— Background —

Basic Details

Place of Birth:  
Los Angeles, CA

Education:
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA): B.A. Psychology 1969
California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP): Ph.D. Clinical Psychology 1977

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, CA #PSY6396
Private Practice: 1980 - Present

Professional Organizations:
Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology: #41636
American Psychological Association: 1982 - Present
Glendale Area Mental Health Professionals Association: 2004 - Present

Hospital Staff Affiliations:
Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena CA: 1995 - Present

Specialized Postgraduate training

Licensed Hypnotherapist: 1981

Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: 1989 - 1992 (Orange County Institute for Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy)

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: 1991

Completion of Basic Training: Facilitator - Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Post Trauma Syndromes: 1995 (Basic and Advanced Training)

Collaborative Divorce Basic Training: 2005

Collaborative Divorce Team Training: Phoenix, AZ (Program Compliance - International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Standards for Trainers and Trainings)

specialized pre-professional training

Transactional Analysis: Supervisor - Denton Roberts, M.A. T.M. (All Peoples Community Center) Training included: One year of advanced seminar (T.A. 202). Two years of leading and co-leading transactional and bio-energetic techniques: 1973 - 1976

Reichian Therapy and Bio-Energetics: Facilitator - Henry Hill, D.C. Training included: Four months of group training and seminars: 1976

Presentations

“Sex and Dying” Location: St. Marks Church - Altadena, CA 2000

“Family Communication” Location: St. Marks Church - Altadena, CA 1999

“Intimacy and Fear” Location: St. Marks Church - Altadena, CA 1998

“Adolescent Conduct Disorder” Location: Pacific Clinics - Duarte, CA 1991

“Adolescent Conduct Disorder” Location: Ingleside Hospital - Rosemead, CA 1991

Developer / Coordinator

 

Clinical Debate Series for Professional Staff: (Sponsored by Ingleside Hospital 1976 - 1991)

  • Drug Use and Abuse

  • Christian Therapy

  • Treating Minorities

  • Crisis Intervention

  • Arson and Arsonists

  • Living with your Adolescent

  • Teenage Drug Use and Abuse (KIEV Radio)

  • Sexuality and Intimacy (La Canada High School)

  • Adult Sexuality (Support Connection - Pasadena, CA)

  • Transference and Countertransference Between Staff and Patients in an Inpatient Setting

  • Stress, Stressors, and Management

  • The Use of Self Hypnosis in Stress Management (Glendale City Hall - Glendale, CA)

  • Stress: Its Implications, Uses, and Remedies (Glendale Child Guidance Center)

  • The Use of Psychotropic Drugs in an Inpatient Facility (Cal State Fullerton)

  • On the Use of Bio-Energetics as an Adjunct to Therapy

  • Laterality and its Possible Implications to Inpatient Treatment