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J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College - Human Services

Adult Services Coordinator at Hanover County Community Services Board
Mental Health Care
Meredith
Roberson Nusbaum, LPC, LSATP, NCC
Richmond, Virginia Area
Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner currently working as the adult services coordinator for a local government community services board (CSB), overseeing adult mental health and substance use disorder outpatient services, a federal housing program, as well as state and federal budgets. Recent experience as a clinical supervisor of a team of masters-level clinicians and a peer specialist on the adult outpatient substance abuse-focused team. Have worked as a licensed professional counselor and licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner with CSB systems and non-profits, specializing in working with adolescents and adults with severe mental health or substance abuse diagnoses.

Specialties: Clinical supervision and counselor education, program development, adults with severe mental health and substance abuse diagnoses, addictive family systems, adolescent substance abuse and mental health diagnoses, adolescents with high-functioning autism, motivational techniques

Experience

  • Bacon Street

    Counselor

    Provide counseling services to adolescents and young adults affected by mental health and substance abuse diagnoses.

  • Bacon Street

    Social skills group facilitator

    Facilitate a weekly social skills group for adolescents with high-functioning autism

  • J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

    Adjunct Professor

    Teach associates-level coursework at a local community college within the Human Services department, substance abuse counseling track. Coursework includes Substance Abuse Prevention and Basic Counseling Skills I/II. Students often complete coursework to continue on a bachelor's level, or work in positions/settings such as peer specialists, group homes, inpatient treatment settings.

  • Hanover County Community Services Board

    Adult Services Coordinator

    Oversee adult outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, as well as federal housing program. Directly supervise two clinical supervisors and provide licensure supervision for direct staff. Develop new programming and initiatives for adult services. Maintain federal and state budgets for adult services.

  • Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board

    Emergency Counselor

    Provide emergency assessment/counseling services to residents of Hampton-Newport News that may be in need of psychiatric services, to include TDO and ECO dispositions.

  • Hanover County Community Services Board

    Clinician

    Utilize motivational counseling techniques in individual and group counseling settings with adults with severe mental health and substance abuse diagnoses. Provide case management in order to meet client needs and support treatment. Conduct crisis evaluations for psychiatric hospitalizations. Maintain confidential records and Medicaid requirements.

  • Hanover County Community Services Board

    Clinical Supervisor

    Provide clinical supervision for a team of clinicians providing mental health and substance abuse treatment for adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance abuse disorders. Continue to develop substance abuse programming. Maintain a small caseload of adults with SMI or SA diagnoses.

Education

  • Meredith College

    Bachelor of Arts

    Double; Psychology and Spanish; Psychology
    Psychology Thesis: Chronological age of female college students and its relationship with preferred religious coping techniques and spirituality

  • William & Mary

    M.Ed

    Community and Addictions Counseling