Lisa Marie Bailey

Clinical social work professional and combat veteran with 20 years of active duty service. Eight years of extensive client-focused experience providing education, case management, crisis intervention, effective counseling and clinical services to adolescents, adults, and families in a variety of professional settings. Seeking ongoing opportunities in professional environments to teach and develop social work students and practitioners through quality education, field experiences, resources, and professional mentorship.

Owner, Mental Health Therapy - Clarity Counseling and Consultation

(2024-03)

Chief, Family Advocacy Program - United States Army- Active Duty

(2021-08)

• Intervenes, assesses, and treats domestic violence and child abuse/ neglect offenders using evidence based practices.
• Creates safety plans and treats victims of domestic violence and child abuse/ neglect.
• Facilitates trainings, workshops, lectures and panel discussions for military and community leaders and law enforcement professionals regarding prevention of domestic violence and child abuse, problematic sexual behavior in children and youth, offender characteristics. grooming communities to enable abuse, and bystander intervention strategies.

Director of Training- Social Work Internship Program - United States Army- Active Duty

(2021-03)

• Responsible for the clinical education and training plan resulting in the clinical independent licensure of selected Master of Social Work students.
• Assigns and assesses rotational supervisors to ensure a well-rounded education experience.

Behavioral Health Officer/ Clinical Social Worker (73A) - United States Army- Active Duty - various

(2016-10)

• Supports and empowers active-duty military members and their families through case management and clinical social work services with the goal of maintaining readiness, holistic health, and deployability.
• Acts as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) regarding service member behavioral health; provides consultation to Commanders and executive team(s) regarding service member cases.
• Performs biopsychosocial/needs-based/risk/lethality assessments, screenings, and mental status exams related but not limited to domestic violence, child abuse, substance abuse, financial constraint, suicidality, homicidal ideations.
• Provides after-hours response for service members in crisis, to include to development of safety plans and referral to inpatient psychiatric facilities as needed
• Conducts individual therapeutic sessions using various evidence-based practices to address psychosocial stressors, mental health presentation, diagnosis, crisis, skills building, behavior modification or emotional regulation.
• Aids service members separating from the military in accessing healthcare, employment, benefits, counseling, therapy, and other forms of rehabilitative care through direct support and community-based referrals.
• Establishes community partnerships with the common goal of developing and improving available interventions and services for service members.

Master of Social Work - Social Work (2016-05)

Graduate Certificate - Child and Adolescent Studies (2016-05)