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Timothy Adam

Mahopac,NY

Summary

Empathetic professional with a proven track record of providing high-quality psychological services to children and adults. Expertise in identifying, assessing, and therapeutically interacting with individuals facing mental health and emotional challenges. Extensive management experience in various settings, possessing excellent phone etiquette and remaining calm in acute working conditions. Skilled writer proficient in multiple styles. Supportive coworker with a passion for the fields of mental health, developmental disorders, substance use disorders, and advocacy.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Child Caregiver

Self-Employed
06.2020 - Current
  • Work on goals pertaining to behaviors, personal care, and emotional/ mental wellbeing of my son who was diagnosed with Autism as well as my daughter.
  • Apply positive behavior management techniques to enhance social interactions and emotional development.
  • Utilize positive reinforcement techniques to encourage good behavior.
  • Schedule meetings or appointments with providers and use my background in mental health to provide therapeutic support.
  • Research, plan, and schedule programs, read books and gather information that enable me to continue in successfully support their needs.
  • Obtain and correctly input information into documents, reach out to necessary parties (school, doctors, speech pathologists, special education teachers, occupational therapists, etc.) and reply in a timely manner, whether that be via phone or email or during in-person meetings/discussions.
  • Ensure that all the people that provide services are suitable for my son and work together as a team with other professionals to evaluate and amend his services as needed
  • Facilitate learning through play, stories and outdoor activities for successful child outcomes.
  • Instruct children in crafts and other activities to promote gross and fine motor skills.
  • Use musical experience to facilitate therapeutic activities that align with sensory needs such as having percussion circles and teaching piano, drums, singing, harmonica, and more.
  • Develop age-appropriate activities and crafts to engage my children and facilitate positive social interactions with other children, both neurotypical and neurodivergent.
  • During this time I have worked several smaller jobs such as building an e-commerce store that I began in 2020, writing to share my experiences with other parents in search of assistance with parenting a child on the spectrum, and being a highly rated personal shopper whenever I have a few hours to earn extra money.

Admissions Coordinator

Four Winds Hospital
11.2019 - 04.2020
  • Assist in patient admission process based on federal and state laws.
  • Confirm all insurance benefits met standards of admissions as dictated by policy.
  • Complete preliminary paperwork for incoming and outgoing patients.
  • Collaborate with admissions team to develop and implement strategies to improve admissions process.
  • Perform document filing, bookkeeping, and faxing for busy inpatient psychiatric hospital admissions office.
  • Answer telephone calls to offer office information, answer questions, and direct calls to staff.
  • Complete administrative patient intakes with case histories, insurance information and mandated forms.
  • Frequently double-checked patient histories and current information while scheduling follow-ups and other appointments.
  • Prepare and process patient referrals and transfer requests.
  • Greet visitors and initiate triage processes for patients, parents, foster care agencies, or caseworkers in a therapeutic manner to lessen patient anxiety about being admitted to the hospital.
  • Conduct both in-person and telephone intakes, streamlining patient flow, from initial requests for treatment thru admission to appropriate unit

Milieu Manager

Four Winds Hospital - Westview Adolescent Unit
10.2018 - 10.2019
  • Provide and maintain a safe, welcoming therapeutic environment for adolescent patients.
  • Write daily schedule for patients, organize and direct mental health workers.
  • Collaborate with clinical treatment team, formulate individual treatment plans.
  • Counsel individuals, groups or families to help understand problems, deal with crisis situations and develop realistic action plans.
  • Leverage excellent oral and written communication skills to interact professionally with staff and clients.
  • Collect information about individuals or clients using interviews, observational techniques, and other assessment methods.
  • Evaluate patients' goals, as well as mental and practical conditions, to develop individualized courses of treatment.
  • Identify indications of mental deficiency, abnormal behavior, or maladjustment through direct observation.
  • Write reports on clients and maintained required paperwork.
  • Demonstrate strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.

Content Writer

Roundblock Trading
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Co-founded investment club and trading community which targets emerging markets and helped in development of a high-performing algorithm.
  • Brought accessibility of advanced trading strategies to working-class people.
  • Head writer for website, newsletters, tutorials, communications with investors.
  • Host and attend weekly meetings via Skype with individuals across multiple states who were involved in the project.
  • Use RSS technology to develop a continuously updated news feed that helped to inform trading strategies and decision-making

Head of Office Operations and Customer Service

CGA Inc. Allstate Insurance
01.2014 - 01.2018
    • Service policies, collected late payments, informed customers various ways that they could save money without compromising coverage.
    • Handle daily and quarterly communications with customers.
    • Manage office with hundreds of clients.
    • Excelled in servicing customers both over the phone and in person while operating multiple programs and using professional verbal communication.
    • Developed a training manual for future employees
    • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
    • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.

Student Therapist

McShane Center at Pace University
01.2011 - 01.2013
    • Provide psychotherapy under the supervision of licensed psychologists to various members of the Pace community and lower NYC residents.

Academic Coach

Generations Achievement Center
01.2010 - 01.2013
    • Assist teens 1:1 in developing executive functioning skills in a therapeutic environment.
    • Tutor various middle and high school subjects.
    • Support growth of academic accountability.
    • Aid in test preparation for major exams such as SAT and prepared students for collegiate level studies and writing in various formats (APA, MLA).
    • Collaborate with teachers and administrators to develop and evaluate school programs by sharing student success data and insights.

Special Education Itinerary Teacher

Abraham Joshua Heschel School
01.2010 - 01.2012
    • Provide 1:1 emotional and academic support to a boy from 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms.
    • Use crisis intervention techniques when student became emotionally deregulated.
    • Assist teachers in daily lessons and activities when appropriate.
    • Communicate with parents daily and reported on child's progress to school guidance counselor, agency that employed me, and occasionally the child's psychiatrist.
    • Collaborate with teachers and administrators to develop and evaluate school programs by sharing student success data and insights.

Milieu Manager

Four Winds Hospital - Adolescent Unit
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Provide mental health counseling to individuals and families.
  • Provide and maintain a safe, welcoming therapeutic environment for adolescent patients.
  • Write daily schedule for patients, organize and direct mental health workers.
  • Identify and document patient's mental health.
  • Collaborate with clinical treatment team, formulate individual treatment plans.
  • Counseled individuals, groups or families to help understand problems, deal with crisis situations and develop realistic action plans.

Milieu Manager

Four Winds Hospital - Northgate Adolescent Unit
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Provide mental health counseling to individuals and families
  • Provide and maintain a safe, welcoming therapeutic environment for adolescent patients
  • Write daily schedule for patients, organize and direct mental health workers
  • Identify and document patient's mental health
  • Collaborate with clinical treatment team, formulate individual treatment plans

Milieu Manager

Northgate Adolescent Unit
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Provide mental health counseling to individuals and families
  • Provide and maintain a safe, welcoming therapeutic environment for adolescent patients
  • Write daily schedule for patients, organize and direct mental health workers
  • Identify and document patient's mental health
  • Collaborate with clinical treatment team, formulate individual treatment plans

Milieu Manager

Northgate Adolescent Unit
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Provide mental health counseling to individuals and families
  • Provide and maintain a safe, welcoming therapeutic environment for adolescent patients
  • Write daily schedule for patients, organize and direct mental health workers
  • Identify and document patient's mental health
  • Collaborate with clinical treatment team, formulate individual treatment plans

Mental Health Worker, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Units

Four Wind Hospital
01.2006 - 01.2008
  • Lead daily focus groups, implement DBT techniques into patient care.
  • Maintain patient safety and verbally de-escalate patients in crisis.
  • Supervise patients and provide one to one care
  • Work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Evaluated patients based on mental and physical parameters discovered through interviews and standardized assessments.
  • Documented client progress in confidential files.

Mental Health Volunteer

Putnam Hospital Adult Psychiatric Unit
01.2005 - 01.2006
  • Help with patient care, documentation, and organization on a adult inpatient unit.
  • Work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Stayed current on mental health research to follow new developments and research in mental health field.
  • Prepared reports which were reviewed by staff to summarize clients' mental health status and treatment progress.

Education

Completed 3 Years of PsyD Program School/Clinical - School Psychology And Clinical Psychology

Pace University
New York, NY

Master of Arts - Clinical Psychology, Personality & Psychopathology

Columbia University, Teachers College
New York, NY
06.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology - Major Field Award; Summa Cum Laude

Siena College
Loudonville, NY
05.2007

Skills

  • Crisis Intervention
  • Special Education
  • Activities Leadership and Supervision
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Certified Child Abuse Reporter
  • Social and Academic Development
  • Patient Confidentiality
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Client Advocacy
  • Management and Assignment Coordination
  • Therapeutic communication
  • Patient Evaluation

Personal Information

Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer

References Available Upon Request

Timeline

Child Caregiver

Self-Employed
06.2020 - Current

Admissions Coordinator

Four Winds Hospital
11.2019 - 04.2020

Milieu Manager

Four Winds Hospital - Westview Adolescent Unit
10.2018 - 10.2019

Content Writer

Roundblock Trading
01.2016 - 01.2018

Head of Office Operations and Customer Service

CGA Inc. Allstate Insurance
01.2014 - 01.2018

Student Therapist

McShane Center at Pace University
01.2011 - 01.2013

Academic Coach

Generations Achievement Center
01.2010 - 01.2013

Special Education Itinerary Teacher

Abraham Joshua Heschel School
01.2010 - 01.2012

Milieu Manager

Four Winds Hospital - Adolescent Unit
01.2008 - 01.2010

Milieu Manager

Four Winds Hospital - Northgate Adolescent Unit
01.2008 - 01.2010

Milieu Manager

Northgate Adolescent Unit
01.2008 - 01.2010

Milieu Manager

Northgate Adolescent Unit
01.2008 - 01.2010

Mental Health Worker, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Units

Four Wind Hospital
01.2006 - 01.2008

Mental Health Volunteer

Putnam Hospital Adult Psychiatric Unit
01.2005 - 01.2006

Completed 3 Years of PsyD Program School/Clinical - School Psychology And Clinical Psychology

Pace University

Master of Arts - Clinical Psychology, Personality & Psychopathology

Columbia University, Teachers College

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology - Major Field Award; Summa Cum Laude

Siena College
Timothy Adam