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Jessica Claire
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Professional Summary

Dedicated Mental Health Therapust well-versed at liaising with clients to foster access to community resources, treatment and assistance programs. Strong background in supporting client treatment plans. Compassionate and driven with unfailing work ethic and passion for helping others.

Versatile Mental Health Therapist certified in Depression management and well-versed in crisis management and case management. Offering extensive knowledge of community resources. Proactive and understanding individual committed to serving disadvantaged individuals, including special-needs populations and emancipated youth.

Empathetic Mental Healrh Therapist with over 20 years of experience helping people cope and solve problems of everyday life. Polished in interfacing with community liaisons, facilitating individual and group sessions and monitoring conditions of clients to coordinate care. Excellent communicator with knack for building lasting professional relationships.

Diligent Social Worker with 20 years of experience assisting clients with building coping mechanisms to address life challenges. Skilled in mediating family members to resolve conflict. Comfortable handling stress and performing under pressure.

Patient Mental Health Therapist with first-rate client advocacy skills and extensive knowledge of community resources. Offering 20 years of successful performance in social work roles. Recognized for compassionate demeanor and excellent social perceptiveness.

Dynamic Social Worker with extensive knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. Reliable and trustworthy professional skillful in evaluating needs and designing custom treatment plans and maintaining detailed case histories. Proficient in Word and Excel.

Friendly Social Worker committed to providing services to strengthen home, school and community partnerships. Accomplished at resolving conflict and encouraging positive relationships. Bilingual with fluency in American Sign Language to effectively communicate with multicultural clients.

Skills
  • Referrals and networking
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Case management
  • Life skills counseling
  • Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIP)
  • Solution-based interventions
  • Bipolar Disorder Treatment
  • Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBA)
  • Life skills development
  • Psychosocial assessments expert
  • Confidential case documentation
  • Group therapy specialist
  • Play therapy
  • Strengths-based solution-focused therapy
  • Career development counselor
  • Structured Decision Making (SDM) tools knowledge
  • Motivational enhancement therapy
  • Social services
  • Multidisciplinary team collaboration
  • Analytical thinking
  • DSM-IV knowledge
  • Cooperative
  • Depression and anxiety specialist
  • Compassionate
  • Knowledge of medical and psychiatric terminology
  • Efficient under pressure
  • Data collection and management
Work History
03/2018 to 04/2018
Licensed Social Worker Visiting Nurse Service Of New York Teaneck, NJ,
  • Prepared social history reports to define goals, weaknesses and strengths of residents.
  • Delivered comprehensive therapeutic services to children, adolescents and adults to support child welfare and prevention services.
  • Completed detailed charts to summarize interactions with patients and booked follow-up sessions.
  • Helped clients develop new coping mechanisms and techniques to drive behavior modification.
  • Maintained record of daily individual activities, behaviors and pertinent incidents for patient analysis and assessment.
  • Encouraged socialization and engagement through therapy, music therapy and social activities.
  • Assessed clients for abuse and neglect to compile documentation for court reports.
  • Formulated treatment plan strategies with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive and continuous care plan.
  • Facilitated family therapy sessions between children, caregivers and siblings to remediate conflict and build healthy relationships.
  • Developed and facilitated goal-oriented psycho-education and therapy groups to improve residents' quality of life.
  • Offered therapeutic services and crises intervention to emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.
  • Interviewed clients, families or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.
  • Administered assessments and developed academic goals based on specific disabilities and barriers to learning.
  • Maintained regular contact with clients by calling and visiting clients' homes.
12/2010 to 10/2011
Mental Health Therapist Catholic Health Initiative West Des Moines, IA,
  • Provided clients with recommendations to community resources.
  • Performed client assessments and developed treatment plans.
  • Utilized Active listening skills to support clients in meeting therapeutic goals.
  • Documented client progress in confidential files.
  • Managed private practice of 10 clients per week.
  • Used several methodologies to help patients during therapy sessions.
  • Directed family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments.
  • Applied array of different methodologies to assist patients with therapy.
  • Delivered client assessments for those struggling with addiction or relationship issues and implemented strategies based on client needs.
  • Ran individual therapy and family therapy sessions for children ages 5 to 18.
  • Utilized positive uncertainty and multi-systemic family systems therapy to encourage clients and help to handle ambiguity, accept inconsistencies and trust intuition in decision-making.
  • Worked collaboratively with other mental health professionals to provide consistent care and minimize diversion.
  • Guided clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
  • Observed and monitored client behavior and responses to treatment.
  • Offered and documented treatment consent forms in patient health records.
  • Completed one-on-one counseling with broad range of clients suffering from Depression and Anxiety diseases and issues.
  • Provided comprehensive case management services, including creating treatment plans and connecting clients and families to appropriate resources.
  • Developed goal-oriented psychoeducational and activity therapy groups to improve clients' level of functioning.
  • Involved clients' family members in planning social service programs.
  • Displayed sensitivity to cultural and linguistic needs of clients and families served.
  • Consulted with other staff members regarding treatment plans as deemed appropriate by team leader.
  • Managed caseload of 2 patients with substance dependence and co-occurring Axis I and Axis II disorders.
  • Encouraged patients to discuss experiences in group and individual settings.
03/1992 to 01/2010
Mental Health Therapist Catholic Health Initiative Sherwood, AR,
  • Provided clients with recommendations to community resources.
  • Performed client assessments and developed treatment plans.
  • Utilized Technique to support clients in meeting therapeutic goals.
  • Documented client progress in confidential files.
  • Managed private practice of Number clients per week.
  • Used Type methodologies to help patients during therapy sessions.
  • Directed family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments.
  • Integrated Type program, utilizing student feedback to boost organization's overall mission and objectives.
  • Applied array of different methodologies to assist patients with therapy.
  • Delivered client assessments for those struggling with addiction or relationship issues and implemented strategies based on client needs.
  • Ran individual therapy and family therapy sessions for children ages Number to Number.
  • Utilized positive uncertainty and multi-systemic family systems therapy to encourage clients and help to handle ambiguity, accept inconsistencies and trust intuition in decision-making.
  • Worked collaboratively with other mental health professionals to provide consistent care and minimize diversion.
  • Guided clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
  • Observed and monitored client behavior and responses to treatment.
  • Offered and documented treatment consent forms in patient health records.
  • Completed one-on-one counseling with broad range of clients suffering from Type and Type diseases and issues.
  • Developed goal-oriented psychoeducational and activity therapy groups to improve clients' level of functioning.
  • Displayed sensitivity to cultural and linguistic needs of clients and families served.
  • Consulted with other staff members regarding treatment plans as deemed appropriate by team leader.
  • Encouraged patients to discuss experiences in group and individual settings.
Education
Expected in 06/1989
Bachelor Of Arts: Psychology
Youngstown State University - Youngstown, OH
GPA:
Expected in 06/1992
Master Of Science In Education: Community Counseling And Higher Education
Youngstown State University - Youngstown, OH
GPA:

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School Attended

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  • Youngstown State University

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  • Licensed Social Worker
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