Charlyn Ortal

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About Charlyn Ortal

Hello and thank you for visiting my LinkedIn Page! One of my favorite quotes about work and career is "Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy" by Kahlil Gibran. This kind of energy and love for my community is what motivated me at a young age to join the social service and health fields. I am an experienced Orange County- based social work and public health professional with a successful track record of program development, direct care delivery, and working with diverse populations across the life span. I have utilized my trauma informed, strengths-based, process-oriented social work practice to provide a continuum of care. I have practiced narrative therapy, psychodynamic therapy, attachment therapy, motivational interviewing, and psycho-social assessment skills for many years. I have become an essential part of drug/alcohol treatment programs, child protection organizations, community mental health settings, within health care organizations and with the homeless. With a strong passion for advocacy and program development, I have helped grow program. My goal is to deliver group family and individual therapy, case-management, psychosocial education, and assessments to underserved populations in my community. Areas of Interest: adolescent mental health, family and group therapy, program development, substance use treatment, homeless populations, LGBTQ+ community, women's health and mental health, clinical case management, medical social work, transitional age youth, Asian American/ Pacific Islander community health and mental health, health communications, reproductive health, evaluation, medical social work, health promotion, health education, behavior change, translational research, social media for health campaigns, chronic disease prevention Special Skills: individual group and family therapy, case coordination, needs assessments, program planning and development, clinical documentation, behavior change, health promotion, psychosocial assessments, treatment planning, discharge planning, qualitative research, data translation, community, outreach, recruitment, social media, print and web content creation, program evaluation