Rachael Montgomery
Vallejo
Summary
Associate mental health clinician with hands-on experience delivering services across community, residential, and school settings. Strong clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, crisis intervention, and documentation. Experienced working with high-risk and justice-involved populations, facilitating multidisciplinary collaboration, and advocating for clients within legal and clinical systems.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinician
Seneca Family Of Agencies
Fairfield
08.2025 - Current
- Implemented crisis intervention strategies when needed, ensuring immediate safety measures were in place for at-risk patients.
- Conducted individual and family therapy sessions to address mental health challenges.
- Advocated for client needs in meetings with legal professionals during custody disputes or court-mandated therapy situations.
- Conducted assessments, diagnosed clients, and developed individualized treatment plans.
- Provided community-based individual and family therapy services.
- Facilitated Child and Family Team meetings and collaborated with multidisciplinary teams.
- Delivered crisis intervention services and responded to on-call crisis calls.
- Provided services to probation-involved and court-mandated clients.
- Maintained compliant clinical documentation and advocated for clients in legal settings
Residential Counselor
Evolve Treatment Center
Walnut Creek
02.2024 - 07.2025
- Provided guidance and support to clients in need of assistance with daily living skills
- Facilitated group meetings, activities, and workshops for clients to help them develop social and interpersonal skills
- Monitored client progress, documented observations, and reported changes in behavior to supervisors
- Assisted with crisis intervention services when needed
- Collaborated with community organizations and other mental health professionals to provide comprehensive care for clients
- Developed therapeutic relationships by providing emotional support and positive reinforcement to clients
- Created a safe environment that promotes self-expression, respect, trustworthiness, responsibility, empathy, and acceptance among residents
- Provided transportation for clients as needed to appointments or other activities outside the residence
- Participated in team meetings to discuss updates on client progress as well as strategies for improvement
- Supervised medication administration according to physician instructions
- Responding to crisis situations quickly to maintain calm and immediately determine the level of assistance needed
Marriage and Family Therapy Intern
Vallejo Unified School District
Vallejo
08.2024 - 05.2025
- Enhanced client relationships by providing empathetic and supportive counseling services for individuals, couples, and families.
- Initiated proactive outreach efforts within the community to raise awareness about available mental health services for families in need.
- Connected clients with appropriate community resources to further support their mental health needs outside of therapy sessions.
- Fostered a safe therapeutic environment where clients felt comfortable discussing sensitive topics openly without fear of judgment or criticism.
- Designed and facilitated educational workshops for couples seeking to improve their relationships through skill-building exercises.
- Provided crisis intervention services when necessary to protect client safety and wellbeing.
- Maintained detailed case notes and records in compliance with ethical standards and legal requirements.
- Developed individualized treatment plans for clients to address specific emotional, behavioral, or relationship issues.
- Continuously expanded professional knowledge by attending workshops, conferences, and other training opportunities related to marriage and family therapy.
- Performed individual and group psychotherapy and conducted teletherapy sessions to help clients pinpoint emotions underlying personal and relational conflicts.
School Counseling Intern
Vallejo Unified School District
Vallejo
08.2024 - 05.2025
- Utilized data-driven decision-making processes to inform program planning throughout the Internship period.
- Provided crisis intervention services for students experiencing acute distress or trauma-related issues during their internship period.
- Evaluated student data to identify trends in academic performance, attendance, behavior, ensuring targeted interventions were implemented effectively.
- Served as a liaison between school staff, parents, and community partners to facilitate communication and maintain strong relationships.
- Developed prevention-focused programming to address common issues among students such as bullying, substance abuse, and mental health concerns.
- Promoted a positive school climate by collaborating with teachers, administrators, and parents to address student needs and resolve conflicts.
- Improved students'' academic success through targeted interventions and tailored support plans.
- Organized special events like career fairs or college visits for promoting post-secondary education opportunities among students.
- Facilitated social-emotional learning workshops for students, increasing resilience and emotional intelligence.
- Developed and conducted workshops and seminars to educate students, faculty and parents on relevant topics in field.
- Regularly met with enrolled students to confirm success and identify problem areas.
- Developed and implemented individualized behavior plans to assist students with achieving academic and behavioral goals.
- Worked with individuals to help understand and overcome personal, social or behavioral problems affecting educational or vocational situations.
- Monitored student progress to drive successful academic outcomes.
School Counselor Intern
Oakland Unified School District
Oakland
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Conducted individual and group counseling sessions for students on how to overcome personal, social, and behavioral issues
- Provided coaching and support problem solving and decision-making
- Worked with students on continuing education and helped plan for further schooling and employment
- Maintained student records and completed necessary paperwork as mandated by administration and school district
- Intervened in crisis situations to provide constructive advice and compassionate support based on solid counseling practices
- Identified larger issues at home and assisted with obtaining specialized support
- Met legal, district and school requirements with detailed student records and progress reporting
- Conferred with family members, instructors and administrative to determine individual student priorities and resource requirements
- Developed a caseload of students to provide necessary services
- Assist students to develop an Individualized Education Program to increase educational performance, goals, and placement
- Observe students' behaviors during classroom activities
- Provided crisis intervention to students
- Administered needs assessments, monitor students participation and generated statistical reports
- Enhance family communication and support team building with psychosocial tools
Research Assistant
NIH BUILD PODER
Northridge
07.2021 - 07.2023
- Completed statistical analyses of gathered data and prepared forms to present information at conferences
- Wrote reports to summarize data and implications of results
- Increased precision and accuracy of test results by refining data collection protocols
- Summarized research results with graphs, fact sheets and written reports
- Recorded methods used and generated reports from collected information
- Interviewed multiple participants and provided counseling to parents and teens
- Provided needed community resources and services to participants' families
- Provided case management assessments, monitored and managed caseloads and completed monthly reports
Education
Master of Arts - Counseling
California State University, East Bay
Hayward, CA05-2025
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA05-2023
Skills
- Behavioral interventions
- Zoom
- Microsoft Office
- Patient assessments
- Crisis intervention
- Individual therapy
- Treatment planning
- Clinical documentation
- Client advocacy
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
Timeline
Clinician
Seneca Family Of Agencies
08.2025 - Current
Marriage and Family Therapy Intern
Vallejo Unified School District
08.2024 - 05.2025
School Counseling Intern
Vallejo Unified School District
08.2024 - 05.2025
Residential Counselor
Evolve Treatment Center
02.2024 - 07.2025
School Counselor Intern
Oakland Unified School District
08.2023 - 05.2024
Research Assistant
NIH BUILD PODER
07.2021 - 07.2023
Master of Arts - Counseling
California State University, East Bay
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
California State University, Northridge