CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 

Miami Teen Counseling LLC, South Miami, FL 

miamiteencounseling.com 

Owner, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MT2915) in Private Practice July 2012 - Present 

• Individual counseling for adolescents in English and Spanish using person centered and psychodynamic approaches 

• Parenting sessions in English and Spanish using structural, person centered and psychodynamic approaches 

• Family Therapy in English and Spanish using structural and psychodynamic approaches

• Blogging on topics relevant to teenagers and parents 

• Office management, marketing and clinical documentation 

 

“El Centro” Center of Excellence for Hispanic Health Disparities Research, University of Miami, Miami, FL 

Supervisor:  Dr. Daniel Santisteban 

Practicum Outplacement May 2011 – May 2012 

• Conducted individual therapy in English and Spanish for 11-15 year old Hispanic study participants as part of the control group for a drug prevention study 

• Conducted didactic drug group therapy in English and Spanish for 14-17 year old Hispanic study participants as part of the control group for a drug treatment efficacy study. 

 

Institute for Individual and Family Counseling, University of Miami, Miami, FL 

Supervisor: Dr. Cassaundra Wimes 

Staff Therapist, University Practicum May 2011 – May 2012 

• Conducted individual and family therapy for a variety of clients in English and Spanish.  

• Attended regular “in-service” training workshops. 

 

Henderson Mental Health Center, Family Resource Team, Fort Lauderdale, FL  

Supervisor:  Lauren Zuchman LMHC 

Family Resource Coordinator, September 2005 – September 2006 

• Working with Families on wide variety of issues 

• Experience working with clients with various diagnosis 

• Coordinating services and overall plan development and implementation 

• Heavy experience with domestic violence 

 

Henderson Mental Health Center, Alternative to Residential Treatment Team, Fort Lauderdale, FL 

Supervisor:  Lauren Zuchman LCSW  

Behavior Technician/Youth Case Manager, September 2006 – December 2006 and May 2008 – June 2009 

• Using basic behavioral techniques to increase desirable behavior and decrease undesirable behavior in severely impaired adolescents 

• Coordinating services and overall plan development and implementation 

• Heavy experience with treatment teams involving counselors, psychiatrists, school professionals and families 

 

Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Camp E-Tu-Makee, Clewiston, FL  

Supervisor: Patrick Girdner MA 

Outdoor youth counselor, September 2007 – May 2008 

• Contact with juvenile offenders and foster care children 24 hours a day 5 days a week in a wilderness program environment in the Florida Everglades 

• Leading a mixed group of juvenile delinquents and foster care children with DSM diagnosis through structured daily activities including school work and group therapy. 

• Conducting problem solving sessions to confront maladaptive behavior when it occurs. 

 

 

EDUCATION 

Florida Psychoanalytic Institute, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. 

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course Certification, 2015 

 

University of Miami, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. 

M.S.Ed. in Marriage and Family Therapy, 2012 

 

Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France. 

             Institut d’Études Françaises pour Étrangers 

             (Institute of French Studies for Foreigners) 

Winter Semester, 2007  

Earned: Certificat Pratique de la Langue Française (1er degré – Niveau III)  

(Practical French Language Certificate, 1st degree – Level III) 

 

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A. 

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Psychology, 2005 

Minor in French  

 

TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS COMPLETED 

• Summer 2005: 211 Big Bend Crisis Counselor Training Course (54 hours) 

• September 29th 2005: Children’s Functional Assessment Rating Scale Certification 

• November 30th 2005: Person to Person: Service Planning for Case managers 

• December 6th 2005: Domestic Violence Training at Henderson Mental Health Center 

• May 10th 2006: Substance Abuse Training at Henderson Mental Health Center 

• September 2007: “Catatogas” Outdoor youth counselor training (19 days, 24 hours a day) 

• January 9th 2009: Children Services Counsel Introduction to CBT training (8 hours) 

• February 2009: Wraparound Facilitator Certification 

• June 2014: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 

• August 2015: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course Certification 

 

 

GRADUATE LEVEL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 

“El Centro” Center of Excellence for Hispanic Health Disparities Research, University of Miami, Miami, FL 

PI: Daniel Santisteban, PhD  

Graduate Assistantship/Study Coordinator, May 2010 – May 2012 

• The purpose of this research is to test the effectiveness of Culturally Informed Flexible Family Therapy for Adolescents (CIFFTA) compared to treatment as usual 

• Conducted screening, baseline, and follow up assessments with Hispanic adolescents and their caregivers 

• Analyzed data using SPSS for monitoring, adherence, and research purposes 

• Worked closely with Dr. Santisteban on conducting literature reviews, data collection, writing journal articles, and developing ideas for future publications 

• Second author of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation presentation on implementation science given by Dr. Santisteban at Princeton University in June, 2010 

• Coordination responsibilities for study: Culturally Informed and Flexible Family based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA): A Randomize Trail, which tests the efficacy of CIFFTA compared to traditional structural family therapy.  

 

The Miami Prenatal Cocaine Study, University of Miami, Miami, FL 

PI: Emmalee Banstra MD 

Graduate Assistantship, June 2009 – May 2010 

• The purpose of this longitudinal study is to investigate the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure in an African American cohort of approximately 400 

• Conducted psychosocial interviews with the adolescent participants 

• Guided participants through the “TRIER” social stress test 

• Administered computerized psychological measures 

• Data entry 

• Cross coded and shipped hair and urine samples 

• Quality assured caregiver psychosocial interviews 

• Occasional referral and case management work 

• Trained new staff to enter data and quality assure psychosocial interviews 

 

 

UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 

The Anxiety and Behavioral Health Clinic, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

PI: Norman Schmidt PhD 

Directed Individual Study, May 2004 – August 2005 

• Data collection  

• Administered surveys to large groups of undergraduate students 

• Data entry  

• Quality assured data using SPSS 

• Conducted literature reviews 

• Scheduled study participants for appointments   

• Hypothesis and behavioral measure development 

• Used Dreamweaver software to computerize behavioral measures 

• Calibrated and utilized eye tracking equipment 

• Assisted with several research studies conducted by PhD candidates  

 

Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

PI: Thomas Joiner PhD 

Directed Individual Study, May 2005 – August 2005 

• Data analysis using SPSS 

• Conducted literature reviews 

• Assisted doctoral candidate with research on depression 

 

Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

PI: Jon Bailey PhD 

Directed Individual Study, January 2005 – May 2005 

• Conducted data collection in school for functional analysis 

• Implemented intervention that included play rewards for sustained attention in class with elementary school students 

• Research compared stimulant medication for ADHD to placebo 

 

Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

PI: Roy Baumeister PhD 

Directed Individual Study, August 2004 – December 2004 

• Guided subjects through the participation process 

• Videotaped subjects’ reactions to social rejection from confederate and debriefed subjects 

• Conducted literature reviews 

• Assisted doctoral candidate with research on social rejection 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS 

• Guest Blogger for Your Teen Magazine.  http://yourteenmag.com/miguel-brown/ 

• Co-author and co-presenter: “A scientist-practitioner model applied to a multicultural training program for multilingual therapists in a global society” Presentation at the National Latino/a Psychological Association’s 2010 annual conference in San Antonio, Texas. 

• Co-author: “Bridging Science and Practice:  Facilitators and Barriers to This Important Work” Presentation at the 2010 Robert Wood Johnson’s New Connections Symposium at Princeton University, New Jersey.  

• Richey, J.A., Smith, J.D., Oliver, M. Brown, M. Quevedo, J., Botero, N, Chisholm, T.L. & Schmidt, N.B. (2004, Winter). Empirically Validated Therapies - "Myths" and Reality: A Reply to Koocher (2004). Florida Psychologist, 55, 24-25. 

 

 

HONORS 

• Florence Bayuk Educational Trust Scholarship 

• Dean’s List  

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 

• Member Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology 

• Associate Member American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy