LEWIS FRENCH JR.
Sacramento,CA
Summary
Experienced counseling professional with a hands-on approach to providing support and guidance. Strong background in active listening, empathy, and effective communication. Recognized for exceptional team collaboration skills, adaptability, and a focus on delivering impactful results. Ready to leverage expertise in therapeutic techniques, client assessment, and crisis intervention to make a meaningful contribution. Adept at creating and delivering tailored career plans and workshops that drive client success. Known for thorough team contribution with strong organizational capabilities. Experienced in successfully handling numerous projects simultaneously while ensuring accuracy. Effective at prioritizing tasks and consistently meeting deadlines.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Counseling Intern
Consumes River College
01.2024 - Current
- Enhance client progress by implementing evidence-based counseling techniques in individual and group sessions.
- Promote a safe and supportive environment for clients, fostering trust and open communication in therapy sessions.
- Increase client engagement by 25% utilizing creative therapeutic approaches tailored to individual needs and preferences.
- Counsel clients to help understand and overcome personal, social and behavioral problems.
Program Manager
Improve Your Tomorrow
07.2023 - Current
- Responsible for meeting the program's annual goals, including GPA, college attendance, program engagement, A-G completion, and retention.
- Responsible for the financial operation at the site, including tracking and managing expenses.
- Oversee program data tracking through salesforce.
- Managed approximately 8 team members on professional development opportunities, contributing to improved overall performance.
Career Counselor
Career Systems Development Corp
10.2022 - 07.2023
- Prepared over 2,000 reports and forms and documents in CIS case notes and files observations of student's behavior, performance, notable information or events, and progress towards achieving goals and objectives.
- Developed needs assessment of employment barriers and identifies potential transitional services that students may need for successful job placement and job retention.
- Researched and develops curriculum to assist the center teams with positive retention rates, students' ability to learn basic informational technology and job search skills.
Program Assistant Intern
South Sacramento Mental Health Collaborative
04.2021 - 04.2023
- Scheduled intakes appointments & Coordinated referrals and direct support for over 100 clients.
- Created group lists based on the appointments: Co-Parenting, Trauma Recovery Groups Collaborated on program operations.
- Updated TICRT Invoices in Simple Practice.
- Shadowed therapist sessions with clients to understand how to help clients overcome personal, social and behavioral problems.
Academic Peer Mentor
Improve Your Tomorrow: Americorps
08.2018 - 08.2022
- Counseled 38 students yearly, individually to assist in overcoming obstacles, make proper choices to stay focused, and adjust to college life.
- Assessed students' knowledge, comprehension, and study habits to track progress and set realistic goals.
- Established a trusting relationship with the mentee by maintaining professionalism and honoring confidentiality.
- Delivered student development workshops including but not limited to college advising, civic engagement, character education, and life skills.
Capital Internship
Senator Galgiani
06.2018 - 07.2018
- Learned how to critically examine policy issues and connect the impact of those policies to injustices in their community.
- Learned about the CA policy-making process, political advocacy, and community power building.
- Reviewed over 215 related literature and conducted investigations to support research efforts.
Education
Master of Science - Counselor Education
California State University, Sacramento
05-2025
Bachelor of Arts - Child Development
California State University, Sacramento
05.2022
Skills
- Multicultural competence
- Case management proficiency
- Workshop facilitator
- PeopleSoft
- SARS
- OnBase
- Project management software
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Solution-focused counseling
- Conflict resolution
- Time management
- Decision-making
Timeline
Counseling Intern
Consumes River College
01.2024 - Current
Program Manager
Improve Your Tomorrow
07.2023 - Current
Career Counselor
Career Systems Development Corp
10.2022 - 07.2023
Program Assistant Intern
South Sacramento Mental Health Collaborative
04.2021 - 04.2023
Academic Peer Mentor
Improve Your Tomorrow: Americorps
08.2018 - 08.2022
Capital Internship
Senator Galgiani
06.2018 - 07.2018
Master of Science - Counselor Education
California State University, Sacramento
Bachelor of Arts - Child Development
California State University, Sacramento
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