Deborah Deutsch-Rios, MFT
Napa,CA
Summary
Highly trained and skilled clinician with 35 years of experience in the behavioral health care arena. Experienced in building highly effective clinical teams and creating and implementing effective processes and procedures.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Adult Mental Health Therapist
Kaiser Permanente
08.2019 - Current
- Provide assessment, individual, couples and family therapist to Kaiser members in the Walnut Creek service area.
- Determine diagnosis, treatment plan and provision of services and resources. Collaborate with treatment team to include physicians, therapists, and other services and departments within the Kaiser system and to services with whom Kaiser contract
MHN Government, Consultant and Private Practice
CARF And MHN Government Services
06.2014 - Current
Provided behavioral health care services to military service individual and their families in Japan, Germany, the UK, and Alaska. Eight 3 month- 1 year assignments. Last assignment 2018.
- Private practice- Main large caseload of adolescent adult clients for assessment, individual, couples and family therapy. Current.
- Provide behavioral health care surveys for accreditation through CARF. Last survey 2019.
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
Washington Assessment And Therapy Services
09.1997 - 06.2014
- Co-founder of WATS, a private practice of over 200 multilingual/multicultural clinicians in five offices throughout the DC Metro area.
- Provided clinical and administrative oversight.
- Developed new service lines such as PHP, IOP and other outpatient programs.
- Oversight of budgeting and licensure with various State and accreditation bodies.
Education
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
Bowie State University
Bowie, MD06.1988
Skills
- Patient and family advocacy
- Patient consultation
- Strong clinical judgment
- Trauma recovery
- Problem Resolution
- Clinical Supervision
- Trained in CBT/DBT, Trauma Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing, Solution Focused Therapy and Behavior Analysis
- Project Management
- Business management and leadership training
Certification
- LMFT- CA
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
Hobbies And Interests
- Have traveled to 50 US States and 67 counties- a combination of business and leisure.
- Was standup comedian in previous life.
- Speak Spanish. Knowledge of several languages, French, Italian, German and Hebrew.
- Love animals. Fur mom to Freud, Frida, Fancy and Flower as well as our chickens, Florence and Fauci.
Timeline
Adult Mental Health Therapist
Kaiser Permanente
08.2019 - Current
MHN Government, Consultant and Private Practice
CARF And MHN Government Services
06.2014 - Current
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
Washington Assessment And Therapy Services
09.1997 - 06.2014
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
Bowie State University
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