MICHAEL S. HETTIG
MA, LMFT
St. Peter
Summary
Master of Arts in counseling psychology and 25 years’ experience working with adults, adolescents and families in director, supervisory, therapeutic and support positions. Marriage and Family Therapy licensure. Experience supervising and overseeing forensic mental health treatment teams, sex offender specific treatment teams and community mental health. Experience providing clinical and administrative supervision to clinicians and psychologists. Experience providing direct client contact in a high security forensic environment. English and Spanish fluency. Staff development and training experience. Demonstrated ability to gather data, compile information, prepare reports, manage clinical staff and client caseloads. Experience writing reports for court and legal proceedings and testifying in review board and Supreme Court of Appeals hearings. Ability to develop, plan, and implement short- and long-range goals and develop and maintain treatment plans.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Clinical Director
Forensic Mental Health Program
10.2023 - Current
- Provide clinical direction, including service delivery planning, implementation and evaluation assuring that best practice standards are utilized, and that staff perform services competently. Develop clinical components of program procedure assuring a balanced approach to therapeutic services and risk management. Clinically oversees admission, transfer and discharge processes and define related parameters. Assure that programming and overall operations meet patient clinical needs and are in line with best practice standards. Chair or oversee various program multi-disciplinary program workgroups and represent the program in designed facility-wide processes. Collaborate with other program leadership in the management of fiscal, human and technical resources for the program.
Owner - Therapist
InnerSight Counseling
08.2011 - Current
- Private practice home-based psychotherapy offering services to adults, adolescents, children and families. Experience includes both direct client contact and clinical supervision of treatment staff, current focus is family and individual therapy. Emphasis on parental alienation; parent/child conflict; aggressive, destructive or oppositional behaviors; and abuse and neglect. Participate in educational programs and workshops to enhance professional development and maintain currency of methodology and techniques.
Clinical Supervisor
Minnesota Sex Offender Program
03.2014 - 10.2023
- Provide clinical and administrative supervision to treatment staff and maintain integrity of clinical programming in a forensic environment. Manage and oversee sex offender specific treatment program for approximately 60 clients on two living units, ensuring they function in compliance with professional standards and maintain a safe, secure, therapeutic and humane environment for clients and staff. Oversee clinical work of six therapists. Formulate, establish and assure implementation of directives, instructions and internal operating practices and policies so that all areas of responsibility effectively carry out the goals and objectives of the program. Prepare for and respond to any unusual or emergency situations so that safety, accountability, welfare and security of the facility, general public, on-site personnel, and clients is provided.
Senior Clinician
Minnesota Sex Offender Program
10.2007 - 02.2014
- Managed individual caseload and facilitated process therapy groups and individual therapy. Created treatment plans for caseload of 8-10 clients. Assessed patient progress and modified treatment direction accordingly; communicated with and counseled family members as appropriate. Documented therapy in accordance with policies and procedures regarding medical records; implemented and adhered to policies which ensured patient confidentiality.
Technical Trainer Youth Development Program
Peace Corps
05.2007 - 08.2007
- Facilitated 11 week training cycle for 17 new volunteers in the following technical practices: session planning, design and monitoring; developing community counterparts; asset based youth development approaches; youth group sustainability; adolescent development; field based training; entrepreneurship skills; healthy lifestyle development; community organization and service, and family systems.
Youth Development Volunteer Coordinator
Peace Corps
05.2005 - 05.2007
- Researched, coordinated and supplied technical information in support of 35 volunteers in the field. Served as point of contact between volunteers and headquarters staff, supporting over 40 volunteers.
Volunteer, At-Risk Youth Program
Peace Corps
03.2004 - 05.2006
- Conducted assessment with 75 families to identify system strengths and weaknesses; designed and implemented family skills component of at-risk youth program with local NGO serving 75 families; proposed and helped implement an alternative discipline system based on encouragement for Peruvian youth; designed and facilitated over 200 hours of psycho-educational group sessions for at-risk youth; developed and administered over 700 hours of recreational programming for at-risk youth.
Family Counselor
Woodland Centers
02.2002 - 02.2004
- Provided therapeutic counseling services and conflict resolution to meet the developmental, preventive and remedial needs of local at-risk youth and families.
Mental Health Worker
Woodland Centers
03.2001 - 02.2002
- Facilitated over a 1,000 hours of psycho-educational group sessions to young adults with SPMI (Serious and Persistent Mental Illness).
Specialist IV
Minnesota National Guard
08.1990 - 08.1996
- Crew member on an 18 inch Howitzer self-propelled cannon; nominated to participate in Norwegian-Minnesota soldier exchange program; received an honorable discharge from the Minnesota National Guard.
Education
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
Adler Graduate School
Minneapolis, MN01.2003
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Concentration: Law, Criminology, and Deviance
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN01.2000
Skills
Direct patient care
Treatment service implementation
Quality improvement
Patient relationship management
Staff development
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Performance improvement
Budget oversight
Clinical quality improvement
Clinical leadership
Certification
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
Timeline
Clinical Director
Forensic Mental Health Program
10.2023 - Current
Clinical Supervisor
Minnesota Sex Offender Program
03.2014 - 10.2023
Owner - Therapist
InnerSight Counseling
08.2011 - Current
Senior Clinician
Minnesota Sex Offender Program
10.2007 - 02.2014
Technical Trainer Youth Development Program
Peace Corps
05.2007 - 08.2007
Youth Development Volunteer Coordinator
Peace Corps
05.2005 - 05.2007
Volunteer, At-Risk Youth Program
Peace Corps
03.2004 - 05.2006
Family Counselor
Woodland Centers
02.2002 - 02.2004
Mental Health Worker
Woodland Centers
03.2001 - 02.2002
Specialist IV
Minnesota National Guard
08.1990 - 08.1996
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Concentration: Law, Criminology, and Deviance
University of Minnesota
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
Adler Graduate School
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