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Paul "Bennett" Crawford

Falls Church,VA

Summary

Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience providing psychotherapy to adolescents and adults across outpatient, community mental health, and wellness settings. Experienced in treating anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment and relationship concerns, substance use, co-occurring disorders, and life transitions using integrative, evidence-based, experiential, and mindfulness-based approaches. Relational, trauma-informed, and strengths-based clinician who emphasizes creating a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental therapeutic environment where clients feel seen, heard, and accepted. Skilled in individual, group, and family therapy; clinical assessment and treatment planning; crisis intervention; suicide and violence risk assessment; and clinical case management.

Overview

1
1
Certification
26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Psychotherapist

Hope + Wellness
04.2021 - Current
  • Provided individual psychotherapy to adolescents and adults facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, life transitions, and other mental health challenges.
  • Provided trauma-informed and relational psychotherapy supporting emotional regulation, insight, behavioral change, and psychological well-being.
  • Integrated CBT, ACT, AEDP, mindfulness-based interventions, and experiential and somatic approaches to enhance treatment effectiveness.
  • Developed individualized treatment plans using evidence-based and integrative approaches tailored to client needs.
  • Conducted ongoing clinical assessments and maintained thorough treatment documentation to support client progress.

Senior Clinician

Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
01.2013 - 04.2021
  • Provided individual and group psychotherapy to adolescents experiencing mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders.
  • Provided developmentally appropriate individual therapy to children and adolescents and family therapy to parents and families.
  • Conducted comprehensive clinical assessments and developed individualized treatment plans addressing mental health, substance use, and psychosocial needs.
  • Performed crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, violence risk assessment, and mental status examinations.
  • Provided clinical case management, information and referral, and coordination with families, schools, healthcare professionals, and community providers.
  • Promoted to Senior Clinician in recognition of clinical experience and expanded responsibilities.
  • Mental Health & Substance Use Therapist/Counselor | 2013–2016

Mental Health Therapist, Part-Time

Village Wellness Center
10.2016 - 04.2021
  • Provided integrative psychotherapy to adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment concerns, and related emotional and relational difficulties.
  • Incorporated mindfulness, somatic, attachment-oriented, experiential, and trauma-informed approaches into individualized treatment.
  • Developed and facilitated an eight-week mindfulness-based therapeutic support group.
  • Integrated mindfulness and body-based interventions to support emotional regulation, self-awareness, and psychological well-being.

Mindfulness & Meditation Teacher, Part-Time

Rise Wellness Center
01.2018 - 02.2019
  • Provided mindfulness and meditation classes focused on emotional well-being, personal growth, stress management, and contemplative practice.
  • Developed and led experiential workshops that integrate mindfulness practices with psychological wellness and personal development.

Substance Abuse Counselor

Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
01.2009 - 01.2013
  • Provided individual, group, and family counseling to adolescents with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. Conducted clinical assessments, treatment planning, crisis intervention, suicide and violence risk assessments, case management, SASSI assessments, mental status examinations, and level-of-care evaluations using ASAM criteria.

Foster Care & Adoption Caseworker

Fairfax County Department of Family Services
01.2007 - 01.2009
  • Provided bilingual English/Spanish child welfare case management to children, adolescents, and families involved in foster care and adoption services. Conducted assessments and service planning and coordinated behavioral health, residential, educational, and community services to support family reunification and permanency.

Trauma Workshop Co-Facilitator, Part-Time

Northern Virginia Family Service — Survivors Fund
01.2006 - 01.2007
  • Co-facilitated psychoeducational trauma-recovery workshops for survivors of the September 11 attacks. Incorporated accessible yoga, tai chi, and qigong-based movement practices to support stress management and trauma recovery.

Family Support Worker, Bilingual English/Spanish

Healthy Families Arlington
01.2001 - 01.2005
  • Provided home- and community-based family support, parenting education, child-development information, developmental screenings, resource linkage, and family support programming.

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW) -

Virginia Commonwealth University
01-2006

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

George Mason University
01-1999

Skills

  • Evidence-based treatment
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Crisis intervention
  • Substance abuse counseling
  • Mindfulness practices
  • Group facilitation
  • Integrative informed care

Certification

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)- Virginia, District of Columbia, and Maryland

CLINICAL EXPERTISE

  • Clinical Areas: Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Attachment & Relationship Concerns, Substance Use & Co-Occurring Disorders, Adolescent Mental Health, Life Transitions
  • Therapeutic Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Mindfulness-Based Interventions, Trauma-Informed Therapy, Somatic Approaches, Attachment-Oriented & Experiential Psychotherapy
  • Clinical Competencies: Individual Psychotherapy, Group Therapy, Family Therapy, Clinical Assessment, Treatment Planning, Crisis Intervention, Suicide & Violence Risk Assessment, Clinical Case Management
  • Additional: Mindfulness & Meditation Instruction | Spanish-Language Clinical Experience

Timeline

Psychotherapist

Hope + Wellness
04.2021 - Current

Mindfulness & Meditation Teacher, Part-Time

Rise Wellness Center
01.2018 - 02.2019

Mental Health Therapist, Part-Time

Village Wellness Center
10.2016 - 04.2021

Senior Clinician

Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
01.2013 - 04.2021

Substance Abuse Counselor

Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
01.2009 - 01.2013

Foster Care & Adoption Caseworker

Fairfax County Department of Family Services
01.2007 - 01.2009

Trauma Workshop Co-Facilitator, Part-Time

Northern Virginia Family Service — Survivors Fund
01.2006 - 01.2007

Family Support Worker, Bilingual English/Spanish

Healthy Families Arlington
01.2001 - 01.2005

Master of Social Work (MSW) -

Virginia Commonwealth University

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

George Mason University
Paul "Bennett" Crawford