Work:
Delaware House Partial Care
Partial Care Counselor
Delaware House Partial Care
Partial Care Counselor/ Co-occuring Counselor
Carrier Foundation - Belle Mead, NJ
Residential Counselor
People Encouraging People, Psychiatric Rehab - Baltimore, MD
Residential Counselor
Mountain Manor Adolescent Treatment Center - Baltimore, MD
Counselor Technician
Education:
The College of New Jersey - Trenton, NJ
Master of Arts in Community Counseling
Towson State University - Towson, MD
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Maryland Institute - Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Skills:
Dedicated Licensed Mental Health professional with track record of life-transforming rehabilitation and counseling for teens, young adults, and mid-life professionals. Masters Degree in Community Counseling. Direct services experience with severely mentally ill consumers, multiple diagnoses, and residential treatment facilities. Proven skills in mental health/substance abuse (MH/SA) assessment and counseling, treatment planning, and supportive psychotherapy. Recognized for developing creative arts activities for psychoemotive communication and therapy, and for rehabilitating and mentoring consumers to attain certification as peer advocates. Solid grounding in DSM-IV, dual diagnosis, abuse, and confidentiality/ethics issues. Computer literate in MS Office. Clinical background in schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder, personality disorder NOS, depression, grief, PTSD 1&2, drug addiction, alcohol dependency, food/sex/love addiction, profound co-dependency, and physical/sexual/psychological abuse.