Functional Family Therapist Resume Example

My daily job consisted of treatment team meetings, coordinating with direct care staff, treating psychiatrist, and collaborating with other mental health professionals to ensure the best treatment and care for my clients. Worked with guardians such as parents and Department of child and family services along with Office of Juvenile Justice to coordinate successful discharge plans. I worked with insurance providers to maintain authorization and billing for my clients to continue to receive treatment at a psychiatric residential treatment facility level of care.

My daily job consisted of meeting with individual clients along with conducting groups, meetings with other administrative directors of other departments at Louisiana Tech University. I would manage my schedule, set appointments, and handle data regarding effectiveness of services that were provided. My department would meet with incoming families and students to discuss services that were provided for them and advocate for my clients best interest and connecting clients with appropriate resources.

• Guided clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (D.B.T.)
• Led educational seminars and lectures at local community mental health centers to expand awareness of mental health symptoms and issues
• Provided emergency response in crisis situations to diffuse tensions and prevent violence
• Assessed student issues pertaining to depression, anxiety and physical abuse to resolve conflicts between students, peers and teachers
• Developed goal-oriented psycho educational and activity therapy groups to improve clients' level of functioning
• Led up to 30 individual sessions per week and 3 group therapy meetings