Lori Ellegood, MSW, LCSW

• Introduced advanced technology solutions into daily operations which increased productivity levels throughout the company.
• Achieved long-term sustainability for the organization through combining strong business leadership skills with responsible decision-making processes grounded in ethics

Consistently built strong rapport with clients through active listening skills and empathic understanding of their experience for optimum treatment results.

• Collaborated with healthcare professionals in coordinating care for clients with co-occurring mental health and physical health concerns, ensuring a holistic approach to treatment.
• Provided crisis intervention services when needed, effectively addressing acute emotional distress and preventing harm to self or others.
• Maintained detailed clinical records and documentation, ensuring accurate tracking of client progress and adherence to legal requirements.
• Assisted couples in improving communication patterns by facilitating productive conversations about relationship challenges using Gottman method principles.
• Developed mindfulness-based stress reduction program, significantly reducing symptoms of anxiety among participants.
• Collaborated with medical professionals to integrate psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, enhancing overall treatment effectiveness.
• Utilized teletherapy platforms to extend services to remote or immobile patients, broadening clinic's reach.
• Achieved high rates of patient progress, utilizing empathetic listening and evidence-based practices.
• Engaged in continuous professional development to stay abreast of latest psychotherapy techniques and theories.
• Implemented variety of evidence-based counseling methods to achieve therapy goals that significantly reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety.

• Enhanced patient care and outcomes by developing and implementing comprehensive care plans while facilitating multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Established and maintained effective communication with staff, physicians and community organizations to promote high quality patient care.
• Recruited, hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.

• Provided successful outcomes as primary DBT therapist for adolescent girls ages 10-18 within a long-term residential treatment program within hospital setting.
• Facilitated large multi-disciplinary treatment team meetings.
• Assessed mental capacity for court proceedings regarding discharge of adolescents receiving acute services.
• Maintained detailed case notes and documentation, ensuring effective tracking of progress and continuity of care across providers and agencies.
• Facilitated group therapy sessions, DBT skills groups, family, and individual therapy and efficiently documented within EHR.
• Collaborated and mentored Behavioral Health Techs.
• Developed and maintained relationships with referral sources to support continuity of care.
• Mentored new therapists through case consultations in order to support their professional development within the field.

• Received extensive training by Richland County gang task force regarding students attending this alternative school.
• Provided crisis intervention services to students experiencing emotional distress or exhibiting signs of potential harm to themselves or others.
• Served as a trusted resource for staff members seeking guidance on addressing students'' social-emotional needs within the classroom setting.
• Facilitated social skills groups and met for weekly individual therapy with students.
• Improved communication between home and school environments by maintaining consistent contact with parents.
• Created and maintained Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and 504 plans, as well as led IEP and 504 team meetings.

• Within an acute psychiatric inpatient setting, completed psychosocial assessments, accompanied physicians/psychiatrists on rounds, and participated in treatment planning with a multidisciplinary team.
• Provided brief therapy to veterans and their families.
• Completed intern rotation through all hospital departments during the paid internship.

• Provided clinical treatment oversite services for adolescents placed within treatment centers throughout the state, after being diagnosed with a mental illness while in the Juvenile Justice System
• Attended large interagency meetings, treatment team meetings, as well as conducted face-to-face visits with clients and their therapists to assess appropriate treatment.