Brightpoint (Formerly Children’s Home & Aid)
Bilingual Child Welfare Therapist, unlicensed
- Assesses the behavioral health by completing a thorough assessment of strengths and circumstances and providing a clinical diagnosis based on DSM-5 criteria of individuals involved in child welfare service programs
- Provides trauma-informed individual therapy to children, teens, and adults participating in family reunification services using Child-Parent Psychotherapy, and Psychodynamic theory to meet clients' ongoing needs
- Collaborates with other community support individuals, service providers, case workers, and attorneys in clients' child welfare cases
Juvenile Protective Association (JPA), Chicago, IL
MSW School-Based Clinical Intern
- Counseled a caseload of eight clients for individual weekly sessions of psychodynamic play therapy sessions
- Co-facilitated three therapy groups for 8 weeks focused on social-emotional learning and relationship-building • Preformed IM+CANS assessments, quarterly teacher rating forms, and weekly case management
