Rate Shasha Jones

“Life is 90% perception and 10% truth. I strive to show individuals that perceived major problems are just actually little situations that can be mastered step by step, if we change our perception. If I can get you to clean the mirror before looking in it...then you are fulfilled and thus I am too.”

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SHASHA D JONES, MS, LPC, NCC, CPRP, CBIS is the CEO of Regal CommUNITY Consultants, LLC (RCC) and the CEO/Founder of Outside the Box Strategies, LLC (OTBS) providing HCBS Waiver Agency Program and Therapeutic/Counseling Services. Ms. Jones is a graduate of Delaware County Community College with an Associates Degree in Behavioral Science, a graduate of LaSalle University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, and a graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) with a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Clinical Health Psychology. She also is a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP), certified in Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA), and a Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS). Ms. Jones is also licensed in the state of Pennsylvania as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and National Certified Counselor (NCC).

Ms. Jones has been employed in the Customer Relations and Accounting/Finance field for over 15 years. She has held various positions in this field such as:

Customer Relations Supervisor

Negotiation Specialist

Financial Credit Manager

Accounts Receivable/Payable Representative

Corporate/Business to Business Collections Officer

She is also a Veteran of the United States Air Force, with an honorable discharge, having served over 8 years where she has specialized in Command and Control, Operations Resource Management, and Aircrew Life Support (including Survival Specialist Re-certification Trainer). Ms. Jones has also worked in the Mental Health field for over 10 years. She has held various positions in this field such as:

Residential Aid

Direct Care Worker

Case Manager

State Compliance Representative-PA 6400 Regulations (Community Homes For Individuals With An Intellectual Disability)

Government Constituent Services Representative

Recovery Guide

Drug and Alcohol Counselor

Outpatient Therapist (IOP/OP)

Mobile Therapist

Psychotherapist

Behavioral Specialist Consultant

Brain Injury Cognitive Therapist

Vocational Therapist

Ms. Jones has extensive and verified experience providing services to the following populations:

Children (3 to 11)

Adolescents (12 to 19)

Adults (20 to 65)

Geriatric (65+)

Forensic Intensive Recovery (FIR)

Veterans

Vocational

Sex offenders and victims

Addictions (substances, eating, gambling)

Individuals, Couples, Families, and Groups

Ms. Jones has specialized in working with individuals that are diagnosed with:

ADHD, ODD, CD, IDD, OCD

Bi-Polar Disorder I/II, Mood Disorders, Personality Disorders

Schizophrenia, Autism Spectrum, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD

Adjustment Disorder, Trauma (Women and Men), Bereavement

Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders, Gambling Disorders,

Dual Diagnosis (Co-occurring), Relationship Conflict, Suicide Ideation

Sexuality (Gender Dysmorphic, Identity, Heterosexual, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Pansexual, Transgender/Gender Nonconforming,

School and Academic problems, Vocational/Career issues, and Self Esteem issues

Ms. Jones uses the following types of treatment approaches sometimes in combination to fit the individual receiving therapy:

Rehabilitation, Cognitive, and or Behavioral interventions; Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Family Systems, Mindfulness Based (MBCT), Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)

Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), and Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)

Ms. Jones also uses stories, metaphors, modeling, humor, normalizing, and only when and if assessed beneficial to the client, self-disclosure strategies to enable her clients to enrich their lives to live life to the fullest.

Ms. Jones seeks to help individuals focus on their strengths instead of focusing on their perceived weaknesses and or diagnosis(es) that they may have been “labeled” with during their life. She believes that no one is their weakness. Instead, the strengths of a person are truly who they are. She seeks to help individuals increase their resilience to traumas, disabilities, and negative life situations by helping them to recover and maintain their ability to live fulfilling lives. Ms. Jones implements the teaching and use of positive coping skills to deal and cope with the everyday stresses of daily life. In addition, she has a knack of helping individuals challenge their automatic negative thoughts, feelings, and thus maladaptive behaviors. She helps to facilitate individuals in recognizing insight into the "stage of change." that individuals are in. Ms. Jones helps to facilitate the insight of the thoughts and feelings and turn into positive action plans. She appreciates who they are and what they want out of life and how to implement wants into positive changes.

Ms. Jones has extensive knowledge and experience with:

55 PA code Chapter 6400 Regulations, 55 PA Code Chapter 5100 regulations, 55 PA code Chapter 3800 Regulations, 55 PA Code Chapter 1101 Regulations , Title 49 Pa Code Chapter 41, 17, 47, 48,49

CBH/DBH/Magellan policies and procedures

The Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS), Social Work

Daily, monthly, and quarterly progress note documentation

Behavioral Support Plans (BSP), Treatment Plans, Individual Support Plans (ISP), screening, intakes and creating Bio/Psycho/Social assessments, Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA), Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), Illness Management

Medication management, case conceptualizations, outreach, consultation

Crisis Intervention and Crisis Intervention Plans (CIP), involuntary/voluntary commitments to hospitals, implementing assessments, referrals, resources for community integration at low to no cost

Assessing Level of Care (LOC) and Pennsylvania Client Placement Criteria (PCPC)

Ms. Jones is skilled at gathering, formulating and producing quantitative and qualitative data for any agencies involved with the participants care. Observation tools/charts, data, graphs, percentages, case conceptualizations, and narratives are all part of the documentation process to assess progress, regression, stagnation, and or changes needed in the individual’s goals and objectives. She has documented history of utilization of quantitative outcome measurements not only to evaluate clients, but also to evaluate her quality and effectiveness of services rendered, and of employee/staff members quality and effectiveness of services rendered with clients. She encourages and incorporates collaboration of family members, peers, and other provider services that is necessary to provide the upmost effective continuity of care for the client.