Shannon Carnahan
Wichita,KS
Summary
Passionate graduate student finishing a Masters of Education degree in clinical mental health counseling. Skilled counselor with a year and half's experience working with clients through practicum and internship coursework. Personal counseling theory revolving around person-centered and CBT frameworks has been adapted to work with clients with a variety of presenting concerns and backgrounds. Experienced in maintaining client records and paperwork and collaborating with other student counselors and supervisors on case conceptualization and plans to provide the best possible care to clients.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Internship Student Counselor
WISE Clinic
08.2023 - Current
- Continued to build upon skillset established through courses such as counseling techniques and practicum while working with a variety of clients.
- Gained experience with couple's counseling using frameworks from John and Julie Gottman and Sue Johnson's EFT.
- Presented case studies twice a semester to internship course group to collaborate on case conceptualization and receive feedback. Provided feedback on other intern students' case presentations.
- Contributed to triadic and group supervision collaborating with supervisors and other student counselors on cases while receiving and giving feedback on recorded sessions.
- Observed other student counselor sessions live and provided at minimum written feedback.
Graduate Assistant
Wichita State University
08.2021 - 05.2023
- Compiled information on topics related to advising graduate students in general and specific topics such as other mothering into annotated bibliographies.
- Summarized and organized diversity committee meeting notes.
- Formatted journal article drafts into correct APA format.
- Looked over journal article drafts to make sure they were in APA format.
Practicum Student Counselor
WISE Clinic
08.2022 - 12.2022
- Upheld ethical standards in regards to confidential and management of paperwork such as session notes and treatment plans.
- Adapted counseling approaches to client needs bringing in a broad range of theories such as person-centered counseling and CBT.
- Addressed a broad range of mental health concerns and topics with clients from depression and social anxiety and deeper trauma across a large age range.
- Maintained a professional, warm, and inviting counseling room governed by Rogerian principles of unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence.
- Contributed to a class group supervision by contributing to discussion weekly and presenting on brief segments of recorded sessions and a full case study throughout the semester.
- Maintained session notes and other paperwork such as psychosocial histories and treatment plans.
- Built rapport with clients across a variety of age groups, back grounds, and presenting concerns.
Customer Experience Specialist/Merchandise Ops Specialist
Petco
04.2016 - 05.2018
- Responsibilities of the job included assisting customers, caring for animals, setting up merchandise displays, general store cleaning, and partaking in special events such as merchandise demonstrations and donations drives
- My main accomplishment during this time was a promotion for an entry level customer experience specialist (cashier) position to a merchandise ops specialist position placing me directly under the merchandise ops manager
- My proudest accomplishment was continually being a main earner for the donation drives held multiple times a year to provide donations to the petco foundation to give resources to shelters and animals in need.
Education
Master Or Education - Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS05.2024
Bachelors of Arts-psychology -
Wichita State University
05.2021
Washburn University
07.2019
Kansas State University
05.2014
Skills
- Motivated to learn
- Skilled collaborator
- Able to break concepts down to make them understandable
- Passionate
- Adaptive
- General attending and empathy skills
Accomplishments
- Achieved consistent 5/5 ratings across all areas of counseling competency rubrics used by supervising and instructing faculty across practicum and internship.
- Maintained above a 3.0GPA throughout master's program earning As in both practicum and first semester of internship. Also on track to finish second semester of internship with an A.
Timeline
Internship Student Counselor
WISE Clinic
08.2023 - Current
Practicum Student Counselor
WISE Clinic
08.2022 - 12.2022
Graduate Assistant
Wichita State University
08.2021 - 05.2023
Customer Experience Specialist/Merchandise Ops Specialist
Petco
04.2016 - 05.2018
Master Or Education - Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Wichita State University
Bachelors of Arts-psychology -
Wichita State University
Washburn University
Kansas State University
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