Clinical Work


Supervised Clinical Experience
Outpatient Piece Worker Therapist                           
August 2012 – present
Location: Child Focus Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio                         
http://www.child-focus.org 
Child Focus Inc. is a non-profit agency that provides a wide range of services to children and their families, including crisis intervention, outpatient therapy, home based services, diagnostic testing, partial hospitalization, case management and therapeutic foster care. 
Supervisor: Penelope Chavez-Frigon, Psy.D.
Responsibilities: Provide therapy to children, adolescents, and their parents. Implement therapeutic techniques and behavioral interventions during group and individual therapy sessions. 
Conduct clinical interviews as well as administer various assessment measures including the WASI, CPT-III, WRAT-4, Vineland, ASDS, CARS, WIAT-III. Produce detailed reports detailing diagnosis and treatment intervention suggestions.

Psychology Assistant                                                 
Sept. 2011 – Aug 2012
20-hour per week Practicum Experience
Location: Lindner Center of Hope, Mason, Ohio     
The Lindner Center of Hope is a non-profit mental health center that offers a variety of treatments to seniors, adults, adolescents, and children with a variety of diagnoses, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, OCD, addictions and eating disorders. The Lindner Center has two adult short term inpatient units, one short term adolescent unit and one private pay unit.
Supervisor: Robin Arthur, Psy.D. , Brett Dowdy, Psy.D.
Responsibilities: Provided individual and group therapy to seniors, adults, and adolescent clients in an inpatient treatment facility. Received training in Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and behavioral interventions during group and individual supervision. Worked with a multidisciplinary team to develop treatment strategies. Assigned individual therapy clients to Psychology Assistants.

Psychology Assistant                                                   
Sept. 2010 – Feb 2012
20-hour per week Practicum Experience
Location: St. Joseph Orphanage, Cincinnati, OH      
St. Joseph Orphanage is a comprehensive children’s mental health, educational, and residential treatment agency that helps abused, cognitively challenged, and or emotionally disturbed children and their families through individual and group therapy, psychiatric services, and a short term crisis stabilization unit.
Supervisors: Lisa Leonard, Ph.D. and Bruce Pickens, Ph.D.
Responsibilities: Provided therapy to children, and adolescents. Received training in therapeutic techniques and behavioral interventions during group and individual supervision. 
Conducted clinical interviews and administered various assessment measures including the House Tree Person, Bender Gestalt, WISC-IV, and BASC-III. Produced brief reports with diagnosis and treatment intervention suggestions.

Psychology Assistant                                                   
Sept. 2009 – Aug 2010
20-hour per week Practicum Experience
Location: Child Focus Inc.                                          
Child Focus Inc. is a private, non-profit agency that provides a wide range of services to children and their families including crisis intervention, outpatient therapy, home based services, diagnostic testing, partial hospitalization, case management and therapeutic foster care.
Supervisors: Elizabeth Beilstein Ph.D., Lyndsay Volpe-Bertram Psy.D., Penelope Chavez-Frigon, Psy.D.
Responsibilities: Provided therapy to children, adolescents, and their parents. Received training in therapeutic techniques and behavioral interventions during group and individual supervision. 
Conducted clinical interviews and administered various assessment measures including the WASI, CPT-III, WRAT-4, Vineland, Asperger Syndrome Diagnostic Scale (ASDS), Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), WIAT-III. Produced detailed reports describing diagnosis and treatment interventions.

Psychology Assistant                                                  
 Aug. 2008 – June 2009
20-hour per week Practicum Experience
University of Cincinnati Counseling Center, Cincinnati, OH            
Location: The Counseling Center is a counseling office located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati that provides counseling, outreach programs and related services for University of Cincinnati students.
Supervisors: Jennie Streem, Psy.D., Laura Malosh Ph.D.
Responsibilities: Provided therapy to college age individuals. Received training in therapeutic techniques and behavioral interventions during group and individual supervision. Provided clinical assessment for individuals. Conducted clinical interviews and administered various assessment measures including the WAIS-III, Woodcock Johnson III, Nelson Denny. Produced detailed reports with diagnosis and treatment intervention suggestions.

Psychology Assistant                                                  
 Aug. 2007 – Aug. 2008
20-hour per week Practicum Experience
The Crossroads Center, Cincinnati, Ohio                  
Location: The Crossroads Center is a full service behavioral health care agency providing holistic mental health care that includes evidence based treatments for addiction, mental illness and other behavioral disorders for women, adolescents, ethnic minorities (African Americans and Appalachians), and dual diagnosed populations.
Supervisors: Kathy Burlew Ph.D.
Responsibilities: Provided clinical assessment for individuals involved in alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs. Conducted clinical interviews as well as administered various assessment measures including the WAIS-III, WRAT3, SCID-1, MMPI-2, BDI, BHS, SCL-90-R, and the SASSI. Produced detailed reports with diagnosis and treatment intervention suggestions. Received training in clinical interview, assessment and diagnosis techniques during individual clinical supervision. 

Psychology Assistant  
Sept. 2006 – Sept. 2007
10-hour per week Practicum Experience   
Central Clinic, Cincinnati, Ohio
http://www.centralclinic.org
Location: Central Clinic Child and Family Treatment Center provides comprehensive outpatient mental health services to infants, children, adolescents and their families. Children ages 5 to 18 receive evidence based treatments for sexual, and physical abuse, emotional and mental health issues, psychological evaluation and case management.
Supervisors: Sheila Cohen, Ph.D.; Laura Nabors Ph.D.
Responsibilities: Provided therapy to children, adolescents, and their parents.  Received training in therapeutic techniques and behavioral interventions during group and individual supervision. 

Psychology Assistant                                                   
April 2006 - June 2006          
5-hour per week Practicum Experience 
Families Forward
 http://www.familiesforward.net 

Location: Families Forward is a neighborhood based resource center for schools, students, and their families, and the community. Located in Withrow High school this program offers comprehensive case management, academic tutoring, counseling, and other services to enhance the achievement of minority and at risk children in the public school system thought community engagement.
Supervisor: Monica Mitchell, Ph.D.
Responsibilities: Assisted in the review and administration of education plans and behavioral modification plans with on-site staff at Withrow High School.  Received training in interventions to improve psychosocial and academic functioning of adolescents.

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