Licensed Professional Counselor with over 6 years of post graduate professional experiences. Passionate Counselor committed to helping clients work toward healing and self-sufficiency while emphasizing personal strengths. Success working with children, adolescents, and adults dealing with trauma, anxiety, depression, and neurodivergent through multiples modalities.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Counselor
Gila River Behavioral Health
10.2022 - 07.2024
Evaluated treatment outcomes using standardized measures, adjusting therapeutic approaches as necessary to optimize client progress and recovery goals through individual therapy.
Maintained detailed case notes for effective documentation, enabling review of progress and adjustments to treatment strategies as needed.
Facilitated grief group therapy sessions utilizing Expressive Art techniques, creating a supportive environment for shared healing experiences among participants.
Supported clients in processing traumatic memories using EMDR techniques, promoting healthier emotional responses and reduced distress levels.
Counselor
SEEK Arizona
01.2018 - 07.2022
Facilitated counseling sessions with families and neurodivergent and neurotypical children in the clinic, home, and telehealth for children ages 7-18. Provided individual, family and group counseling utilizing multiple modalities of treatment to fit client's needs.
Facilitated expressive art groups that teach client how to identify and express feelings appropriately through creative art
Provide psychoeducational through family therapy with neurotypical children Attends CFT and IEP meetings to help advocate for client's needs. Coordination of care with case manager and school counselor to help advocate for client's needs.
Expressive Art Therapist
Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers
07.2017 - 03.2018
Guided clients through creative expression and encouraged them to engage with feelings and thoughts.
Plan and implement creative expressive art therapy activities, including watercolor as a relaxation technique, Sumi writing primarily designed to assist patients with physical cognition, and mandalas for patients and cancer survivors as an integrated care with mindfulness practice to help reduce anxiety.
Expressive Art Therapist
Young Arts Arizona
05.2017 - 02.2018
Conduct therapeutic art classes to children with disabilities/illnesses in treatment center.
Provides art materials appropriate to patient's age and skills to help reduce anxiety while in the hospital setting.
Oriented students to art therapy through hands-on workshops.
Counselor Intern
Catholic Charities Community Services (Internship)
08.2016 - 10.2017
Provided individual counseling sessions to the client diagnosed with a variety of mental states including depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and trauma. Counseled victim/survivors of domestic violence by teaching coping skill, creating the safety plan, and assisting each individual process trauma at their comfort level. Helped clients find solutions by teaching appropriate intervention techniques. Performed counseling interventions to address issues through conflict resolution and situational adjustment to depression, anxiety, emotional and physical abuse.
Maggie's Place (Internship) Phoenix, AZ | May 2017 - October 2017
Assist with individual/group counseling for pregnant women who are experiencing situations such as rape, drug uses, abusive relationship, low self-esteem, lack of employment experience, and legal cases involving CPS.
Provided individual and group counseling to provide support and help process
School Counselor
St. Catherine of Siena School (Internship) | Phoenix, AZ | August 2016 - May 2017
Guides children and adolescents aged 6 to 13 years at St. Catherine of Siena School, using CBT and expressive art approaches to address issues such as academic performances, grief, bullying, classroom behaviors, social skills, poor self-esteem, depression, and attendance
Facilitated group therapy consisting of number of 8 individuals, coaching participants to speak of important personal experiences.
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Fry's Food & Drug
10.2010 - 02.2017
Maintained clean and organized pharmacy shelving and work areas. Maintained strict patient confidentiality to adhere to HIPAA regulations and avoid data compromises.
Verified patients' identities at pickup to prevent sale of wrong medications. Managed inventories, rotated stock, removed expired or damaged drug products and resolved discrepancies in drug counts.
Efficiently processed cash register transactions for new and refilled prescription orders.