pantry and Congregate Meals Service. Worked directly with hundreds of HIV Positive clients on a daily basis providing both hot meals and food they can take home. Designed educational programs to help clients make better, health decisions regarding food choice and differentiating between a healthy choice and a feel-good choice.

Certification

Licensed Professional Counselor -IT - Wisconsin

National Certified Counselor (NCC)

Timeline

Program Therapist

Rogers Behavioral Health
05.2021 - Current

Mental Health Counseling Intern

Mind Above Matter Inc.
06.2019 - 11.2020

Meals Program Coordinator - Nutrition Services

Resource Center
12.2016 - 11.2017

Relationship Manager

JR Advertising and Consulting
05.2002 - 06.2015

Customer Service Research Supervisor

Mellon Investor Services
08.1999 - 03.2002

Master of Arts - Counseling

Northwestern University

Master of Science - Health Psychology

Northcentral University

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology with Concentration in Criminal Justice

Patten University

Associate of Applied Science - Computer Information Systems

DeVry Technical University
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