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Lily Sturek

Lily Sturek

Lincoln,NE

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Mental Health Specialist

Lincoln Regional Center
06.2024 - Current
  • Work directly with females who suffer from persistent psychiatric disorders on four different units
  • Understand each patient's treatment plan to guide patient interactions. Follow changes by attending daily change of shift report
  • Supervise high-risk patients and implement special status procedures such as safety observation, assault precaution, suicide alert, and fall precaution
  • Conduct 10-minute safety checks and contraband searches
  • Document patient behaviors and treatment activities
  • Depending on the safety concerns, patients can be assigned one or two staff members who conduct constant observation
  • Working with patients requires de-escalation skills and knowledge of coping mechanisms

Undergraduate Research Assistant

The Violence Intervention for Survivors of Trauma and Abuse (VISTA) Lab
09.2023 - Current
  • Run participants through the control condition over zoom
  • This condition addresses a participant's stressors and coping behaviors
  • A progressive muscle relaxation exercise is introduced and practiced
  • Another session, in an in-person lab setting, involves guiding participants through a virtual reality house party
  • Participants are presented with different social situations in the study
  • Other responsibilities include keeping detailed logs of participants appointments, contact attempts, and protocol deviations
  • Providing careful review and feedback of participant protocols, forms, and questionnaires

Behavioral Health Technician

Touchstone
10.2023 - 04.2024
  • Work actively and cooperatively with treatment team
  • Assist individuals to navigate other social/human service systems as needed
  • Strive to maintain a healthy, safe, clean, and trauma informed environment for individuals
  • Work to reinforce recovery model of therapy
  • Document individual related information, provide medications, and transportation
  • Lead educational groups for individuals regarding recovery and emotional regulation.

Intern

Voices of Hope
01.2022 - 08.2022
  • Provided crisis intervention and advocacy for victims of sexual and/or domestic violence
  • Crisis intervention included safety planning, emotional processing, and support
  • Assisted with finding temporary housing, financial resources, filling out protection orders, and providing basic needs
  • Crisis intervention was utilized on 24/7 crisis line, in-house phone calls, and walk-ins
  • Participated in staff and case meetings to communicate with other co-workers about clients and staff-related concerns

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology - Clinical Sciences And Human Services

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
05.2024

Activities & Honors

  • Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology, 2022
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dean’s List, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023
  • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team, 2021
  • Nebraska Scholar Athlete Honor Roll, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
  • Member of University of Nebraska Soccer Team, 2020-2021

Timeline

Mental Health Specialist

Lincoln Regional Center
06.2024 - Current

Behavioral Health Technician

Touchstone
10.2023 - 04.2024

Undergraduate Research Assistant

The Violence Intervention for Survivors of Trauma and Abuse (VISTA) Lab
09.2023 - Current

Intern

Voices of Hope
01.2022 - 08.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology - Clinical Sciences And Human Services

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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