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Marysol Cazares

Mental Health Clinician
Lincoln,NE

Summary

Bilingual Mental Health Counselor with extensive, varied human services experience across a variety of settings, including case management, residential management, counseling, and work with children and families. Skilled in providing individual and group therapy. Expertise in staff leadership, scheduling, budget, and payroll.


Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Mental Health Clinician

Lancaster County
Lincoln , NE
04.2018 - Current
  • Completed one-on-one counseling with broad range of clients suffering from addictions and co-occurring diseases and issues.
  • Utilized positive uncertainty and multi-systemic family systems therapy to encourage clients and help to handle ambiguity, accept inconsistencies and trust intuition in decision-making.
  • Observed and monitored client behavior and responses to treatment.
  • Guided clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

Therapeutic Community Counselor

St. Monica's
Lincoln , NE
06.2017 - 04.2018
  • Connected clients with community service and resource agencies.
  • Guided clients in developing skills and strategies for dealing with problems.
  • Communicated closely with other counselors to devise programs and activities based on developmental and academic levels.
  • Developed and expanded referral system of service providers to assist clients in attaining services.
  • Acted as client advocate to coordinate required services or resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.

Residential Manager/Case Manager

St. Monica's
Lincoln , NE
05.2016 - 06.2017
  • Managed the budget for a residential treatment house, including food items and office supplies.
  • Managed schedule for approximately 40 employees at different houses.
  • Did evaluations for approximately 10 employees under my direct supervision.
  • Checked and approved personnel payroll time sheets.
  • Was involved in creating and revising policies and procedures for programs to adhere to CARF accreditation standards.
  • Collaborated with Human Resources to ensure policies were followed and to hire and terminate personnel.
  • Served on a team of 4 managers and had knowledge of the programs and operations of the other managers.
  • Was the point of contact for collaborating with various outside agencies in the community.
  • Conducted living-space searches and urine tests.
  • Transported clients to detox and the hospital.
  • Handled medical and behavioral crises. Held clients accountable to following their schedules to comply with various levels of outside supervision, including state and federal probation, mental health commitment boards, and community corrections.

Therapeutic Mentor

St. Monica's
Lincoln, NE
09.2012 - 05.2016
  • Medication Aide.
  • Transported clients to meetings and appointments.
  • Held clients accountable to completing required tasks and adhering to residential rules.
  • Urine testing and conducting car, person, and room searches for contraband.
  • Teaching life skills to clients.
  • Communicating with Child and Family Protective Services to set up visitation and appointments.

Residential Assistant Manager

St. Monica's
Lincoln , NE
02.2014 - 02.2015
  • Assisted Residential Managers in scheduling, payroll, and training staff.
  • Handled emergencies.
  • Covered on-call to help with crises, and covered mentor shifts when necessary.
  • Urine tests and room searches.
  • Case management.

Child Behavior Specialist

Behaven Kids
Lincoln , NE
10.2011 - 09.2012
  • Crafted Behavioral Intervention Plans for individual students.
  • Applied treatment plans for behavior change for children.
  • Served as Spanish language interpreter for clinical counseling.
  • Provided care for children with behavior concerns.
  • Visited homes to teach and coach parents on applying treatment plans.
  • Collaborated with counselors in supporting children in their programming.
  • Coordinated with Child and Family Protective Services to make sure parents were following through with recommendations.

Early Childhood Behavioral Casework Intern

Blue Valley
Crete, NE
08.2010 - 06.2011
  • Handled cases of pre-K children with behavior issues from parental absence.
  • Communicated with counselors, parents, and school supervisor.
  • Built solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet case needs.

Student Office Worker

Doane College
Crete, NE
01.2008 - 05.2011
  • Worked in Financial Aid Office, Office of International Programs, and Advancement Office.
  • Did spreadsheets, data entry, records management, mailed correspondence, and counseled students and parents on financial matters.

Education

Master of Arts - Counseling

Doane University
Lincoln, NE
08.2012 - 05.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology/Spanish (Double Major)

Doane College
Crete, NE
08.2007 - 05.2011

Skills

  • Mental health screening, evaluations, and clinical interventions
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Certification

  • PLMHP

Software

  • Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Timeline

Mental Health Clinician

Lancaster County
04.2018 - Current

Therapeutic Community Counselor

St. Monica's
06.2017 - 04.2018

Residential Manager/Case Manager

St. Monica's
05.2016 - 06.2017

Residential Assistant Manager

St. Monica's
02.2014 - 02.2015

Therapeutic Mentor

St. Monica's
09.2012 - 05.2016

Master of Arts - Counseling

Doane University
08.2012 - 05.2017

Child Behavior Specialist

Behaven Kids
10.2011 - 09.2012

Early Childhood Behavioral Casework Intern

Blue Valley
08.2010 - 06.2011

Student Office Worker

Doane College
01.2008 - 05.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology/Spanish (Double Major)

Doane College
08.2007 - 05.2011

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