Stephanie Ziegler

• Associate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Illinois
• Gottman Level 1 and 2 Certified
• Prepare/Enrich Certified
• Mobile crisis response, crisis stabilization, and crisis safety planning completed trainings.

Blair Counseling and Mediation, Huntley, IL - Associate Marriage and Family Therapist - October 2023 - August 2024

• Collaborate with a direct supervisor and other therapist colleagues discussing client needs, therapeutic assessment, and client needs.
• Conduct assessments to identify diagnosis and client needs using the DSM 5-TR.
• Adhering to client specific treatment plans, client safety guidelines, and assuring client rights and privacy through a HIPAA integrative approach while working with children, teens, couples, and families.

Barnum Counseling, St Charles, IL - Pre-Licensed Professional - June 2023 - September 2023

• Create a collaborative treatment plan with each client to ensure individualized treatment goals every 6 months.
• Create blog posts regarding various mental health ideas and discussions.
• Attend weekly supervision meetings to discuss client cases and assess approaches.

Sinnissippi Centers Inc, Dixon, IL - MFT Intern, Student Therapist - June 2022 - April 2023

• Carry out intake procedures using the IM+CANS assessment including a diagnostic assessment and risk assessment.
• Create a collaborative treatment plan with each client to ensure individualized treatment goals every 6 months.
• Work closely with a client care team including probation, DCFS, intact, and other mental health professionals to ensure effective rounded clinical treatment is provided.
• Conduct individual, couple, and family sessions using various theoretical approaches to identify and assist each client with changing and improving their lives.
• Therapeutic practice with populations including various SES, LGBTQIA+ individuals, blended families, divorced families, organ transplant families, and domestic violence.

Couple and Family Therapy Clinic - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL - Student Therapist - February 2022 - May 2023.

• Communicate intake procedures including initial session assessment, diagnostic assessment, billing, confidentiality, and limits to confidentiality.
• Consult with licensed and accredited supervisors within the clinic to develop and assist with my growth as a student therapist.
• Regularly complete reassessment of client goals to identify treatment progress and treatment effectiveness.
• Complete weekly notes, communications logs, in a timely manner for supervisor approval.