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Lindas Nathan

35 Dawn Street. 420 Orlando, MN 15411

(735) 528-7044

linda.nathan22@hotmail.com

                   WORK EXPERIENCE:

 Noank Group Homes and Support Services, Inc., Noank, CT                                                                                                   October 2011 – Present                                                                                                                                                                 Clinical Therapist working in a group home setting with adolescent females utilizing a trauma-informed model of treatment called Risking Connection. Residents are referred through the Department of Children and Families’ Behavioral Health Services Division.

·         Introducing agency to art therapy philosophies and possibilities

·         Conducting in-service trainings for group home milieu staff

·         Designing and creating a sensory room with residents

·         Assessing and evaluating potential residents

·         Maintaining all clinical records; Treatment Plans, Psychosocial Assessments, Progress notes for individual, group and family sessions, admitting note, discharge note and summery to follow DCF PNMI standards

·         Developing trauma focused art therapy directives for residents utilizing treatment goals

·         Conducting weekly individual, family, and group counseling

·         Acting as liaison to all residents and services including family, DCF, schools, and hospitals

 A.R.T.I.S.T.S Program, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, Hawthorne, NY                                                           June 2007 – October 2011                                                                                                                                                                    Art Therapist working with adolescent individuals and groups utilizing a trauma based model of treatment called Sanctuary for over 200 psychiatric residents.                                    

Administrative/Management:                                                      

·         Developing a new art therapy program across a campus of five programs that included multiple systems of care (Residential Treatment Facility, Residential Treatment Center, Day Treatment, and Educational)

·         Expanding the program through the use of graduate level interns and school outreach 

·         Working with residents to promote diversity through artwork and pride celebrations 

·         Developing staff art therapy workshops

·         Write weekly clinical process notes for individuals and groups

·         Interface with treatment teams and perform assessments 

·         Teaching vocational skills

·         Facilitate campus wide art shows, develop quarterly program newsletters and program brochure.

Clinical:

·         Implementing a certified Loss and Bereavement Group at the Day Treatment Program

·         Designing and creating a trauma focused comfort room with adolescent girls

·         Developing trauma focused directives for residents utilizing CBT and treatment goals                         

·         Mural projects to promote community responsibility and campus beautification                                      

·         Working to develop an art therapy research project                                         

·         Presenting on effective art therapy directives at professional conferences.                                                                                                                                                                                             

Independent Practitioner, Connecticut and New York                                                                                                                 January 2010 – October 2011                                                                                                                                                     Providing therapy services for individuals and groups.

·         Specializing in Art Therapy, adolescent issues, family therapy, complex trauma, CBT, anxiety, behavioral management                                                                          

SuperKids, Ridgefield and Norwalk, CT                                                                                                                                  December 2007 – January 2010                                                                                                                                                 Outpatient Therapist coaching autistic children and adolescents about social skills through the use of art therapy directives. Co-facilitated social skills groups and also provided outpatient individual therapy for children with anxiety.

·         Assist children in learning friendship and conversation skills, to deal with feelings, impulse control, and play skills

·         Provide group art therapy to children with autism and Asperger's Syndrome, pervasive developmental delay, selective mutism, anxiety disorders, ADHD, and ADD

·         Incorporate cognitive-behavioral techniques to help children cope with anxiety and teach children social skills

·         Conducted psychoeducation (CBT) with parents and discussed evaluation of child's progress

·         Write weekly clinical process notes for individuals and groups  

EDUCATION:

The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY, M.S. in Art Therapy and Counseling: August 2007

Art Therapy Internship Experiences:

·         J.M. Goldsmith Center, Hawthorne, NY, September 2006 – May 2007                                                                       Provided individual and group art therapy for adolescent males in residential treatment.

·         Rita Project, New York City, NY, January 2006 – May 2006                                                                                               Co-facilitated art therapy groups for adults who attempted suicide and family members of people who committed suicide. Organized intake files.

·         Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc., White Plains, NY, September 2005-December 2005                        Observed and co-facilitated art therapy groups at a geriatric day treatment program.

·         Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center, Bronx, NY, September 2006 – June 2007                                                                  Art Therapy research assistant administering assessments to hospitalized adolescents involved in an art therapy study. Documented and transferred assessment results into SPSS database. Maintained database for study.

·         Kids in Crisis, Cos Cob, CT, July 2006 – August 2006 Volunteered at an emergency shelter for adolescents.

Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, B.A. In Studio Art: May 2001

CERTIFICATIONS:

Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC)    #09-112                                                                                                                                     Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT) #001404                                                                                                                                         CPR Certified by The American Heart Association (2011)                                                                                                                                                           Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) pending

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

Trauma Sanctuary Training                                                     2007 and 2009                                                                             Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Training      2008                                                                                                Worry Hill Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Training               2008                                                                                             LGBTQ Workshop                                                        2010                                                                                         Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Adolescents Training     2011                                                                                              Trauma Risking Connection Training                                       2012                                                                                                               

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

Presenter at JBFCS Sagamore Conference                             2008                                                                                                 Guest panelist at The College of New Rochelle                 2010                                                                                              Panelist at ATTA Convention                                                      2010                                                                                           Facilitated Workshop at ATTA Convention                               2010                                                                                              Presenter at Expressive Therapies Summit                                  2011        

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