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Lizeth Toscano

Lizeth Toscano

License Clinical Social Worker(LCSW)103469
Whittier,CA

Summary

Empathetic mental health practitioner and educator accomplished in trauma informed care and healing centered approaches and practices. Well-versed in early brain development, attachment theory and trauma .

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certificates
2
2
Language

Work History

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Path Mental Health Care
01.2023 - Current
  • Provides therapy utilizing trauma informed practices to diverse individuals, families, and couples with anxiety disorders, depression, trauma and personal growth concerns.
  • Provide psychoeducation to clients regarding trauma and its effects on their mental health.
  • Guides clients in development of skills and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques.
  • Implemented cognitive-behavioral techniques to help clients change negative thought patterns and improve their coping strategies
  • Assists clients with gaining insights, establishing clear goals and planning strategies to reach personal targets.
  • Conducts comprehensive assessments and developed individualized treatment plans tailored to each client''s needs for 15-20 clients.
  • Develops psychoeducational materials to educate clients on mental health topics, promoting self-awareness and understanding
  • Evaluates clients' goals, as well as mental and practical conditions, to develop individualized courses of treatment.
  • Advocates for placement of patients into community-based treatment settings.
  • Provides clients with recommendations to community resources.
  • Helps clients obtain outside specialist services by coordinating referrals and advising on options.
  • Expanded professional knowledge through ongoing continuing education and training opportunities in the field of clinical social work

Licensed Clinical Supervisor/Counselor

Harmony at Home
07.2023 - Current
  • Promoted to Clinical Supervisor within 5 months of working at agency due to superior performance.
  • Provide supervision to counselors in training, offering guidance and feedback on their professional development journey.
  • Serve as a liaison between clinical staff and administration to address concerns and optimize workflows.
  • Monitor adherence to ethical guidelines among counseling staff members, supporting their ongoing professional growth while maintaining high quality care standards.
  • Organized professional development workshops for clinical staff, keeping them abreast of latest trauma -informed mental health practices.
  • Implemented new clinical/mental health training programs, leading to improved staff competency and patient satisfaction.
  • Designed and implemented programs that addressed community mental health needs.
  • Foster collaborative environment, encouraging interdisciplinary teamwork to enhance client outcomes.
  • Responded to crisis situations with calm and professional approach to optimize support.
  • Participated in ongoing professional development trainings to remain current on best practices within the counseling field.
  • Enhanced client emotional well-being by conducting individual and group therapy sessions.
  • Supported clients in development of healthy coping strategies, leading to improved life management skills.
  • Provided comprehensive case management services, created treatment plans, and connected clients and families to appropriate resources.

Sticks and Stones Counselor

Harmony at Home
07.2023 - 12.2023
  • Enhanced student emotional well-being by providing individual and group counseling sessions.
  • Participated in IEP meetings to advocate for the needs of special education students, ensuring access to appropriate resources and support services.
  • Conducted regular assessments to monitor student progress and adjust support strategies accordingly.
  • Boosted peer relationships with establishment of conflict resolution workshops.
  • Enhanced student well-being by implementing comprehensive support programs.
  • Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust, and rapport to deescalate situations.
  • Created a safe space for students within the school community where they felt comfortable discussing their concerns or seeking guidance from counselors or staff members.
  • Maintained accurate documentation of client interactions, assessments, and progress notes for effective case management.

Private Practice Therapist

Early Awakenings
02.2019 - 03.2020
  • Completed hours towards licensure while volunteering and providing therapy to a diverse population including issues with mood disorders, PTSD, Postpartum Depression/Anxiety.
  • Introduced meditation, guided imagery, breathing techniques and reiki to patients and families.
  • Delivered mental health support for female patients suffering from post-partum depression and generalized anxiety disorder.
  • Effectively maintained caseload of 6-10 sessions per week using alternative therapies.
  • Documented therapeutic goals and client progress.
  • Implemented therapeutic interventions to support awareness and growth.

Adjunct Professor

Cal Poly Pomona
08.2019 - 01.2020
  • Taught Early Childhood Studies courses, providing instruction to up to 60 undergraduate students
  • Wrote and modernized mulitlingual family and children course materials, including syllabi, assignments and exams
  • Worked closely with Chair of the Early Childhood Studies Department to develop and implement new curriculum for improved learning and student performance
  • Developed and implemented curriculum using academic learning strategies and culturally sustaining pedagogy
  • Utilized innovative methods of instruction, including video, interactive class activities and discussions to present course material
  • Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement

Co-Founder

Latinx Parenting
10.2018 - 03.2020
  • Melding past experience of teaching and facilitating parenting courses and the passion of supporting parents, families and communities to grow and thrive
  • Bringing new research on toxic stress, brain development and trauma together to bring a new paradigm for parents and families
  • Direct oversight of conception, branding, funding, development and management of organization
  • Monitored social media and online sources for expansion and outreach


Latinx Parenting is a bilingual organization rooted in social justice and children’s rights, the ongoing practice of nonviolence towards ourselves and others, self-reflection and connection, and community wellness for every generation.

We offer family education and support that is culturally responsive to and for the Latinx community and its allies, trauma-informed, and centered on strengths and advocacy.

Lead Trainer/Facilitator

Echo Training, Echo Parenting and Education
11.2011 - 01.2017
  • Certified Parent Educator in Trauma-Informed Nonviolent Education and Parenting
  • Lead nonviolent education and child raising classes for survivors of intimate partner violence
  • Facilitated and implemented nonviolent child raising curriculum for English and Spanish parenting classes
  • Developed lesson plans, instructional materials and written materials for training courses including Trauma Informed Care and Trauma Informed Nonviolent Parenting
  • Educated parents on the neurological impact of trauma, emotional intelligence and child development
  • Conducted instructional coaching to parents on nonviolent child raising strategies
  • Provided staff trainings at various domestic violence shelters on trauma informed care, nonviolent child raising, and the impact of domestic violence on children
  • Trained and mentored new personnel hired to fulfill teaching and facilitator roles

Bilingual Therapist

National Council of Jewish Women
07.2016 - 12.2016
  • Provided weekly individual psychotherapy to adults presenting with a wide range of clinical issues including mood and anxiety disorders, complex trauma, relational and family distress, self-esteem and grief
  • Completed individual strengths-based, culturally competent intake and bio-psychosocial assessments and comprehensive diagnosis
  • Integrated practices from a range of modalities including Attachment Theory and Interpersonal Neurobiology, Psychodynamic, Mindfulness and Trauma-informed approaches
  • Supervised five paraprofessional volunteers on agency community counseling talk line
  • Responsible for providing a trauma informed supportive experience to counseling talk line callers while maintaining confidentiality, personal safety and welfare
  • Attended ongoing agency trainings and workshops including Interpersonal Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused CBT, Mindful Self-Compassion and Sensorimotor Processing.
  • Maintained necessary documentation in a timely manner (e.g. treatment plans, assessments, progress notes, referrals, and discharge summaries)

Home Outreach Counselor/Upfront Assessor

Westside Children's Center
11.2015 - 07.2016
  • Conducted and completed upfront Emergency Response Referral Assessments with families referred by the Department of Children and Family Services' (DCFS)
  • Provided a written assessment report specific to observations and opinions about the referred family's mental health status, substance abuse, domestic violence history and makes recommendations regarding the impact, if any, such factors have on the parent/caregiver's ability to safety care for child
  • Utilized a strengths based, trauma-informed care approach and practice and focuses on building Protective Factors such as Parental Resilience, Social Connections, Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development, Concrete Support in Times of Need, and Social and Emotional Competence of Children.
  • Collaborated with families, DCFS and Probation staff, as an active member of the Multidisciplinary Case Planning Committee (MCPC), as well as Team Decision Making/Child and Family Team (TDM/CFT) meetings.
  • Developed comprehensive treatment plans, monitored progress toward court referred and non-court referred treatments/case plan goals.
  • Assisted families to develop the skills necessary in improving, maintaining or restoring their functioning.
  • Facilitated and updated the Family Assessment Form (FAF), Protective Factors Survey, and other tools to assess and monitor family strengths and needs.
  • Reinforced positive parenting skills to increase parent's ability to meet their child's needs for healthy physical, social and emotional development.
  • Arranged for/linked families to Supplemental Services and resources needed to support achievement of their goals.
  • Conducted psychoeducation to the following topics for families: teaching and demonstrating homemaking, budgeting, case management, assisting parents in accessing translation, tutoring, help access respite care, educational support, parenting support, crisis counseling, domestic violence services, behavioral management, medication education, stress management, mentoring/role model for the parent, psychosocial skills training.
  • Assisted in monitoring the children and families to ensure child safety
  • Identified risk factors for child abuse or neglect, develops treatment plans to lower the risk to children and report any cases of suspected child abuse or neglect as required by California child abuse reporting law.
  • Represented the Agency at community meetings; effectively consulted with other agencies, Department of Children and Family Services, other county departments, and schools.
  • Provided on-call emergency response to clients as needed.
  • Followed all policies, procedures and legal mandates including HIPAA, client releases of information, protected health information (PHI) and client files.

Education

Master of Social Work - undefined

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
08.2012 - 05.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work

San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
08.2006 - 05.2010

Skills

Completed 40 hour Domestic Violence training in June 2015

Certification

Trained in Department of Mental Health(DMH) forms

Timeline

Licensed Clinical Supervisor/Counselor

Harmony at Home
07.2023 - Current

Sticks and Stones Counselor

Harmony at Home
07.2023 - 12.2023

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Path Mental Health Care
01.2023 - Current

Adjunct Professor

Cal Poly Pomona
08.2019 - 01.2020

Private Practice Therapist

Early Awakenings
02.2019 - 03.2020

Co-Founder

Latinx Parenting
10.2018 - 03.2020

Bilingual Therapist

National Council of Jewish Women
07.2016 - 12.2016

Home Outreach Counselor/Upfront Assessor

Westside Children's Center
11.2015 - 07.2016

Master of Social Work - undefined

University of Southern California
08.2012 - 05.2015

Lead Trainer/Facilitator

Echo Training, Echo Parenting and Education
11.2011 - 01.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work

San Diego State University
08.2006 - 05.2010
Trained in Department of Mental Health(DMH) forms
Certified teacher in Nonviolent Education and Parenting, Echo Parenting and Education
Trained in Seeking Safety

Languages

Bilingual [fluent in English and Spanish]

Teaching Experience

Trained and Certified in Trauma Informed Nonviolent Parenting by Echo Parenting and Education:


  • Introduction to trauma informed Nonviolent Parenting
  • Brain Development, Toxic Stress and Resiliency
  • Anger and Self Regulation
  • Setting limits with children through a compassionate lens
  • Empathy and Emotional Intelligence
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences(ACES) and the Community Resiliency Model

Conference Presentations

"Early Brain Development and Trauma." Super Saturday, March 2019

"Making Empathy Books for Children: Supporting Emotional Intelligence." Super Saturday, March 2019

"Building trauma informed schools and Communities: Sally Ride Whole School Initiative." Echo Parenting and Education Conference, March 2016

"How to support children whom have experienced trauma." Echo Parenting and Education Conference, March 2015

"Trauma Informed Care and Practices: Supporting Children and Families." Kaiser Permanente Staff, August 2015

Publications

"How to talk to children about Domestic Violence." Domesticshelters.org, September 2015

Teaching Experience

Trained and Certified in Trauma Informed Nonviolent Parenting by Echo Parenting and Education:


  • Introduction to trauma informed Nonviolent Parenting
  • Brain Development, Toxic Stress and Resiliency
  • Anger and Self Regulation
  • Setting limits with children through a compassionate lens
  • Empathy and Emotional Intelligence
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences(ACES) and the Community Resiliency Model

Conference Presentations

"Early Brain Development and Trauma." Super Saturday, March 2019

"Making Empathy Books for Children: Supporting Emotional Intelligence." Super Saturday, March 2019

"Building trauma informed schools and Communities: Sally Ride Whole School Initiative." Echo Parenting and Education Conference, March 2016

"How to support children whom have experienced trauma." Echo Parenting and Education Conference, March 2015

"Trauma Informed Care and Practices: Supporting Children and Families." Kaiser Permanente Staff, August 2015

References

Available Upon Request







Lizeth ToscanoLicense Clinical Social Worker(LCSW)103469