Marguerite Smith
Memphis,TN
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Substitute Teacher
Kelly Education
TN
08.2023 - Current
- Observed children and adolescents’ behavior and actions to ensure safety
- Helped resolve conflict in a polite and respectful manner
- Taken courses in child development
- Trained substitute teaching
Clinical Mental Health Counselor Intern
The Transformation Center
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Practiced my therapeutic skills and learned new ones to help develop my therapeutic style
- Communicated, grounded, and connected with clients in crisis or distress
- Led group sessions and created DBT skills and experiential activity plans for clients
- Utilized my colleagues for gaining perspective, insight, or advice on certain areas of unfamiliarity
- Assessed patients
- Cared for the well-being of patients
- Provide and document treatment interventions/services for clients as prescribed on their treatment plan
Summer Camp Counselor/ After School Care Counselor Substitute
Lamplighter Montessori School
06.2024 - 08.2024
- Developed my skills in communicating and connecting with kids as well as parents
- Led group activities and created group activities for the kids
- Utilizing empathy, patience, and incorporating fun activities when working with children
- Holding children accountable for their behavior
After School Care Counselor
Lausanne Collegiate School
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Always came prepared and with a positive attitude
- Valued the importance of communication
- Taught classes of fourth graders about bullying and cyber bullying, and made up a lesson plan
- Using empathy, patience, and incorporating fun activities when working with children
- Holding children accountable for their behavior
Mental Health Technician/ Community Counselor
Lakeside Behavioral Health System
03.2023 - 07.2023
- Always came prepared and with a positive attitude
- Valued the importance of communication
- Communicated with patients and coworkers in a professional and compassionate manner
- Attention to social cues and non-verbal communications
- Patient observation and vital reports
- First aid and CPR certified
Server
Stoney River
Germantown, TN
06.2021 - 01.2022
- Always came prepared and with a positive attitude
- Valued the importance of teamwork
- Worked with organization and swiftness
- Communicated with guests in a professional and compassionate manner
Education
Master’s - Clinical Mental Health Counseling
University of Memphis
07-2025
Bachelor of Science degree - Psychology, Health & Mental Health services
Middle Tennessee State University
12.2022
Skills
- Individual and Group Counseling
- Intake Screening and risk assessments
- Tracking client progress
- Building rapport
- Team Collaboration
- Treatment planning and implementation
- Crisis Intervention
- Solution-focused counseling, CBT, DBT, person-centered
- Activity Planning
- Discussion Facilitation
Related Volunteer Work
- Creative Connections, 10/19, Created an activity booth for painting pumpkins at a Halloween party.
- Memphis Catholic Diocese Search Youth Group, 05/17, Volunteered as a search youth group leader.
- Dentistry from the Heart, 02/15, Volunteered at Dental Cares providing free dental care.
- American Red Cross Disaster Relief, Summer 21, Provided emotional support and meals at shelters.
- Transformation Mental Health Center, Summer 21, Organized therapy technique binders and cleaned.
- Saint Mary’s Soup Kitchen, Summer 22, Christmas 23, Organized clothes and served food to the homeless.
Accomplishments and Experiences
- Maintained the hope scholarship through whole undergraduate career, Fall 19 - Fall 22
- National Society of Leadership and Success, 01/21
- Studied abroad in Austria, focusing on clinical psychology history., Dr. Seth Marshall
Research
- Research Assistant, Evaluating belief change in the preservation power of pyramids, Spring 22, Data collection research assistant.
- Psychology 3990 Independent Research in Psychology, Fall 22, Dr. James P. Loveless, Helped develop and collect behavioral data for a study.
- Effects of Demographic Variables on Belief Change, Evans, M., Smith, M., Mason, S., Patel, A., MTPA Conference, 05/19, Middle Tennessee State University, Dr. William Langston, Presented sample demographics and comparisons to belief change.
Certification
- CPR and First Aid
- (expected in 2025) LPC, MHSP
- ABC
Timeline
Clinical Mental Health Counselor Intern
The Transformation Center
09.2024 - 12.2024
Summer Camp Counselor/ After School Care Counselor Substitute
Lamplighter Montessori School
06.2024 - 08.2024
Substitute Teacher
Kelly Education
08.2023 - Current
After School Care Counselor
Lausanne Collegiate School
08.2023 - 05.2024
Mental Health Technician/ Community Counselor
Lakeside Behavioral Health System
03.2023 - 07.2023
Server
Stoney River
06.2021 - 01.2022
Master’s - Clinical Mental Health Counseling
University of Memphis
Bachelor of Science degree - Psychology, Health & Mental Health services
Middle Tennessee State University
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