Joseph Sestito, MSSA, LISW-S
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Address:
Phone:
(440) 317-0641
E-mail: sestito.joe@gmail.com
Vision:
To inspire, motivate and inform persons in social work, psychology, nursing and other helping professions through excellence as a workshop presenter, trainer, therapist, author, and adjunct professor.
Education:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Master of Science in Social Administration (MSSA), June, 1992
Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, June, 1988
Experience:
LaJose Consultations Inc.
August 2009-Present
Professional Workshop Presenter, Trainer, Author, and Adjunct Professor
· Present seminars, workshops and symposia to mental health professionals, nurses, and other allied health professionals to help
inspire and motivate them, while helping them fulfill CEU requirements.
· Present one-day and two-day workshops for writers and authors to show them how to produce written manuscripts and bring
these to publication or how to achieve new heights of excellence as an established author.
· Coach writers individually to help them find the optimal publisher or literary agent for their work and/or better publicize
already existing publications.
· Write books and articles for the general public and professionals.
· Teach courses to graduate and undergraduate students
Applewood Centers, Inc., Cleveland, OH
July 1999-August 2009
Program Manager, Partial Hospitalization Program
· Guided the agency successfully through eight consecutive mental health board audits
· Developed the “Seven-Step Formula” for effective and efficient PHP note completion used for all notes written for PHP
· Instituted process of having group content statements printed on PHP notes
· Implemented the practice of providing staff with daily curriculum for each of the sixteen PHP groups functioning per day
· Developed PHP curriculum to be used to make groups clinically intensive, interesting, and developmentally appropriate for
the children and young adolescents
· Provided intensive training during a two-year period to all Master’s level clinical staff on the use of Cognitive Behavior
Therapy with children in an emotionally intelligent way
· Worked with 40 Master’s level interns from Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve University, John Carroll
University, and Miami University of Ohio
· Overseeing and providing training to all PHP staff responsible for group facilitation, documentation, and behavior management
· Reading all notes written in PHP on a daily basis to ensure and improve quality
· Doing “clinical rounds” to all PHP groups at least twice daily to observe their level of functioning, providing instruction and
guidance, and engaging in problem solving with staff
· Instructing staff and directly intervening in immediate volatile situations with children for the purpose of de-escalation
· Providing direct service within the groups as needed and to model and teach these skills
· Aspiring to fully implement the EQUIP model to best serve children and adolescents with severe behavioral problems
Individual and Family Counseling Services, Chagrin Falls, OH
September 1997-December 1999
Mental Health Clinician
· Worked with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families to resolve emotional, relationship, and personality difficulties
using the multi-model and family therapy approaches
· Did marketing to build, sustain, and grow the practice
Firelands Counseling and Recovery Services, Sandusky, OH
December 1996-August 1997
Partial Hospitalization Therapist and Interim Coordinator
· Provided direct service to adult clients within this intensive treatment program and supervised other clinical staff providing service
· Provided documentation for the daily services and trained and monitored documentation
Firelands Counseling and Recovery Services, Sandusky, OH
May 1995- December 1996
Emergency Mental Health Therapist
· Pre-screened all emergency mental health clients presenting for service during daytime hours
· Worked with clients on an intensive outpatient basis and maintained ongoing individual therapy caseload
Hill House Rehabilitation and Research, Inc., Cleveland, OH
September 1991-October 1993
Mental Health Professional
· Led a “work-ordered unit” of severely mentally disabled adults using the Clubhouse Model of psychosocial rehabilitation, in
which members were empowered through learning skills of daily living by performing tasks crucial to the day-to-day maintenance
of the Clubhouse
Professional Presentations, Publications & Media Appearances:
Brief Therapy, Lasting Solutions, Orlando, FL
December 2010
“The Miracles of Mindfulness, CBT and Aerobic Exercise for ADD and Depression”
30th Cape Cod Institute, Cape Cod, MA
August 1-6, 2010
“Brief Ericksonian and CBT Solutions for Children and Adolescents”
Write for Your Lives: Inspire Your Creative Writing with Buddhist Wisdom One-Day Workshop, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
November 2009
Write for Your Lives: Inspire Your Creative Writing with Buddhist Wisdom One-Day Workshop, Cleveland, OH
September, 2009
Sestito, J. (2009). Write for your Lives: Inspire your creative writing with Buddhist Wisdom. London, England: Watkins Publishing.
Brief Therapy, Lasting Solutions, San Diego, CA
December, 2008
“Brief Ericksonian and CBT Solutions for Children, Adolescents and the Troubled Child in You”
10th International Congress on Ericksonian Approaches to Psychotherapy, Phoenix, AZ
December, 2007
“Clinician, Heal Thyself: Utilizing Ericksonian Techniques and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Rapidly Heal Yourself and Your Clinician-Clients”
Brief Therapy, Lasting Impressions, Anaheim, CA
December, 2006
“Brief Therapy for Resolving Writer’s Block and Other Creative Dilemmas”