Sydney Strittmatter

• Oversee and manage twelve clinical cases through direct care or supervision of clinicians and occupational therapist
• On-call for crisis situations after hours one to two weeks out of every month
• Responsible for safety planning and decision making in crisis situations when youth are a danger to themselves or others
• Provide individual, group, and family therapy to latency age children with complex trauma
• Supervise clinical interns and provide trauma-informed clinical advice on therapy sessions
• Advocate for permanency and collaborate/consult with Home for Little Wanderer's permanency department
• Teach milieu staff effective therapeutic and de-escalate strategies to support clients day to day

Clinical Intern (September 2021-May 2022)

Clinician (May 2022-September 2024)

• Provided individual, group, and family therapy to latency age children with complex trauma
• Used treatment modalities such as play therapy, TF-CBT, and Relational-Cultural Theory
• Collaborated with DCF, psychiatrists, schools, and occupational therapists on client treatment plans
• Psycho-educated parents and worked toward their reunification or adoption goal
• Utilized therapeutic crisis intervention in high risk situations
• Performed assessments (CAFAS) and developed safety plans

• Rotated through different treatment levels in behavioral healthcare system
• Interviewed and assessed patients in the psych emergency department
• Developed and ran groups in the psych inpatient unit, partial hospitalization program, and addiction IOP program
• Assisted in intakes and individual sessions in the inpatient unit and partial program
• Assisted in individual therapy sessions in the addictions center and learned about medical treatment for addiction

• Served as a trained counselor during an intensive treatment camp for children with selective mutism
• Acted as a confederate in exposure therapy sessions
• Attended a two-day Selective Mutism training seminar
• Planned, organized, and helped run ATS's intensive treatment camp
• Worked with clients living with selective mutism, social anxiety, depression, and autism