Prior to receiving degrees in social work, Norma L. Welitoff has had
training, education and work experience in the medical and art/design professions (Middlesex County College and Parson's School of Design respectively). EDUCATION MSW May 1995
Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, Ma.
MAJOR: CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK PRACTICEBSW May 1993
Rhode Island College, Providence, R.I.
MAJOR: GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Honors:
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Alpha Delta Mu National Honorary
Social Work Society, Dean's List PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Private Practice, North Kingstown, R.I.
CLINICIAN, November 2003 - Present
- Manage and perform both clinical and administrative aspects of Private Practice
Private Practice, Middletown, R.I.
CLINICIAN, February2003 - 2006 Kent County Mental Health Center, Warwick, R.I.
CLINICIAN, March 2001 - May 2004
- Provide individual, group, couple, and family psychotherapy / counseling for children, adolescents, and adults.
- Perform diagnostic assessments
- Diagnose and develop client treatment plans
Child & Family Services of Newport County, Middletown, R.I.
CLINICIAN, April 2000 - February 2003
- Provide individual, group, couple and family psychotherapy/ counseling for children, adolescents and adults.
- Perform diagnostic assessments.
- Diagnose and develop client treatment plans.
- Collaborate with community agencies, schools, courts and colleagues.
- Serve as a member on the Documentation Committee
- Serve on the Utilization Review Board
- Implement time management and organizational skills in coordinating caseload.
Sakonnet Psychological Services, Tiverton, Rhode Island
PRIVATE PRACTICE, 1999 - 2006 Center for Health and Human Services, Fall River, Ma.
CLINICIAN, June 1996 - October 2000
- Supervisor for MSW agency clinicians
- Chairperson for the multi-disciplinary treatment committee and utilization review board
- Perform diagnostic assessments.
- Provide individual, group, couples and family psychotherapy/ counseling for children, adolescents and adults.
- Diagnose and develop client treatment plans.
- Collaborate with community agencies, schools and colleagues.
- Perform Forensic Sexual Abuse Evaluations.
- Provide clinic based and outreach services
Community Care Services, Fall River, Ma.
CLINICIAN, September 1999 - October 2000 St. Joseph Specialty Care Hospital, Providence, R.I.
PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER, 1995
- Temporary inpatient position in adult psychiatric hospital.
- Performed clinical assessments, evaluations and psychotherapy.
- Case managed and coordinated resources / services.
- Performed clinical and case management responsibilities in newly developing Partial Hospital for older adult population.
Butler Hospital, Providence, R.I.
MENTAL HEALTH WORKER 1994-1995
- Functioned independently and on a multi-disciplinary team.
- Case managed for diverse client population with variety of mental illnesses.
- Co- led women's group and group psychotherapy.
Butler Hospital, Providence, R.I.
PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER (INTERN), 1994
- Worked independently and on multi- disciplinary team in adult / adolescent psychiatric hospital.
- Performed responsibilities of psychosocial assessments, evaluations, treatment plans, after care plans, individual, family and group psychotherapy, supportive counseling, crisis
intervention and case management in a variety of hospital settings.
- Applied organizational and time management sills with the ability to work simultaneously between inpatient, partial and outpatient settings.
Newport Hospital, Newport, R.I.
MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER (INTERN), 1992 - 1993
- Case managed and coordinated discharge planning with patients, families, community agencies and resources with an emphasis on nursing home placements and home health care,
while providing supportive and grief counseling.
- Performed psychosocial assessments and evaluations
Child and Family Services of Newport County, Newport, R.I.
PARENT AIDE FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER, 1993
- Implemented social service plan through home visits to families open to direct services with DCYF.
Newport County Women's Resource Center, Newport, R.I.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM'S ADVOCATE, 1991 - 1993
- Performed supportive counseling, court advocacy and shelter visits.
- Answered hotline calls for victims of domestic violence.
- Assisted the staff in facilitating training classes for advocated and support groups for women who experienced physical and / or psychological abuse.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Riverview Hospital,
Redbank, New Jersey
HOSPICE, 1982 - 1983
RELEVANT CONFERENCES AND TRAINING
- 2005 to Present - Relevant Continuing Therapeutic Education
- 2004 - Counseling Couples: What Works, What Doesn't Work
- 2004 - Counseling Victims of Sexual Trauma: The Three Stages of Healing
- 2003 - Therapy with Family and Friends of Gamblers
- 2002 - Ethical and Liability Issues in the Substance Abuse Field
- 2002 - Clinical Implications in Treating Clients Experiencing Grief and Loss
- 2001 - Effective Strategies for Co- Occurring Addictive and Mental Disorders
- 1999 - Clinical and Administrative Supervision
- 1998 - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing / EDMR Level I
- 1998 - Making Effective Mental Status Exams and Suicide Assessments
- 1998 - Neuropsychiatric Disorders that Affect Children and Adolescents
- 1997 - Silent Survivors: Children Who Witness the Violence
- 1997 - Advanced Techniques of Solution Focused Brief Treatment
- 1996 - National Conference on Loss and Transition
- 1996 - Dealing with Hostility and Anger in Groups
- 1995 - Working in the Public Schools, Issues for Social Workers
- 1994 - Marsha Linehan Seminar on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for the Treatment of the Chronically Suicidal Borderline Patient
- 1993 - Integrating Clinical and Legal Aspects of Child Sexual Abuse Evaluation: Multi-disciplinary Intervention
- 1993 - National Conference on Sexual Abuse
- 1993 - State of Rhode Island - Lobby Workshop
- 1992 - Clinical Practice Skills for Substance Abuse
- 1992 - It Happens to Boys, Too - Treatment of Sexually Abused Males
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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