Dana Stanley
Mount Joy
Summary
Certified Family Based Mental Health Professional specializing in systemic family therapy and trauma-informed care. Navigated high-stakes conflict and managed complex relationships with empathy while developing therapeutic relationships and implementing effective treatment plans. Committed to leveraging clinical insights to enhance family dynamics through strength-based and solution-focused approaches.
Overview
1
1
Certification
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Family Based Therapist
Pennsylvania Counseling Services
Lancaster
05.2016 - Current
- Provide Family and Individual Systems Based Therapy
- Guided families through crisis and conflict in their system, enhancing relationships and establishing their support networks.
- Attend to the mental health needs of the client by providing therapeutic support and linking them to community resources to further manage their needs.
- Provided on-call crisis response services to address urgent client needs and ensure immediate support.
- Developed and implemented treatment plans, ensuring timely documentation of session notes, assessments, and collateral information.
- Engaged in weekly supervision meetings with the Clinical Director to enhance clinical skills and ensure client care quality.
- Coordinated with community services and supports to ensure comprehensive care for clients.
Counselor
Robin's Nest
Glassboro
01.2007 - 01.2016
- Provide counseling to patients to assist in completing identified goals
- Addressed client barriers to facilitate goal achievement
- Provided support when addressing clients' mental health needs by linking them with community supports
- Counseled patients to support completion of identified goals
- Weekly in person follow-up to discuss adherence to service plan
- Researched and connected families with community resources
- Complete documentation on all interactions maintaining HIPAA compliance
- Trained to work effectively with clients with problematic backgrounds
- Mentor new employees through training process
- Exercise cultural competence with all consumers
Education
Bachelors - Sociology
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJSkills
- Treatment planning
- Client assessment
- Crisis intervention
- Family systems therapy
- Behavioral interventions
- Documentation accuracy
- Community resource linkage
- Cultural competence
- Therapeutic support
- Collaborative teamwork
- Conflict resolution
- Emotional intelligence
Certification
Certified Family Based Mental Health Professional
Workshops And Trainings
- Mandated Reporter Training
- Confidentiality & HIPPA
- Corporate Compliance
- Motivational Interviewing
- Personality Disorders
- Domestic violence
- Autism
Clearances
- Pennsylvania State Criminal History
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance
- FBI Clearance
Timeline
Family Based Therapist
Pennsylvania Counseling Services
05.2016 - Current
Counselor
Robin's Nest
01.2007 - 01.2016
Bachelors - Sociology
Rowan University