Susan
Vess LCSW
EDUCATION
B.S.
General Studies, LSU December, 1983
Master
in Social Work LSU December, 1985
Licensed
Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) LA October 1989
Licensed
Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) NC March 2010
Academy
of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) November 1991
SUMMARY
OF EXPERIENCE
July
1991 to March 2010
Private
Practice Clinical Social Worker
June
1990 to July 1991
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Program Direct Weight Management Clinic
Responsibilities:
Marketing, Program design and implementation, Clinical - individual and group
sessions, Supervision of Staff
April
1990 to June 1990
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Chemical Dependency Unit of Lake Charles, LA Memorial Hospital
Acting
Clinical Director
June
1988 to April 1990
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Baton Rouge Chemical Dependency Unit
Codependency
Unit Coordinator
Responsibilities
Clinical individual, group and family sessions
Coordinated
programs (inpatient and outpatient)
Supervised
personnel
Marketing
January
1988 to June1988
Our
Lady of the Lake TAU Chemical Dependency Unit
Responsibilities:
Outpatient family therapy Aftercare therapist
March
1986 to June 1987**
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Chemical Dependency Unit of Lafayette, LA
Codependency
Unit
Responsibilities:
Clinical individual, group and family sessions Assisted in program design
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Program of Behavioral Health, Inc. Division of the Baton Rouge General Health
System, Inc.
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For approximately 6 months I did not work in order to care for my terminally
ill husband.
SKILL
AREAS
Client
skills Diagnosis, treatment, intake interviews, histories, initial and interim
evaluations, process recording, summaries, treatment and discharge planning and
instructional skills associated with individual, groups, and family therapy.
Experience
Eating disorders, depression, sexual trauma, decision Diversity resolution,
co-dependency and psychiatric disorders.
Diagnostic Knowledge of the DSM IV pluralistic therapies,
Cognitive, Experience Behavioral, and Affective.
Flexibility Experience working with teams, diversified
patients, time budget and space constraints, marketing, lecturing, administration,
program design, and policy and procedures, and community networking.