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LeAnne Garland LCSW

Paducah,KY

Summary

Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 23 years of diverse experience across clinical, community, and leadership settings. Currently pursuing a Doctorate in Social Work, seeking a dynamic and supportive environment to contribute advanced clinical insight and continue professional growth.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Therapist

Emerald Therapy Center
09.2024 - Current
  • Built strong rapport with clients, fostering trust and open communication for effective therapy sessions.
  • Maintained detailed case notes and documentation, ensuring effective tracking of progress and continuity of care across providers.
  • Established clear boundaries with clients, maintaining ethical practice standards while preserving the therapeutic relationship.
  • Provided individual and therapy sessions to patients suffering from mental health issues.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Integrative Health Centers
09.2023 - 10.2024
  • Maintained timely documentation of client progress, ensuring high-quality care and adherence to ethical guidelines.
  • Utilized motivational interviewing techniques to encourage clients towards positive behavioral changes that supported their recovery goals.
  • Implemented cognitive-behavioral techniques to help clients change negative thought patterns and improve their coping strategies.
  • Promoted the integration of self-care practices and stress management techniques among clients, fostering resilience and overall wellbeing.
  • Delivered culturally sensitive counseling services, fostering inclusivity and respect within diverse client populations.

Mental Health Therapist

Merryman House
03.2023 - 02.2024
  • Provide clinical services to merryman House Domestic Crisis Center clients across the Purchase region of Western Kentucky
  • Initial and comprehensive intakes
  • Administration and interpretation of psychological assessments
  • Goal setting
  • Treatment planning
  • Individual and Group psychotherapy
  • Psycho-education
  • Crisis intervention
  • Safety planning
  • Referrals and consultations

Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant

Paducah Head Start
07.2021 - 01.2023
  • General Classroom Observations, Consultation and Coaching
  • Staff Training
  • Programmatic Consultation
  • Parent Training
  • Individualized Child and Family Centered Observations and Consultations
  • Individual Child Screening, Assessment and Referral

Clinical Director, Mountain of Hope

Mountain Comprehensive Care Center
11.2021 - 07.2021
  • Operations of facility
  • Conduct regular medical record reviews
  • Orient new staff to the operation of the facility and provide training
  • Assure that evidence-based treatment practices are implemented and utilized by staff
  • Assure that all billing is conducted in a timely manner
  • Review each employee’s job performance on a yearly basis

Therapist

Teladoc
11.2018 - 11.2020
  • Provide information, screening, referral, and intake services by telehealth services
  • Provide individual and couples counseling via telehealth

Clinical Practitioner

Four Rivers Behavioral Health
05.2017 - 11.2018
  • Provide information, screening, referral, and intake services
  • Secures information, evaluates, assesses, screens and refers consumers of all ages and diagnostic groups to the most appropriate available treatment options
  • Formulate diagnostic impressions and develop treatment plans appropriate to the related diagnostic impressions
  • Provides treatment services utilizing a variety of modalities and techniques as appropriate, including but not limited to individual and group therapy

Social Worker II

Lourdes Hospital
02.2015 - 05.2017
  • Group therapy
  • Individual and family therapy for patients
  • Lead therapist for Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization program
  • Manage wait list
  • Complete intake on referrals
  • Complete Suicide Risk Assessment on all new patients and ongoing assessment of daily safety
  • Complete psychosocial assessments on enrolled patients
  • Manage billing and entering billing on all patients
  • Update and maintain ongoing schedule for patients and staff

Behavioral Health Therapist

Centerstone of Kentucky
06.2014 - 12.2014
  • Completing necessary diagnostic paperwork for each client
  • Complete psychosocial assessments
  • Complete treatment plans and keep updated throughout client’s psychotherapy treatment
  • Refer clients to inpatient hospitals and facilities as needed
  • Provide intensive in-home psychotherapy treatment for children, adolescents, and their families
  • MRT Facilitator
  • Provide counseling, therapy and/or educational services to clients
  • Ensure that all work is in compliance with CHC and state licensing
  • Complete individualized documentation for each group participant; submittal of rosters and individual progress notes

Field Service Coordinator

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
09.2011 - 06.2014
  • Foster Care, Adoption and Guardianship
  • Case manages members involved in Foster Care, Adoption and Guardianship to help identify any needs that may arise and ensure services are being provided
  • Assist in coordinating services with federal and state programs, and other community services to the member
  • Maintains HIPAA standards and confidentiality of protected health information
  • Facilitates member and provider authorization and access to services
  • Works to resolve any concerns about care delivery or providers
  • Assists members and state agencies in transitioning to and from behavioral health facilities and services
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Social Service Worker

Commonwealth of Kentucky
09.2010 - 09.2011
  • Company Overview: Department of Public Advocacy
  • Conduct mental health and substance abuse assessments to identify and arrange for services in the following areas: Housing, substance abuse treatment, medical needs, GED, job training
  • Conduct motivational interviewing with client to increase buy-in and likelihood of client success
  • Prepare alternative sentencing plan for attorney regarding client’s needs and current recommendations
  • Develop re-entry support plans
  • Assist attorney, communicate to judge, commonwealth attorney, probation and parole officers
  • Arrange for clients to be accepted into and attend treatments for substance abuse and mental health facilities
  • Assist client in establishing positive support systems
  • Work with client until 6 months following disposition of case or until the client is stable
  • Department of Public Advocacy

Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist

Four Rivers Behavioral Health
06.2010 - 09.2010
  • Provide information, screening, referral, and intake services regarding ECMH consumers
  • Secures information, evaluates, assesses, screens and refers consumers between the ages of 0-5 at the location most suitable for the child and family
  • Formulate diagnostic impressions and develop treatment plans appropriate to the related diagnostic impressions
  • Provide treatment services to consumers at the locations most suitable for the child and family
  • Coordinates and consults with referral sources and other resources on behalf of consumers between the ages of 0-5 and their families
  • Provided treatment services utilizing a variety of modalities and techniques as appropriate, including but not limited to individual, group, and family therapy
  • Maintain appropriate clinical and administrative records as required
  • Attend periodic state-level meetings related to the ECMH initiative as contractually obligated
  • Prepares and submits ECMH Initiative periodic service reports and evaluation data as directed by the statewide initiative
  • Attends training related to early childhood development and early childhood mental health needs

Therapist

Purchase Area Sexual Assault and Child Advocacy Center
06.2007 - 02.2010
  • Provided ongoing therapy to victims of sexual abuse
  • Provided crisis counseling as needed on crisis line
  • Provided assessments of new clients to determine what services were appropriate
  • Maintained case files
  • Completed data entry of daily contacts for grant requirements
  • Maintained operation of Mayfield satellite office
  • Attended Multidisciplinary Task Force meetings
  • Worked well with community partners
  • Made appropriate referrals when needed
  • Participated in outreach and fundraising activities
  • Completed mental health screenings for clients receiving a medical exam

R.A.D. Self Defense Instructor

Purchase Area Sexual Assault and Child Advocacy Center
05.2006 - 02.2010
  • Organized fundraisers to fund training and implementation of RAD program
  • Implemented self defense program for the Purchase Area
  • Developed partnerships with Paducah Police Department to offer classes at the department
  • Offered a 9-hour self defense training course for women in the Purchase Area up to four times a year, training over 100 women since 2006
  • Maintained documentation for R.A.D
  • Program to maintain certification
  • First r.a.d.KIDS instructor in the state of Kentucky

Victim Advocate

Purchase Area Sexual Assault and Child Advocacy Center
08.2003 - 06.2007
  • Assisted victims of sexual assault with the criminal justice process
  • Assisted in filing crime victim’s compensation claims
  • Attended Multidisciplinary Task Force meetings
  • Organized SART team meetings in Calloway and McCracken counties in Kentucky
  • Organized SANE/SART training in McCracken County for area law enforcement and nurses
  • Organized first Walk a Mile in Her Shoes in Kentucky to raise awareness for victims of sexual abuse and assault
  • Provided crisis counseling as needed for crisis line
  • Met with victims of sexual assault at area emergency rooms to explain process of sexual assault exam
  • Developed training manual for area law enforcement officers
  • Provided trainings for area law enforcement officers on how to respond to sexual assault victims
  • Maintained daily statistics to meet requirements for funding grants

Education

Doctorate of Social Work - Present Studies

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Masters - Social Work

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Bachelors - Science, Criminal Justice, Social Work

Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky

Correctional Healthcare Companies, Inc. -Moral Reconation Therapy Certification - undefined

Kentucky - undefined

Board of Social Work

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - undefined

Skills

  • Treatment Planning
  • Crisis intervention
  • CBT techniques
  • Documentation requirements
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Group therapy facilitation
  • Mental health assessment
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Individual counseling
  • Clinical supervision
  • Sexual assault advocacy
  • Domestic violence intervention
  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Trauma-informed care
  • EMDR

Timeline

Therapist

Emerald Therapy Center
09.2024 - Current

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Integrative Health Centers
09.2023 - 10.2024

Mental Health Therapist

Merryman House
03.2023 - 02.2024

Clinical Director, Mountain of Hope

Mountain Comprehensive Care Center
11.2021 - 07.2021

Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant

Paducah Head Start
07.2021 - 01.2023

Therapist

Teladoc
11.2018 - 11.2020

Clinical Practitioner

Four Rivers Behavioral Health
05.2017 - 11.2018

Social Worker II

Lourdes Hospital
02.2015 - 05.2017

Behavioral Health Therapist

Centerstone of Kentucky
06.2014 - 12.2014

Field Service Coordinator

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
09.2011 - 06.2014

Social Service Worker

Commonwealth of Kentucky
09.2010 - 09.2011

Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist

Four Rivers Behavioral Health
06.2010 - 09.2010

Therapist

Purchase Area Sexual Assault and Child Advocacy Center
06.2007 - 02.2010

R.A.D. Self Defense Instructor

Purchase Area Sexual Assault and Child Advocacy Center
05.2006 - 02.2010

Victim Advocate

Purchase Area Sexual Assault and Child Advocacy Center
08.2003 - 06.2007

Doctorate of Social Work - Present Studies

University of Kentucky

Masters - Social Work

Western Kentucky University

Bachelors - Science, Criminal Justice, Social Work

Murray State University

Correctional Healthcare Companies, Inc. -Moral Reconation Therapy Certification - undefined

Kentucky - undefined

Board of Social Work

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - undefined

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