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Michael Friedman

Franklin Lakes,New Jersey

Summary

Compassionate Counselor committed to helping clients work toward their personal recovery goals, while focusing on bolstering their self-autonomy, and assisting them with participating fully in their community to promote a sense of belonging and well-being.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Community Support Counselor

Community Hope Inc.
Parsippany, New Jersey
12.2016 - Current
  • Linked consumers to resources in the community, provided crisis intervention, provided motivational interviewing to identify psychological strategies to promote change talk, assisted consumers with achieving personal goals, and facilitated treatment with medical and psychiatric providers.

Advance Housing

Community Integration Counselor
Teterboro, NJ
01.2016 - 12.2016
  • Provided consumers who were formerly homeless access to housing and mental health services. Worked with consumers on medication management, linking consumers to other medical and psychiatric services, providing crisis management services, and assisting them with educational and occupational oppurtunities.

Research Assistant

Leah Warner Ramapo College
Mahwah, NJ
08.2014 - 12.2014

Was responsible for working on social psychology experiment regarding the theory of others defining one's own subjective experience, or "Subjective Hijacking." Responsibilities also included doing literature reviews for fellow research assistants and assisted in running the experiments.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Ramapo College of New Jersey
(Fall 2013-Fall 2015)
01.2016

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Penn State University (Fall 2010-Fall 2012)
State College

Bachelors of Arts-Psychology

Bergen Community College (Spring 2014)
Paramus, NJ

Skills

  • Mental Health Support
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Medicaid Familiarity
  • Social Work
  • Clinical Experience

Accomplishments

  • Made Dean's List for 4 semesters.
  • Chi Alpha Sigma award-Student-Athlete with exceptional grades.
  • Tennis team from Fall 2013-Fall 2014, captain of the Spring 2014 team, which qualified for NCAA tournament
  • Completed CPR and First Aid Certification
  • Competed Motivational Interviewing Course
  • Completed Mental Health First Aid Course

Timeline

Community Support Counselor

Community Hope Inc.
12.2016 - Current

Advance Housing

Community Integration Counselor
01.2016 - 12.2016

Research Assistant

Leah Warner Ramapo College
08.2014 - 12.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Ramapo College of New Jersey

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Penn State University (Fall 2010-Fall 2012)

Bachelors of Arts-Psychology

Bergen Community College (Spring 2014)
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