Johanna Ancheta

Collaborates with schools, non-profits, and healthcare professionals to provide CEU-approved educational trainings, and/or consultative feedback on practical strategies focused on building cultural humility and aligning services to a collective mission. Cultivates individual capacity building through reflective supervision for pre-licensed colleagues, ensuring compliance with state licensure mandates, a commitment to upholding the NASW code of ethics, and alignment with life-long learning practices. Administers individualized, integrated person-centered mental health treatment and support for adults, children, youth and families affected by traumatic experiences, specializing in care for victims of crimes including refugees, and migrants.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Consultant at Johanna Ancheta, LCSW (Apapachoa Mental Healthcare) (2021-01 – Present)

• Collaborates with schools, non-profits, and healthcare professionals to provide CEU-approved educational trainings, and/or consultative feedback on practical strategies focused on building cultural humility and aligning services to a collective mission.
• Cultivates individual capacity building through reflective supervision for pre-licensed colleagues, ensuring compliance with state licensure mandates, a commitment to upholding the NASW code of ethics, and alignment with life-long learning practices.
• Administers individualized, integrated person-centered mental health treatment and support for adults, children, youth and families affected by traumatic experiences, specializing in care for victims of crimes including refugees, and migrants.

Site Lead at Xplor Counseling (2024-10 – 2026-03)

Managed daily office operations at the Eaton Square site to maintain a safe, supportive environment and improved staff retention by advocating for change initiative based on feedback of the team's workflow needs.

• Guided bi-weekly clinical supervision, both individually and through consultation groups, to mentor licensed and pre-licensed clinicians, analyzing service data and wRVU metrics to evaluate performance outcomes, monitor quality assurance, and ensure strict compliance with ethical and practice standards.
• Led a team of clinicians through multiple complex clinic policy updates and system changes while collaborating closely with management team as a relational liaison.
• Delivered comprehensive integrated counseling to individuals, youth and families facing complex stressors, and partnered with multi-disciplinary team to manage and share responsive de-escalation strategies while maintaining meticulous records.

Training Program Manager at Affirmations Community Center Ferndale (2022-03 – 2023-12)

Established, maintained, and routinely assessed the day-to-day operations of the DEIA Education and Training Program.

• Fostered positive and sustainable community relationships with diverse community stakeholders, organizations, youth, and parents to promote and enhance the use of ACC as an ongoing resource for anti-oppressive education.
• Led the design and improvement of training strategies, initiatives, learning resources and materials to facilitate innovative, affirming, equitable and accessible workshops and educational programming for learners with diverse learning needs.
• Evaluated training and programming effectiveness through impact measurement, reporting, and data management.
• Spearheaded the recruitment, supervision and support of training staff and contractual facilitators; which included goal setting (KPI planning), scheduling, performance reviews and providing debrief meetings and professional development opportunities to ensure team members had the necessary knowledge, tools, and resources to be effective in their role and training delivery.
• Collaborated on the creation and maintenance of an annual budget, grant research, a grant tracking system and subcontracted training resources including contract negotiation.
• Worked closely with senior management to identify internal areas of improvement, provide solutions for DEI-related issues, and handle conflict resolution or bias incidents; synthesized an internal staff and volunteer on-boarding de-escalation training.

Catalyst at Point B(e) Strategies; Alvarez Consulting (2017-03 – 2022-08)

Championed comprehensive support, research and evaluation, facilitation and project management for clients seeking to initiate, or increase sustainable organizational outcomes as it relates to justice, accessibility, equity and inclusion (DEIAJ) efforts in non-profit organizations and/or build effective communication and inclusivity and belonging among staff.

• Co-facilitated monthly meetings for multi-year DEIAJ strategic planning efforts, cultivating a culture of idea sharing as stakeholders worked towards creating a path between DEIAJ goals and actionable steps; meetings included building of vision development, cultural needs assessments and the implementation and monitoring of equity plans.

Intake Coordinator & Group Facilitator; Therapist at Kids-TALK Children’s Advocacy Center of Wayne County (2018-06 – 2021-03)

Delivered comprehensive integrated mental health treatment and support to children and youth (aged 2 - 19), families, and adult survivors of childhood trauma.

• Applied a wide range of evidence-based practices to develop and implement individualized person-centered treatment plans, and submit timely process notes and discharge summaries for a case of 10-30 clients.
• Mobilized crisis support groups and workshops with schools impacted by suicide community harm and gun violence.
• Served as a clinical resource and lead facilitator for grant funded group therapy treatment; and mentored student interns on therapeutic group process, parent support group curriculum, and implementation of psycho-education group.
• Provided court testimony, and/or letters of support in relation to services provided in custody and/or reunification matters
• Enhanced intake protocols which matched cases to clinical staff by strengths, improved work productivity for clinicians and overall efficiency of workflow and wait-list timeline/access to care.

Secretary / Communications Chair at Therapuetic Adventure Professionals Group (TAPG) (2021-10 – 2023-10)

• Anticipated, planned, managed, and coordinated multiple projects across leadership, project teams, and external stakeholders to support effective day-to-day operations and meet annual conference deadlines.
• Represented TAPG in the Association for Experiential Education’s (AEE) Social Justice Task force; drafted response letters, initiated DEIA affinity spaces address disability and equity barriers within AEE

Child Team Leader at Michigan Medicine - Zero To Thrive Program (2017-05 – 2018-04)

• Co-led weekly group supervision, using reflective supervision practices, and participated in clinical staff supervision
• Guided learning by modeling appropriate narration and child-led play techniques
• Provided feedback on child teams weekly process notes, including further insight, connection to theory, and support

Graduate Peer Field Instructor at University of Michigan Ann Arbor (2017-05 – 2018-07)

• Co-Led Master's level course to engage students in focused activities, generative interviews, and open-ended discussions about their field placements and the NASW Code of Ethics

Research Assistant at University of Michigan - Critical Intersectionality Community (2017-05 – 2018-08)

• Performed literature reviews, developed code for qualitative data analysis, lead focus group interviews, prepared grant reports of findings
• Conducted a series of analyses related to understanding the links between academic success, marginalized social identity, and equity programming

Lead Program Evaluator at University of Michigan - Wolverine Wellness Program (2017-09 – 2017-12)

• Assessed the impact of programming, including effectiveness of learning goals; made recommendations for learning improvement; presented feedback to program directors and stakeholders on participant experience; utilized data visualization to increase allocated funding

Master of Social Work – University of Michigan (2018)

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology – William Paterson University (2012)