Stephanie Geer
Middle River,MD
Summary
Experienced with therapeutic interventions, providing comprehensive mental health support to diverse populations. Strong therapeutic group facilitator: creative, engaging, passionate. Proficient crisis management and collaborative care models to ensure high quality treatment experience.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Psychiatric Counselor
Medstar Franklin Square Hospital
BALTIMORE, MD
09.2004 - Current
- Manages aggressive patient behaviors and recognizes early signs of escalation, intervening as necessary to maintain safety. Aims to be proactive with verbal deescalation and constant awareness of milieu energy and potential issues.
- Facilitates groups, promoting peer support and investment, therapeutic communication skills, emotional expression, goal setting, self-esteem, goal setting, building self awareness and insight.
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary treatment team to develop, implement, and track patient treatment plans and care progress.
- Empower the use of techniques to promote patient self-care, while maintaining patient confidentiality.
- Preceptor of new hires, enhancing team proficiency in therapeutic techniques and patient management strategies.
- Milieu management, promotes a safe structured environment conducive to investment in treatment.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Counseling
Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia, WV05-2004
Skills
- Guidance for effective goal setting and behavior modification
- Facilitation of group therapy sessions
- Emotional regulation and expression techniques
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Clinical documentation
- Clinical quality improvement
- Expertise in crisis intervention techniques
- Adolescent counseling
- Behavior modification techniques
- Heartsaver first aid CPR AED (first aid CPR AED)
Accomplishments
Awarded Psychiatric Counselor of the year 2023, 2018, 2014, 2013, 2008. Scored exceeds expectations status on annual performance evaluation for the past fifteen years.
years.
Co chair of the unit base council: responsible for change
and direction of unit programming. Maintaining the quality and mission of CAPS program.
21 years of service at Medstar Franklin Square Hospital Primary preceptor to new counselors on the CAPS unit.
Timeline
Senior Psychiatric Counselor
Medstar Franklin Square Hospital
09.2004 - Current
Bachelor of Arts - Counseling
Marshall University