Licensed Professional Counselor Resume Example Private Practice

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR

Professional Summary

Compassionate, solutions-oriented private practice therapist dedicated to providing exceptional care and devising creative treatment plans for individuals, children, adolescents and couples.

Skills

Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Culturally-sensitive
Electronic recordkeeping experience
Strong interpersonal skills
DBT qualified
Solution-focused counseling
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) expert

Compassionate
DSM-V knowledgeable
Early Childhood skills
Play Therapy expertise
Couples therapy
Psycho-diagnostic treatment

Work History

Licensed Professional Counselor, 03/2013 to Current
Private Practice – 1505 Water Street NE STE 5

Conduct therapeutic individual, couple and family therapy sessions.
Direct family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments.
Provide comprehensive case management services, including creating treatment plans and connecting clients and families to appropriate resources.
Provide Play Therapy to clients aged two to ten using the Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) approach.
Guide clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Conduct attachment-based couples therapy.

Mental Health Specialist II-Early Childhood, 09/2012 to 12/2012
Linn County Mental Health – 445 3rd Ave SW Albany, OR 97321

Provided community-based early childhood counseling services to children ages 0-5 and their parents.
Participated in program development for new early childhood program.
Conducted therapeutic individual and family therapy sessions.
Directed family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments.
Connected clients with community service and resource agencies.
Provided comprehensive case management services, including creating treatment plans and connecting clients and families to appropriate resources.

Mental Health Therapist, 12/2010 to 07/2012
New Perspectives Center for Counseling and Therapy – 565 Union Street Suite 101 Salem, OR 97301

Conducted individual, family, and couple therapy sessions with children, adolescents and adults with a variety of disorders including Adjustment Disorders, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Maintained a large case load of highly-at-risk individuals and families.
Directed family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments.
Provided Play Therapy to clients age three to ten using Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT).
Guided clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Provided Cognitive-based trauma interventions for sexually abused children.
Conducted therapeutic individual and family therapy sessions.
Connected clients with community service and resource agencies.
Kept abreast of new and developing information in the mental health field by regularly attending professional conferences and workshops.

Mental Health Therapist, 03/2007 to 12/2010
Options Counseling Services – 2645 Portland Rd. NE STE 120 Salem, OR

Developed and implemented treatment plans and modified when needed.
Directed family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments.
Provided comprehensive case management services, including creating treatment plans and connecting clients and families to appropriate resources.
Displayed sensitivity to the cultural and linguistic needs of the clients and families served.
Provided counseling services in under served areas, rural areas, Native American Reservations, area of economic hard-ship.
Maintained a caseload of more than 10 children in public schools and home placements, in addition to office-based services.
Aided parents in arranging medication evaluations and psychological testing.
Facilitated a Family Sexual Abuse Treatment program, which included group for non-offending parents and individual therapy for parent and child.
Provided Play Therapy to clients aged 10 years and younger using Child-Centered Play Therapy.

Intensive Family Services Therapist/Outpatient Therapist, 03/2006 to 12/2006
The Old Mill Center for Children and Families – 1650 SW 45th Place Corvallis, Oregon 97330

Conducted therapeutic individual and family therapy sessions.
Developed and implemented treatment plans and modified when needed.
Directed family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments.
Provided Intensive-Family Therapy services to families enrolled in therapeutic pre-school program.
Engaged with children in therapeutic milieu to increase social and emotional skills.
Created social skills group for preschool children.
Participated in summer day treatment groups and therapeutic activities to teach functional living skills and address behavioral issues.
Provided sexual abuse group therapy in the community in collaboration with county Child-Protective Services.
Taught 8 week Divorce Classes for divorcing parents.

Family Therapist, 10/2003 to 11/2004
ASAP Treatment Services – 2130 SW 5th Ave. Portland, OR 97201

Conducted therapeutic family therapy sessions in an in-patient substance abuse treatment program for incarcerated women.
Displayed sensitivity to the cultural and linguistic needs of the clients and families served.
Strategized with clinical team to prevent inmate diversion, abuse and recidivism.
Provided family attachment activities to ensure connections between inmates and children.
Interacted with client inmates in therapeutic milieu to increase social and emotional skills.

Education

Master of Arts: Marriage and Family Therapy, 2002
George Fox University - Tigard, OR

Bachelor of Science: Psychology/ Family Studies, 1999
Western Baptist College (now Corbin) - Salem, OR

Affiliations

American Counseling Association

Association For Play Therapy

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Private Practice
Linn County Mental Health
New Perspectives Center for Counseling and Therapy
Options Counseling Services
The Old Mill Center for Children and Families
ASAP Treatment Services

School Attended

George Fox University
Western Baptist College (now Corbin)

Job Titles Held:

Licensed Professional Counselor
Mental Health Specialist II-Early Childhood
Mental Health Therapist
Intensive Family Services Therapist/Outpatient Therapist
Family Therapist

Degrees

Master of Arts : Marriage and Family Therapy , 2002
Bachelor of Science : Psychology/ Family Studies , 1999

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