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Leah Parrent

Los Angeles,CA

Summary

Dynamic Leader and experienced Mental Health Professional ready to apply 24 years of experience to new professional challenges with growth-oriented organization. Wears many hats to accomplish dynamic objectives and accustomed to working in fast paced as well as high acuity settings. Skilled in developing and executing strategies, managing resources, and leading cross-functional teams. Consistently produces tangible outcomes that exceed expectations.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Program Director

Camden Center
11.2022 - 12.2023
  • Supervised program staff, managing and evaluating performance in order to provide high-quality services to program participants.
  • Provided ongoing direction and leadership for program operations.
  • Developed and implemented program goals and objectives, establishing specific and measurable outcomes aligned with organization's overall mission.
  • Supervised and facilitated Case Presentation meetings to assure the delivery of quality patient care.
  • Supervised and reported the delivery of services to remain within target cost of service.


Clinical Team Lead

The Camden Center
05.2021 - 12.2023
  • Collaboratively guided the patient’s treatment plan and ensured their treatment needs are being met on a weekly basis
  • Maintained a holistic perspective of a patient’s treatment trajectory from admission to discharge
  • Ensured an appropriate level of care is maintained throughout the patient’s treatment and the patient’s aftercare plan is in place upon discharge
  • Created and updated the patient’s weekly Treatment Plan
  • Obtained collateral information from and communicated consistently with relevant parties with the patient’s written consent. Relevant parties may include but are not limited to: referring provider(s), family member(s), guarantor(s), outpatient case manager(s), sober companion(s), and mentor(s) for coordination and consistency of care
  • Succinctly and effectively presented and discussed patient cases during daily Case Presentation Meetings to lead the team on the delivery of care.
  • Initiated and responded to all Treatment Team communications to support team clinicians.
  • Established and facilitated Treatment Team meetings to assess treatment trajectory and progress.
  • Documented all case management and reported updates to the patient’s treatment team, clinical leadership, scheduling team, and office staff.

Coordinator of Admissions for the UCLA Adolescent ED Program

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
07.2014 - 05.2021
  • Assessed new patients for medical necessity and requested outside records for review by our Medical Director for medical clearance.
  • Reviewed clinical information and completed initial insurance authorization for admission clearance.
  • Oriented parents to the UCLA Eating Disorder Program and gathered collateral information to facilitate a smooth landing for the family and the patient with the team.
  • Collaborated with outpatient providers and hospitals on the transfer of care and transportation, including medical transport via flight for medically compromised or behaviorally acute patients.
  • Maintained unit census as a result of the development of an expedient and highly effective strategy for handling the heavy flow of requests for admission to the program.



Adolescent Eating Disorder Program

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
06.2005 - 05.2021
  • Developed programming which facilitated real time integration of coping skills in the moment while engaging in functional skills through groups such as Task Performance, Menu Planning, Food Shopping, Cooking/Social Dining, and Body Image to normalize eating behaviors and their relationship with food, develop a more connected relationship with the self and others, as well as encourage self-compassionate self care.
  • Coping skills, with evidenced based practice, taught were based upon CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Relaxation, and Assertion.



Occupational Therapist II

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
09.1999 - 05.2021
  • Provided interventions and treatments to improve patient abilities to perform daily activities, manage behavioral health symptoms and feel prepared for the next level of care, following completion of inpatient or partial hospitalization level of treatment. Populations supported during these years of experience included pediatrics to geriatrics.


Education

Master of Business Administration -

University of Redlands
Redlands, California
01.2021

Bachelor of Science, Occupational Therapy -

Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, California
01.1999

Skills

  • Effective Leader
  • Policy and Procedure Improvements
  • Emotional understanding
  • Problem-solving
  • Self-motivation
  • Effective Communicator

Certification

Somatic Experiencing International

-Intermediate Level, January 2024

-Beginning Level, May 2023


Embody Lab

Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate Program, 2022


DBT Specific Training through Behavioral Tech

· Foundations of Exposure Therapies, 2018

· Mastery of Anxiety and Panic for Adolescents, 2017

· Chain analysis and Strategies for Dialectical Behavior Therapy, 2013

· Validation Principles and Strategies, 2013

· DBT Five-Day Foundational Training, 2012

· DBT Skills for Staff in Milieu (ED Programming)-Two day Workshop, 2012

· Beyond the Basics: DBT Skills Essentials in Action, 2010

· DBT Skills Training, 2009

· Coping With Chaos: Treating Multiple Severe Disorders with DBT, 2007


Timeline

Program Director

Camden Center
11.2022 - 12.2023

Clinical Team Lead

The Camden Center
05.2021 - 12.2023

Coordinator of Admissions for the UCLA Adolescent ED Program

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
07.2014 - 05.2021

Adolescent Eating Disorder Program

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
06.2005 - 05.2021

Occupational Therapist II

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
09.1999 - 05.2021

Master of Business Administration -

University of Redlands

Bachelor of Science, Occupational Therapy -

Loma Linda University

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