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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidate McKenna Denver, CO 80230
Prynn
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CURRICULUM V ITAE
ED UCATION
Master of Arts, Clinical Mental Health Counseling January Street Address - Present
Regis University Thornton, CO
Bachelor of Science, Psychology January 2022 - December 2023
Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO
Concentration: Clinical and Counseling Psychology
Minor: Nutrition Science
CLINICA L A ND OTHER RELEVAN T EXPERIEN CE
Counselor April 2023 - Present
also serving as Milieu Technician March 2024 - Present
Eating Disorder Care Denver Denver, CO
Adult Eating Disorder Partial Hospitalization Program, Supportive Housing
Supervisor: Abigail Williams
Responsibilities Include: Building rapport with clients with severe and enduring eating disorders and
co-occurring mental health concerns. Assisting clients in the employment of coping skills,
completion of prescribed meal plans and food challenges, and de-escalation of crises. Providing
psychoeducation about eating disorders and other mental health challenges to patients.
Supervising meals, including providing redirection of disordered food behaviors, giving
encouragement to folks who are struggling with a meal or snack, and documentation of meal
completion and behavioral data. Transportation of patients to and from treatment and supportive
housing. Supervision of recovery-focused outings and open-house activities. Conduction of
baggage and room checks to ensure patient safety. Documentation of interventions and
observations of patient behaviors. Ensuring a clean and comfortable housing environment for
patients, including laundry, dishwashing, and other cleaning tasks. Mediation of con ict between
patients. Coordination of patient care with clinical team and administration. Training and
orienting new team members of housing and clinical designations. Attendance and participation
in continuing education programs regarding eating disorders, trauma-informed care, somatic
psychotherapy, clinical ethics and therapeutic boundaries, and more.
Additiona y, as a Milieu Technician: Leading psychoeducational and therapeutic process groups for
adolescents and adults. Conduction of safety assessments.
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Programs Intern August 2023 - Present
also serving as Guest Artist February 2023 - Present
Art from Ashes Denver, CO
Supervisors: Angelica Peralta, MSW, Operations Director and Kree Thawley, Program Director
Responsibilities Include: Leadership of creative empowerment workshops for youth ages 12 to 24 -
includes delivery of poetry curriculum and prompts, encouragement and praise before, during,
and after sharing, and participation alongside youth when possible. Attendance and participation
in curriculum, facilitation, and all-agency meetings. Compiling and streamlining guest artist
contact information in preparation for mass email communication from executive director.
Writing and revising website release and social media post content for upcoming fundraisers.
Writing and addressing thank you cards to important donors and folks who nominated the
agency for grants. Creating housing, food, mental health treatment, and LGBTQIA+ support
resource lists, and designing complimentary yers for distribution in the o ce and the
community. Documentation of workshop attendance, youth intake and survey data, and contacts
made at events and in the community. Typing and formatting youth poems for the purposes of
inclusion in reports to donors and partner agencies as well as to be returned to the youth.
Additiona y, as a Guest Artist: plan, rehearse, and perform original spoken word pieces appropriate
for the age group of the workshop and the thematic tone of the curriculum.
Behavioral Health Technician July 2022 - March 2023
also serving as Behavioral Emergency Response Team Lead October 2022- March 2023
The Medical Center of Aurora, Behavioral Health and Wellness Center Aurora, CO
Adolescent, Adult, Women s, and Geropsychiatric Units
Supervisor: Shannon Gough, BSN, RN
Responsibilities Include: Ensuring patient safety via completion of fteen-minute rounds, rapport-
building, environmental and patient belongings safety checks, and implementation of nonviolent
crisis intervention strategies. Maintaining a therapeutic milieu via facilitation of goal-setting and
coping groups, leading of unit and peer-group orientation, and collaboration with clinical
treatment teams and nursing sta . Additiona y, as Behavioral Emergency Response Team Lead:
Coordinating e ective crisis response and deescalation in cases of unsafe patient behaviors - this
includes assigning roles to other team members at shift start, leading in preventative verbal
deescalation, initiating team response when necessary, and debrie ng following a team response.
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Crisis Counselor March 2022 - Present
Crisis Text Line
Supervisor: Rachel Turkel
Responsibilities Include: Assisting those in crisis via an SMS platform - includes rapport-building,
validation, aiding in use of coping skills, crisis de-escalation, and safety planning. O ering
community and national resources and, when necessary, initiating mandated reports in the event
that safety cannot be maintained. Texters assisted: 258
Respite Provider February 2016 - August 2017
A nity Family Care San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Population Served: Disabled youth (ages 4-17)
Supervisor: Zoe Forshee
Responsibilities Include: Performance of activities of daily living (including dental hygiene, toileting,
bathing, and feeding), assistance with use of personal communication device, and delivery of
educational and enriching activities in age- and ability-appropriate forms. Record-keeping (duties
performed, child progress, etc.) and ensuring delivery of these records to the appropriate
governmental agencies. Collaboration with parents and community organizations to best serve
the needs of the children receiving care.
RE SE ARCH EX PERIEN CE
Research Assistant August 2022 - Present
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Supervisor: Maureen Flynn, Ph.D.
Responsibilities Include: Participation in formal ethics training, ensuring maintenance of participant
con dentiality, obtaining informed consent. Conduction of research study of the e ectiveness of
a values-based intervention in a spider-related behavioral approach task. Data recording and
entering. Conduction of statistical analyses of research data (using Jamovi software), translating
the results to charts and graphs, and interpreting the results in order to communicate their
meanings and signi cance in writing. Training incoming research assistance in protocol execution
and statistical procedures. Creation of research poster presentations for four study data sets to be
presented at an international conference.
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VOLUNTEER E XP ERIE NCE
Group Facilitator March 2020 - Present
Undercurrent and Throughline Poetry Collectives
Supervisor: Desire Dallagiacomo
Responsibilities Include: Organization, promotion, and facilitation of virtual community gatherings
of poets. Gatherings largely include heavy focus on individual and collective wellbeing, mutual aid
requests and provision (both material and social-emotional aid), and the reading, writing, and
performance of poetry. The intent and impact of these collectives is the connection of a
multinational community of artists with diverse identities and experiences in an e ort to
strengthen individual resilience via values-oriented community-building.
Camp Counselor Summer 2014
Xtreme Camp Alliance Redwoods Campground, CA
Population Served: Adolescent (Middle School)
Supervisor: Sasha Zarubin
Responsibilities Include: Facilitating peer bonding among a cabin of 6-10 campers, orienting to
campground facilities and trails, supervising recreation activities including hikes, team sports, and
camp re music circles. Meeting individually with campers to o er support in emotional
wellbeing and social relationships.
Small Group Leader August 2011 - June 2014
also serving as Peer Mentor January 2012 - June 2014
Valley Community Church Pleasanton, CA
Supervisors: Marlene Diggins and Giuseppe Gatto
Responsibilities Include: Leading groups of ten to fteen high schoolers, formulating, distributing,
and delivering curriculum focusing on self esteem, social skills, and balance with special focus on
student athletes. Additiona y, as Peer Mentor: Meeting weekly with individual students to o er
support in academics, social adjustment, emotional wellbeing, and future planning.
PRESENTATION S
Prynn, M., Rivas, M., Lukela, E., Moore, K., & Flynn, M. (2022). Experienced stigma and health
care avoidance among women with obesity: Fusion as a moderator. Poster accepted for
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presentation at the Association for Behavioral Analysis International conference in
Denver, CO.
Rivas, M., Prynn, M., Moore, K., Lukela, E., & Flynn, M. (2022). Experienced stigma and health
care avoidance among women with obesity: avoidance* as a moderator. Poster accepted
for presentation at the Association for Behavioral Analysis International conference in
Denver, CO.
Lukela, E., Moore, K., Prynn, M., Rivas, M., & Flynn, M. (2022). Weight-related stigma and well-
being among college students with overweight and obesity: The role of fusion as a
moderator. Poster accepted for presentation at the Association for Behavioral Analysis
International conference in Denver, CO.
Moore, K., Lukela, E., Rivas, M., Prynn, M., & Flynn, M. (2022). The ef cacy of a brief values
intervention in a spider-related behavioral approach. Poster accepted for presentation at
the Association for Behavioral Analysis International conference in Denver, CO.
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