Dedicated and compassionate Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 10 years of experience in both inpatient and outpatient adult mental health treatment settings. Exceptional knowledge and experience serving clients with a range of complex mental and emotional conditions. Passionate about navigating multiple diagnoses with a diverse clinical approach for best practice and individualized treatment planning, and ready to apply varied past experience to a dynamic new position.
Skills
Dual diagnosis experience
New client assessment and triage
Motivational interviewing skills
Experience with both CBT and DBT skills based therapy
Experience with remote therapy via TeleHealth platforms
Strong documentation abilities
PC and Macintosh Platforms: Word, Excel, Outlook and Lotus; strong internet and technology skills
Highly proficient in EPIC EHR platform
Excellent communication skills and notable interpersonal skills
Experience
Psychotherapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, 10/2020 - Current State Of Oregon – Molalla, OR,
Conduct remote outpatient therapy via TeleHealth platform to clients as clinically indicated to provide psychotherapeutic interventions and establish and assess treatment goals
Develop individual courses of treatment for each patient by evaluating goals, mental health and practical conditions
Meet with patients weekly via TeleHealth platform and provide diagnoses and consultations
Psychiatric Social Worker, 06/2011 - Current Baptist Health - Alabama – Montgomery, AL,
Conduct and generate psychosocial assessments, treatment plans and progress notes on acute inpatient setting for patients with severe persistent mental illnesses, in short term crisis necessitating placement of legal hold (DTS/DTO/GD), or suffering from depression, mood disordered, psychotic, or prodromal episodes requiring inpatient stabilization
Collaborate with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications
Assess patients and develop individualized treatment plans of care based on diagnostic evaluations utilizing extensive DSM-5 knowledge and fluency, made in an academic setting on a team consisting of attending psychiatrist, resident psychiatrists, LCSW, medical students, and psychology interns
Arrange for services from referral agencies and assist patients ease back into the community with appropriate resources, referrals, and linkages to services after stepping down from inpatient unit
Give presentations to interdisciplinary team members, including clinical documentation and therapeutic observations
Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of professionals as well as patients and families to determine appropriate treatment and disposition options
Gather community resources and coordinated referrals to obtain services
Provide education and support to patients' family members; communicate with relatives of patients about diagnoses and treatment programs
Arrange for medical, mental health or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders
Conduct Utilization Review for all patients (commercial plans, Medicare, Medi-Cal, uninsured) to obtain pre-certification and ongoing authorization at admission, concurrent, and discharge stages of hospitalization
Medical Social Worker, 04/2011 - 06/2011 California Pacific Medical Center, Pacific Campus – City, STATE,
Communicated information with multidisciplinary treatment providers through the medium of the medical chart, written and oral consultations, and/or case conferences
Completed intakes, psychosocial assessments, evaluations, and treatment plans for patients with high risk criteria for social work intervention on adult medicine, oncology, NICU, and pediatric services
Facilitated an on-going assessment of patient/family needs and goals, and developed and implemented discharge plans and interdisciplinary team care plans
Psychotherapist Intern, 04/2010 - 11/2010 The Psychoanalytic Training Institute – City, STATE,
Applied psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapeutic modalities to individuals and couples, with diagnoses of depressive, anxiety-related and adjustment disorders
Education and Training
MSW: Social Work, Expected in 05/2010 - New York University, Silver School of Social Work - New York, NY GPA:
NYU Graduate Merit Scholarship Recipient
Year One Field Placement Intern at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, 2008-2009
Year Two Field Placement Intern at The Psychoanalytic Training Institute; Completed coursework in Development, Technique and Psychoanalytic Theory, 2009-2010
Bachelor of Arts: Sociology, Expected in 05/2005 - Indiana University Bloomington - Bloomington, IN GPA:
Minors in Theatre and Drama and Jewish Studies
Indiana University Campus Tour Guide
Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Semester Abroad at University College London (UCL), London, England, Fall 2003
Certifications and Professional Accomplishments
Licensed by California Board of Behavioral Sciences, April 2016. LCSW #70989
Continued certification and education in 2020 for both DBT and CBT training, including completion of courses in "DBT Core Skills Training" and "Adapting DBT for Everyday Clinical Needs"
Sutter West Bay Region EPIC Special Educator and trainer for CPMC Transition to EHR
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