1. Tammy Harban
515-210-6502
Tam.harban@gmail.com
Professional Profile:
A hardworking, passionate and dedicated counseling professional with 15 plus years’
experience with emphasis on clinical therapy, crisis counseling; inpatient and out-patient
therapy; school counseling; de-escalation intervention and supervision.
I am an enthusiastic, organized, ethical and innovative individual who adapt quickly, works
well independently or within a team environment. I am looking to move out of the Iowa area,
work from home or relocate entirely. I am open for new environments, new experiences and
new locations.
Licensing, Degree, Education
License: 072799
Masters Degree: Community Mental Health
Professional Service License: 982108
Certification: K-12 Guidance
Drake University
School of Arts and Science
Des Moines, Ia.
Bachelor Degree: Psychology
Associate Degree: Criminal Justice
Upper Iowa University
Des Moines, IA.
Other: University of Phoenix
Masters of Education
28 Credits
Professional Experience:
8/2014 -current Unity Point Hospital
Senior Therapist
EAP/SAP
• Empathetic mental health therapist.
• Actively conduct presentations to Unity Point staff as well as schools, community on mental health education.
• Diversified therapist with experience in wide variety of mental illness and provide
individual and couple counseling.
• Community connections with local school districts as a liaison to do School Based Mental Health Brief therapy.
• Trained in; Trauma Informed Care, CBT, Aggression Replacement Training, Solution
Focused Brief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing to name a few.
• Will be starting EMDR in September 2016.
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2. • Manage multiple Student Assistance Programs through schools by building
ongoing cases, relationships, collaborations with stakeholders. This is done with great
amount of time management, collaboration and social networking to make sure needs are met in all areas.
• Immediate provider for collaboration and offering free therapy for students and
family for these entire areas; Des Moines School District, Indianola School
District, Norwalk School District, South East Polk School District and Johnston
School Districts.
2/2014 – 8/2014 Woodward Community
Therapist/Manager
• Therapist for adjudicated teens in Supervised Independent Living Housing.
• Therapist whom specialized in juvenile sex offenders, sexually abused children, substance abusers, juveniles
with a criminal history.
• Managed 24 BHIS workers, their caseload, wrote initial treatment plans and trained them on how to implement
those plans to their clients.
• Multitask incoming paperwork for quality control, input into the database and
manage the entire case.
• Process case with Magellan and other insurance companies to implement BHIS services for the counselors.
• Implemented Wrap-Around services for youth exiting system.
1/ 2013 –4/ 2013 Gerard Academy
Clinical Supervisor
• Clinical supervisor and manager of 16 bed adolescent unit.
• Oversee projects, treatment, critical incidents off all my unit adolescent girls.
• Detailed case notes, treatment plans, group notes, milieu, supervision documentation,
scheduling, training, CCU’s etc.
• Provide direct care as a therapist as well as supervise therapist and provide supervision
for their caseload. Group and individual supervision. Run group consultation with other
clinical supervisors.
5/2011 –1/ 2013 Mosaic Family Counseling Therapist
• Serve as an empathetic, compassionate therapist in an out-patient setting.
• Competent in the DSM – IV, write case plans, progress notes, treatment plans and
applies in a therapeutic setting.
1/ 2011 – 9/2013 Mobile Crisis Crisis
Counselor
• Responder for the Polk and Dallas County Emergency personnel for all suicidal, homicidal, mentally ill, unstable,
behavioral, substance abuse and provided immediate counseling interventions.
• Immediate responder in intense situations; provided counseling in the most intense situations, triaged other First
Responders and friends and family members to be helpful in those difficult situations.
• Evaluated suicidal situations; help on the scene of suicided patients, provided
support and help to First Responders, and help to family members of the
suicided.
• Assessed situations to know if an individual needed to go to jail, treatment,
mental health services or needed counseling or long term help.
• Restructured my day every day; there would be no way to predict how the session/moment would go.
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3. 9/2008-12/2010 Saydel School District
Guidance Counselor
• Served as 4th
-8th
grade Guidance Counselor.
• Quantified Psycho-educator for the student and staff population.
• Provided interventions and advocacy at the systemic level.
• Collected student data to effect systemic change within the school system to
empower change.
• Addressed personal and academic needs of all students.
• Developed curriculum and helped school implement into the Iowa Core, then
make sure it was meeting the State standards.
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