MA in Psychology, Marriage, Family Child Counseling;
Chapman University-San Diego Campus, Cum Laude
BA in Behavioral Sciences; National University-San
Diego Campus, Magna Cum Laude
Certified Bioenergetic Therapist (CBT), San Diego
Institute for Bioenergetic/International Institute for
Bioenergetic Analysis
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Private Practice Therapist – (MFC 37920) Fully trained Bioenergetic Therapist
(CBT), providing psychotherapy services to individuals, families, couples,
children and adolescents. Specialized
training in substance abuse and addictive disorders, dissociative disorders,
trauma, bereavement and pet loss.
Family Therapist
– In English and Spanish, conducting
individual and family therapy sessions, as well as group therapy with substance
abusers, homeless populations and probationers. Teaching psychoeducational
groups on domestic violence, parenting skills, stress reduction and coping
tools to eliminate substance abuse. Offering pregnant and parenting adolescents
psychotherapy sessions in parenting skills, child development and family
therapy. Working with monolingual
Hispanic families and their obese children to address and offer change in areas
of behavioral health, nutrition and lifestyle choices.
St.
Clare’s Homes—Contract Psychotherapist for Individual & Group Psychotherapy
Interfaith
Community Services--CASAWORKS for Families; Childhood Obesity Advisory
Committee for
Health (COACH) Pilot Program; Genesis Program; Annex
Counseling Center
Mental Health Systems—Teen Recovery Center, San Marcos
San
Diego Youth & Community Services (SDYCS)—Teen Options Program, Mid-City
Communities
San Diego County Juvenile Probation Department; Juvenile
Hall
Vietnam
Veterans of San Diego
Family
Assistance Program
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
San Diego Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis
(SDIBA)
International
Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis (IIBA)
American
Association of Marriage, Family Therapists (AAMFT)
California
Association of Marriage, Family Therapists (CAMFT)
San
Diego North County Chapter, CAMFT
Mental Health Association, San Diego
San Diego Coalition for the Prevention of Child
Abuse
ADDITONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Peace
Corps Volunteer—Colombia, S. America
Child
Development Specialist, Preschool Teacher, Escondido Parks & Recreation
School
Attendance Review Board (SARB)—Escondido Union School District
San
Diego County Pet Bereavement Program
Training
Faculty Member of San Diego Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis
PRESENTATIONS
Process
Leader, Southern California Bioenergetic Conferences, 1994-2003; Bringing
the Body into the Therapy Room, Presentation for San Diego North County
CAMFT; Presenter, Fear of Life,
Introduction to Bioenergetics, Love, Sex & Your Heart, SDIBA
TRAININGS/CONTINUING
EDUCATION
Master’s Class, bimonthly & ongoing peer
supervision, 3 CEU’s, SDIBA; Trauma
Workshop with Bessel van der Kolk, MD, F.A.C.E.S., San Diego;
Psychopharmacology for Marriage Family Therapists; Relational/Experiential
Focus in Couples Therapy; Developmental vs. Shock Trauma: Treatment
Implications; Practical Treatment Approaches to Borderline Personality
Disorder; Comprehensive Clinical Treatment for Teenage Addicts; Adoption and
Attachment, all 1.5 CEU’s each, San Diego-North County CAMFT; Mar 2003,
Critical Incident Stress Management: Basic, 14 CEU’s; Jun 2002, Women &
Trauma, Building Gender-Sensitive Services, 1.75 CEU’s, California Institute
for Mental Health; Apr 2002, Ritualistic Abuse: An introductory course, 4 CEU’s, American Association of Pastoral
Counselors-Pacific Region; Oct 2001, The Power of Choice, 9 CEU’s, Caroline
Myss, PhD; Sep 1998, Exploring the Interface between Somatic Psychotherapy
& Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 18 CEU’s, The Listening Perspectives Study
Center, Irvine, CA; Dec 1996, Addictive Families, a framework for healing from
loss & shame, 2.5 CEU’s, Scripps/Mercy Behavioral Healthcare; Mar 1996, WOMEN AND ANGER, Art Therapy Center of
North County; Jun 1994, RENAISSANCE of
the SACRED FEMININE, 4-day experiential/didactic; California Institute of Integrated
Studies, San Francisco, 1992, Fear of Life, Alexander Lowen, MD, IIBA
Founder, New York.