Experience
Current: Online telehealth mental health therapy in Maryland through Baltimore Counseling Center and Stride Forward Counseling.
Previous: In-person mental health therapy in Maryland through Cedar Ridge Counseling Centers.
Past: Various integrative behavioral health teams as an intake coordinator, rehabilitation facilitator, behavioral health specialist, crisis worker, and discharge coordinator at Kolmac Outpatient Recovery, Sheppard Pratt, and Life Renewal Services.
Various programs including a psychiatric rehabilitation program (PRP), an intensive residential rehabilitation program (RRP), crisis and transitional houses, an intensive outpatient (IOP) program for addictions, an assertive community treatment (ACT) team, and in a psychiatric urgent care facility.
Training
- Primary Practicum in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
- Professional Training, The Albert Ellis Institute
- Mindfulness-based study and practice
- Certified Mental Health Technician in Rational Living Therapy
- National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists (NACBT)
- Solution-focused Brief Therapy and Ericksonian Hypnosis
- Certified Hypnotist
- National Guild of Hypnotists, 100-hour training
- Certified Regression Specialist
- San Diego Hypnosis Institute, 40-hour training
- Core Transformations
- Positive EFT Facilitator (Emotional Freedom Techniques)
- Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing (aka focusing-oriented psychotherapy)
Education
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Clinical Behavioral Health and Employee Assistance Program
University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), Baltimore, MD
- Fellowship, BHWISE-IOWA (Interprofessional Opioid Workforce Advancement)
- Licensed Social Worker, Maryland, #30523
Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (BSW)
Minor in Philosophy
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD
Behavioral Health Counseling Certificate
Human Services Counseling Program
Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), Baltimore, MD
Associate of Arts in Arts and Science
Carroll Community College (CCC), Westminster, MD