Shawniel Chamanlal, LCSW

I am the founder of Healing Springs Wellness Center established in 2018. Healing Springs Wellness Center provides counseling, nutrition, and holistic wellness services in Connecticut and New York. We have built a community of Culturally Diverse Wellness Practitioners and Therapists who are compassionate and innovative in their approach to client care. We provide trauma-informed and culturally competent care to assist clients in mentally feeling their best while optimizing their emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness. Our philosophy towards emotional healing is based on a holistic approach. We integrate mind, body, and spiritual techniques, which help clients resolve old thought patterns, beliefs, and traumatic memories by bringing awareness to their needs and offering practical steps for attaining personal transformation.

As a speaker, I provide engaging and thought provoking content that inspires individuals to transform on a deeper level and create lasting change. Offering practical steps to achieve emotional wellness, improve mindset, and cultivate meaningful personal and professional relationships. My Signature Talks: Cultivating Happiness and Success in Your Professional Life. How to Heal and Thrive in Your Personal Relationships. A Holistic Approach to Emotional Wellness. Fostering Emotional Wellness in the BIPOC Community Coping with Racial Trauma in the BIPOC Community

I work with female leaders with a focus on women of color, empowering them to achieve personal and professional success. Together we work to elevate your life and relationships by strengthening confidence and emotional wellness. I offer private and group coaching services to transform your mindset from negative and restrictive thought patterns into growth-orientated thoughts and actions. Not only will you cultivate success in your professional life, but you will also heal from unresolved patterns to align with your life purpose and create the life you desire in love and business.

I provided EMDR therapy to adults who were experiencing anxiety, depression, and trauma. My primary focus was working with women to heal their relationship issues, which involved childhood trauma, sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and breakups. My holistic approach to counseling provided clients with the necessary tools to heal, build their confidence, and experience deeper, more meaningful relationships.

As the Clinical Manager, I assisted BE Collaborative in developing policies, procedures, and clinical operational protocols, which lead them to become the first State Licensed Eating Disorder IOP in Rhode Island. Additional roles included providing clinical guidance, training, and supervision to the clinical staff as well as counseling to patients to improve their emotional and physical well-being.

I worked within an integrative care team of medical and behavioral health professionals to treat patients with mental health and substance abuse problems. My services included: assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health and substance disorders. I also conducted court evaluations and urinalysis collection to ensure compliance to court-ordered treatment.

During my time at Miriam, I worked in the Emergency Department, Cancer Unit, and Cardiac Unit. I collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, and medical support staff to provide comprehensive patient centered care. I completed biopsychosocial assessments and treated a wide range of psycho-social issues. I worked closely with patients and their families to provide resources to help them deal with new medical diagnoses, adjustment to illness, and grief. I also coordinated with the case management team to ensure a successful hospital discharge.

I worked on the Adult Psychiatric In-Patient Unit as a case manager and clinical Social Worker. Leveraging my clinical social work skills, I assisted patients and their families to address mental and physical illness. I also engaged patients in individual and group mental health, substance abuse, and harm reduction counseling. As a case manager, I conducted initial and concurrent clinical reviews with insurance providers to ensure appropriate length of stay for inpatient level of care. Upon discharge, I provided outpatient referrals and care coordination to ensure continuity of care.

I provide intensive home and community-based treatment to juvenile offenders ages 10-18 and their families using the MST evidence based treatment model. My role included completing MST assessments, treatment plans, and clinical interventions to address the client's problem behaviors. I also engaged with key stakeholders, which include family, school, court, and community agencies to support and maintain adolescent’s behavioral changes.

During my internship, I provided intensive in home individual and family therapy to substance abusing adolescents between the ages of 11 and 18 and their families by utilizing the Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) model.

I collaborated with a licensed therapist to provide home-based therapy. My role included providing case management and crisis intervention services to a diverse population of children and their families. I participated in a multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers to formulate treatment plans and clinical interventions to address the client’s psychosocial needs.

I completed field visits to investigate allegation of abuse and neglect. Assessed the risk of child safety and possibility of future abuse and neglect. Entered and maintain accurate and timely computerized records of all case information.