Hi, I’m
Pamela Griffith
Mental Health
Gulfport,MS
Summary
To work in a career setting in or related to counseling that will allow me to advance in the mental health or healthcare field.
Overview
18
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
AbleTo, Inc.New York
Behavioral Coach
11.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Provides eight-week coaching sessions using short-term, evidence-based practices that include coaching skills and techniques associated with Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
- Implements strategic coping skills to handle depression, anxiety, chronic pain, diabetes, and grief during coaching sessions.
- Provides motivational interviewing to adults and the geriatric population.
- Engages in strategic planning with the clinical team to address psychiatric and medical crises that may occur during treatment.
- Provides telehealth services via video conference or phone to the adult and geriatric population.
- Participate in monthly and weekly skills-training meetings.
Set Free AlaskaWasilla
Mental Health Clinician
01.2024 - 01.2025
Job overview
- Facilitates group counseling with individuals diagnosed with substance abuse
- Provides Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) to men and women diagnosed with substance use through court order
- Implements evidence-based practices, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), tailored to the needs of men with diagnosed substance use disorders
- Attend weekly mandatory meetings
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to promote positive clinical outcomes and ensure continuity of care for all clients, guided by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria
AllOne HealthWilkes-Barre
EAP Clinician
10.2021 - 01.2024
Job overview
- Provides short-term counseling, and case management follow-ups to employer contacts
- Provides intake assessments, motivational interviewing, and resource referrals
- Provides telephone-based assessments for crisis intervention services and triage
- Provides triage and in-the-moment counseling support
- Provides short-term evidence-based practices that include Solution Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Provides management and organizational consultations to employer customer contacts
- Establish and maintain rapport quickly to develop a high level of customer trust through a call center
- Collaborate with team members to support positive clinical outcomes and continuity of care for all members
Mississippi Behavioral HealthGulfport
Adult and Child Therapist
07.2019 - 08.2021
Job overview
- Provides individual and family therapy to adults and children during home visits who are Medicaid eligible
- Provides weekly visitation to schools and homes to monitor progress
- Implements treatment planning, discharge planning, crisis management and crisis recovery planning
- Monitors behavioral changes, medical issues, crisis, health, and safety issues
- Provides crisis intervention services
- Participates in building positive community relationships with referral sources
- Provides telehealth therapy to adults and children via video conference or phone
Pine Belt Mental HealthHattiesburg
PACT Adult Therapist
10.2014 - 07.2019
Job overview
- Provides mental health services to adults and the geriatric population with multiple admissions to inpatient psychiatric hospitals after failing traditional outpatient mental health services
- Engages in strategic planning with the treatment team to deter clients from re-entering psychiatric inpatient hospitals
- Provides weekly home visitations to monitor client’s medication compliance
- Implements treatment planning, discharge planning, crisis management and crisis recovery planning
- Provides individual therapy and group therapy to adults and the geriatric population
- Assists clients to routine primary care physician appointments
- Coordinates appropriate community resources (housing, utility, and pharmacy assistance) for individuals to make successful transitions back into the community
- Consult with the psychiatric nurse practitioner on diagnosis, and treatment planning goals
- Participates in building positive community relationships with referral sources
Boswell Regional CenterMagee
Behavioral Health Specialist III
03.2007 - 10.2014
Job overview
- Provides mental health services to adults and the geriatric population in an ICF/IDD inpatient setting with physical, emotional, and intellectual disabilities.
- Provides face-to-face individual and group therapy to IDD population
- Participates in Person-Centered Planning (PCP) team meetings with clients and their family members.
- Prepares psychological evaluations, comprehensive functional assessments, and behavior support plans.
- Administers psychological testing, collects, and tracks data.
- Attends interdisciplinary team meetings, morning briefings, psychopharmacology clinics, and human rights meetings.
Education
Troy State UniversityMontgomery, Alabama
M.S. from Community Agency Counseling
01.1999
Alabama State UniversityMontgomery, Alabama
B.S. from Criminal Justice
01.1996
Prentiss High SchoolPrentiss, Mississippi
Diploma
01.1992
Skills
- Motivational interviewing
- Crisis intervention
- Solution focused therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Telehealth services
- Case management
- Evidence-based practices
- Demonstrate good decision-making skills
- Strong communication with referral sites
Certification
- Certified Moral Reconation Facilitator
- License Eligible (LPC)
- Adult and Child CPR and First AID
- CPI
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
Mental Health Clinician
Set Free Alaska
01.2024 - 01.2025
EAP Clinician
AllOne Health
10.2021 - 01.2024
Behavioral Coach
AbleTo, Inc.
11.2020 - Current
Adult and Child Therapist
Mississippi Behavioral Health
07.2019 - 08.2021
PACT Adult Therapist
Pine Belt Mental Health
10.2014 - 07.2019
Behavioral Health Specialist III
Boswell Regional Center
03.2007 - 10.2014
Troy State University
M.S. from Community Agency Counseling
Alabama State University
B.S. from Criminal Justice
Prentiss High School
Diploma
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