Tracey Paxton
Spring,TX
Summary
Empathic, professional, masters level clinician, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to build meaningful and person-centered relationships with clients and families. Experienced in working with clients from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. Offers crisis intervention and coping skills strategies from an eclectic approach, to help individuals navigate through traumatic experiences.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Crisis Intervention Specialist
Holistic Assistance Response Team/HCSO
08.2022 - 07.2023
- Member of on-call emergency response team for crisis intervention within facility.
- Evaluated risk to client or others by gathering information and conducting assessments.
- Used skills such as active listening and collaborative problem-solving daily to connect with patients and address concerns.
- Provided emergency response in crisis situations to diffuse tensions and prevent violence.
- Documented risk to each client and context of concerns.
- Counseled and helped to stabilize consumers and caregivers in crisis situations.
- Conversed with individuals in crisis which called or texted hotline for assistance.
- Built safety plans to lower risk of crisis and intervened in specific manners outlined by procedures.
- Delivered individualized counseling services to clients working through issues such as mental illness and substance abuse.
- Worked with family members to develop support networks and multifaceted coping techniques focused on client needs.
- Evaluated patients based on mental and physical parameters discovered through interviews and standardized assessments.
- Offered supportive counseling and crisis intervention to individuals in crisis.
Education
M.S. - Professional Counseling
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ10.2018
B.A. - Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX08.2007
Skills
- Reflective Listening
- Safety Planning
- Alliance Building
- Suicide Prevention
- Documentation Skills
- Crisis Handling
- Trauma Informed Care Framework
- Mental Health Assessment
- Community Resources
- Case Management
- Clinical Documentation
- Behavioral Disorders
Certification
- First Aid/CPR Certified
- Crisis Prevention & Intervention Training(CPIT)
- Support Group Facilitator/NAMI
- NAMI Provider Teacher Training
Timeline
Crisis Intervention Specialist
Holistic Assistance Response Team/HCSO
08.2022 - 07.2023
M.S. - Professional Counseling
Grand Canyon University
B.A. - Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
- First Aid/CPR Certified
- Crisis Prevention & Intervention Training(CPIT)
- Support Group Facilitator/NAMI
- NAMI Provider Teacher Training
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