Office Manager
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Looking for a new opportunity. Excited for what the future holds.
5/22- Present: The Gaddis Law Firm
4/18-4/22: Family Service Center
• Lead therapy groups in a stabilize and step-down inpatient facility for people dealing with diagnoses including Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Cluster
B Disorders, Anxiety, Chemical Dependency, and Substance Abuse issues.
11/13-9/16: First Baptist Church, Houston, TX, Julianna Poor Memorial Counseling Center; LPC
• Other titles held: LPC-intern
• Provide individual, couple, pre-marital, and group counseling to clients seeking services
• Experience with the following mental health issues: depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, trauma, codependency, decision making, career guidance, child maltreatment, adjustment disorders, family conflict, adoption
• Co-Lead Therapy Group 'Wounded Heart' focusing on the emotional processing of adults who have survived childhood sexual abuse.
• Guest Lecturer for Counseling Center at Houston Baptist University
1/09-10/09: Dallas Children's Advocacy Center; Practicum Student Intern- Play Therapy
• Served as Counselor in Individual Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy
• Experience in methods drawing from various theories including (not limited to): Trauma-Focused
Cognitive Behavioral, Gestalt, Existential, Play Therapy, Animal Assisted Therapy, Person Centered,
Cognitive Behavioral, Behavioral
• Counseled clients ranging in ages 4-74; many individual and group sessions with children and teens
• Case management and correspondence with CPS and Dallas Police
• Weekly meetings and play therapy training by Dallas Baptist University Play Therapy Professor
3/12-7/13: Buckner Children and Family Services; Foster Care Case Manager & LPC-intern
• Maintained Case Management responsibilities as indicated in role at Fostering at Metrocare
• Additionally wrote comprehensive home studies for potential foster and adoptive families
• Additionally provided Case Management for adoptions as related to Foster-to-Adopt cases
• Additionally taught CPR to incoming foster and adoptive parents
03/10-3/12: Fostering at Metrocare; Foster Care Case Manager & LPC-intern
• Lead individual and group therapeutic skills training for foster children and foster parents
• Case management with CPS, CASA and schools regarding foster children progress
• Reviewed and monitored foster home living conditions for minimum standard compliance;
• Completed comprehensive audits on files
09/09- 03/10: Inter Ethnic, LLC- Alphabet Harbor Curriculum Company; Lead Teacher
• Taught reading to 3rd-5th grade in after school program at DISD recognized school, focusing on bilingual students; served as Administrative Assistant as needed to program and program's President
• Researched techniques and methods to incorporate emotion focused words into vocabulary system
Master of Arts, Biblical Counseling
Bachelor of Science, Applied Learning and Development
