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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Training
Publications
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KRISTY ARTHUR

Clinical Supervisor
Rockville,MD
KRISTY ARTHUR

Summary

Clinical professional with solid background in clinical supervision, program and staff development. Proven ability to develop exceptional clinical training programs. Dedicated and reliable team player with flexible approach to adapt to ever changing organizational needs. Knowledgeable buisiness developer with proven background in running successful businesses and driving growth. Leveraged strategic planning and operational excellence to achieve significant milestones. Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving skills to enhance team performance and operational efficiency.

Overview

25
years of professional experience

Work History

Johns Hopkins

Clinical Supervisor, Substance Use Disorders
08.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Developed Psychedelic Assisted Therapy training protocol for guide staff to be utilized in house for new staff, residents, and interns.
  • Developed pilot training program for psychedelic assisted psychotherapy to be offered to outside clinicians interested in gaining facilitation skills.
  • Developed and maintains a field placement program for clinical interns from the JHU graduate program in counseling psychology, providing weekly supervision, student evaluations, and clinical education.
  • Prepare, support, and provide appropriate clinical interventions including but not limited to sessions within a framework of psychedelic preparation, dosing, and integration.
  • Administer diagnostic testing and assessment to determine participant eligibility for study enrollment.
  • Provide clinical consultation to principal investigators for study design and participant care.
  • Provide supervision and consultation for study team staff and clinical interns.
  • Develop materials to meet both study protocol and center needs including manuals, referral sources, recruitment, and educational postings.
  • Assess study team and center-wide needs and engage in activities to support center staff, including recruitment, education, training, scheduling, outreach, and administrative support.

Private Practice

Business Owner/Psychotherapist
11.2008 - Current

Job overview

  • Independently launched and maintained thriving private psychotherapy practice with consistent full time client roster and waitlist.
  • Managed all business matters including scheduling, billing, utilization review, marketing, community outreach, documentation, and administrative needs.
  • Inspired at least three clients to pursue graduate degrees and licensure in psychology to utilize their experiences with successful transformation and gifts for healing.
  • Developed educational outreach programs for local schools and organizations; including education related to substance use disorders, eating disorders and mood disorders.

Maryland Counseling Center

Clinical Director
01.2007 - 01.2009

Job overview

  • Managed staff of approximately 15 mental health professionals.
  • Developed two new clinical programs to meet the needs of a variety of clients with complexmental health and substance abuse issues.
  • Led weekly supervision and case management meetings with clinical staff.
  • Oversaw all client concerns, complex clinical issues, and conflict resolution throughout the organization.
  • Directed clinical operations, ensuring compliance with state regulations and best practices in mental health treatment.

Medstar Montgomery General Hospital

Addiction and Mental Health Center Team Leader
01.2001 - 01.2007

Job overview

  • Recipient of the Pillar of Excellence Award-hospitals highest recognition for staff performance
  • Promoted throughout organization from bachelor's level inpatient crisis counselor to licensed clinical team leader for outpatient PHP and IOP programs.

Towson University, Counseling Psychology Dept.

Graduate Assistant
08.2003 - 05.2005

Job overview

  • Awarded Student Employee of the Year designation across all student employees within the University.
  • Lead administrator in Counseling Psychology Department; overseeing graduate admissions, academic advising, field placements, webpage design and student records.
  • Research Assistant to Cynthia Kalodner, PhD and Teaching Assistant to Julie Quimby, PhD
  • Developed relationships with community counseling centers; to increase student internship opportunities. More than doubled the catalog of options for graduate field placements.

Education

Towson University
Towson, MD

Master of Arts from Counseling Psychology
06.2006

University Overview

  • Graduate and Research Assistant to Cynthia Kalodner, PhD, and Teaching Assistant to Julie Quimby, PhD
  • GPA: Graduated with 4.0
  • Awarded Employee of the Year for graduate assistantship work.


University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Bachelor of Arts
06.2001

University Overview

  • Graduated Cum Laude with University and Departmental honors.
  • Graduate research team on Dream Interpretation under Clara Hill, PhD
  • Served as undergraduate teaching assistant to the Department Chair.
  • Led team of Peer Educators for Eating Disorders. Invited to present information about risks, prevention, and treatment of eating disorders at a variety of university venues. Engaged in weekly invitations to speak in undergraduate and graduate classes across several disciplines.


Skills

  • Maryland Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor LC2798
  • Maryland Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Supervisor
  • Program Development and Management
  • Group, Individual and Couples Counseling
  • Biopsychosocial Assessment
  • Skilled in various counseling techniques (motivational interviewing, CBT, DBT, IFS, MI, trauma Informed)
  • Experienced with highly diverse client populations
  • Organizational Management
  • Crisis response and intervention
  • Addiction and Trauma Specializations
  • Employee performance evaluations
  • Clinical mentoring and supervision
  • Protocol Development
  • Adverse event reporting

Clinical data management

Patient recruitment

Training

Training
  • Usona Institute March 2024
  • Completed primary facilitator training for Phase 3 trial for Depression.
  • Johns Hopkins University August 2022
  • Apprenticed under Bill Richards, Mary Cosimano and Sandeep Nayak in psychedelic assisted psychotherapy

Publications

Publications
  • Richardson, T., & Arthur, K. (2025). Humanistic psychotherapy. In The sage encyclopedia of mood and anxiety disorders (Vol. 3, pp. 619-622). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071886229.n216 March 2024
  • Andrew Gaddis MD MHS RPS, Kristy Arthur LCPC RPS, Jaydin Hill BS, Lauren Dayton PhD, Denis Antoine MD SUPPORT: Substance Use and Psychedelics: Peer Opportunities in Research and Treatment: Perceptions of Peer Recovery Coaches about Psilocybin as an Emerging Treatment for Substance Use Disorder. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD


Timeline

Clinical Supervisor, Substance Use Disorders
Johns Hopkins
08.2022 - Current
Business Owner/Psychotherapist
Private Practice
11.2008 - Current
Clinical Director
Maryland Counseling Center
01.2007 - 01.2009
Graduate Assistant
Towson University, Counseling Psychology Dept.
08.2003 - 05.2005
Addiction and Mental Health Center Team Leader
Medstar Montgomery General Hospital
01.2001 - 01.2007
Towson University
Master of Arts from Counseling Psychology
University of Maryland - College Park
Bachelor of Arts