EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
  Virginia
  District of Columbia
• Certified Prepare/Enrich Counselor
• Northcentral University, Prescott Valley, AZ
  Doctorate Coursework in Marriage and Family Therapy
  Play Therapy and Family Therapy with Children
  Families in Crisis
  Family Therapy and Psychopathology
• Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
  Master of Arts Degree, May 2006
  Major: Marriage and Family Therapy
• Fordham University, Bronx, NY
  Bachelor of Science, May 2003
  Dual Major: Communications and Media Studies, Psychology

Professional Experience

Erin Morey, LMFT, Owner, McLean, Virginia 3/2008 – Present
Marriage and Family Therapist

• Practices individual, family, couple, and group therapy privately.
• Specializes in premarital assessment and counseling, premarital planning, marital adjustment, relationship dissatisfaction, divorce, depression, substance abuse, anxiety, parent-child conflicts/concerns, childhood behavioral problems, adolescent adjustment, and adolescent at-risk behaviors.
• Co-facilitates couples classes focusing on marriage enrichment based on PREP and premarital education, assessment, and enhancement based on PREPARE/ENRICH.
• Participates as a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Creates, implements, and maintains business materials such as progress notes, treatment plants, assessment forms, and privacy practices.
• Designs and updates professional website and online profiles to grow practice and provide quality education and service to clients (www.erinmorey.com).
• Invests time in reading and becoming knowledgeable about new trends and research in the field of counseling and marriage and family therapy.

Prince William County Community Services Board, Manassas, Virginia 9/2007 – 5/2009
Mental Health/Family Therapist

• Provided family systems therapy to individuals, couples, families, and groups presenting with concerns such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, eating disorders, school problems, behavioral disorders, and learning disabilities.
• Conducted group, individual, and family therapy at area public high schools for students with substance abuse, mental health issues, behavioral concerns, and those affected by the substance abuse of a family member.
• Worked closely with colleagues from schools, probation, social services, Juvenile Detention Center, and other public/private agencies to meet the needs of youth and their families.
• Promoted lifestyle changes that facilitated healthy family functioning, addressed mental health issues, supported abstinence, and expanded productive communication patterns.
• Used Motivational Interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, structural therapy, strategic therapy, solution-focused therapy, and assessment tools such as SASSI and CAFAS.

Youth Villages, Washington, DC 7/2006 – 9/2007
Family Counselor

• Provided therapy to individuals, adolescents, families, and couples using systemic models of treatment.
• Used empirically based Multisystemic Therapy (MST) model to provide intensive home based therapy with small caseloads of four to six families.
• Developed and implemented interventions which focus on the family, child, school, community, and peer groups.
• Work to creatively combine structural and strategic models of treatment with the MST brining change through the family, school, community, and peer groups.
• Wrote progress notes and contact notes daily to adequately monitor treatment.
  Created and implemented weekly treatment plans, as well as monthly progress reports and discharge plans.
• Communicated with parents and community service providers involved with clients about treatment goals and progress.

TRAINING

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Practice and Techniques, October, 2008, Woodbridge, VA.
• ID and MH: The other co-occurring disability, October, 2008, Woodbridge, VA.
  Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, September, 2008, Online, http://tfcbt.musc.edu/.
• Prepare/Enrich Inventories: Certified Prepare/Enrich Counselor, May 2008, Life Innovations, Washington, DC.
• Administration & Scoring and Clinical Interpretation of The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI), January, 2008, Manassas, VA.
• Responsivity: What it is and why it matters. Advanced training on creating and implementing interventions for at-risk youth, November, 2006, Youth Villages 10th Annual Employee Conference, Memphis, TN.
• You don’t have to hit me to get your point across: Alternative strategies to physical discipline, November, 2006, Youth Villages 10th Annual Employee Conference, Memphis, TN.
• Multisystemic Therapy Approaches: Treatment Planning, Creating and Implementing Safety Plans, August, 2006, Arlington, VA.