Marina Cotsilis
Tinley Park,IL
Summary
Empathetic Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 5 years of experience interfacing with community liaisons, facilitating individual and group sessions and monitoring conditions of clients to coordinate care. Excellent communicator with knack for building lasting professional relationships.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Lifestance Health
05.2024 - Current
- Conducted comprehensive assessments to determine client needs and develop tailored treatment plans.
- Facilitated individual and group therapy sessions, promoting emotional well-being and coping strategies.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to coordinate care and enhance service delivery for clients.
- Implemented evidence-based therapeutic interventions, improving client engagement and treatment outcomes.
- Developed and maintained detailed documentation of client progress in compliance with regulatory standards.
- Enabled smoother transitions between levels of care by effectively communicating with referring providers about client progress and treatment recommendations.
- Developed psychoeducational materials to educate clients on mental health topics, promoting self-awareness and understanding.
- Implemented cognitive-behavioral techniques to help clients change negative thought patterns and improve their coping strategies.
- Advocated for client needs within interdisciplinary team meetings, ensuring adequate representation and access to necessary resources.
- Supervised several LSW's and gave clinical feedback.
- Managed caseload to satisfy multiple patients with diverse needs.
Social Worker Case Manager
Hartgrove Behavioral Health System
09.2023 - 04.2024
- Developed and implemented individualized care plans for diverse client populations.
- Coordinated multidisciplinary team meetings to enhance communication and treatment strategies.
- Monitored client progress and adjusted interventions based on behavioral assessments.
- Provided crisis intervention and support services to at-risk individuals and families.
- Advocated for clients within community resources, ensuring access to essential services.
- Mentored junior case managers in best practices for client engagement and documentation.
- Evaluated program effectiveness and recommended improvements to enhance service delivery.
- Fostered collaborative relationships with external agencies to streamline referral processes.
- Improved client outcomes by developing comprehensive case plans and coordinating services with community partners.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop coordinated care plans that addressed clients'' complex needs holistically.
- Developed strong relationships with community organizations in order to better serve clients'' needs within their local area.
- Increased access to resources by connecting clients to appropriate financial, housing, medical, and educational services.
- Interviewed clients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.
- Participated in community events to promote services and engage with public.
- Researched best practices and developed strategies to improve program outcomes.
Clinical Social Worker
In2Great! Pediatric Therapy., LTD.
11.2022 - 11.2023
- Wrote timely and accurate case notes to inform follow-up for effective, successful case management.
- Maintained thorough case history records and wrote detailed reports.
- Adjusted treatment plans with current interventions and progress updates.
- Gave presentations to interdisciplinary team members, including clinical documentation and therapeutic observations.
- Served as agency liaison among other service providers, community organizations and government entities.
- Diagnosed disorders according to DSM-IV criteria and used ICD-10 codes for documentation.
- Lead 26-35 individual counseling sessions each week.
- Coordinated psychosocial assessments, treatment plans and progress notes.
- Researched and developed program initiatives to better serve client population base.
- Organized personalized discharge plans to oversee safe and effective reintegration.
- Documented services and collected required data for evaluation.
- Guided clients in development of skills and strategies for dealing with individual problems.
- Identified appropriate community resources and provided referrals for services.
- Established behavioral modification goals and assessed progress toward goals.
- Collaborated with state agencies and benefits coordinators to develop individualized plans for each case.
- Worked with care team to assess client needs and discuss collaborative treatment efforts.
- Interviewed clients individually and in groups to assess situations, capabilities and problems.
- Participated in ongoing training to maintain license and enhance knowledge of relevant mental health topics.
- Used job-related software to compose or prepare correspondence, case notes and technical reports.
- Counseled parents on proper child-rearing choices.
- Worked with community resources to engage youth in pro-social activities and help families access services.
- Conducted mental health counseling using evidence-based practice and clinical models.
- Managed caseload of multiple sessions weekly using various types of therapies and approaches.
- Specializing in working with DIR therapy with children on the spectrum.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments to identify client needs and develop tailored treatment plans.
- Facilitated individual and group therapy sessions to promote emotional well-being and coping strategies.
Media Specialist/Medical Photographer
Shriners Hospital for Children Chicago
02.2016 - 02.2023
- Saved and archived images and maintained a master image library for future use.
- Set up lights, backdrops, and props for shoots and events.
- Tracked studio inventories and ordered new supplies when needed.
- Collaborated successfully with various personalities and work styles.
- Improvised photographic methods and techniques.
- Performed scientific imaging to support engineering and test requirements.
- Built relationships with pre- and post-surgical patients with compassion and positive attitude.
- Shot multiple photographs and video clips of products and technology and made images available for consideration in presentations and publications.
- Organized and tracked files of electronic multimedia material and hard copies for easy reference by staff and management.
- Recorded and published high-definition videos of company seminars and presentations for website and social media use.
Intern
Shriners Childrens Hospital Chicago
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Attended meetings, training, conferences, and seminars to advance professional knowledge.
- Served as a client advocate and promoted ideas that aligned with the client's best interest.
- Studied social worker application of industry values, ethics, and best practices.
- Complied with HIPAA and confidentiality regulations when communicating with client family members, colleagues and external contacts.
- Documented client social history, treatment and related information.
- Joined IEP meetings to observe plan development and goal establishment.
- Monitored and reviewed treatment outcomes and goal achievement.
- Consulted with teachers, parents and outside professionals to support service plan development.
- Guided clients completing financial assistance applications and respite care applications.
- Used safety and risk assessments, employing related policies and procedures.
- Maintained lists of resources helpful to clients.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Biology And Psychology
Lewis University
Romeoville, ILSome College (No Degree) - Psychology
Loyola University of Chicago
Chicago, ILMaster of Social Work - Social Work
University of Denver
Denver, CO06-2022
Bachelor of Arts - Fine Art Photography
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL05-2012
Associate of Science - Psychology
Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills, IL06-2009
High School Diploma - undefined
Tinley Park High School
Tinley Park, IL05-2006
Skills
- Gestalt Therapy Certified
- LCSW Supervisor
- Mood and Personality Disorders
- Behavioral Counseling
- Community Outreach Expert
- Risk Assessment
- Family Case Management
- Intervention Planning
- Crisis Assessment
- Cultural Competency
- Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Trauma Informed Therapy
- Treatment Planning
- First Aid/CPR Certified
- Notary Public
- Psychosocial assessments
- Assessment skills
- Multicultural competence
- Suicide prevention
Certification
- Notary Public - Commission ending 2025-04-16.
- Licensed Social Worker - License No. 150.109180 Expires: 2023-11-30.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR and AED) Program Expires: 2025-04.
Interests
Participates in numerous road bike races and rides ranging from 80-200 miles in order to fundraise for events such as Platonia, Lung Cancer of America, Kelly Brush, Ride for Ray
NASW: Continuing Education Courses
- Got Implicit Bias?
- The Triple Intersection of Trauma, Gender Diversity and Neurodiversity in Youth
- Duty to Warn and Mandatory Reporting Requirements: Ethical Considerations Thru Case Studies
- Mandatory Reporting/ How to Identify and Report Child Abuse and Neglect
- Exploring the Clinical Applications of Human-Animal Relationships
- Advanced Clinical Grief: A Paradigm shift for When Grief Doesn’t Fit our View.
- Equipping Social Workers to meet the needs of young adults of color on the autism spectrum.
- Intersectionality and LGBIQ+ Identity in Therapy
- Using Progressive Practices to Promote wellness and recovery from trauma, depression, and anxiety.
- Addressing clinical needs of survivors of sexual exploitation
- Cultural Humility as an Anti-Racist approach
- LGBTQ+ and allyship: As a spectrum
- Mental Health screening tools and how and when to use them.
- Preparing social workers to integrate professional values and antiracist approaches in practice.
- The whole picture: A Transdiagnostic approach to treating eating disorders and trauma.
- Trauma-informed leadership: shift that culture.
- Clinical Art Psychotherapy in complex trauma treatment with diverse populations
- Cognitive behavioral strategies for families
- Current Changes and Challenges with advance directives, guardianship, and abuse across the nation
- Elder abuse and mandated reporting
- Brain bases connections for processing grief and trauma
- Ethical Social Work with Suicidal people
- Grief, Loss, & Hope: Exploring our collective sorrow
- Grieving Children & Teens: Creative interventions for individual and group work
Timeline
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Lifestance Health
05.2024 - Current
Social Worker Case Manager
Hartgrove Behavioral Health System
09.2023 - 04.2024
Clinical Social Worker
In2Great! Pediatric Therapy., LTD.
11.2022 - 11.2023
Intern
Shriners Childrens Hospital Chicago
06.2021 - 06.2022
Media Specialist/Medical Photographer
Shriners Hospital for Children Chicago
02.2016 - 02.2023
Master of Social Work - Social Work
University of Denver
Bachelor of Arts - Fine Art Photography
Columbia College Chicago
Associate of Science - Psychology
Moraine Valley Community College
High School Diploma - undefined
Tinley Park High School
Some College (No Degree) - Biology And Psychology
Lewis University
Some College (No Degree) - Psychology
Loyola University of Chicago