Paulina Gonzalez Chacin

• Conducted thorough assessments to identify client needs and appropriate intervention strategies.
• Developed and facilitated group therapy sessions for increased social support and skill-building opportunities.
• Assisted clients in setting realistic goals, developing action plans, and monitoring progress towards achievement.
• Maintained accurate documentation of client interactions, assessments, and progress notes for effective case management.
• Improved client satisfaction through consistent communication, empathy, and understanding of their unique challenges.
• Implemented behavioral modification strategies to help clients develop healthier coping mechanisms.

• Observed children 0-18 years old and assessed for any developmental delays, speech delays or irregularities, physical impairments, and referred to appropriate providers.
• Created goals and tasks that would meet each individual's needs, both adults and children, and provided assistance, encouragement, and guidance throughout the pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance of each task and goal. Utilized trauma-informed approach to promote healing and empowerment for children 0-18.
• Assisted clients in navigating housing, legal services and public benefits to gain access to valuable resources.
• Provided evidence-based therapeutic interventions and crisis management to clients to lessen negative on physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

Designed, implemented and assessed treatment plans for children and their families.

• Assessed and completed comprehensive assessments for children and their families.
• Completed referrals and outside agencies on behalf of family for various resources in the community such as medical, psychiatric, therapeutic, and more.
• Maintained composure and professional distance during difficult conversations with clients and families to offer maximum support.
• Visited families in home, work and medical facilities to provide information and support.
• Assessed children 0-18 for at least 3 months, and until they were stabilized to where they no longer needed services.

I assisted Graduate student Danielle Morabito in her lab studying a psycho-educational program that can reduce the effects of trauma related symptoms. I have assisted her by working 1-1 with participants and walking them through the study. I have gathered data and researched several journals, outlining the ones that apply to her study. I have created citations for those journals and compiled them into a file.