| | | 20,000+ Fresh Resumes Monthly | |
|
|
| |
Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateCandidate's Name , MA, MA, LPCC MN, LPC WIPermanent Address:Street Address
Mobile: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE Office: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLE (personal) or EMAIL AVAILABLE (business)Mission StatementMy passion is to live more deeply using empathy, critical thought, failure and ceremony; inspiring others through authentic expression and sacred growth.Work Experience:Private Practice Licensed Psychotherapist, Owl Moon Mental Health, Duluth, Minnesota08/2022 to presentTreating clients with dynamic and complex trauma, attachment disorders, deficits and conditions. Actively using techniques including: EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Jungian sand tray play therapy, healthy sexuality, Gestalt, Psychodrama, Group process, eco-psychology and family sessions with a trauma informed, harm reduction approach. Engage a variety of transpersonal therapeutic skills to enhance the growth process by stabilizing severally emotionally disturbed children and their families, couples and adults. Communitys served include, Queer, People who have sexually and criminally offended, Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC), Transgender, Special Needs children, adults and their families.Clinical Director Caravel Autism Health, Duluth, Minnesota11/2020 to 7/2022Oversaw and managed the operations and administrative functions of the Duluth location in its growth and expansion of services as an intensive day treatment center for children diagnosed with Autism. Assessed clients entering the program as an Independent Mental Health Practitioner, helping to identify specific needs and goals of treatment. Directly hired, supervised, mentored, and coached the clinical treatment team through all developmental challenges from the Covid-19 Pandemic start-up through maintaining programming. As Director, I managed our treatment center that provided the highest quality application of Applied Behavioral Analysis treatment to children and their families in Duluth and the surrounding communities. I was fully responsible for the performance, growth, and results of the program, ensuring that clients and their families received effective services to address overall needs. Ensured the consistent implementation and effective management of clinical policies, licensing, procedures and best practices.Program Director/ Clinical Supervisor: State Program Administrative Director - Minnesota Sex Offender Program Moose Lake: Department of Human Services, Moose Lake, Minnesota10/2013 to 10/2020Oversaw the Minnesota Sex Offenders Program (MSOP) at the Department of Corrections (DOC) site in Moose Lake, Minnesota from 2013 to 2019. Managed the clinical team to ensure effective and adequate staffing levels, training, coaching, and attainment of performance objectives in compliance with MSOP, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Corrections. Designed and supervised treatment approaches tailored to individual clients within the parameters of ethical, legal and professional best practices. Developed and maintained Minnesota state licensure requirements and Association of the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) standards for the ethical treatment of mandated high-risk sexual abusers. Facilitated the spirit of clinical team collaboration in conjunction with operations staff within the DOC. Identified and effectively responded to sensitive safety, clinical and emergency situations with staff and clients. Oversaw the enhancement of behavioral and mental health services and policies to ensure the continuous quality improvement and provision of effective, ethical, and appropriate treatment planning and progression within the residential therapeutic community. Developed and maintained relationships with other State, County, and Federal agencies, advocacy groups, and the general public. Effectively communicated orally and in written form with a wide variety of colleagues and audiences, including the legal community, medical professionals, advocates, and subordinate staff.Senior Clinician - Minnesota Sex Offenders Program Moose Lake, Department of Human Services, State of Minnesota07/2012 to 10/2013Provided therapeutic services including individual, group and community meetings to civilly committed sexual offenders. Coordinated treatment planning, provided individual counseling and group therapy, prepared required documentation and reports. Designed and delivered psycho-educational curriculums. Participated on the multidisciplinary team, demonstrated strong leadership and communication skills, respect, professional ethics and a spirit of collaboration. Performed related duties as assigned in the areas of admissions and discharge, program development, scheduling, supervision of client activities, and/or involvement in policy drafting teams or special work groups.Executive Director - Meridian Behavioral Health, New Brighton, Minnesota07/2011 to 03/2012Managed oversight of all clinical, fiscal, operational, staffing, and program development for the second largest methadone program in the state of Minnesota. Coordinated staff of 30 with four direct reports to successfully accredit program with Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) certification. Improved 80% of all policy development in preparation of annual county, state and federal licensing reviews. Executed project development of physical clinical expansion for improved programs, security and safety procedures, increased census, and 20% profit gains in 6 months. Responsible for 25% of all revenues for entire chemical health corporate structure. Developed standardization of recruitment and interview process with professional standards and policy. Restructured clinical team with client centered model improvement approaches and supervision practices, while standardizing efficiencies with coaching, mentoring and executive functioning. Implemented two phases of a software upgrade and motivational interviewing standards.Assistant Director Housing with Services - Mary T. Inc, Coon Rapids, Minnesota08/2010 to 03/2011Directed clinical operations for assisted living, senior housing, and residential housing in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Arizona. Led executive marketing committee in developing strategic planning, advertising, events, database tracking and political endorsements. Developed performance standards and quality program guidelines for project management teams. Developed staffing and restructured leadership with services within agency. Partnered with executive team for corporate re-branding, development and expansion of properties and services, while improving occupancy rates from 72% to 98% in six months. Managed 25% of all corporate revenues and adjusted annual budgets for financial needs in conjunction with the finance committee. Supervised eight direct reports including site supervisors, property managers, activities coordinators, licensed nurses, and a dietary manager. Contracted public funding services, while monitoring county, state, and federal auditing standards.Child and Family Therapist - Teambuilders Counseling Services, Santa Fe, New Mexico12/2006 to 02/2010Provided wraparound model of mental health family services by conducting intake, assessment, triage, safety planning, and care coordination. Supervised families in community settings with skill building, therapeutic group activities, and individualized treatment application. Performed crisis intervention services, assessments, and coordinated efforts with assistant director and clinical director. Developed and implemented plan of care, treatments plans, social services and case management services. Diagnosed and evaluated severely emotionally disturbed children, families and adults for outpatient and intensive home-based care services. Worked closely with psychiatric services to promote healthy administration of medication management for clients.Founder/Director - EarthWalk Medicine, Santa Fe, New Mexico01/2004 to 12/2006Oversaw development, staffing, and directed business operations for community based health care clinic and foundation. Produced educational workshops for healthcare professionals, doctors, nurses, teachers, and medical directors. Led community health clinic facility, profit and loss statements, directed budgeting, and directed meetings. Managed annual funds allocated for operations, research and development, and general expenses. Enabled social responsibility efforts for our foundation with objectives through planning, project development, policy and infrastructure support.Case Manager Ayudantes, Santa Fe, New Mexico08/2004 to 02/2005Delivered case management services including medical and research based information to clients. Developed and managed dosing schedule, policy implementation and changes to client safety protocol. Performed assessments of client and programs clinical efficacy, including client social development programs. Facilitated health, vocational, and housing placements for program participants and their families. Educated the public and trained clients, colleagues, and families on methadone maintenance program. Attended to all assigned duties and trainings with the clinic.Director Program Services - Cobbo Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota03/2001 to 08/2003Managed growth of company from one residential facility to four in two years for staffing and operations. Trained, hired, and supervised four direct reports, including group home managers, behavior analysts and case managers. Negotiated county contracting based on Medicaid approved funding projects in alignment with client social service programs. Directed companys annual budget and funds allocation for operations, research and development, and general expenses. Managed largest facility development project in company history, producing added revenue, and added quality of services for clients. Coordinated compliance of licensing requirements with county and state licensing departments.Primary Care Services - Elders Getting Information and Services, Santa Fe, New Mexico08/2001 to 08/2003Performed in home and in community direct care services and initiated special projects. Supervised and managed geriatric health care for a variety of patients in hospice and long-term care. Synchronized health care service plans with providers, staff, and family for clients. Responsible for purchasing services on behalf of the client. Led quality management for end-of-life planning, hospice care, therapeutic services and cancer treatments. Managed financial, medical, and personal accounts for client's estate or home.Human Services Technician - State of Minnesota, Minneapolis and Owatonna, Minnesota07/1999 to 08/2003Provided direct care of Developmentally Delayed adults in their home. Advocated for clients in their community. Provided one on one client care, including delivery of program initiatives on a daily basis. Represented clients at vocational, medical and family activities and appointments. Attended to all trainings and required services while in state service.Commodity Trader/Account Manager - Grain Millers Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota01/2000 to 03/2001Engineered daily butter commodity spreadsheet for weekly trading positions. Organized multiple client supply positions across the continental United States for weekly and monthly delivery of contracted dairy products. Managed trending and anticipatory markets for a variety of products and their corresponding markets. Hedged the division positions with balances against the current market on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Conducted coordination of regional and national product storage and transportation contracts. Responsible for revenue cycling and collection management of accounts receivable. Attended industry trainings, and regional meetings.Education:Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NMM.A., CounselingApril 2009GPA: 3.92Minor: Eco-psychologySt. John's College Graduate Institute, Santa Fe, NMM.A., Liberal ArtsMay 2003GPA: 3.75St. John's University, Collegeville, MNB.A., Political ScienceMay 1999GPA: 3.25Minor: Business ManagementTraining:Eye Movement Desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), Jungian sand tray, situational awareness, evidence based practices, best practices, trauma informed care, risk, needs, responsivity (RNR), Static and Stable risk assessment, motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy, clinical supervision, supervisory development core, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5, therapeutic community treatment, sex crimes and relational paraphilic attachments, developmental pathways to deviant sexual fantasies in sexual offenders, developmental pathways to psychopathy, Good Lives Model: self-regulation pathways, personality disorders in treatment, restorative justice, behavior mapping for children and families, behavior therapies for sexual abusers, arousal management, case consultation, human sexuality, cognitive therapy and re-offense prevention behavior therapies, Monarch 21 Penial Plethysmograph (PPG), multicultural families, ethics, somatic experiencing, trauma response therapy, crisis management, trans-personal psychology, eco-psychology, groups, psychodrama, art therapy, sand tray, play therapy, self-injurious behaviors, bullying in the workplace, severe and persistent mental illness, and Heroin in the Twin CitiesLicenses and Membership:Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor MNLicensed Professional Clinical Counselor WIMinnesota Board Certified Clinical SupervisorCook County Mental Health Advisory Council (MN)Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) pendingPresentations:Minnesota Association of Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Clinical Supervision, 2018Minnesota Association of Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Self-Care 2016-19Minnesota Association of Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Human Sexuality 2016Minnesota Managers Conference 2018, Clinical SupervisionSt. Louis County Health and Human Services Conference, High Psychopathy 2017St. Louis County Health and Human Services Conference, Human Sexuality 2016Honors, Awards, and Special Accomplishments:Opened Duluth Caravels ABA treatment Center 2020MSOP-DOC site Rule 2965 two year recertification 2014 and 2017Alliance Clinic three year CARF: Commission on Accreditation and Commission of Facilities 2011Teambuilders Dream Team Award - Achievement in Excellence 2008Facilitated Statewide Senior Voter Standardization Campaign Program 1999Other Information:LinkedIn Profile: http://LINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLE |
