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Sarah M. Doyle (She/They)

Emeryville,CA

Summary

The commitment to serving historically and systemically excluded communities in their healing and recovery journey is persistent, with over 10 years of experience working in the Mental Health, helping, and healing field in clinics, drop-in centers and in community based settings. Investing in communities with therapeutic interventions that instill empowerment through self-determination, harm-reduction, cultural responsiveness, trauma centered care, and a Social-Justice oriented approach to reduce the barriers and challenges in their lives. The aim is to instill autonomy and hope in the participants, families, and their community to facilitate growth, possibility, and healing collectively.

Overview

10
years of professional experience

Work History

West Coast Children's Clinic

M.I.P Intern-C-Change Program
08.2024 - 04.2025

Job overview

  • Engaging in a training model rooted in an experiential practitioner-scholar framework, this approach emphasizes the integration of psychoanalytic and holistic clinical interventions specifically tailored to address the complex needs of individuals affected by sexual exploitation
  • Obtaining comprehensive clinical assessment skills and providing drop-in mental health and 1-on-1 services through a culturally responsive and trauma informed practices
  • Provides drop-in mental health services, resource referrals, and meeting the holistic needs of providing food, somatic co-regulation, and other social-physical, and emotional needs through the HYPE center for 14-24 year olds who are coming from historically and systemically excluded communities at a higher risk for sexual exploitation
  • Collaborates at the Freedom Forward HYPE center with staff, and other community resource providers of varying professional backgrounds/disciplines to address HYPE Center participants holistic needs
  • Providing clinical trauma-informed care and using cultural humility to practice co-regulation, identifying and using coping-skills to increase self-regulation to decrease trigger/trauma response.
  • Utilizes therapeutic interventions based in the relational psycho-dynamic frameworks and interventions that are person-centered and led with a somatic emphasis.
  • Utilizing trauma-informed practices for de-escalation when participants are experiencing crisis.
  • Provides informed consent and the limits of confidentiality to everyone who receives therapeutic services.
  • Engages in participant centered harm reduction practices in areas such as sexual exploitation, sex work, addiction, Suicidal ideation and self-harm practices
  • Engages in active and continuous safety planning that is appropriate to levels of care a participant needs.
  • When possible, and with the clients consent collaborates with their natural support system to cultivate collective care practices and support.
  • Uses clinical supervision to provide the emotional space to explore from a psycho-dynamic and analytic perspective to clinically assess clients presenting expressions of trauma response and survival skills and appropriate clinical interventions that will best assist treatment.
  • Uses clinical supervision to identify and understand vicarious trauma, counter transference, transference, the therapeutic impacts of power differentials professionally and with my intersectional identities to best conceptualize and implement how cultural considerations, historical and intergenerational trauma is impacting a client.

West Coast Children's Clinic

M.I.P Intern-STAT Program
08.2023 - 05.2024

Job overview

  • Engaging in training models that are experiential practitioner-scholar approach learning in vast array of psycho-analytic and holistic clinical interventions and practices
  • Learning to provide mental health screenings and therapeutic support to youth entering (or changing placements) in foster care ages 0-21 years old
  • Collaborates in milieu setting alongside other providers of varying professional backgrounds/disciplines
  • Honing my clinical Social Work skills with youth and within systems directly impacted by trauma and systems of oppression
  • Providing clinical trauma-informed care and using cultural humility to practice co-regulation, identifying and using coping-skills to increase self-regulation to decrease trigger/trauma response
  • Utilizing trauma-informed practices for de-escalation when youth are experiencing crisis
  • Using supervision to provide emotional space to identify and understand vicarious trauma and conceptualize how trauma is impacting our client's presenting problems and challenges across settings
  • Grounding clinical approaches that are trauma-informed and culturally grounded interventions to be used in treatment
  • Provide therapeutic milieu support, shadow clinicians, conduct mental health screenings, and consult with placement workers from Department of Social Services on youths' needs
  • Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to stay current with best practices within the field of social work, enhancing service delivery quality.
  • Acted as a liaison between clients and healthcare providers, facilitating communication and coordination of care to optimize overall treatment outcomes.
  • Developed tailored treatment plans for clients with diverse mental health diagnoses, contributing to their overall recovery process.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized care plans for clients, resulting in improved outcomes.
  • Increased client engagement in community resources by establishing partnerships with local organizations and referring clients to appropriate services.
  • Supported clients in achieving self-sufficiency by assisting them with essential life skills development, such as budgeting and employment readiness training.
  • Provided crisis counseling and intervention services to clients in emergency situations.
  • Documented client progress and activities in accordance with agency policies and procedures.

RUHS-BH Riverside Steppingstones TAY Drop-in center

Mental Health Peer Support Specialist-Full Time
06.2021 - 05.2023

Job overview

Obtains most relevant research and knowledge on mental health, epigenetic, PACEs (Positive and adverse childhood experiences), applying best evidence-based practices

  • Experienced in crisis de-escalation, after-care, and linkage to appropriate services
  • Remarkable ability to establish individual and group rapport
  • Provides individualized care and services while following safety/care plans
  • Utilizes a continuum of care to provide services and resources to families
  • Collaborates with community-based organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, and government agencies
  • Excellent performance in all ELMR/Medi-Cal and client support documentation
  • Assigned to specialized hard to engage community members with complex trauma, co-occurring challenges, and with neuro-divergence
  • Trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy facilitates weekly groups
  • Facilities Art group, prosocial, and skills-based groups to increase practice of wellness tools and life-skills
  • Engages in harm reduction/safety planning practices to meet the needs of CLT's who engage in S.U, sex work, and self-injurious behavior to decrease risk associated with CLT
  • Shared personal recovery experiences to inspire hope and motivation among peers.
  • Collaborated with healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive care for clients' needs.
  • Supported clients in accessing community resources for holistic recovery.
  • Assisted in crisis intervention to stabilize situations and prevent escalation.
  • Promoted self-advocacy among clients, empowering them to voice their needs.
  • Built trusting relationships with clients to foster open communication and support.
  • Coordinated with social services to connect clients with necessary support systems.
  • Supported clients in setting achievable goals for personal growth and recovery.
  • Assisted in monitoring clients' progress, providing feedback and encouragement.
  • Conducted outreach activities to increase awareness of available peer support services.
  • Participated in training sessions to stay updated on best practices in peer support.

RUHS-BH RBY (Resilient Brave Youth)-CSEC program

Clinical Peer Support Specialist-Full Time
08.2017 - 06.2021

Job overview

  • Meets with clients in the community providing one-on-one TAY Peer Support services to encourage client obtainment of treatment goals increasing practice of wellness tools, life-skills, and safety planning
  • Outstanding performance in advocating client perspective at all levels of care
  • Extensive experience working with youth with complex trauma, system-impacted, foster youth, CSEC, undocumented, and other vulnerable communities
  • Role Models and practices healthy coping-skills, relaxation skills, and meeting CLT where they are at in a non-judgmental harm reductionist approach
  • Meets clients in community, Juvenile Hall, group-home, and home to reduce barriers and challenges for engagement in treatment
  • Actively collaborates with RBY staff, Social Services agencies, Social Workers, Probation, and other agencies in Riverside County
  • Provides Peer Perspective, and advocates on behalf of CLT in a trauma-informed and culturally responsive approach
  • Excellent performance of ELMR and client support documentation and completion for Medi-Cal
  • Attends meetings, training, and boosters on communities at risk and experiencing Sexual exploitation, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to continuously learn and expand skills to better serve communities with a social justice emphasis
  • Creates client and family centered specific interventions assisting in TF-CBT modality
  • Provides in-office/community presentations incorporating Transformative Justice approaches to CSEC

Operation Safehouse

Peer Support Specialist II
06.2015 - 08.2017

Job overview

  • Company Overview: non-profit
  • Effectively communicates about OSH and their resources by educating community members, service providers, family of TAY (Transitional Age Youth), and the TAY community at large
  • Assemble outreach resources, and materials to use at community outreach tabling events
  • Engaging in outreach tabling events to share community mental health resources to youth and families
  • Extensive experience with large and small-scale outreach activities, stigma reduction presentations from classrooms to community fairs
  • Facilitates self-help groups with TAY using the prevention and early intervention model
  • These groups focus on improving mental health by developing healthy coping skills, stigma reduction, and resiliency through county-approved programming
  • Obtains data collection, makes data driven decisions, evaluating efficacy of programs by implementing best practices
  • Works in collaboration with community partners and provides referrals to community resources in housing, education, food, and clothing in a professional and timely manner
  • Attends and participates in special events, conferences, workshops, and training within the Mental Health system and in the community at large
  • Extensive experience working independently, and collaboratively to successfully engage in community outreach, tabling, presentations, education, and facilitating evidence-based practice to reduce stigma and connect community to mental health resources
  • Professionally interacts, advocates, educates, collaborates, and empowers vulnerable populations in the TAY demographic of LGBTQ+, youth currently in or transitioning out of the foster care system, sexual abuse, and assault survivors, BIPOC youth, youth with mental health challenges, and youth affected by homelessness
  • Non-profit

Education

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA

Masters from Social Work
05.2025

University Overview

  • Founding member of BANC P-4-P
  • Co-vice president with Masters in Social Work Council
  • GPA: 4.0
  • Thesis:Abolitionist Social Work Praxis: Theater of the Oppressed as liberatory healing possibilities

University Of California-Riverside
Riverside, CA

Bachelor of Arts from Media and Cultural Studies
06.2016

University Overview

  • University Honors students at UCR
  • Dean's List for 4-quarters
  • Graduated Cum Laude

Portland Community College
Portland, OR

Associates of Arts from Journalism
06.2013

University Overview

  • A student advocate for the Women's Resource Center at PCC for the 2011-2012 school year
  • Participated as a student educator in the The Illumination Project at PCC, a year long nationally lauded student leadership and social justice theater program for the school the 2012-2013 school year.

Skills

  • Extensive experience working in a multi-disciplinary team in a collaborative, adaptive, and flexible approach
  • Easily adapt to a variety of protocols, operating systems, and program needs to best assist in clinical treatment
  • Almost 10 years experience in writing Medical billable notes
  • Strong interpersonal healthy communication skills
  • Creative, resourceful, and open to using innovative evidenced based practices to provide the best levels of care
  • A learner and growth mindset to continuously improve and expand clinical skills

Certificatesaccomplishmentsandtrainings

Certificatesaccomplishmentsandtrainings
  • Trained by West Coast Children's Clinic in CSEC 101 and 102
  • Trained in Becoming Me curriculum
  • Trained in the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
  • Trained in Welligent, Apricot, and County of Riverside Medical documentation formats
  • CALMSA certified California Peer Support Specialist as of 05/01/23
  • Attends monthly calls from Interrupting Criminalization Mental Health practice space since 01/01/22
  • 2017 MC for Dare to be Aware conference
  • 2017 planning committee member for Dare to Be Aware conference
  • Master Trainer in Honest, Open & Proud
  • Won Best Film award winner in the 'Mental Health Matters' category in both the 2016 and 2017 Directing Change County of Riverside Mental Health film contest
  • Presented a workshop at the 2017 TruEvolution Youth United Conference
  • Presented a workshop at the 2017 MVUSD Youth Summit
  • Presented a workshop at the 2016 Dare to Be Aware Conference
  • County approved to teach C.A.S.T (Coping and Support Training)
  • Certification in ASIST and SafeTalk
  • Certification in Peer Employment Training
  • Riverside County approved to give Speakers Bureau presentations
  • Riverside County approved in Group Facilitation
  • Created Riverside County approved outreach activities

Interests

  • Somatic healing practices
  • Augusto Boal Theater of the Oppressed and Rainbow of Desire
  • Decolonizing healing and therapy
  • Community collective healing practices
  • Nature based healing practices and rituals
  • Reading
  • Cooking

Timeline

M.I.P Intern-C-Change Program
West Coast Children's Clinic
08.2024 - 04.2025
M.I.P Intern-STAT Program
West Coast Children's Clinic
08.2023 - 05.2024
Mental Health Peer Support Specialist-Full Time
RUHS-BH Riverside Steppingstones TAY Drop-in center
06.2021 - 05.2023
Clinical Peer Support Specialist-Full Time
RUHS-BH RBY (Resilient Brave Youth)-CSEC program
08.2017 - 06.2021
Peer Support Specialist II
Operation Safehouse
06.2015 - 08.2017
San Francisco State University
Masters from Social Work
University Of California-Riverside
Bachelor of Arts from Media and Cultural Studies
Portland Community College
Associates of Arts from Journalism
Sarah M. Doyle (She/They)