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DeMotte, IN Street Address * PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE * EMAIL AVAILABLEProfessional SummaryTo make the necessary changes within the professional, living, or healthcare environment that promote a healthy atmosphere within the different departments or services provided.Mental Health care professional with skill leading situations-specific counseling sessions, assessing the needs of individual clients. Expertise in working with families, children adolescents, and couples. Observant Individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to enhance building meaningful relationships with my professional team, colleagues, and individuals I council. I am an empathetic professional with hands-on experience who strives to provide quality psychological services to children, and adults. I am skilled in identifying and assessing mental health, emotional, and behavioral issues. I develop and implement treatment plans, set goals, and follow through with counseling, and therapy to support follow through of my clientele to maximize their results. I optimize their spiritual, physical, and cognitive coping mechanisms while improving their overall functioning.SkillsIntake AssessmentsBiopsychosocial AssessmentsFunctional Behavioral AssessmentsTeam DevelopmentDepartment or Family RestructuringInterdisciplinary Collaboration to enhance clients care plan/strategySelf-Care StrategiesSuicide PreventionMotivational InterviewingCognitive Behavioral TherapyDialectical Behavioral TherapyFamily Systems TheoryCommunication StrategiesAnger ManagementSexual Assault SupportGrief CounselingBuilding Rapport/confidencePositive Patient ExperiencePsychotropic medication knowledge baseWORK HISTORYChristian Mental Health Consultant/Coaching-05/2020 to presentGraceful Transitions Ministry and Council Services-160 S West Street, Crown Point, IN 46307I work independently in a private practice setting, assessing the emotional, behavioral, physical, and cognitive needs of clientsUsing behavioral analysis, biopsychosocial assessments during our initial interview to create care plans that address the individual, family or professional needs of the individual pertinent to their situation, and past experiencesI work on creating their best self with accountability, through Self Reflection, of words, actions, and behaviorsIf there is a need for medication, I refer out locally to psychiatrists in the Crown Point area to maximize the clients over all care plan and increase tolerance for the situation by communicating with them and the psychiatristPrivate Practice Mental Health Counselor, 05/2017-10/2021Mainstreet Counseling Center, 158 N Main St Crown Point, IN 46307I performed Intake Assessments, Biopsychosocial Assessments, Emergency treatment to local hospitals, reached out to reliable psychiatrists to help clients manage their medications successfullyI was left unsupervised to figure out the best care plans for my clients, with minimal guidance, instruction or help when neededWent to court to testify for children, and family situationsPerformed therapeutic care plans for children, couples, and families from grieving, to addiction, to eating disorders, to suicide, to couples marital strife, divorce, and co- parenting sessionsGuided clients in effective therapeutic exercise derivative of CBT, and DBT and some EMDR techniques taught ot me by other certified therapistsImproved client coping mechanisms with mindfulness, stress management and breathing or exercise techniques known to relax the mind and lower cortisol levelsContinuously expanded knowledge base by attending workshops relevant to demands of work due to lack of instructionPromoted clients Self Awareness by having them Self Reflect, and learn to identify their contribution to their circumstance with the hope or repairing or stopping participative or unwanted behaviorsMaintained detailed notes and documentation to track clients progress and help motivate them to keep moving forwardAssisted clients with setting of realistic goals and practices to accomplish said goals in a timely mannerBecame fluent with grief counseling as it appears to affect so many regardless of death a break up can be just as debilitating for some clientsSchool Social WorkerMerrillville School Corporation, Intermediate, and Middle Schools (4th-8th grades)6701 Delaware St. Merrillville, IN 46410, 2016 & 2017FBA-Functional Behavior Assessment, for monitoring unwanted or unnecessary behaviors during the day at schoolIEP-Individualized Education Plans, for assessing individual learning and behavioral needs during school day, to address needs of the student, and designing a plan that addresses those needs to improve the functionality of the student in the classroomBiopsychosocial assessments of the family and student needs to incorporate in into a multiprofessional care plan to help improve behavioral, mental health, socio economic, and academic restructuring to enhance the classroom needs of individuals and how family functioning or dysfunction affect the students classroom work or progress.Helping needy families socioeconomically, developing plans to address familial needs according to the students family needsPrepared speeches for the student body to enhance behavioral, restructuring appropriate or inappropriate displays of touching, verbalizing, and communication styles that develop and enhance positive classroom and individual relationships during classroom interactionsClassroom program delivery addressing individual, and classroom needs to Improve class time and interactions between students, and teachersDocumentation of interactions and programs as well as presentations individually, classroom, and student body curriculumPEP-Prevention to Expulsion program for all age groups in intermediate and middle school children to help them modify behaviors, and develop coping mechanisms that enhance their functioning both at home, and at school.Certifications:Master of Social Work, Diploma 2016Certified Life Coach, 2020Licensed Cosmetologist 2003Owner First Church DeMotteExperienced with DBT therapy skills 2013Doctrine of Divinity 2023Working On Certification For Holistic Healing, 2023/2024References Available on Request:Dorian Laumann, LMFT-professionalAnn Vasquez, LCSW-professionalTia Vaupel-personal |
