MICHAEL ROBINSON
St. Cloud,FL
Summary
As an empathetic therapist, providing comprehensive counseling services for individuals, families, couples, and groups of all ages. My commitment is to empower clients through a holistic approach, prioritizing their autonomy and goals using evidence-based modalities. I create a safe environment for exploration and foster progress, not perfection, through positive reinforcement and a growth mindset.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Clinical Mental Health Intern
Sunbeam Mental Care
Saint Cloud, FL
05.2024 - Current
- Proficiently perform thorough structured, semi structured, informal psychological evaluations with approved assessment, ongoing mini mental status, and appropriate diagnostic testing to identify client needs and establish initial benchmark and treatment goals for 10-20 client caseload
- Create personalized treatment plans in collaboration with clients, leveraging assessment results to integrate evidence-based practices while accommodating client strengths, challenges, and mental health objectives
- Deliver sensitive psychotherapy to individuals, and motivational couples, and family counseling utilizing an eclectic approach that matches the client's specific needs, employing modalities like ACT, CBT, DBT, EMDR, Crisis CBT, and psychodynamic therapy
- Address client emergencies with timely and effective interventions, ensuring immediate safety and stability, and referring to additional or emergency services as needed
- Work closely with other medical professionals, including psychiatrists and general practitioners, to deliver comprehensive holistic patient mental care
- Preserve and practice with discipline to highest standards confidentiality confidential records of client interactions, therapy plans, and progress assessments in adherence to all ethical and legal guidelines
- Engage in community outreach and educational programs to enhance mental health awareness, combat stigma, and foster engagement with mental health resources
- Facilitate group therapy sessions, either leading or assisting, to provide a supportive environment.
Counselling Intern
The Sharing Center
Longwood, FL
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Conduct comprehensive assessments, including intake interviews, mental status examinations, and the administration of diagnostic tests to understand client needs and establish baseline for treatment planning
- Develop collaborative individualized treatment plans based on assessment findings, incorporating evidence-based interventions and considering client strengths, weaknesses, and overall mental health goals for case load 18-20
- Provide psychotherapy services to clients using an integrative perspective therapeutic approach suitable for the client's diagnosis and needs, such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, Crisis CBT or psychodynamic therapy
- Respond to client crises with appropriate interventions, ensuring safety and providing stabilization techniques
- Refer clients to additional services with adequate support systems or emergency care if necessary
- Coordinate care with other healthcare professionals, such as psychiatrists, primary care physicians, to ensure a holistic approach to mental health treatment for accurate discharge planning
- Maintain detailed and confidential client records, including therapy notes, treatment plans, and progress updates, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards
- Participate in community outreach and education initiatives to promote mental health awareness, reduce stigma, and encourage access to mental health services
- Group Therapy Facilitation: Lead or co-lead psychoeducational/psychotherapy therapeutic groups, providing a space for clients to explore issues, develop coping skills, and gain support from peers.
Case Manager
Rega Mental Health Center
Lake Mary, FL
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Conduct supervised intake interviews and provide appropriate clinical diagnosis in accordance with DSM5-TR criteria.
- Assess and identify the client’s needs, ensure necessary services are provided for overall safety, and establish a realistic and positive therapeutic progression in the office and surrounding community.
- Consult with all clients on general preventive/precautionary practices regarding mental health needs and expectations for general and high-risk cases, creating sound plans for treatment.
- Facilitate multiple weekly group sessions for adverse populations with a primary focus on collaborative mental health development/maintenance group-driven.
- Co-facilitate caseload of approximately 10-12 weekly clients, providing researched-based groups, family groups, and addiction groups comprising of clients from children thru late adulthood
- Develop and maintain clinical records in accordance with supervision, such as treatment plans, treatment revisions, progress notes, ongoing risk assessments, and per/post-termination summaries according to Rega standards and internal policies
- Coordinate and co-facilitate free monthly educational classes on parenting, anger management, and self-empowerment through an integrative approach of person-centered and CBT/DBT.
Education
MASTER’S IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH -
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
Orlando, FL05.2024
BACHELOR OF ARTS - Psychology
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, SARASOTA-MANATEE
Tampa, FL05.2021
Skills
- Anxiety Management
- Suicide Risk Assessment
- Stress reduction techniques
- Clinical Documentation
- Multicultural Competence
- Time Management
- Effective Verbal and Written Communication
- Dual diagnoses experience
- Biopsychosocial / Evaluation Assessments
- Treatment / Discharge Planning
- Case management proficiency
- Patient Education
Certification
- CFARS, 11/2022, 802-068-134
- FARS, 4/2024, 805-072-037
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network (PFA), 11/2022
- DCF Security, 4/22/2024
- TF - CBT, 2/27/2023
- FDOH HIV/AIDS 500, 4/2024
- EMDR trained certificate, 9/2023
- IAP Certified Life Coach, 7/2024
- CPR/AED/ Certified, 4/2024, 7F395B78
Timeline
Registered Clinical Mental Health Intern
Sunbeam Mental Care
05.2024 - Current
Counselling Intern
The Sharing Center
08.2023 - 05.2024
Case Manager
Rega Mental Health Center
01.2022 - 01.2023
MASTER’S IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH -
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
BACHELOR OF ARTS - Psychology
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, SARASOTA-MANATEE
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