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SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER COUNSELOR
Professional Summary

Licensed Professional Counselor with 5 years of experience providing therapy to patients suffering from depression, anxiety, substance use, and other mental health issues. Experience in performing clinical assessments to chart effective treatment plans for patients. Fine tuning counseling techniques in CBT and Motivational Interviewing and experience providing crisis intervention strategies to assist patients. Currently on a CAADC development plan through MCBAP and enjoy increasing knowledge with continued education to improve provided therapy. Looking for a supportive and nurturing practice to provide outpatient mental and behavioral health therapy.

Skills
  • Experience with Motivational Interviewing and CBT.
  • Ability to communicate to staff members at all levels
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Electronic Health Records
  • Safety planning with patients suffering with suicidal ideation
  • Possesses excellent cross cultural communication skills
  • Ability to remain flexible and calm while performing duties in stressful environments.
  • Crisis interventions—working with first responders, local CMH, and hospitals.
  • Continuing education including training in DBT, CBT, MI, and trauma treatment.
Work History
07/2018 - CurrentSubstance Use Disorder Counselor | InterCare Community Health Network - Holland And Benton Harbor, MI
  • Conduct comprehensive assessments to evaluate the needs of patients suffering with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health issues.
  • Provide substance use treatment by means of cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing to help patients identify incongruence in their thinking and behaviors and redirect their motivation to live a healthy lifestyle.
  • Consultation with patients' primary care providers in Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) program.
  • Experienced in working through successful and unsuccessful discharge planning with patients in MAT program.
  • Provide referrals for more intensive services where appropriate.
03/2016 - CurrentBehavioral Health Consultant | InterCare Community Health Network - Holland And Benton Harbor, MI
  • Provide consultation and assistance to medical providers on the management of behavioral health concerns in primary care and help implement the team-determined treatment plan.
  • Conduct brief screenings to evaluate the needs of adults, adolescents, and children for behavioral health intervention, case management, or ongoing mental health or addiction treatment. Provide referrals for more intensive services where appropriate.
  • Provide short-term behavioral interventions to engage and motivate clients to actively manage their care. Conduct follow-up as appropriate based on assessment and treatment. Provide crisis management for clients as needed; make linkages for interventions as appropriate.
  • Participate in ongoing training in behavioral health issues and provide consultation and training to primary care clinic staff in mental health and behavioral medicine topics including communication skills, brief interventions, counseling skills, medication use and misuse, substance abuse, wellness, rehabilitation, recovery and self-sufficiency.
  • Establish and maintain a current listing of community linkages to meet the needs of the target population. Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with community providers. Initiate linkages, disseminate information and make referrals to the appropriate services as needed.
  • Conduct patient satisfaction surveys with patients receiving behavioral health services under the program. Also, participate in program model development and evaluation, and collect and compile data as required by program model leads.
  • Participate in regular multidisciplinary case conferences with medical providers as needed. Complete population health projects as assigned and panel-manage patients in collaboration with other behavioral health staff.
01/2015 - 08/2015Internship Student | Saginaw Chippewa Behavioral Health Programs - Mount Pleasant, MI

• Hours: 270 Client Contact, 240 Administrative, 90 Supervision

• Individual counseling: Rapport building, wrote client assessments, diagnosed clients with clinical diagnosis using DSM-V, created and successfully completed treatment plans with clients. Completed client termination letters, discharge summaries, and report summaries. Communicated with clients' probation officers to keep them updated of client attendance and participation in therapy.

• Group counseling: Facilitated and co-facilitated several different therapy groups with other clinicians. Groups included: Batterer's group for men charged with domestic violence; Intensive Out-Patient group for those working through substance abuse and the four stages of change; Co-facilitated two substance abuse drop-in groups.

Education
08/2015Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MIMaster of Arts: Professional Counseling
  • Teacher's Assistant-CED 660 Techniques
  • Practicum-100 Client hours
  • Graduated cum laude
04/2012Ashford University, Clinton, IowaBachelor of Arts: Psychology
  • Graduated cum laude
  • Minored in Sociology
Additional Information

References

Terencio Daunte McGlasson, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS

Former Associate Professor & Unit Coordinator - Counselor Education Program

Clinical Director - Center for Community Counseling & Development

Central Michigan University

368 Education & Human Services Bldg.

(551) 200-3999 terrymcglasson15@gmail.com

Vic Guajardo

Retired CMH Recovery Program Supervisor

Phone: (989)463-4971

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • InterCare Community Health Network
  • Saginaw Chippewa Behavioral Health Programs

School Attended

  • Central Michigan University
  • Ashford University

Job Titles Held:

  • Substance Use Disorder Counselor
  • Behavioral Health Consultant
  • Internship Student

Degrees

  • Master of Arts : Professional Counseling
    Bachelor of Arts : Psychology

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