CLee 3-2016

CLee 3-2016

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  CHELSEA LEE, MS 3856Terrace St Apt 2, Philadelphia, Pa 19128 Cell: (610) 417-8544 [email protected] _____________________________PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY_____________________________ A compassionate, empathetic, humorous, and solutions-focused clinical counselor with a natural therapeutic style, an innate ability to establish rapport quickly, build trust, interact with, and relate to individuals on all levels. Experience working with adolescents, aging out youth, and adults with a history of mental illness and/or co-occurring substance abuse disorders in community residential settings. _____________________RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE____________________ Project Transition- Andorra Philadelphia, Pa July 2013 – Present Psychiatric Rehabilitation Counselor July 2014 – Present  Counselor at community residential rehabilitation program for adults with focus on co-occurring substance abuse issues, personality disorders and complex trauma sequelae, and aging-out youth population  Holding weekly individual sessions for caseload (as many as 10 members) and teaching Emotion Regulation, Mindfulness, and other psycho-educational groups  Participating in weekly treatment team consultations; responsible for creation and implementation of treatment plans  Responsible for coordinating all care and services (internal and external) as well as family inclusion in care  Assessing client treatment progress with variety of metrics and assessment tools  Conducting peer-peer counseling and small group mediations as well as provided crisis intervention and on-call support in emergency situations Recovery Coach May 2014 – July 2014  Responsible for the development of a treatment-conducive community milieu and positive peer relationships through daily individual coaching of all members and group facilitation and service coordination with other team members  Interacted with members daily to support engagement in programming, self-administration of medication, and activities of daily living including completing daily DAP notes for all caseloads  Helping members develop natural supports and meaningful daily activities through vocational, educational and experiential activities  Accomplishments: Reinstated Recovery Track members’ engagement in noon AA meetings; created tracking sheet and procedure, which significantly increased program’s drug screen completion percentages, and has since been implemented into other PT campus programs; and promoted to PRC position after 3 months of last promotion Residential Advisor July 2013 – May 2014  Primary duties included: co-managing evening and weekend shifts, supervising members in activities of daily living, completing daily DAP notes for all members, monitoring member self-administration of medication, transporting members to outside AA/NA meetings and weekend recreational trips, participating in crisis management system when necessary  Promoted to full-time Recovery Coach position in less than a year
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  Carson Valley Children’sAid Flourtown, Pa July 2013 – May 2014 CBH Concurrent Reviewer March 2014 – May 2014  Scheduled, prepared, and conducted monthly Community Behavioral Health (CBH) reviews for CBH- funded students  Followed up with treatment team to communicate CBH’s feedback and to assist in translating protocols into practice with clinicians Group Leader (Independent Contractor) January 2014 – May 2014  Developed and instructed age-appropriate Emotion Management curriculum to all middle and high school students (10 groups/week; roughly 10 students per group); included completing weekly individual progress notes  Recruited for hire by former internship site supervisor to lead abovementioned group Graduate Intern Therapist August 2012 – July 2013  Conducted individual therapy with small caseload including developing safety plans, treatment goals, and healthy coping skills while still building upon therapeutic alliance in each relationship  Co-led therapy groups focusing on psychoeducation, safety, emotion management, mindfulness, and building upon the adolescents’ strengths  Gained experience in the Sanctuary Model, Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics _____________________________________EDUCATION_______________________________________ Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, Pa July 2013 Master of Science: Clinical & Counseling Psychology; GPA: 3.9 Concentration: Marriage & Family Therapy Ursinus College Collegeville, Pa May 2011 Bachelor of Science: Psychology; GPA: 3.5 Double Minor: Neuroscience & Education Honors: Member of Psi Chi, International Honors Society of Psychology Research Experience:  Summer Research Fellow May 2010 – July 2010 o Investigated the age differences of young children’s true and false reports of a target event across different conditions and age groups (3- to 6-years-old) o Participated in Ursinus College’s 12th Annual Summer Research Symposium o Grant funded through National Institute of Mental Health REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST