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Sylvia DeMott

Rochester,MN

Summary

Experienced clinician with 20+ years of experience who values helping clients make connections to understand themselves better, develop new perspectives, and take positive action toward their goals. Multi-cultural background. Curious, growth-oriented, resourceful, and open-minded.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Professional Development Coach

Sayge
04.2021 - Current
  • Provide corporate coaching to mid-level leaders and high-potential employees around the identification of professional goals and the plans to achieve them.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.

LICSW in Private Practice

Breathing Space (http://breathingspacetherapy.com)
01.2015 - Current
  • Clinician in full-time private practice providing individual outpatient therapy to clients in Minnesota and Massachusetts.
  • Specialties include Anxiety, Relationship Issues, Workplace Issues, Trauma
  • www.breathingspacetherapy.com

Counselor

Bluestem Center for Child and Family Development
10.2009 - 01.2015
  • Provided outpatient individual and family counseling to adult and adolescent clients experiencing a variety of mental health and life adjustment issues.

Consultant/Therapist

Guest House
06.2013 - 11.2014
  • Provided individual counseling, group therapy and lectures to clients in the Damascus Program, a compulsive overeating residential treatment program for Catholic clergy struggling with obesity, weight management, stress and chronic medical conditions
  • Used cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help them change their thinking patterns and behaviors that kept them from successfully adhering to their eating and exercise plans long-term
  • Also provided individual counseling and lectures to clients in the chemical dependency program.

Private Practice

Self-employed
07.2006 - 06.2009
  • Private clinician specializing in individual therapy (psychodynamic and skills-based), case management and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) for adults and adolescents.

Senior Clinical Case Manager

McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
11.2005 - 06.2009
  • Provided full-time case management services at Appleton Residential Program, a long-term residence geared to patients with bipolar and psychotic disorders
  • Responsibilities included: initial patient assessment and treatment plan formulation; provision of individual and group therapy; coordination of care with large multi-disciplinary teams; family work; identification of vocational, educational and dual diagnosis resources within community; disposition planning
  • Responsible for running weekly Family Issues and Young Adult groups.

Clinician

Child Outpatient Clinic, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
06.2005 - 10.2008
  • Co-led weekly outpatient DBT skills group for adolescents with mood disorders and emotion dysregulation
  • Conducted individual DBT skills coaching and psychodynamic therapy.

Case Manager Float

McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
06.2004 - 11.2005
  • Provided full-time case management and treatment coverage throughout hospital
  • Units and diagnoses covered included: inpatient, outpatient, partial, and residential; child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric; broad spectrum Axis I and II disorders, including mood disorders, schizophrenia, substance abuse, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, and dementia.

Education

Certified Professional Coach -

IPEC Coaching
Shrewsbury, NJ
07.2018

Master of Social Work -

Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
Chestnut Hill, MA
05.2004

A.B. - Psychology And German

Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
05.1996

Skills

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy
  • Emotional Freedom Technique

Accomplishments

    DeMott, Sylvia. Show Up for Yourself: Set Boundaries, Take Control and Calm the Inner Storm. New Degree Press, 2022.

Certification

  • ICF credentialed Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
  • Energy Leadership Index® Master Practitioner (ELI-MP)
  • ACEP Certified Advanced EFT Practitioner (ACAP-EFT)

Timeline

Professional Development Coach

Sayge
04.2021 - Current

LICSW in Private Practice

Breathing Space (http://breathingspacetherapy.com)
01.2015 - Current

Consultant/Therapist

Guest House
06.2013 - 11.2014

Counselor

Bluestem Center for Child and Family Development
10.2009 - 01.2015

Private Practice

Self-employed
07.2006 - 06.2009

Senior Clinical Case Manager

McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
11.2005 - 06.2009

Clinician

Child Outpatient Clinic, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
06.2005 - 10.2008

Case Manager Float

McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
06.2004 - 11.2005

Certified Professional Coach -

IPEC Coaching

Master of Social Work -

Boston College Graduate School of Social Work

A.B. - Psychology And German

Bowdoin College

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