1996
to 1997
Executive Director, GoalGetters, Inc.: Petaluma, CA
Established
start-up telephone coaching business, created corporate,
tax, legal and insurance structure. Developed training
and marketing materials. Recruited and trained internal
employees and external Independent Contractors.
1992
to 1994 Consultant, Family Special Services Program:
San Francisco, CA
Department of Social Services, San Francisco,
CA. Debriefed directors of program on crisis management
and taught them stress reduction.
1990
to 1992 Private Practice Intern Psychotherapist, Petaluma,
CA
Treated
individuals, couples and groups. Specialized in anxiety
disorders including OCD, Trichotillomania, Agoraphobia,
Panic and Generalized Anxiety Disorders. Extensive experience
with treatment of HIV/AIDS, chronic illness issues,
grief, chemical dependency, transition, domestic violence,
relationship abuse, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
1986
to 1991 Director of Counseling Services, Sunburst Counseling
Services &
Camp Sunburst: Petaluma, CA
Counseled individuals, couples and families
and led support groups for adults and staff at a camp
for adults and children infected with AIDS (the camp
was the first of this kind in the U.S.). Facilitated
crisis intervention and conducted staff training on
counseling and psycho social issues relating to HIV/AIDS
at camp and throughout the year.
1989
to 1990 Foster Family Coordinator &
Therapy Intern, True to Life Counseling &
Company: Sebastopol, CA
Case management and individual, couples, family and
group counseling. Worked with substance abuse and co-dependent
issues; taught parenting issues.
1988
to 1989 Therapy Intern, Sonoma County Mental Health,
Petaluma, CA Outreach: Petaluma, CA
As an intern, provided therapy for
families, children, individuals and couples. Worked
with a variety of psycho-therapeutic techniques, including
play therapy. Treated issues including bereavement,
anxiety disorders, substance abuse, codependency, and
sexual abuse, using DSM III R. Prepared and administered
psycho social interventions and treatment plans. Co-therapist
of support group for chronic mentally ill.
1987
to 1988 Counseling Intern, Roseland Elementary School:
Santa Rosa, CA Counseled kindergarten
- 6th grade students, using various play therapy techniques
and other theoretical approaches in individual, dyad,
and group sessions that dealt with issues such as incest,
molestation, abandonment, and drugs and suicide in family
situations. Treated parents and families, teaching communication
and parenting skills.
1989
Teaching Assistant, Sonoma State University: Rohnert
Park, CA
As Teaching Assistant for professor
in Psychology Department, lectured on play therapy treatment
of child abuse, and death & dying.
OTHER
RELATED EXPERIENCE
- Public
speaker on television, public forums, clubs, schools,
organizations on OCD and HIV/AIDS
-
Hospice Counselor and caregiver
-
Co-Leader in Group Process Course: Sonoma State University
- Facilitated
a support group for Alzheimer's significant others
and loved ones
SPECIALIZED
TRAINING
- Ongoing
training in all addictions including all aspects of
sexual addiction and alcohol addiction.
- EMDR
training with Francine Shapiro, Founder, Burlingame,
California
- Advanced
Training Institute, OC Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana
- HIV
training, Napa State Hospital, Napa, California
- OCD
training with Dr. Edna Foa, San Francisco, California
- Mental
Research Institute, Brief Therapy Training, Palo Alto,
California
- OCD
Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
- Mental
Research Institute, Couples Counseling Training, Reno,
Nevada
- Blended
Family Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Counseling
Difficult Couples: Vancouver, BC, Neil Jacobson, Ph.D.
- Trichotillomania
Learning Center, Santa Cruz, California
- OCD
and Trichotillomania: Pioneer Clinic, Minnesota; OCD
Foundation, Milford, Connecticut; Massachusetts General
Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Treating
the Alzheimer's patient and family through the Alzheimer's
Association of Santa Rosa, CA
EDUCATION
1986
to 1989 Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
M.A. in Marriage, Family, Child Counseling
1986
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Graduate Cum Laude: B.A. in Psychology
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
- California:
Redwood
Chapter, California Association of Marriage &
Family Therapists
Board of Directors: Membership Co-Chairperson
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