Clinical Social Worker

Posted on: 2007-11-18

Licensed Clinical Social Worker Pennsylvania, LCSW Maryland, LCSW-C Professional Experience Clinical Social Work, Private Practitioner Two evenings/week beginning November, 2007 Child and Filial Play Therapy Elkins Park, PA Adult Psychotherapy Consultant Supportive-Solutions, Inc 10/06-to date Telephone support for sudden grief and loss Murrysville, PA Clinical Social Worker, Therapeutic Behavioral Services 9/06-4/07 Humanim, Inc Columbia, MD Supervised therapeutic behavioral aides to model plan implementation Therapeutically engaged families using a collaborative, strengths-based approach Wrote electronic reports to authorize care Child and Adolescent Clinical Social Worker 12/01-7/06 National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, MD Employed a flexible blend of interventions to promote adaptive coping strategies and to strengthen caregiver/child relationship Supervised psychiatric residents Led a weekly group for psychiatrically-hospitalized active duty service members Proposed an interdisciplinary infant, toddler, family mental health service Fundraiser 02/00-4/01 The John O'Donnell Company New York, NY Conducted research online to find and assess potential donors Wrote proposals to secure funding for selected clients Clinical Case Manager 3/95-5/99 CHCS/OPTIONS New York, NY Referred health insurance members for psychotherapy to selected providers on our panel Supervised treatment plans with therapists and clinical supervisors Performed account liaison functions Social Worker, evenings 10/94-3/96 National Neighborhood Counseling Center Brooklyn, NY Helped adults cope with anxiety, depression and problems in daily living Clinical Social Work, Private Practitioner, evenings 1996-1999 Therapeutically engaged with adults to widen his/her sphere of choice in New York,NY daily functioning and interpersonal patterns Psychiatric Social Worker 7/90-3/95 Metropolitan Hospital New York, NY Facilitated discharge planning Strengthened individual's adaptive coping skills and support networks. Led groups for patients to talk about the hospital experience and adhering to medications after discharge Social Work Intern 9/89-5/90 Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services Brooklyn, NY Helped individuals cope with psychiatric symptoms and improve family functioning Social Work Summer Intern 6/89-8/89 New York State Psychiatric Institute New York, NY Co-led multi-family therapy groups on the in-patient unit for people with character disorders Assisted individuals with psychosis to formulate discharge plans Wrote initial assessments and course of hospitalization progress notes Education 1990 M.S.W. Hunter College School of Social Work CUNY New York, NY 2004 Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills Play Therapy International Chichester, England 2006 Registered and Approved Supervisor Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners 2006 Foundations Telephonic Coaching Course MentorCoach Bethesda, MD 2007 Concepts Course: History and Techniques of Play Therapy and Study of Play-Family Therapy Family & Play Therapy Center, Inc. Philadelphia, PA 2007 Intensive Filial Therapy Training Program Family Enhancement & Play Therapy Center, Inc. Carlisle, PA Memberships American Psychoanalytic Association, Research Associate American Psychology Association, Associate Member Association for Play Therapy Pennsylvania Society of Clinical Social Workers Presentation Scheduled Integrating Filial Play Therapy into Head Start; Parenting as a Practice National Head Start Association December, 2007 Presentation Maternal Mastectomy and Young Adolescent Daughters, A Consideration Federation of Clinical Social Work, Washington, D.C. May, 1994