Karina Chapa

Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Royale Therapeutic Residential Center (2023-09 – Present)

Associate Social Worker (2023 – 2026) Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Sept 2026 - Present)

Provided individual and group therapy to adult patients on LPS conservatorship, primarily individuals with psychotic spectrum disorders, mood disorders, and personality disorders
Maintained a caseload of 18 individual patients at a time and ran 3-4 weekly therapeutic groups
Conducted psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, and service coordination
Utilized evidenced-based practices including CBT, DBT, and ACT with both groups and individuals
Collaborated with multidisciplinary team in daily rounds to promote high-quality patient care
Provided trauma-informed care, crisis intervention, and risk assessment to vulnerable patient population

Psychiatric Social Work Intern at New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell Medicine (2022-09 – 2023-05)

Provided individual and group therapy to patients with acute psychiatric illnesses including mood disorders, personality disorders, affective disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic spectrum disorders in the partial hospitalization setting, where patient length of stay is 2-6 weeks
Maintained a caseload of 3 individual patients at a time and ran 3 weekly groups
Lead family sessions to gain collateral, observe dynamics, and facilitate communication between family members
Utilized evidence-based practices including CBT, DBT, and MI, provided psychoeducation, and assessed patients for suicidality and high-risk behaviors
Conducted psychosocial assessments, discharges, chart review, insurance authorization, and documented all patient interactions in EMR system

Social Work Intern at Samaritan Daytop Village Bronx Outpatient Treatment Program (2021-08 – 2022-05)

Provided therapy to individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders utilizing evidenced based interventions including CBT, DBT, ACT, and MI.
Facilitated psychoeducational, therapy and/or support groups, and conducted psychosocial assessments while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team
Provided case management services in coordination with peer support team
Conducted psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, and service coordination

Training Specialist; Volunteer Coordinator at StarVista Crisis Intervention & Suicide prevention Center (2017-07 – 2021-03)

Training Specialist (2019-2021) Volunteer Coordinator (2017 – 2019)

Collaborated with colleagues to provide evaluation and feedback to volunteers based on American Association of Suicidology best practices
Developed trauma-informed curriculum for Crisis Center volunteer program
Coordinated continued education opportunities for volunteers
Provided training on topics related to suicide prevention internally and in the community
Trained and provided ongoing supervision and support to over 30 hotline volunteers and 9 staff
Reviewed incident reports and provided feedback to volunteers and staff

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