Cathy Gallagher

About Cathy Gallagher

With over three years of experience as a Youth Mental Health Counselor at Sertoma Star…

Experience

1. Youth Mental Health Counselor

   Sertoma Star Services

   Dec 2022 — Present · Matteson, IL, US

   Facilitate psycho-educational and therapeutic services that focus on developing coping skills needed for symptom management and increasing insight needed for personal growth. Provide services at the facility, in the home, or in the community to consumers through the recovery process to promote independence, acquire resources, and secure the necessary support.Provide person-centered and trauma-informed therapy services utilizing best practice approaches to treatment.Deliver mental health services to consumers in accordance with their treatment plans and complete all required documentation and billing within specified deadlines.Schedule and status billing activities on a daily basis in the electronic clinical records and maintain electronic clinical records for assigned consumers.

Education

• Roosevelt University

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Clinical Mental Health Counseling

  2012 — 2015

• National Louis University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Early Childhood Education and Teaching

Skills

• Working with Adolescents
• Research
• Teaching
• Community Outreach
• Microsoft Word
• Crisis Intervention
• Psychology
• Adolescents
• Mental Health Counseling
• Nonprofits
• Child Development
• Social Services
• Post Traumatic Stress
• Working with Children
• Treatment
• Therapists
• Play Therapy
• Clinical Research
• Psychotherapy
• Microsoft Office
• Mental Health
• Group Therapy