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PALOMA ROCHA

LPC
Fort Lauderdale,FL

Summary

Bilingual Mental Health Counselor proficient in providing caring and methodological counseling services in diverse settings. Skilled in developing and maintaining therapeutic relationships and helping patients progress toward planned outcomes.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Clinical Support Specialist

Humankind
02.2024 - Current

- Provide one-on-one emotional support to clients to promote resilience, self-esteem, and overall well-being.
- Collaborate with clients to set, plan, and achieve personal, professional, and wellness-related goals.
- Support clients in improving quality of life through skill-building in communication, boundary-setting, and problem-solving.
- Assist clients in identifying barriers to success and developing actionable strategies to overcome them.
- Monitor client progress, celebrate milestones, and adjust strategies to ensure sustainable improvement.
- Guide clients in building healthy routines, self-care habits, and positive coping mechanisms.
- Encourage and motivate clients to take consistent, meaningful steps toward their goals.
- Uphold organizational values of hope, empathy, trust, action, and continuous improvement in all client interactions.

Human Resources Manager

The Babysitting Company
Broward, FL
12.2015 - 12.2024
  • Work very closely with the Owner of the company to create a cohesive link between the employees, the clients and the office.
  • Interview, hired, and trained new employees.
  • Continuous management and monitoring of client reservations and babysitter’s schedule.
  • Collaborate with the team to guarantee the best possible product and service in the field.

Mental Health Assessment Specialist

Sycamore Springs Psychiatrist Hospital
12.2020 - 01.2023
  • Screen patients for medical and behavioral emergency conditions.
  • Perform comprehensive assessment and quality therapeutic care to patients seeking treatment of substance abuse, dual diagnosis or psychiatric or emotional disorders.
  • Coordinate with clinical team/on-call physician to ensure these needs are met either at the facility or other appropriate community provider.
  • Interpret treatment to patient and family to help reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of care and continuation of treatment.
  • Complete administrative processes of admission and pre- certification of care with external payers, as necessary.

Mental Health Therapist

Beckett Springs
12.2021 - 11.2022
  • Apply different therapy methodologies to assist patients with their mental health.
  • Develop goal-oriented psychoeducational group activities to improve patient's level of functioning.
  • Guide clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness.
  • Display sensitivity to cultural and linguistic needs of clients and families served.
  • Perform client assessments and developed treatment plans.
  • Documented client progress in confidential files.

Clinical Internship

Broward Outreach Centers
05.2019 - 12.2019
  • Assisted in admission, assessment, discharge and transfer of patients and documented specified information.
  • Created treatment plans for patients with specific goals for therapy and interventions to help patients reach these goals.
  • Provided individual and group therapy to patients with severe mental illnesses, chemical dependency, and geriatric needs.
  • Provided strengths-based interventions including skills training, psychoeducational activities, cognitive restructuring, emotional processing, reflective listening, CBT and solution focused therapy.
  • Provided all services in accordance with established departmental policies and procedures.

Education

Master of Science - Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Florida International University
Miami, FL
01.2016 - 12.2020

Bachelor's Psychology - Criminal Justice

Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
08.2011 - 12 2013

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) -

CPR/AED, First Aid Certified Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) - undefined

Skills

    Individual, Family, and Group Therapy

Assessment and Client Evaluation

Clinical Treatment Planning

Paperwork and Documentation

Team Management

Crisis Intervention and Substance abuse

Data Entry

Telehealth

Psychosocial assessment

Timeline

Clinical Support Specialist

Humankind
02.2024 - Current

Mental Health Therapist

Beckett Springs
12.2021 - 11.2022

Mental Health Assessment Specialist

Sycamore Springs Psychiatrist Hospital
12.2020 - 01.2023

Clinical Internship

Broward Outreach Centers
05.2019 - 12.2019

Master of Science - Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Florida International University
01.2016 - 12.2020

Human Resources Manager

The Babysitting Company
12.2015 - 12.2024

Bachelor's Psychology - Criminal Justice

Florida Atlantic University
08.2011 - 12 2013

CPR/AED, First Aid Certified Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) - undefined

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) -

PALOMA ROCHALPC
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