Iliana Chavez Email & Phone Number

- Assist psychiatrist under his direction and supervision, in the management of patient’s care in various settings by participating in records review, joint interviewing, obtaining third party history and writing psychiatric consultations and follow-ups. - Serve Spanish speaking, English speaking and culturally diverse adults in various settings including hospitals, emergency room departments and skilled nursing home facilities. - Conduct Mental status examinations to culturally diverse adult and geriatric populations with moderate- severe mental illness, under supervision of psychiatrist. - Under the direction and supervision of psychiatrist, assign psychiatric and psychological assessments tools to adult and geriatric mental health patients.- Work in collaboration with nursing staff, social workers, psychologist, psychiatrist, and primary care physicians to develop and implement quality mental health care services for patients. - Under supervision, provide counseling and emotional support for patients.

Silverlake, Los Angeles

- Provide psychotherapeutic services to adult Spanish and English speaking individuals, couples and families under the supervision of a licensed MFT.- Present case conceptualization of clients to supervisor in order to develop a treatment plan adapted to the needs of each client. - Participate in monthly trainings covering various topics aimed to better equip therapists to handle issues such as the needs of clients with specific mental health conditions, societal events affecting the community along with the implementation of techniques from various evidence-based treatment models like cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy, strength-based therapy, motivational interviewing and crisis intervention.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Demonstrate acute flexibility by covering ABA and Floor Time therapy sessions with clients between the ages of 3-19 in school, home, or clinic settings while still tending to the care of assigned caseload. - - Lead the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) parent training groups and adolescent groups. - Serves as Spanish speaking therapist for one-on-one parent training and group parent training. - Key collaborator in the specialization of our Modified PEERS program, which we designed to better equip teens and their parents with appropriate social skills, while working within a group of teenagers made up of lower functionality levels.- Provide Developmental, Individual-differences, & Relationship-based model therapy (DIR), tailoring interventions to the unique challenges and strengths of each child to promote a healthy development.- Writes detailed and timely Progress Reports to satisfy county and state government social service requirements, to ensure that our clients’ services carry on without interruption. - Constantly assess client progress and responsiveness to therapy, while crafting new goals for them and their caretakers to achieve with the support of various ABA and Floor Time therapy interventions.

Master Of Science - Ms, Marriage And Family Therapy/Counseling

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology