Nicole Skylis
Milan,MI
Summary
Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience in integrated health care, community mental health, and inpatient psychiatric settings. Expertise in trauma-informed relational therapy that effectively combines psychodynamic techniques with solution-focused approaches and health education, aimed at enhancing quality of life and treatment adherence. Proven ability to engage and support individuals in rural areas, inner cities, and culturally diverse communities. Specialized in assisting those facing acute stress, limited resources, financial insecurity, and the impacts of complex childhood trauma.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Integrated Health Social Worker
Packard Health
Ann Arbor, MI
11.2016 - Current
- Individual therapy - adults ages 18+
- Utilizes skill-building, problem-solving, solution focused, and psychoeducation.
- Biopsychosocial assessments, diagnosis, with strong skill set in differential diagnosis.
- Treatment planning and documenting clinical services in alignment with agency, ethical, and legal standards.
- Monitor response to medication for efficacy, side effects, facilitate communication with providers.
- Education about mental and physical health conditions.
- Make clinically appropriate decisions with minimal supervision.
- Crisis Services: phone, office, community
Integrated Health Social Worker
Family Medical Center
Michigan
12.2013 - 09.2016
- Provide individual therapy to adults using CBT, DBT, skill building, psychoeducation, and process-oriented therapy.
- Biopsychosocial assessments, diagnosing and identify treatment goals.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams including primary care, psychiatry, to ensure coordinated, holistic care.
- Monitor client progress, revise treatment goals as needed.
- Make clinical decisions and develop treatment plans independently with minimal supervision.
- Conduct crisis assessments and coordinate crisis services with Monroe County CMH.
Social Worker
Monroe CMH & Family Medical Center
Monroe, MI
12.2011 - 09.2013
- Provide individual therapy with adults, some children.
- Time limited-CBT, DBT, Problem Solving/Solution focused, Skill Building
- Educate client and families about mental health and chronic health conditions.
- Biopsychosocial assessments-adults and children, diagnosing-adults, referral to psych.
- Monitor client progress, adjust treatment goals as needed, review every 3 months.
- Timely documentation.
- Support clients navigating moderate to severe mental health needs.
- Crisis Services-phone and outreach
- Utilization Review psychiatric hospitalization and jail
Psychiatric Social Work
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI
08.2010 - 11.2011
- Assessments
- Coordinating with families, CMH, legal system
- Assisted with applying for legal guardianship through courts, testifying before court on behalf of hospital.
- Coordinating placement in long-term residential care/group homes, finding housing for homeless
- Coordinating outpatient services—limited options for those with severe MH, CMH was overwhelmed.
- Team planning with OT, Daily team meetings.
- Psychodynamic Group Therapy 2 x a week
- Psychosocial Group Skill Building
- Family sessions and Family Education—often emotionally difficult meetings for families
- Using visual observations to assess progress, identify symptoms, behaviors.
Integrated Health Social Worker
Crider Center
Missouri
05.2005 - 07.2010
- Rural county (Fulton County) Moderate to Severe+ mental health needs
- Biopsychosocial assessments for children and adults
- Individual therapy, case management with adults
- Educate families about severe and persistent mental illness—lots of doubt about mental healthcare.
- Substance Use Treatment-Methamphetamine, Crack, Alcohol, Heroine
- Collaborate with psychiatry, case managers, dental team.
- Case management, linking to shelters, social services, disability paperwork, health insurance, food pantries.
- Crisis services including petitioning courts, collaborating with local police department, de-escalation, safety planning.
- Use of natural supports
- Weekly clinical supervision
- Weekly group supervision
Education
Bachelor of Arts -
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI01.2022
Social Work - undefined
Washington University in St. Louis
01.2005
Skills
- Behavioral health assessment and diagnosing
- Crisis management and intervention
- Psychodynamic counseling
- CBT, Motivational interviewing skills, Solution-Focused
- Substance abuse counseling
- Post-trauma growth and recovery support
- Comprehensive case coordination
- Monitoring medication response and compliance
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Utilization Review-Jails, Hospitals, In-house
- Military Culture
- Involuntary Hospitalizations, Petitioning courts for guardianship
- Discharge planning
Certification
- U of M Certificate in Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Training by Lane Peterson PsyD, LPC, C-DBT
- EMDR Chicago Virtual EMDR Basic Training by Paula P. Merucci, LCSW, CADC
- Center for Deployment Psychology in Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Center for Deployment Psychology in Narrative Exposure Therapy
Timeline
Integrated Health Social Worker
Packard Health
11.2016 - Current
Integrated Health Social Worker
Family Medical Center
12.2013 - 09.2016
Social Worker
Monroe CMH & Family Medical Center
12.2011 - 09.2013
Psychiatric Social Work
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
08.2010 - 11.2011
Integrated Health Social Worker
Crider Center
05.2005 - 07.2010
Social Work - undefined
Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor of Arts -
Grand Valley State University
Clinical Interests
Caregiver burnout, women’s life transitions, empowerment, boundary setting, self-advocacy, recovery from narcissistic parenting, intimate partner abuse support, religious and spiritual processing, identity development, neurodivergent families, Autism, Down syndrome, developmental and genetic differences, chronic illness, autoimmune disorders, invisible illness, chronic fatigue, diabetes, bariatrics, military and veteran culture, culturally informed care, support for single parents, grandparents raising children, ADHD assessment and treatment, health and wellness, nutrition support, bariatric counseling.