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Will Pecsok

Whitehouse,Ohio

Summary

Through my experiences at Harbor, Alvis, Family Service of Lucas County, and The University of Toledo,, I have been faced with the challenge of operating within the context of large organizations. Through the course of my provision of direct services I have had numerous opportunities to aid individuals, groups, families, and children through the many challenges that that life may present. Over my time at Harbor, Alvis, Weinstein and Associates , The University of Toledo, and in private practice I have been afforded the opportunity to supervise individuals from the Associates to Masters level. Additionally, at the University of Toledo, I have instructed numerous courses on child and family development, counseling theories, case management, agency functions, group interactions, career counseling, interpersonal communication, and practicum experiences. Over my time at the Center for Healthy Connections, Psychology Group of Greater Toledo, and Layne Psychological services, I have amassed experience in a wide range diagnostic assessments and testing procedures. At Family Service of Lucas County, COMPASS, The University of Toledo, and The Family Learning Center, I have complied experience in the numerous stages of grants, from initial research to application and implementation.

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Diligent professional adept at assessing and providing crisis intervention for complicated behavioral conditions and problems. Administered and interpreted case-based psychological tests before prescribing treatment. Possesses outstanding interpersonal and conflict management skills.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level [Job Title] position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

Client-centered professional polished in identifying potential disorders in clients and developing successful treatment plans and therapeutic processes. Accommodating and warm individual possessing strong observational skills and in-depth understanding of human behavior. Offering comprehensive background conducting psychological tests, interviewing patients and monitoring patient progress.

Caring Behavioral Therapist with 25 years of experience helping clients with social and emotional issues develop techniques to deal with daily challenges. Expert at teaching others to tackle problems constructively through behavior modification. Flexible clinician comfortable administering individual or group therapy sessions.

Empathetic Supervisor and educator with extensive experience providing crisis intervention, psychological evaluations and psychotherapy services to children, adolescents and adults. Expertise in PTSD, sexual assault and other trauma-related disorders. Understanding and compassionate professional committed to performing all duties in accordance with customary rules of ethics.

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License eligible in Psychology. Boards scheduled March 2025

Work History

EAP therapist

Harbor
01.2022 - Current
  • Regular duties and responsibilities include, completing assessments, making treatment recommendations, providing EAP services to self referred and mandated clients and making discharge recommendations to employers and referral sources
  • Providing a diverse range of services across multiple from Toledo, Perrysburg, Bowling Green, Defiance and Bryan
  • Provide tele health, face to face and phone services
  • Share responsibility for carrying and responding to 24/7 crisis line
  • Provide specialized crisis and emergency response services to individuals, groups, employers and first responder communities (Police Fire EMT Sheriff’s departments and local dispatchers) across the North West Ohio and Southern Michigan areas
  • Services include CISM, Psychological First aide and other specialized response services dependent upon the needs of the affected individuals and departments
  • Administrative Duties: Provide and develop trainings on various topics including drug free workplace compliance, workplace civility, work place harassment, mental health awareness, compassion fatigue and vicarious stress, trauma informed care and critical response skills, workplace orientation, corporate compliance, staff development and various other customized topics and content
  • Evaluate and determine employee’s ability to return to work as well as their fitness for duty when necessary
  • Provide regular consultation, training, and assistance to work organizations and leadership teams (managers, supervisors, and union officials) seeking to manage troubled employees, enhance the work environment, and/or improve employee job performance
  • Participate in agency-wide and departmental clinical research
  • Participate in internal committees assist in program development and other activities as needed.

BWC provider / Site manager

Weinstein and Associates
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Provide all requisite mental health services in compliance with Bureau of Workers Compensation (BWC) guidelines and standards to individuals at various stages of involvement within the BWC system
  • Mange a diverse case load of patients requiring mental health treatment as well as coordinate with litigation and other medical providers
  • Treat individuals suffering from a wide variety of physical and mental disorders with co-occurring medical conditions
  • Provide tele health in person and phone services in accordance with BWC and agency standards
  • Coordinate with assigned case managers and treating Psychologist and Psychiatrist
  • Complete all claims and requests for service approvals as well as submission of necessary information and documents for continued care
  • Utilize various methods and techniques and become trained in necessary procedures unique to BWC treatment protocols
  • Participate in client medical reviews and make the final determination for mental health treatment and services in care coverage
  • Administrative Duties: Conducted provide and directed all primary mental health services in the Toledo and Lima offices
  • Provide care focused on wrap around mental health services for local clientele involved with the BWC and concurrent litigation
  • Case coordination with the attorney of record, court representatives and other medical personnel involved with the patient’s case
  • Participate in medical treatment reviews reports and records responses
  • Maintaining the clinical record and documentation for courts in Allen and Lucas County
  • Responded to court requests, submit rebuttals and other reports directly to the court of record
  • Prepared necessary legal documentation, rebuttals and diagnostic reports for trial.

Site Supervisor /Integrated Behavioral Healthcare Manager

Alvis/Recovery Choices
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Responsible for all administrative functioning of the day to day treatment services at the Toledo and Lima facilities for all Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) and mental health (MH) programming
  • Coordinate services with Lucas County Common Pleas Court, by serving as a member of the Lucas County Drug Court team
  • Run weekly staff meetings, coordinate training, conduct on site “on boarding” of clinical staff, and oversee the electronic medical records and scheduling system (Clinician’s Desktop)
  • Coordinate treatment with community providers and other local court systems, focusing on a corrections population with compounding AOD or MH needs
  • Monitor and maintain all clinical services in lines with the Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) standards
  • Responsible for establishing and maintaining services via Tele-health and Tele-counseling through the COVID-19 crisis
  • Supervision duties: Provide direct clinical supervision to all staff counseling positions at the Toledo and Lima facilities
  • Conduct weekly group and individual supervision with all clinical staff
  • Review and sign-off on all paperwork submitted by counselors
  • Provide training and work supervision to staff seeking licensure
  • Improve effectiveness and outcomes in our IOP and OP programs through live supervision of staff employing new evidenced based treatment modalities
  • Clinical duties: Provide individual assessment services for all AOD and MH referrals as needed for specific stakeholders (Adult Parole Authority, Adult Probation, Drug Court and Bureau of Prisons)
  • Conducting full clinical case reviews and making recommendations to court
  • Coordinate treatment with Common Pleas Drug Court and serve as a member of the court’s treatment team
  • Conduct weekly individual appointments with all individuals in the facilities mental health treatment
  • Coordinate with staff Psychiatrists and Nurse Practitioners weekly on all client’s receiving psychotropic med-som services through our medical unit.

Associate Director

University of Toledo Counseling Center
01.2010 - 01.2019
  • Assist Director with the administrative functioning of day to day operations at The University Counseling Center
  • Serve as the administrator in charge during the Director’s absence
  • Run weekly staff meetings during the Director’s absence
  • Coordinate the training of all intern and extern counselors
  • Manage the electronic records and scheduling (Titanium) system
  • Coordinate all students mandated to services
  • Coordinate counseling center activities with various departments and academic services across the main campus and the Health Science campus
  • Administer all aspects of the Alcohol Tobacco and other Drugs (A.T.O.D) program across both campuses
  • Serve as liaison to academic departments
  • Administer and allocate a 20,000.00 program budget
  • Supervision duties: Provide direct clinical supervision to intern, extern and graduate assistants and staff counseling positions
  • Conduct weekly individual supervision sessions with trainees
  • Review and sign-off on all paperwork submitted by counselor trainees
  • Provide direct supervision to clinicians under the A.T.O.D
  • Program
  • Coordinate all interns and external form Psychology department, Social Work department and Counseling department
  • Supervise all clinical services and programming on a day-day basis
  • Onboard new staff and trainees
  • Oversee 24/7 crisis response team
  • Develop yearly curriculum and coordinate yearly resident life training for 150-200 resident assistants (R.A.’s)
  • Clinical duties: Provide direct individual counseling services when needed
  • Provide crisis services across the main campus and health science campus
  • Coordinate crisis responses with the University or Toledo Police
  • Provide and develop outreach activities for the counseling center and A.T.O.D
  • Program
  • Provide consultation to all professional and academic departments as needed.

Interim Director

University of Toledo Counseling Center
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Responsible for the administrative functioning of all day to day operations at The University Counseling Center
  • Run weekly staff meetings
  • Coordinate the training of all intern and extern counselors
  • Manage the electronic records and scheduling (Titanium) system
  • Coordinate all students mandated to services
  • Coordinate Counseling Center activities with various departments and academic services across the main campus and the health science campus
  • Oversee all aspects of the Alcohol Tobacco and other Drugs (A.T.O.D) program across both campuses
  • Oversee all aspects of the Sexual Assault and Education Prevention Program (S.A.E.P.P.) across both campuses
  • Represent the counseling center at all inter-departmental meetings
  • Strategic planning, assessment, evaluation, and oversight of all programming and clinical services
  • Responsible for the counseling center’s operations budget
  • Policy review and drafting
  • Implement changes recommended by accrediting body
  • Supervision duties: Provide direct supervision to all full time and part time staff in the center
  • Coordinate trainee programs from Social Work, Psychology, and Counselor Education
  • Provide direct supervision for departments administrative personal work study and graduate students.

Clinical Counselor/Owner (Private Practice setting)

Will J. Pecsok, PhD
01.2007 - 01.2014
  • Promote and market the practice to local referral sources
  • Manage all financial aspects of the practice including third party payments, budgeting, and billing
  • Report to and consult with local referral sources including physicians, Municipal courts, and the Anthony Wayne School System
  • Maintain compliance standards with third party providers
  • Consult with Municipal courts on ATOD and Domestic Violence issues
  • Marketing and promotion of the practice to referral sources
  • Managing all financial aspects of the practice
  • Administer and submit billing reimbursement and practice accounts
  • Started and developed the practice as the sole practitioner
  • Supervision duties: Provide direct supervision to trainees who were completing a portion of their internship through the practice
  • Train interns on documentation and clinical standards
  • Clinical duties: Provide individual counseling services including; intake, diagnostic assessment, diagnostic testing batteries, treatment planning, and progress evaluation
  • Provide family and marriage counseling sessions
  • Conduct substance abuse and domestic violence assessments and services for court referred clients
  • Report to local Municipal courts on treatment recommendations, treatment compliance, and treatment progress.

Clinical Counselor (Private Practice setting)

Center for Healthy Connections
01.2004 - 01.2011
  • Provide individual counseling services including; intake, diagnostic assessment, diagnostic testing batteries, treatment planning, and progress evaluation
  • Provide family and marriage counseling sessions
  • Conduct substance abuse and domestic violence assessments and services
  • Report to local municipal courts on treatment recommendations, treatment compliance, and treatment progress
  • Administer diagnostic testing batteries
  • Administer Employee Assistance Program (EAP) sessions.

Clinical Counselor

University of Toledo Counseling Center
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • Coordinated the training of all intern and external from the counseling program
  • Coordinated and trained a counselor in residence position
  • Assisted in the transition of all clinical records and clinical scheduling to an electronic format
  • Coordinated all students mandated to services by The Office of Student Conduct and the ROTC program
  • Assisted in the development of a standardized internal training program for all University Counseling Center trainees
  • Supervision duties: Provided direct clinical supervision to all intern and extern counseling positions, including the doctoral counselor position and the counselor in residence position
  • Conducted weekly individual supervision sessions with all counselor trainees
  • Reviewed and signed off on all paperwork submitted by counselor trainees
  • Clinical duties: Provided direct individual counseling, group counseling and couples counseling
  • Provide direct services including; screening appointments, intake sessions, diagnostic assessments, treatment planning, and progress reviews
  • Served as a member of the twenty four hour crisis response team
  • Conducted outreach activities.

Clinical Manager

Family Service of Lucas County
01.2006 - 01.2009
  • Manage all clinical and outreach programs and services
  • Coordinated psychiatric and other consultative services related to clinical programs
  • Functioned as a member of the Family Service of Northwest Ohio Management Team
  • Implemented and reported on outcome measurements for ODMH, COA, United Way and other small local funding sources
  • Responsible for assuring that staff comply with all accrediting, certification and documentation standards, via direct supervision and participation in agency quality assurance program
  • Assured all audit standards set forth by ODMH, COA, CJCC, United Way, or other funding entities were met by professional staff
  • Provided leadership and managed staff in accordance with the agency's personnel policies and procedures to assure clinical and program excellence as well as appropriate levels of performance and productivity standards as set by the agency
  • Promoted and coordinated agency services with other community stakeholders
  • Administered agency employment policies for clinical staff pertaining to employee performance evaluations, discipline, goal setting, training
  • Made recommendations as to hiring and firing
  • Managed outside contracts and programs (It Takes Two The fatherhood Initiative, and Police Probation Team)
  • Assisted in agency’s conversion to computerized documentation (XAKT)
  • Wrote multiple grants (Secured 54,000.00 in new funding)
  • Maintained renewal of all programs through funding cycles
  • Supervision duties: Supervised clinical staff to assure a high level of quality and productive professional practice, assuring that clinical services were being conducted in compliance with accrediting, certifying and funding bodies
  • Supervised “24 On-call” staff to assure immediate service delivery to clients in crisis
  • Supervised all clinical staff and clinical service provision
  • Supervised paraprofessional and support staff.

Clinical Services Counselor/Federal Programs Administrator

COMPASS
01.2003 - 01.2006
  • Provided leadership and managed all clinical components of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and United States Pretrial and United Stated Probation (USPO) treatment contract
  • Assured that service provision and documentation standards were compliant with BOP standards
  • Coordinated and oversaw sight visits and audits conducted by the BOP
  • Coordinated and reported on BOP participant’s treatment progress and compliance
  • Supervision duties: Provided direct supervision to counselor trainees who were providing services via individual and group supervision
  • Trained supervisees on documentation and clinical standards
  • Supervised master level students from the University of Toledo, Heidelberg, and Spring Arbor
  • Clinical duties: Provided individual counseling services including; intake, diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, and progress evaluation
  • Facilitated provision of group counseling for the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), Outpatient Program (OP), and Orientation groups
  • Assisted in Veteran’s inpatient and outpatient treatment through individual and group counseling services
  • Conducted National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) research groups
  • Supervised and coordinated counselor interns.

Counselor

Psychology Group of Greater Toledo
01.2002 - 01.2004
  • Conducted individual, family, and marriage counseling sessions in a private practice setting
  • Administered diagnostic and personality assessments
  • Provided services in two local schools on a contracted basis.

Psychological Assistant

Layne Psychological Associates
01.2000 - 01.2003
  • Administered psychological tests to children and adults used to determine mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and mental illnesses for the Bureau of Disability Determination.

Graduate Assistant

The University of Toledo
01.1999 - 01.2003
  • Taught undergraduate courses in counseling and mental health
  • Assisted in teaching graduate level courses
  • Supervised the department’s on-site clinic
  • Supervised Masters level practicum students
  • Assisted in research projects with tenured professors.

Community Support Provider

Zepf Community Mental Health Center
01.1997 - 01.2000
  • Provided individual counseling services including; intake, diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, and progress evaluation
  • Provided family and marriage counseling sessions
  • Conducted substance abuse and domestic violence assessments and services
  • Report to local municipal courts on treatment recommendations, treatment compliance, and treatment progress.

Volunteer position

Neighborhood Properties Inc.
01.1998 - 01.1999
  • Assisting staff on an as-needed basis.

Education

Ph.D. - Counselor Education and Supervision

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
07.2007

M.A. - Counseling

Heidelberg College
Tiffin, Ohio
05.1999

B.A. - Psychology

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
05.1997

Skills

  • Intervention Planning
  • Group therapy facilitation
  • Client Relations
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Documentation requirements
  • Progress assessments
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Social perceptiveness
  • Integrated healthcare models
  • Consultations
  • Patient screening
  • [Specialization] expert
  • Patient documentation
  • Patient relationship management
  • Staff education and training
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Information management
  • Clinical Quality Improvement
  • Medical Records Management
  • Staff
  • Health administration
  • Recruitment
  • EMR / EHR
  • HIPAA
  • Patient Management
  • Records management
  • Budget coordination
  • Program leadership
  • Policy and procedure improvements
  • Performance monitoring
  • Team leadership and direction
  • Intervention Planning
  • Partnership development
  • Budgeting
  • Data analysis
  • Professional writing
  • Fluent in [Language]
  • Data Collection &
  • Proposal Development
  • Funding Source Research
  • Report writing skills
  • Goal Tracking
  • Institutional Fundraising
  • Non-Profit Organization Funding
  • Presentation Development
  • Flexible and Adaptable
  • Active Listening
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Planning and Coordination
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Training and Development
  • Written Communication
  • Process and procedure development
  • Relationship building and management
  • Order management
  • Staff Development
  • Systems and software programs

Certification

  • Nationally certified in Critical Incident Stress Management, NPI: 1508062597 CAQH ID/REF Number: 11976213
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervision Endorsement, LPCC-S, Ohio
  • Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor-Clinical Supervision Endorsement, LICDC-CS, Ohio
  • Ohio Psychology Board, APP-00059193, Ohio, 02/2025

Timeline

EAP therapist

Harbor
01.2022 - Current

BWC provider / Site manager

Weinstein and Associates
01.2021 - 01.2022

Site Supervisor /Integrated Behavioral Healthcare Manager

Alvis/Recovery Choices
01.2019 - 01.2021

Interim Director

University of Toledo Counseling Center
01.2016 - 01.2017

Associate Director

University of Toledo Counseling Center
01.2010 - 01.2019

Clinical Counselor

University of Toledo Counseling Center
01.2009 - 01.2010

Clinical Counselor/Owner (Private Practice setting)

Will J. Pecsok, PhD
01.2007 - 01.2014

Clinical Manager

Family Service of Lucas County
01.2006 - 01.2009

Clinical Counselor (Private Practice setting)

Center for Healthy Connections
01.2004 - 01.2011

Clinical Services Counselor/Federal Programs Administrator

COMPASS
01.2003 - 01.2006

Counselor

Psychology Group of Greater Toledo
01.2002 - 01.2004

Psychological Assistant

Layne Psychological Associates
01.2000 - 01.2003

Graduate Assistant

The University of Toledo
01.1999 - 01.2003

Volunteer position

Neighborhood Properties Inc.
01.1998 - 01.1999

Community Support Provider

Zepf Community Mental Health Center
01.1997 - 01.2000

Ph.D. - Counselor Education and Supervision

University of Toledo

M.A. - Counseling

Heidelberg College

B.A. - Psychology

University of Toledo
Will Pecsok