SHANA RUBIN

110 Third Ave # 7C

New York, NY 10003
+1(908) 654-1001
src388ec@westpost.net

EDUCATION:
July 09 Fordham University, New York, NY
MSEd, Masters in Mental Health Counseling, G.P.A. 4.0
Approved for limited licensure
September 05 Kean University, Union, NJ
B.A. Psychology, G.P.A. 3.7
Magna Cum Laude, Lambda Sigma Honors Society
WORK EXPERIENCE:
May 10- Present Psychiatric Social Worker, Visiting Nurse Service of New York,
Rockaway Beach, NY
* Conduct in-home psychiatric assessments/risk assessments
* Facilitate in-home crisis counseling, individual counseling, family counseling
* Evaluate urgent and emergent psychiatric crisis
* Provide crisis consultations and recommendations for clients, families, physic
ians, and agencies
Aug 09- Aug 10 Psychotherapist Consultant, Community Counseling and Mediation,
Brooklyn, NY
* Provide individual and family therapy to a diverse population of 17 individual
s and families
* Experience providing therapy to MICA, forensic, foster care and SPMI populatio
ns
* Conduct psychological assessments and monthly treatment plans/treatment plan r
eviews
* Facilitate advocacy services, outreach, and referrals
* Work as a multidisciplinary team with the psychiatrist, clinic director, and p
reventative services
* Counsel from a strength based and integrative perspective
Sep 08- July 09 Extern, The Counseling & Psychological Services Fordham Univers
ity, Bronx, NY
* Provide individual psychodynamic psychotherapy to 14 short term and three long
-term clients
* Led group therapy, workshops, and outreach for anxiety, depression, eating dis
orders, and alcohol awareness
* Experience with international students, and multicultural skills, awareness an
d knowledge
* Conduct weekly clinical intakes/assessments and presented clients with informa
tion and referral services
* Participate in weekly four hour didactic seminars and prepared case presentati
ons
* Facilitate modalities such as cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical
behavioral techniques
May 08- Aug 08 Mental Health Counselor, Comunilife INC, Washington Heights, NY
* Fostered independent living among ten diverse residential clients with severe
pathologies
* Administered daily psychiatric medication
* Participated in weekly process groups
* Assessed daily mental status including suicidality, self injurious behavior, h
allucinations, and substance abuse
Feb 07- May 08 Intensive Case Manager, Families of Homicide Victims Program, Saf
e Horizon, Staten Island, NY
* Counseled a diverse population of 30 individuals and families for crisis inter
vention and bereavement
* Provided emotional support during court proceedings (murder trials, court hear
ings, sentencing, parole hearings)
* Directed the client in both criminal justice advocacy and personal advocacy
* Developed resources, maintained case records documenting services provided, an
d completed statistical reports
* Facilitated outreach for the program and for other Safe Horizon programs
* Supervised four interns within the FHVP
* Performed intakes and counseled domestic violence, sexual assault, and human t
rafficking victims
Sept 05 - Jan 07 Clinical Session Assistant I, II, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Canc
er Center, New York City, NY
* Provided emotional support to patients while receiving chemotherapy treatment
and transfusions
* Oversaw patients' treatment/status and assisted with their medical emergencies
and escalating difficult situations
* Composed weekly clinic summaries for upper-level administration detailing clin
ic flow, emergencies and patient TX
* Coordinated nearly 60 treatment plans daily for patients in the Urology and So
lid Tumor Genital Urinary departments
* Acted as a liaison between the patient, family, and the medical health care te
am in Surgery and Oncology Clinics
* Participated in weekly clinician meetings with Medical Oncologists to prepare
patient's case-specific needs
* Managed and facilitated clinic flow within the chemotherapy unit in order to e
nsure smooth visits
* Trained and supervised new session assistants
June 02 - Aug 05 Unit Representative, Overlook Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Un
it, Summit, NJ
* Coordinated with social workers by holding recreational groups to provide ther
apeutic support for the patient
* Organized Alcohol/Narcotic Anonymous meetings (AA/NA) on the unit, and observe
d therapy groups
* Identified and communicated proper protocol in response to "code white," and e
mergency situations
* Planned and prepared the patients' charts for admissions, along with acclimati
ng the patients to the unit

RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Oct 08 - Present Soroptimist International, Potential Member, NY
* Planned service projects to advance human rights and the status of women
Dec 99 - Present Zachary's Angel Foundation, Artist, Poughkeepsie, NY
* Designed and created birthday cards for sick children in hospitals in memory o
f my cousin, Zachary Gerber
Jan 05 - May 05 Student Teacher, Crossroads Special Education School, Westfield,
NJ
* Created lesson plans for a class of autistic children and implemented behavior
al modification programs
Sept 04 - Jan 05 Student Teacher, Piscataway Regional Day School, Piscataway, N
J
* Applied behavior analysis techniques on the students on the highest level of t
he autism spectrum.

RESEARCH:
Jan 05 - May 05 Graduate Research Assistant, Fordham University, New York, NY
* Assisted Dr. Heuer with the Journal of Perceptions within the Education Depart
ment at Fordham University, and with IRB approval and protocol. Dr. Heuer was al
so working on qualitative research looking into the effects of the community lif
e of librarians. Performed various research-oriented tasks including: data entry
, transcriptions, and theme analysis
Jan 02 - May 02 Experimental Research, Kean University, Union, NJ
* Psychology Poster Conference; "The Effects of Anxiety on Emotional Valence"- a
bstract admitted and published

COMPUTER SKILLS: Microsoft Excel, Access, PowerPoint, SPSS Statistical Analysis

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Jul 09 Safe Horizon Counseling Center, Brooklyn, NY
* Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT)
Feb 07 Safe Horizon, Brooklyn, NY
* Childhood Sexual Abuse
* Dynamics of Stalking
* Dynamics of Murder
* Helping Skills
* Suicide Prevention
* Child Abuse and Prevention
Oct 07 Crime Victims Board Annual Conference, Syracuse, NY
* Human Trafficking
* Working with Origami
* Women with Disabilities Empowerment Project
* Group Counseling
* Family Counseling
MEMBERSHIPS: American Counseling Association (ACA), Phi Kappa Phi