Hillarie Akinwale
Transform A Nation
Baltimore
1
Certification
8
years of professional experience
Highly skilled clinician with extensive experience in providing patient care and mental health services. Known for strong team collaboration, adaptability, and achieving impactful results. Expertise includes diagnostic assessments, treatment planning, and evidence-based therapies. Reliable, flexible, and focused on improving patient outcomes and supporting team success.
Work History
Senior Clinician
1 Year 8 Months- Led multidisciplinary teams in developing patient-centered care plans to improve treatment outcomes.
- Implemented evidence-based protocols that increased efficiency in patient assessment processes.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to integrate innovative therapeutic techniques into treatment strategies.
- Mentored junior clinicians, enhancing their clinical skills and promoting best practices in patient care.
- Coordinated project assignments, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and intern capabilities.
- Monitored intern performance, providing constructive feedback to foster continuous improvement.
- Developed and implemented educational workshops to facilitate professional growth among interns.
- Evaluated internship program effectiveness, recommending improvements based on participant feedback.
- Established communication channels between interns and management for effective collaboration.
- Mentored interns by sharing personal experiences and industry knowledge, supporting their career growth aspirations.
- Facilitated individual and group counseling sessions to support student emotional well-being.
- Collaborated with educators and parents to create personalized intervention plans for at-risk students.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive guidance programs addressing academic, social, and career planning needs.
- Led workshops on topics such as conflict resolution, stress management, and college readiness initiatives.
- Conducted assessments to identify student needs and recommended appropriate resources or referrals.
- Regularly met with enrolled students to confirm success and identify problem areas.
- Empowered parents/guardians' involvement in their children's education via organizing educational workshops and providing resources on academic, career, and personal/social development.
Lead Psychotherapist
7 Years 6 Months- Serves as a therapist for a mixed caseload of persistently mentally ill patients
- Provided individual, group, and family therapy.
- Under the supervision of a psychiatrist, assists in the monitoring of the prescribed use of psychotropic medication
- Developed comprehensive treatment plans for patient care
- Secured necessary authorizations for patient services
- Educated patients and families on appropriate use of Center’s services and available community resources
- Informed community residents, groups, and organizations about services and programs at the Center
- Provided case management services to patients.
- Demonstrated strong written and oral communication skills in leadership roles.
- Plans and organizes time and tasks, ability to maintain composure under stress.
Claims Specialist
4 Years- Resolves discrepancies and adjust records relating to earnings and issues of initial and continuing entitlement.
- Resolves discrepancies and adjusts records relating to earnings and issues of initial and continuing entitlement.
- Identifies application systems-related problems, evaluates delays and/or recommends or takes corrective action.
- Determines most expeditious methods to complete cases/documentation.
- Identified cases needing additional development and expedited sensitive/priority requests to completion, adhering to established guidelines.
Benefit and Earnings Technician
1 Year 5 Months- Evaluates evidence pertaining to issues of credited earnings and benefit eligibility.
- Resolves discrepancies and adjusts records relating to earnings and issues of initial and continuing entitlement.
- Identifies cases requiring additional development; expedites sensitive/priority requests and processes to completion using established guidelines.
- Determined efficient methods to complete cases and documentation, improving processing timelines for benefit eligibility.
- Identified cases needing additional development and expedited sensitive/priority requests to completion following established guidelines, facilitating timely benefit access.
Education
Post masters Certificate - Childhood and Adolescent Disorders
Post Masters Certificate - Trauma
Master's - Professional Counseling
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Skills
Clinical assessment
Evidence-based therapy
Cognitive behavioral techniques
Patient assessment
Quality improvement
Crisis management
Healthcare management
Clinical leadership
Cultural sensitivity
Certification
Kinship Care and Consent Training- Vanessa Zehnder, March 2026
· Brief Intervention for School Clinicians (BRISC), August 2025
· Suicide Risk and Safety Plan Training, Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention
-Bounce Back for Classrooms, School Based Intervention,August 2025
-Classroom Checkup for Teachers,August 2024
-Chicago Parent Program,June 2026
Timeline
Senior Clinician
University of Maryland School of Medicine
11.2024 - CurrentRead More
Claims Specialist
Social Security Administration
01.2020 - 01.2024Read More
Lead Psychotherapist
Transform A Nation
01.2019 - CurrentRead More
Benefit and Earnings Technician
Social Security Administration
08.2018 - 01.2020Read More
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Arts from Psychology
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Grand Canyon University
Master's from Professional Counseling
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Grand Canyon University
Post Masters Certificate from Trauma
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Grand Canyon University
Post masters Certificate from Childhood and Adolescent Disorders
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Additional Information
- SKILLS
- Microsoft Office (10+ years), CRM (1 year)