Dominique Wilson

Determine level of care and provide individual and group psychotherapy as well as appropriate case management and/or care coordination to clients with mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders.

• Used advanced counseling skills and evidence-based practices to establish goals and treatment plans with patients.
• Led counseling group to discuss topics such as eating disorders and relationship issues.
• Improved outcomes of patients with psychiatric and co-morbid chronic pain conditions.
• Performed continuous assessment of clients to determine appropriate level of care.

Develop a safe and growth-oriented environment for students to engage in learning and discussion.

• Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
• Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
• Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals while providing coaching on effective study habits.
• Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
• Developed curriculum standards, lesson plans and syllabi.

Determine level of competence in student interns and newer therapists, provide training on evidenced-based modalities of treatment, and review and provide feedback on clinical documentation and supervised client sessions.

• Completes weekly meetings and feedback with supervisees.
• Provides substance abuse training for supervisee working with the substance use population.
• Teaches supervisee to navigate electronic health records to complete clinical documentation.
• Completes case consultation and provides feedback on treatment planning, assessment findings and interventions.
• Engages in roleplay and feedback with supervisee to practice suicide-risk assessments and determining level of care recommendations.

Determine level of care based on ASAM dimensions and provide individual and group psychotherapy as well as appropriate case management and/or care coordination to clients with mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders.

• Facilitated smooth discharge by encouraging and reassuring clients throughout transitions.
• Used advanced counseling skills and evidence-based practices to establish goals and treatment plans with patients.
• Implemented and developed core counseling programs to meet each individual's specific and varying needs.
• Employed methodologies such as CBT, EMDR, and Parts & Memory Therapy to assist patients.

Determine level of care based on ASAM dimensions and provide individual and group psychotherapy as well as appropriate case management and/or care coordination to clients with mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders.

• Traveled to hospitals to complete screenings on individuals recovering from overdose with the intention of placing them in substance abuse treatment.
• Attended meetings with State representatives to determine efficacy of State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis (STR) grant.
• Exercised motivational interviewing and solution-focused theoretical orientations to work with co-occurring disorders.
• Navigated electronic health records via Methasoft to complete clinical documentation.
• Continuously assessed clients to determine appropriate level of care based on ASAM criteria.
• Administered biopsychosocial and suicide-risk assessments to determine DSM-5 diagnosis to justify medical necessity of services.

Work in partnership with the police department's Multidisciplinary Intensive Support Team (MIST) to conduct screenings and complete assessments to support court-ordered treatment determinations. Travel to community jails and hospitals to document face-to-face therapeutic responses to individuals experiencing a behavioral crisis.

• Gather information from area behavioral health providers on client histories to draft Title 36 petitions.
• Prepare reports of opinions and conclusions to be reviewed by the facility director for final disposition.
• Maintain electronic health records via NEXTGEN, ensuring all Title 36 paperwork has been completed.
• Conduct area visits to mental health facilities to track client progressions through the Title 36 process.

Provide short-term clinical crisis intervention and brief crisis counseling to individuals, couples, and families experiencing a behavioral health crisis or situations of trauma, including psychosis, suicide, homicide, sudden death, and major community disturbances. Respond to requests from first responders and community providers to complete mental health stability assessments to determine next-level care needs.

• Identify, assess, and stabilize traumatized or mentally disturbed individuals with the goal of reducing imminent risk and increasing coping skills and functioning.
• Complete emergency petitions for involuntary hospitalization, assisting in the court-ordered treatment process.
• Administer suicide risk assessments and ASAM/DSM-5 diagnosis for linkage to community resource referrals and placement assistance for higher levels of care.
• Navigate electronic health records via AVATAR and NEXTGEN to complete clinical documentation.
• Worked closely with facility Detox and Level-1 teams to ensure clients received appropriate care.
• Actively pursued placement for individuals requiring additional assistance by partnering with community behavioral health providers for client placement or referrals for service.
• Conducted 50+ debriefings as a result of a murder-suicide occurrence at the city-hosted Special Olympics.

Served as a primary coordinator, point of contact, and child advocate for families in crisis or situations putting the health and safety of children at risk. Provided ongoing case management by planning for and coordinating behavioral health services, medical care, placement, finances, education, and socialization services to children and families with intense/complex needs. Worked in partnership with families and team members to create supportive plans that capture strengths, needs, and culture of the family.

• Facilitated Compassion-Focused Meetings (CMT), establishing an agenda, maintaining a strength-based meeting environment, giving all team participants opportunities to contribute, holding parties accountable for commitments, and assist team in developing a consensus.
• Assisted children and families to secure community resources and linkages to additional services, helping families to identify natural and informal support structures.