Training Consultant and Writer, Mental Health and Social Services
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Training and Consultation Specialist at Violence Institute of NJ, UMDNJ
- Mental Health Clinician at Private Practice (Self-employed)
- Training Consultant on Suicide and Mental Health Issues in Adolescence (Self-employed)
- Blogger at Self Employed (Self-employed)
- Lead Mechanic at Prosolar Mechanics
- Past
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- Coordinator, Traumatic Loss Coalition at Middlesex County Traumatic Loss Coalition
- Mental Health Clinician at University Behavioral HealthCare, UMDNJ
- Education
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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Amy Jacob’s Summary
I am a dedicated mental health professional with special expertise in the area of adolescent mental health and suicide prevention. I have extensive experience in both providing clinical services to adolescents and their families and in providing dynamic training experiences for school and community groups on suicide prevention and other topics related to adolescent mental health. I also have special expertise in the areas of child and adolescent trauma, traumatic grief and juvenile justice.
Amy Jacob’s Specialties:
Adolescent mental health, working with resistant kids, trauma, traumatic grief, juvenile justice
Amy Jacob’s Experience
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Training and Consultation Specialist
Violence Institute of NJ, UMDNJ
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
July 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Provide training and consultation to NJ Juvenile Detention Centers on creating and maintaining safe and respectful environments.
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Mental Health Clinician
Private Practice (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Mental Health Care industry)
September 2003 — Present (5 years 2 months)
Please visit amysjacob.com for details of my private practice work.
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Training Consultant on Suicide and Mental Health Issues in Adolescence
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Mental Health Care industry)
July 2001 — Present (7 years 4 months)
I provide training and consultation to schools, community groups and other organizations on the topics of suicide prevention and adolescent mental health and behavior issues. Please see http://amysjacob.com for details on the training packages I have available.
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Blogger
Self Employed (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
January 1997 — Present (11 years 10 months)
Created and have maintained blogs for several projects, including music, gaming, mental health and juvenile justice.
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Lead Mechanic
Prosolar Mechanics
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
March 1996 — Present (12 years 8 months)
A creative collaborative involving music and prose. Wrote and performed music with collaborators. Maintain a creative prose project.
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Coordinator, Traumatic Loss Coalition
Middlesex County Traumatic Loss Coalition
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Mental Health Care industry)
July 2001 — July 2006 (5 years 1 month)
Provided leadership to the Middlesex County Traumatic Loss Coalition, a group of interdisciplinary professionals in Middlesex County NJ. The TLC provided resource, referral and consultation to schools and other child-serving community groups in the wake of traumatic loss incidents. In this position I helped to create the first county-wide crisis response team for schools. I also assisted in the development of the county's proposal to the US Department of Education for a Emergency Response and Crisis Management grant, which was funded in the fall of 2006.
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Mental Health Clinician
University Behavioral HealthCare, UMDNJ
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Mental Health Care industry)
March 1999 — September 2004 (5 years 7 months)
Worked as a mental health clinician in multiple units for UBHC. First hired as an in-patient clinician for the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services unit. Then transferred to the Child Crisis Intervention Unit (Screening) and the Regional Response Unit, where I provided services to adolescents in the county juvenile detention center and youth shelter.
Amy Jacob’s Education
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
MSW, Social Work, 1996 — 1998
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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Amy Jacob’s Interests:
Communication with the Living, Music for Mechanics, blogging, virtual realities of many varieties, fiction, graphic novels, loud heavy music
Amy Jacob’s Contact Settings
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