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Royce Jones
- Title:
- Mental Health Therapist
- Email:
- Phone:
- (517) 455-9597
Began at Louisville:Â September of 2022
Summary of Current Role:
Provides direct clinical behavioral health and/or substance use assessment and intervention services to student athletes.Â
Establishes and maintains professional and therapeutic rapport with athletes, program personnel, and community.
Screens and assesses athletes for skills needed to develop a person-centered care plan.
Provides evidence-based therapeutic interventions for individuals and groups as appropriate.
Provides education, consultation, and outreach services to coaches, staff and mental performance team regarding the psychological well-being of individual student-athletes and team members.
Career History:
Louisville Athletics :: Mental Health Therapist (Sept 2022- Present)
Lansing School District (Sexton High School) :: Volunteer/Academic Intervention Specialist (2018 - 2022)
Community Mental Health of Clinton, Eaton and Ingham County :: Temp/Intern Veteran Resource Navigator (2019)
Department of Veterans Affairs :: Contract Specialist (2016 - 2019)
Career Highlights:
U.S. Navy Veteran with 14 years of active duty service
Certifications/Awards:
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) Skills Cert (September 2020)
CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) Coaching Practitioner (June 2021)
Certified DISC Behavioral Theory and values Theory, Innermetrix, Inc (April, 2019)
Education:
Capella University :: Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (April, 2021)
University of Phoenix :: Master of Business Administration (April, 2015)
University of Phoenix :: Bachelor of Science in Business Management ( August, 2013)
Personal:
A native of Lansing, Michigan.
Summary of Current Role:
Provides direct clinical behavioral health and/or substance use assessment and intervention services to student athletes.Â
Establishes and maintains professional and therapeutic rapport with athletes, program personnel, and community.
Screens and assesses athletes for skills needed to develop a person-centered care plan.
Provides evidence-based therapeutic interventions for individuals and groups as appropriate.
Provides education, consultation, and outreach services to coaches, staff and mental performance team regarding the psychological well-being of individual student-athletes and team members.
Career History:
Louisville Athletics :: Mental Health Therapist (Sept 2022- Present)
Lansing School District (Sexton High School) :: Volunteer/Academic Intervention Specialist (2018 - 2022)
Community Mental Health of Clinton, Eaton and Ingham County :: Temp/Intern Veteran Resource Navigator (2019)
Department of Veterans Affairs :: Contract Specialist (2016 - 2019)
Career Highlights:
U.S. Navy Veteran with 14 years of active duty service
Certifications/Awards:
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) Skills Cert (September 2020)
CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) Coaching Practitioner (June 2021)
Certified DISC Behavioral Theory and values Theory, Innermetrix, Inc (April, 2019)
Education:
Capella University :: Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (April, 2021)
University of Phoenix :: Master of Business Administration (April, 2015)
University of Phoenix :: Bachelor of Science in Business Management ( August, 2013)
Personal:
A native of Lansing, Michigan.
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