Hello! I have been working in the behavioral health field since 2010. Along with being a licensed social worker (PA), I am currently employed as a Mental Health Professional. I provide counseling and therapeutic services (individual, group and family therapy) to children and their families aged 3 to 5 years old with emotional and behavioral problems in a transitional program. I am also currently employed as a Mobile Therapist. In this position I provide counseling and therapeutic services to children, adolescents and their families with emotional and behavioral needs in home and community locations. Previous professional positions I held include
Therapeutic Staff Support (TSS) and a Direct Support Professional (DSP). As a TSS, I provided and implemented one-on-one therapeutic support (modeling, role play, feeling identification, positive practice, etc…) to children and adolescents in areas of social, behavioral and emotional needs that have been identified by the client, family, interdisciplinary team and in individualized treatment plans. As a DSP, I served on an interdisciplinary team providing direct care and support (personal hygiene, activities of daily living, self-management, etc…) to individuals with mild to severe intellectual developmental disabilities, physical challenges and medical issues in a residential type facility and adult day program. My field experience includes home health and hospice care as a medical social worker intern and a mental health treatment specialist intern for adolescents.