Lucia Yepez

I'm a bilingual clinician working in child welfare.

Brightpoint (Formerly Children’s Home & Aid)
Bilingual Child Welfare Therapist, unlicensed
• Assesses the behavioral health by completing a thorough assessment of strengths and circumstances and providing a clinical diagnosis based on DSM-5 criteria of individuals involved in child welfare service programs
• Provides trauma-informed individual therapy to children, teens, and adults participating in family reunification services using Child-Parent Psychotherapy, and Psychodynamic theory to meet clients' ongoing needs
• Collaborates with other community support individuals, service providers, case workers, and attorneys in clients' child welfare cases

Juvenile Protective Association (JPA), Chicago, IL

MSW School-Based Clinical Intern 

• Counseled a caseload of eight clients for individual weekly sessions of psychodynamic play therapy sessions
• Co-facilitated three therapy groups for 8 weeks focused on social-emotional learning and relationship-building • Preformed IM+CANS assessments, quarterly teacher rating forms, and weekly case management

Masters in Social Work from Erikson Institute