Texas Psychological & Consultation Services October 2020 – April - 2022

San Antonio, TX

Position: Psychologist

Responsibilities: Conduct developmental, intellectual, and behavioral psychological evaluations for The Department of Family and Protective Services, foster care agencies, and on children being adopted.

Behavioral Health Connections February 2019 – November - 2022

Houston/Dallas, TX

Position: Mobile Assessor/PRN

Responsibilities: Assess patients in crisis that are admitted into the emergency rooms at contracted hospitals to determine appropriate level of treatment. Provide recommendation for outpatient or in-patient treatment to the patient's physician. Complete mental health warrants for involuntary in-patient recommendations. Submit assessments and other documentation to the hospital.

Integrated Psychotherapeutic Services April 2020 - August 2020

Dallas, TX

Position: Manager of Satellite Services

Provided oversight to a team of clinicians that provide mental health services to the forensic and indigent population. Manage the outpatient competency restoration program for Dallas county. Conduct weekly staffing with clinicians. Provide oversight to the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) team.

CorrHealth / Jefferson County Jail September 2019 - March 2020

Beaumont, TX

Position: Director of Mental Health

Responsibilities: Supervise the daily mental health activities carried out by mental health clinicians within the Jefferson County Jail. Create and implement mental health policies that are compliant with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). Responsible for community outreach and education to the public, judiciary, and law enforcement members of the county about mental health and mental health programs. Coordinate and partake in staffing’s with mental health, medical, and jail staff.

Summit Psychological Associate, Inc. July 2018 – June 2019

Akron, OH

Position: Psychology, Intern

Responsibilities: Performed evaluations to determine Competency to Stand Trial, Not Guilty for Reason of Insanity, Pre-Employment, Spinal Cord Stimulator, and Waivers for Intellectual Disabilities. Responsible for providing sex offender individual and group therapy in accordance with state and federal probation standards. Conducted sex offender and diagnostic assessments. Led and managed court-ordered anger management groups.

The Harris Center March 2015 – June 2018

Houston, TX

Position: Clinical Team Leader

Responsibilities: Provided oversight to a team of ten clinicians that provide mental health services to the adult male and female population. Responsible for approving treatment plans, progress notes, and services rendered by clinicians. Effectively conducted weekly staffing with clinicians and psychiatrists. Supervised and provided feedback for clinicians. Oversaw voluntary and involuntary hospitalizations for patients. Presided over audits on patient’s charts to ensure quality of care and proper billing. Provided supervision for LPC-interns.

Private Practice October 2011 – June 2018

Conroe, TX

Position: Therapist

Responsibilities: Contracted with Family & Child Protective Service to conduct psychosocial and drug evaluations, along with providing individual cognitive and psychoanalytic therapy to adults and children. Also contracted with DePelchin adoption agency and oversaw three support groups providing behavioral medication education for parents who have adopted children and have conducted individual therapy for foster parents and parents who have adopted implementing cognitive techniques. Conducted home studies for adoptions. Provided individual and family therapy for private patients implementing psychoanalytic, didactic, and cognitive techniques. Administered evaluations for attorneys involving child custody disputes, sexual deviant offenses in the State of Texas and Louisiana, and evaluations for diagnostic purposes for the courts. Assigned as a parenting coordinator by the courts to be a liaison between the parents involved in a child custody dispute and determine mental health/behavioral needs for the parents and child involved in the court case.

Clark Psychological November 2003 – May 2015

Lufkin, TX

Position: Therapist

Responsibilities: Performed psychological assessments for Disability Determination Services, and performed achievement, cognitive, and projective testing for Angelina school districts, Angelina County Juvenile Detention Center, Child Protective Services, and foster care. Provided individual therapy to patients in the community and marriage counseling using cognitive and psychoanalytic techniques. Administered group therapy for children who have been adopted using behavioral modification techniques. Also provided individual therapy to the geriatric community in the nursing home setting. Performed state mandatory evaluations for individuals who have been adopted and who are about to reunite with their biological family.

Shiloh Residential Treatment Center January 2006 – August 2007

Position: Therapist

Responsibilities: Provided individual, group, and family therapy to children and adolescents implementing cognitive techniques and behavioral modification. Performed intake assessments and diagnosis. Created service plans, therapeutic goals and objectives, and individual education plans for insurance companies, juvenile services, and school districts. Provided individual and group therapy for children and adolescents involved with child protective services. Implemented behavioral modifications plans within the classroom setting for children and adolescents, and for individuals with severe cognitive developmental disorders.

Combat Engineer February 1993 – February 1996

United State Army

Responsibilities: Operated bridge truck and light vehicles. Performed duties as a deckhand on the bridge erection boat. Assisted in the preparation of a bridge site, rafts and bridge operations. Installation of kedge anchorage systems, wire obstacle material, overhead anchorage systems and demolition firing systems. Launched and retrieved ribbon bridge bays. Assembled and maintained military fixed and float bridges.

Practicum Student

Harris Country Jail Forensic Department April 2013 – August 2014

Houston, TX

Responsibilities: As a doctoral student, I assisted in the group cognitive therapy program involving the male and female inmate population. Conducted individual therapy implementing cognitive, psychoanalytic, and didactic techniques to male and female inmates. Designed and implemented a parenting course for male and female inmates. Assisted caseworkers within the jail in case management. Performed group therapies involving skills training, addiction, medication management, mental health education, and impulse control. Observed competency and insanity evaluations for Harris county inmates awaiting trial. Assisted psychiatrists in crisis management involving inmates and individuals being admitted into the Harris County jail.

Hours Accumulated: 766

Jester IV Psychiatric Unit (TDCJ) February 2011 – February 2012

Richmond, TX

Responsibilities: As a doctoral student, I assisted in the diagnosis of inmates and performed screenings to determine malingering. Participated in weekly staffing with the psychiatrist and therapists to discuss patient progress, diagnosis, and patient’s current medication regimen. Conducted individual cognitive and didactic therapy with the inmate male and female population. Assisted in groups focused on impulse control, mood disorders, and addictions. Evaluated patients for three days in the crisis intervention unit to determine placement in a mental health treatment track. Monitored inmates in the chronic care unit for deviations in their behaviors.

Hours Accumulated: 296

Sky View Psychiatric Unit (TDCJ) May 2004 – August 2001

Jackson, TX

Responsibilities: As a student in a master’s program, I evaluated inmates that were in crisis management to determine placement in an appropriate program for mental health treatment and wrote treatment summaries for inmates placed into a mental health treatment track. Conducted individual cognitive therapy with the male and female population. Co-therapist for group therapy involved in the treatment of different populations to include: addiction, impulse control, and mood disorders. Other responsibilities included aiding correctional officers in defusing crises involving male and female inmates.

Hours Accumulated: 300