Marie Fort
Queen Creek,AZ
Summary
Experienced with therapeutic interventions, guiding clients through emotional and psychological challenges. Utilizes cognitive-behavioral techniques to promote mental wellness and resilience. Knowledge of crisis management, ensuring effective and timely support.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Mental Health Therapist
Marie Stokey Counseling
06.2020 - Current
- Teletherapy private practice specializing in trauma through using modalities such as EMDR. Skilled understanding in stress management by understanding triggers, decreasing overworking and overextending self, and improving coping skills. Helping clients to identify barriers and increase strategies in order to successfully achieve goals. Assist clients with reducing symptoms of depression such as persistent feelings of hopelessness, worries, and feeling stuck in life.
Intern Counselor
Country Oaks Counseling
08.2012 - Current
- Private practice setting. Responsibilities include individual counseling with adults and adolescents. Facilitate treatment for substance abuse, depression, anxiety disorder, and adjustment disorder.
- Supervisor: Laurie Friesen 661-972-4112
Mental Health Therapist
Honu Heart Therapy Services
05.2019 - 02.2020
- Private practice where I specialized in providing therapy to children and adolescents using a play therapy approach. I conducted intakes, treatment plans, and progress notes during this process. I also met with parents for treatment coordination and parenting skills.
Mental Health Therapist
Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services
09.2013 - 11.2019
- State mental health agency rural office. Created a play therapy treatment room at this facility and conducted directive and non-directive play therapy. Assessed and treated clients from preschool through adults. Responsibilities include conducting individual and group counseling. Conducted crisis screenings as well as intakes with clients. Created treatment plans and continued to update as needed. Continually wrote progress notes and tracked clients progress. Liaison between various community members in assisting clients treatment.
- Supervisor: Cathi Spooner
Social Service Worker
Kern County Mental Health
04.2013 - 08.2013
- Foster Care Team. Responsibilities include acting as a liaison between Department of Human Services and Kern County Mental Health so that social workers can connect their cases to mental health services as needed. In addition, relaying information to our mental health therapists of children that have entered Jaimison and need to be screened and assessed. This job requires an understanding of Anasazi (Kern County Mental Health’s system) and the CWS (Department of Human Services system).
- Supervisor: Jennie Sill
Intern Counselor
Gallahue Mental Health
01.2012 - 05.2012
- Graduate level internship. Responsibilities included assisting in group counseling with supervisor. Program supported psychoeducation as well as group counseling for adults in a group setting. Facilitated treatment for depression, anxiety, anger management, and adjustment issues.
- Supervisor: Mike Brown 317-621-7740
Intern Counselor
Tim Donovan
01.2012 - 05.2012
- Graduate level internship. Engaged in co-therapy with Tim Donovan in a private practice setting. Population consisted of mainly adolescents and young adult males. Facilitated treatment for anger, depression, anxiety, adjustment, and substance abuse.
- Supervisor: Tim Donovan 812-360-8350
Master Practicum/Intern Counselor
LDS Family Services
05.2011 - 04.2012
- Practicum consisted of 100 hours over a semester. Internship consisted of 600 hours spread over fall and spring semester. Responsibilities included counseling and intakes for individuals and couples in a community agency setting. Counseling populations were made of adolescents and adults. Facilitated treatment for relationship difficulties, anxiety, major depression, panic, and adjustment disorder. Documented progress of clients throughout treatment.
- Supervisors: David Pitcher 317-522-0224
Psychiatric Technician
Utah State Hospital
09.2009 - 08.2010
- Full-time, paid position working with children, adolescents, adult, and geriatric patients populations manifesting a wide range of diagnoses: major depression, schizophrenia, borderline, conduct, antisocial, schizoaffective, oppositional defiant, dementia, catatonic, anxiety, bipolar, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and eating disorders. Duties included performing intakes and discharges, co-leading patient education and life skill groups, patient safety treatment plan compliance, and charting patient progress. Collaborated with psychologists and full time therapists to implement treatment plans.
- Supervisor: Scott Buys (801) 344-4400
Psychology Intern
Behavioral Health Center
05.2008 - 07.2008
- Bachelors level intern, part- time, non-paid position. Completed 103.5 hours over a semester. Behavioral Health Center is a psychiatric inpatient receiving facility. Internship experience ranged from pediatrics, adolescents, and adults. Populations included different types of disorders such as: schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar, major depression, and borderline. Observed a range of hallucinations, delusions, suicidal ideation, and paranoia among patients. Facilitated adult inpatient life skills group session participated in group therapy sessions within an adolescent unit, observed intake admissions, psychotherapy sessions, and psychological testing performed with patients from a broad range of psychiatric disorders.
- Supervisors: Dr. Cluff, Brigham Young University- Idaho and Casey Puzey, director, Behavioral Health Center.
Education
Master of Science - Community Counseling
Indiana University
01.2012
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Brigham Young University-Idaho
01.2009
Skills
- Grief counseling
- Suicide prevention
- Individual counseling
- Self-harm prevention
- Child and adolescent therapy
- Depression treatment
- Anxiety management
- Developing relationships
- Building rapport
- Empathy development
Certification
- LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor
Timeline
Mental Health Therapist
Marie Stokey Counseling
06.2020 - Current
Mental Health Therapist
Honu Heart Therapy Services
05.2019 - 02.2020
Mental Health Therapist
Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services
09.2013 - 11.2019
Social Service Worker
Kern County Mental Health
04.2013 - 08.2013
Intern Counselor
Country Oaks Counseling
08.2012 - Current
Intern Counselor
Gallahue Mental Health
01.2012 - 05.2012
Intern Counselor
Tim Donovan
01.2012 - 05.2012
Master Practicum/Intern Counselor
LDS Family Services
05.2011 - 04.2012
Psychiatric Technician
Utah State Hospital
09.2009 - 08.2010
Psychology Intern
Behavioral Health Center
05.2008 - 07.2008
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Master of Science - Community Counseling
Indiana University
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