My fancy title is "Clinical Coordinator of Behavioral Therapy Services", which basically means that I'm a therapist who supervises other therapists in a psychiatric center at a local hospital. Well, that and whatever other jobs my boss has me do. Currently that means I also "unofficially" supervise all of the nursing staff and techs as well. I still keep my hand in direct service though and I do on-call work for a local mental health center, which has resulted in numerous visits to some of the finer jails, hospitals, and personal care homes in the area.
I originally intended to enter law enforcement and actually took the civil service exam for the U.S. Marshall service just a few weeks before being offered my first job in mental health. I liked the work and dove into it full time, but 18 years later there are still times when I ask myself..."How did I get here again?"
