Wellbeing Coach

Self-Employed – 05/2021 to Present

• Guide clients through lifestyle assessments to identify obstacles.

• Analyse emotional and behavioural patterns that are reinforcing limitations and problem solve solutions.

• Teach evidence-based skills to bolster problem solving in the following domains – emotion regulation, career fulfilment, resilience to stress, interpersonal effectiveness and self-actualisation.

DBT Practitioner

Inspired Westminster Personality Disorder Service – 02/2021 to Present

• Delivery of individual and group therapeutic support and facilitation of DBT skills development groups to individuals with personality-related emotional and interpersonal challenges.

• Provision of comprehensive support planning andrisk assessment.

• Referrals screening and assessment.

• Liaison with external agencies to deliverintegrated care for complex cases.

Mental Health Specialist

One Housing Group – 03/2020 to 02/2021

• Deliver person-centred one-to-one specialist psychological support for individuals living in 24-hour support accommodation diagnosed with a psychotic disorder.

• Produce comprehensive CBT case formulations, support plans and risk assessments.

• Facilitate reflective case management and mental health training to in-house support team.

• Liaise with external agencies to facilitate positive support outcomes.

Mental Health Advocate

Mount Sinai SAVI Program – 10/2018 to 07/2019

• Psychological support for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence in A&E Departments throughout New York City

• Provided survivors with immediate crisis intervention, advocacy, psychoeducation and live translation from English to Spanish.

• Served as a liaison between survivors, law enforcement, and medical staff.

Forensic Clinical Case Manager

EAC Network – 10/2018 to 05/2019

• Intensive case management for clients with forensic backgrounds and mental healthdiagnoses (personality disorders, psychosis &substance misuse).

• Delivered weekly one-to-one sessions aimed at skills building.

• Coordinated with external agencies to manage clients’ supportive housing, abidance to parole conditions and medication compliance.

• Conducted intake interviews, risk assessment evaluations and partnered with social workersand law enforcement to devise treatment plans.

Research Assistant for Dr. Margaret Kovera’s L.A.W. Lab

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, USA

2018 - 2019

• Blind researcher conducting the experimental procedure for one study.

• Coded data for a doctoral students’ dissertation.

• Participated in monthly lab meetings and presented literature reviews for unexplored research ideas.

Research Assistant for Dr. Saul Kassin’s False Confession Lab

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, USA

2017 – 2019

• Head of participant recruitment for a citywide study.

• Responsible for IRB application and compliance for one study.

• Conduct extended literature reviews for unexplored research ideas.

• Created materials for experimental procedure and translated them to Spanish.

Research Assistant for FBI Investigative Psychology Unit

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, USA

2017 to 2019

• Review 961 FBI files and digitalise perpetrators’ confessions.

• Manually code data from written confessions.

• Run linguistic analyses on AntConc.

• Attend weekly meetings with Dr. Saul Kassin and Dr. Tammy Gales to present findings.

DBT Running Skills Development Groups – 10/2021

THE ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

DBT Essentials – 04/2021

THE ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

Mental Health First Aid Training – 11/2018

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID USA, New York, USA

Advanced Threat Assessment and Management – 06/04/2018

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY, New Orleans, LA

Instructor: Kostas A. Katsavdakis, Ph.D., ABPP

Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Principle Based Model – 05/04/2018

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY, New Orleans, LA

Instructor: Kirk Heilbrun, Ph.D., ABPP

The Law of Competency in Criminal Cases – 04/04/2018

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY, New Orleans, LA

Instructor: Christopher Slobogin, J.D.

Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Skills Training – 23 & 24/03/2018

JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, New York, USA

Instructor: Michele Galietta, Ph.D

Master of Science in Psychology Conversion

University of West London, London UK

2019 – 2020

• Graduated with Distinction

Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, USA

2017 – 2019

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude

• Awarded Merit Scholarship in 2019

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama and Theatre Studies

New York University, New York City, USA

2013 – 2016

• Graduated Cum Laude

• Minor in Psychology