Summary
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Melissa Cook

Melissa Cook

Woodbury,MN

Summary

Innovative and energetic Integrated Health Social Worker/Therapist offering a strength-based approach to helping clients grow and heal with talents in providing effective therapeutic interventions. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Excellent at managing multiple tasks and working under pressure. Board approved clinical supervisor through MN Board of Social Work. Passionate about working to promote stigma free behavioral health services.

Work History

Integrated Health Therapist

Sanford Health
08.2020 - Current
  • Deliver empirically validated, short-term and on-going behavioral health care services (assessment, consultation, diagnosis, treatment) to ambulatory primary care patients via both traditional face-to-face visits and telemental health.
  • Triage patients with high-risk behavioral health profiles and coordinating services with specialty care resources
  • Work closely with other team members to address psychosocial and cultural elements of health and disease pertinent to patient's ability to manage their acute and chronic conditions and appreciate other factors that influence health care (developmental, economic, familial, religious, etc.)
  • Active leadership as primary care team consultant to understand the relationship between health and psychological/behavioral factors and promote this understanding to patients, families, and the community.
  • Provide clinical supervision

Outpatient Therapist

Lakeland Mental Health Center
05.2018 - 08.2020
  • Provide Diagnostic Assessments of clients via reviewing medical and social case histories, conducting clinical interviews, administering/interpreting psychological tests, and consulting with collaborative treatment professionals
  • Provide individual, couples, family, and crisis counseling to youth and adults
  • Collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines (psychiatrists, practitioners) and other programs to coordinate care
  • Formulate and administer treatment plans that address concerns/problems identified in assessments
  • Complete documentation, including assessments, evaluations/interpretations, treatment plans, progress notes,closures
  • Builds trust and rapport with clients to facilitate growth
  • Exceeded productivity goals

Adult Services Practitioner

Lakeland Mental Health Center
10.2017 - 05.2018
  • Assess client functioning within community to determine their housing, employment, social, medical, mental health, financial and other needs
  • Assist client in developing objective, measurable goals and determining how they can be met, including referral or individual living skills, and monitoring progress
  • Provide direct services and/or assist client to effectively utilize community services
  • Attend and actively participate in team meetings and problem-solving

Life Coach And Personal Trainer

Actively Inspired Life
01.2013 - Current
  • Provided personal and group life and fitness coaching
  • Successfully created and launched group personal training program business online
  • Educated members about relationship between mental strength, nutrition, and fitness
  • Provided support and guidance to members on daily basis to achieve personal goals

Graduate Social Work Intern

North Dakota State University
06.2005 - 09.2005
  • Provided one-on-one counseling sessions, career counseling, crisis counseling and intervention
  • Counseled clients with mental/behavioral health disorders and adjustment concerns
  • Consulted with clients when developing long term treatment plan goals and objectives
  • Developed relevant and comprehensive written materials on mental health for on-campus use
  • Collected and analyzed data on individual clients using records, tests, interviews, and professional sources.

Assistant Program Director/Mental Health Counselor

Spruce Woods Apartments
01.2003 - 01.2004
  • Hired, trained, and supervised staff. Collaborated with Program Director to create and maintain facility budget, prepared employee payroll, and schedules
  • Implemented ongoing staff training programs and educational sessions
  • Conducted competency-based interactive interviews to identify client needs
  • Provided case management services to clients for community service and resource agencies

Education

Master of Science - Clinical Social Work; 4.0 GPA

College of St. Catherine/University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, Minnesota
2005

Bachelor of Science - Social Work Major, Sociology Minor: 4.0 GPA

Bemidji State University
Bemidji, Minnesota
2003

Skills

  • Board Certified LICSW
  • Individual, couples, family therapy: youth and adults
  • Skilled in Diagnostic Assessments , Treatment Planning, Empirically Validated Treatment Modalities, Psychotropic medication knowledge
  • Participation in video Series" Inside Out: A Step Inside Mental Illness" and professional panel presentation
  • Continued Education in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, CBT-i, Depression & Mood Disorder, Anxiety, Sand Tray Therapy, Methamphetamine and Marijuana, Trauma Therapy Clinical Social Work Supervision,

References

Jennifer Pirkl, LICSW-Sanford Health

218-333-2105/jennifer.pirkl@sanfordhealth.org

Andrea Lucca, LICSW-Sanford Health

218-333-5238/andrea.lucca@sanfordhealth.org

Audrey Kolnes, LICSW-White Earth Mental Health
218-849-9612/audrey.kolnes@whiteearth-nsn.gov
Wanda Dahlen, PhD-Psychologist- Lakeland Mental Health
701-261-1601/kvennes@lmhc.org

Timeline

Integrated Health Therapist

Sanford Health
08.2020 - Current

Outpatient Therapist

Lakeland Mental Health Center
05.2018 - 08.2020

Adult Services Practitioner

Lakeland Mental Health Center
10.2017 - 05.2018

Life Coach And Personal Trainer

Actively Inspired Life
01.2013 - Current

Graduate Social Work Intern

North Dakota State University
06.2005 - 09.2005

Assistant Program Director/Mental Health Counselor

Spruce Woods Apartments
01.2003 - 01.2004

Master of Science - Clinical Social Work; 4.0 GPA

College of St. Catherine/University of St. Thomas

Bachelor of Science - Social Work Major, Sociology Minor: 4.0 GPA

Bemidji State University
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