Rene Atkinson

• Substance Abuse Treatment Anger Management Batterer's Intervention Internet Safety.

• 2019 25th Annual Counselors' Institute "Ethics and Best Practices" 2017 23th Annual Counselors' Institute Virtual Addictions Brownsville Independent School District Professional Development Department, August, 2018 "Conflict Resolution Techniques".

Became certified as a Certified Anger Resolution Therapist. Provided anger mangagement group counseling at Darrel Hester Juvenile Detention Facility and Southwest Keys Program.

• Rene Atkinson is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 19 years experience in behavioral health service industry.
• He has serviced private clients, works with several National Employee Assistant/EAP organizations to provide services to clients such as: United States Coast Guard, Homeland Security, Federal Occupational Health and United States Army Reserve.
• Rene provides Critical Incident Response Counseling services for leading organizations such as R3 Continuum, Magellan Federal Occupational Health and Alliance Work Partners.
• Rene is listed on the U.S. Central Contractors registry and Duns and Bradstreet.

• Performs all counseling related activities for over 600 students.
• Counseled students wherein behavior, school progress, mental or physical impairment indicated need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services
• Promoted parent and teacher partnerships and communications to support students educational goals.
• Followed-up with outside mental health service providers to coordinate in-school support.
• Used variety of teaching techniques to encourage student critical thinking and discussion in character education.

• Developed open rapport with patients, encouraging sharing of questions and concerns.
• Collaborated with Friendship of Women, Brownsville, TX to identify areas in need of improvement and implement solutions.

Provided group counseling to residents to develop anger management and life skills.