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Sari Harris

Gilbertsville,PA

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Group Home Manager

SERV Behavioral Health System
06.2011 - 05.2013
  • The Group Home Manager oversees the operations of a residential program (group home) serving clients with mental illness. This role combines leadership, clinical oversight, administrative duties, and direct client services to ensure safe, effective, compliant, and therapeutic residential care.
  • Worked with geriatric residents
  • Transported residents to appointments/food shopping
  • Medication management
  • Held staff meetings and resident meetings

Mental Health Screener

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care-Acute Psychiatric Services
06.2013 - 12.2014
  • Evaluated patients based on mental and physical parameters discovered through interviews and standardized assessments.
  • Provided clients with recommendations to community resources.
  • Educated clients and families about mental health issues, treatments and resources.
  • Collaborated with medical and clinical personnel to coordinate and implement client services.
  • Implemented crisis intervention plans to support client safety.
  • Assessed whether or not a client required being committed to the psychiatric hospital.

Unemployed Due to Just Moving

N/A
12.2014 - 02.2015

21st Century Teacher's Assistant

KRAFT FAMILY YMCA
02.2015 - 06.2015
  • Adapted teaching methods and materials to meet students' varying needs.
  • Provided assistance to the teachers in the 21st Century Program
  • Provided educational and emotional support for children enrolled
  • Fostered student curiosity and interest through creative hands-on activities.

Therapist

Strategic Behavioral Health LLC
06.2015 - 11.2015
  • Counseled individuals, groups, and families to bring awareness of problems, deal with crisis situations and develop action plans.
  • Developed and implemented intensive individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior and other psychosocial issues.
  • Tracked progress according to goals for interventions.
  • Maintained and updated patient records, changes in service plans and treatment reports.
  • Documented patient information, treatment plans, and patient responses.
  • Assessed clients' mental health needs, developed treatment plans and monitored progress.
  • Provided individual and group therapy sessions to patients suffering from mental health issues.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and deliver treatment plans and patient care.
  • Implemented variety of evidence-based counseling methods to achieve therapy goals.

Therapist

Piedmont Behavioral Services
11.2015 - 04.2016
  • Developed strategies to help patients cope with stress and anxiety and build resilience.
  • Evaluated patients' goals, as well as mental and practical conditions, to develop individualized courses of treatment.
  • Delivered brief interventions to help clients develop healthy coping skills.
  • Guided clients in development of skills and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques.
  • Collected information about individuals or clients using interviews, observational techniques, and other assessment methods.

Director of Sales

Traditions By Anna Bridal Boutique
05.2016 - 04.2017

· Managed Bridal Consultants
· Set monthly goals for each consultant as well as the overall store
· Arranged trunk shows with sales representatives as well as designers

Had a Baby

N/A
04.2017 - 06.2017

Clinical Therapist

Stonebridge Counseling
06.2017 - 10.2017

· Provided outpatient therapy weekly for individuals, families and couples.
· Interviewed clients, review records, conduct assessments, to evaluate the mental condition of clients.
· Monitored, evaluate, and record client progress with respect to treatment goals.
· Modified treatment plans according to changes in client status.
· Counseled or aided family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, or supporting the client or patient.
· Worked from an ACT, DBT and CBT modality.

Child Rearing

N/A
10.2017 - 06.2018

-Stayed home with first born child from October 2017-June 2018 before starting with Village Counseling Services.

Psychotherapist

Village Counseling Services
06.2018 - Current
  • Provide 1:1 counseling
  • Provide couples counseling
  • Co-Coordinator of the comprehensive DBT program
  • Marketing, social media


Education

Master of Social Work - Social Work

Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ
05-2011

Skills

-Intensively Trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Timeline

Psychotherapist

Village Counseling Services
06.2018 - Current

Child Rearing

N/A
10.2017 - 06.2018

Clinical Therapist

Stonebridge Counseling
06.2017 - 10.2017

Had a Baby

N/A
04.2017 - 06.2017

Director of Sales

Traditions By Anna Bridal Boutique
05.2016 - 04.2017

Therapist

Piedmont Behavioral Services
11.2015 - 04.2016

Therapist

Strategic Behavioral Health LLC
06.2015 - 11.2015

21st Century Teacher's Assistant

KRAFT FAMILY YMCA
02.2015 - 06.2015

Unemployed Due to Just Moving

N/A
12.2014 - 02.2015

Mental Health Screener

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care-Acute Psychiatric Services
06.2013 - 12.2014

Group Home Manager

SERV Behavioral Health System
06.2011 - 05.2013

Master of Social Work - Social Work

Monmouth University
Sari Harris