As part of the final e-Portfolio that is due at the end of the program, create a curriculum vitae (CV) or resume. Review GCU’s career services. The CV or resume should be current.
APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
Professional Summary
- Construction Manager with 30 years’ experience leading teams of subcontractors and field workforce on large scale industrial and commercial construction projects.
- Compassionate mental health counselor with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively to provide quality services to clients from diverse populations and with diverse mental health issues. Resourceful counselor who is highly skilled in mental health counseling, crisis management, and treatment of patients with addiction disorders. Skilled in facilitating individual and group therapy sessions for patients of all ages and mental health problems.
Objective
As a mental health professional, my goal is to provide effective, quality, and individualized care to my clients and to promote choice and dignity while refining my skills in the mental health field.
Core Qualifications:
- Client assessment: Accumulating information on the needs, strengths, challenges, resources and goals for clients.
- Crisis Intervention: Developing interventions that support clients and ensures their safety after being affected by overwhelming events.
- Treatment planning: Developing outlines of proposed goals objectives, plans, and therapy methods to be used in treatment to meet the needs of clients.
- Resource linking: Identification of resources relevant to clients’ issues and easily accessible to them to help them meet their needs.
- Inter-agency and inter-professional collaboration: working with other mental health professionals and multiple agencies to coordinate the treatment process for specific patients.
- Group sessions: Facilitating group sessions by initiating discussions on relevant topics, building cohesion, and addressing conflict among members.
- Counseling techniques: Successfully implementing cognitive behavioral therapy, person-centered therapy, the psychoanalytical theory, and the family systems model.
Education
Master’s Degree: Clinical Mental Health Counseling,
Grand Canyon University, 2023
ARISE Three-Day Continuing Care with Intervention Workshop, June 2017
Learned about:
- The origin of addiction, the link between trauma and addiction, and the roles of families in addiction and recovery through interactive lectures.
- The three levels of the ARISE intervention and how to use the ARISE method to identify and address underlying family issues that lead to addiction.
- Application of ARISE case management and comprehensive care through hands-on skill building.
- Provision of the ARISE continuing care through role-plays and experiential exercises.
- Mobilization of support networks including financial support networks for families.
- Recognition of family patterns and dynamics using tools such as family genograms.
- Determination of care levels needed by patients based on their individual needs.
- Collaborating with treatment providers, families, patients, and support networks
Bachelor of Science: Business Management,
Widener University, 1991
Licensure/Certification
- API 653 Certification
- OSHA 30 Hour Certification
- Certified ARISE Interventionist
Work History
Tank Manager, 07/2004 to Current
Innovative Turnaround Controls, Inc – Paulsboro, NJ
- Prepare and maintain yearly tank program budgets
- Determine the yearly and project schedules
- Conduct weekly operations and contractor coordination meetings
- Manage the entire tank maintenance and construction process
- Responsible for maintaining the highest safety and quality standards
Owner/Operator, 09/2000 to 06/2004
Dan D Construction – Bensalem, PA
- Managed the residential building process between architect and homeowner
Project Manager/Safety Manager/Outside Superintendent, 06/1985 to 08/2000
Fluidics, Inc – Philadelphia, PA
- Responsible for estimates, budgets and profitability on large scale mechanical projects
- Partnered successfully with unions and clients to produce successful projects
- Strengthened company’s business by leading implementation of Total Quality Management
- Trained, coached and mentored staff to ensure smooth adoption of new TQM program
Skills and Knowledge
- Arise Certified Addiction Interventionist
- Therapeutic expertise
- Case management
- Microsoft Office
- Primavera P3
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong team building and leadership skills
- Strong relationship-building skills
- Project management
- Career counseling
- Crisis intervention and mediation
- Strong communication skills
- Extensive DSM-V knowledge
- Trauma-informed therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy