ABG Wellness Group

Psychotherapist In Private Practice

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Wisconsin Chapter 

Immediate Past President

Evidence Based Optimism Web Site

The purpose of this web site is to provide a simple and streamlined resource center for exploring  evidence from a wide range of fields which supports an optimistic view of our world and our future.

Owner, Developer and Administrator

Dungarvin-Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Divison

Community Consultation Team is a pilot program serving persons with developmental disabilities most often co-occurring with mental illness. 

In my role I provide crisis counseling and assessment to persons with developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental illness.

Mobile Crisis Clinician

Outreach Community Health Centers (formerly Health Care for The Homeless)

Provide care management, individual and group psychotherapy, symptom monitoring and psychosocial support to adults coping with severe and persistent mental illness.

Care Manager

AMRI Counseling

Mental Health Therapist

Options for Community Growth

	Successfully developed and implemented plans of care for new and existing residents coping with complex behavioral health challenges.     
	Coaching and development of staff resulting in increased employee knowledge base, morale and quality of care provided. 
	Consistent effective and empathetic communication in building relationships and achieving goals with a wide range of professionals, family members, managed care organization representatives and clients.

Program Manager

Family Care Program

Identified need for and successfully intervened in getting persons dependent on alcohol and cocaine into inpatient treatment and successful discharges into supportive environments resulting in members achieving sustained sobriety.
Socratic and positive approach has supported a number of members succeeding in making and sustaining healthier lifestyle choices  
Completed a wide variety of screening and assessments, such as dementia and falls risk. Successfully screened member's to identify early stages of dementia leading to lifestyle and medical intervention as part of program wide effort. 
Multiple positive identifications of various forms of abuse followed by swift and effective interventions in conjunction with local law enforcement and care team to ensure member safety and well being.

Milwaukee Center For Independence

2008	Lakeview Specialty Hospital

Clinical Psychology Extern
Performed comprehensive psychological testing of adults and children coping with a wide variety of brain injuries and psychiatric illnesses to increase medical, behavioral, and educational team's insight and effectiveness. 
Helped create behavioral and therapy strategies with treatment teams and families to increase quality of life and behavioral health both at hospital and generalized into discharge environment. 
Provided individual and group therapies to measurably increase pro-social and healthy behaviors in both groups and individuals. 
Coauthored and presented case study to large audience at 2008 convention of the Association for Behavioral Analysis. Performed IQ testing and created behavioral interventions contributing to presentations. Both aforementioned efforts contributed to successful symposium presented by Lakeview Hospital.

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