[email protected]
Amanda Ingram, LCSW, CAC III
Objective
I have a passion for working with high risk youth as well as adults and changing their lives through positive mentorship and theoretical based
clinical skills. I would like to work where I can teach students or clients creative expressions and interventions to aid in changing the outcome of
the clients’ life experiences and behaviors.
Education
2006-2007
Denver Health
Denver, CO
• Completed classes for a Certified Addictions Counselor III; April, 2007
• Completed experience hours for CAC III 2010
2005-2007
University of Denver
• Certificate in Animal Assisted Therapy
• Obtained a Master in Social Work in June, 2007
Denver, CO
2001-2005
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR
• Graduated with a Bachelors of Science, Health Promotion and Physical Education in June of 2005
• Minor in Communication
• Dean’s List for last six quarters (Junior and Senior years)
Licensing
•
•
State of Colorado
Denver, CO
Active Licensed Clinical Social Worker #2124, Issued 6/1/12, Expires 8/31/15
Active CAC III License #7051, Issued 10/25/10, Expires 8/31/15
Experience
September 2012Current
•
•
•
2148 S High St
Denver, CO 80210
5 hours/week
Teach one class each quarter for students in the DU Graduate School of Social Work.
Classes taught are: Skills Lab, Animal Assisted Therapy, Cognitive Approaches to Social Work Practice
Classes to be taught are: Person in Environment, Trauma, Dual Diagnosis
August 2013Current
•
•
•
•
•
•
University of Denver
Adjunct Professor
Denver Health
Adolescent Substance Abuse Therapist
723 Delaware St
Denver, CO 80204
40 hours/week
Provide weekly outpatient therapy to clients ages 12-25 who are struggling with addiction and a mental illness.
Work with diversion officers, probation officers, family members of the client, group homes, outside providers, and court systems.
Complete session notes, mental health holds, court reports, intake assessments, billing, and urine drug screens.
Provide individual and family therapy.
Provide EMDR, animal assisted therapy, CBT, DBT, biofeedback, and teach skills for abstinence from substance use.
Complete comprehensive assessments for depression (CDRS), PTSD (CPSS), ADHD (ADHD Checklist), anxiety (MASC II), and
many other disorders in the DSM 5.
November 2011August 2013
Denver Health
Clinical Social Work
777 Bannock St.
Denver, CO 80204
[email protected]
•
•
•
•
•
40 hours/week
Provide brief counseling and medical discharge planning for general medicine patients.
Provide treatment planning for all adults on the psychiatric unit.
Provide group and individual therapy with patients using DBT, CBT, ACT and motivational interviewing.
Work with outside agencies to refer patients to home health care, skilled nursing facilities, hospice and medical respite.
Work on the treatment model committee to implement trauma informed care and created an animal assisted therapy proposal for
the inpatient adult psych unit
November 2008November 2011
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shiloh Home, Inc.
Offense Specific Clinician
6350 W Coal Mine Ave
Littleton, CO 80123
50-60 hours/week
Managed my own caseload of male juvenile registered sex offenders.
Counseled youth ages 12-17 with diagnosis such as PTSD, conduct disorder, anxiety disorders, sexual abuse of a child, PPD, mood
disorders, OCD and ADHD.
Diagnosed youth with the use of the DSM-IV.
Completed assessments, psychosocial evaluations, treatment plans, monthly reports, case management, and daily progress notes.
Conducted staffings, participated in court hearings and school safety plan meetings.
Weekly case presentations at team meetings.
Provided cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, strengths based interventions, education on the cycle of abuse,
polygraph preparation, experiential therapy, systems perspective and sensory integration.
Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams that include probation officers, caseworkers, GALs, defense attorneys, parents,
extended family, foster parents, victim therapists, psychologists, polygraphists, psychosexual evaluators and outside therapists.
Independently facilitated group, family and individual therapy.
Provided animal assisted therapeutic interventions with the use of a Black Labrador retriever guide dog in training.
March 2005Current
•
2929 W 10th Ave
Denver, CO 80204
40 hours/week
Provide outpatient substance abuse treatment, education, and prevention for high risk youth ages 10-21 who are living at the Family
Crisis Center. Wrote tx plans and used cognitive behavioral and motivational enhancement therapies. Most clients were diagnosed
with depression, ADHD, conduct disorder, reactive attachment disorder, PTSD, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis and substance
abuse or dependence.
Trained in TF-CBT by the Kempe Center
Presented cases at weekly team meeting
Conducted UAs
Conducted group therapy, individual and family therapy sessions
Completed comprehensive initial assessments using the KSADS, wrote treatment plans, progress notes, psychosocial evaluations and
diagnosed using the DSM-IV, and managed my own case load independently.
Provided animal assisted therapeutic interventions with the use of a Black Labrador retriever guide dog for the blind in training.
Participated in staffings, TDMs and court hearings with GAL’s, PO’s and Caseworkers
Trained DU/GSSW interns
June 2007November 2008
•
•
Denver Health STEP Program
Substance Abuse Therapist
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Volunteer Dog Trainer
Denver, CO
Raise puppies from 8 weeks to 16 months and train them to be guide dogs for legally blind involving basic obedience training and
socialization.
Incorporate guide dogs in training at work with clients as a therapy dog.
[email protected]
Seminars/Trainings
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Sex Offender Management Board 3 day Conference 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
TF-CBT Kempe Center 2 day training
PESI Trauma/Attachment Disorder Interventions 1 day training
Impaired Driving Offender Treatment/Driving With Care 2 day training and certification to run DUI classes.
2 day Animal Assisted Therapy workshop through Professional Therapy Dogs of Colorado
2 day DBT training at Noeticus Counseling Center
EMDR level I and II
Biofeedback online four day training