PROFESSIONAL LICENSE / CERTIFICATION

Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), License #MJ19153 : 1984
MFT Hypnosis Certification : 1989
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) : 2002



PSYCHOTHERAPY, TEACHING AND CONSULTATION

PRIVATE PRACTICE Albany, CA
Psychotherapist / Consultant / Trainer : 1/1984 to present

• Individual psychotherapy: in-depth, short-term and crisis counseling for
adolescents and adults.
• Group psychotherapy and counseling for relationship, divorce, domestic
violence, and life transition issues.
• Couples psychotherapy, premarital, and infertility counseling.
• Hypnotherapy for issues including habit change, mindful eating, anxiety,
and self-exploration.
• Training for therapists, agencies, centers and universities on domestic
violence, hypnotherapy, communication skills and intimacy in relationships.
• Consultation services for psychotherapists and interns.


ST. MARY’S COLLEGE Moraga, CA
Lecturer and Instructor : 6/1995 to 1/2006 and 1/2012 to 2/2018

• Teaching graduate seminars on hypnosis and imagery in counseling and
psychotherapy, and on family violence.
• Teaching continuing education courses on healing emotionally and
verbally abusive relationships, and self-hypnosis.


THE CENTER FOR NONABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS Albany, CA
Co-Founder / Co-Director : 1/1993 to 1/2013

• Treatment of problems of physical, verbal and emotional abuse, including
abused spouses, batterers, survivors of child abuse, and victims of violent
crimes.
• Providing a team approach to individual, couples and group therapy.
• Consultation services, including seminars for psychotherapists and social
service agencies, educational presentations for classrooms and community
groups, and case conferences for professionals working with domestic violence
clients.


THE WOMEN’S REFUGE, INC. Berkeley, CA
Domestic Violence Consultant : 7/1986 to 6/1992

• Conducting support and therapy groups for battered and abused women.
• Consultation, workshops and presentations on domestic violence issues.


CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY San Francisco, CA
Lecturer : 8/1979 to 1/1991

• Teaching graduate and undergraduate students in the theory and practice
of counseling psychology.
• Supervising clinical field placements.
• Training students in teaching skills.


THE WOMEN’S REFUGE Berkeley, CA
Senior Trainer : 7/1982 to 7/1986

• Designing and conducting trainings for staff and volunteers in counseling skills, advocacy processes and relevant psychological topics.
• Directing case conferences.
• Supervising counseling interns.

Senior Counselor : 7/1980 to 7/1982

• Individual counseling and psychotherapy, including long- and short-term
therapy, crisis intervention, and advocacy work.
• Conducting support and therapy groups for women in crisis.


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley, CA
Counselor Trainer, School of Education : 3/1978 to 12/1981

• Teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in the theory and practice of
counseling psychology.
• Supervising counseling fieldwork of graduate students.
• Instructing and supervising teaching assistants in the Department of Counseling.


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley, CA
Counselor, Internship, Counseling Center : 9/1979 to 9/1980

• Counseling students with personal, career and academic problems,
including short- and long-term therapy.
• Co-counseling couples.
• Group counseling for eating disorders, assertiveness, public speaking, and
procrastination issues.
• Assigning and interpreting a variety of personality tests and career inventories.


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Davis, CA
Counselor, Internship, Counseling Center : 9/1978 to 9/1979

• Counseling students with personal, career and academic problems,
including short- and long-term therapy.
• Co-counseling couples.
• Group counseling for relationship issues and eating disorders.


PEDIATRIC TREATMENT CENTER Santa Cruz, CA
Counselor-in-Training : 9/1975 to 9/1976

• Interviewing delinquent teenage girls.
• Assisting with family therapy sessions.
• Co-counseling groups of teenage boys and girls.


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Santa Cruz, CA
Reader, Department of Philosophy : 9/1975 to 3/1976

• Evaluating student papers for three philosophy classes:
Introductory Philosophy, Ethics, and Aristotle.



RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley, CA
Doctoral Dissertation : 1988

• The Battered Woman: The Relationship of Psychological Fusion and Differentiation to the Cessation of Violent Relations


CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY San Francisco, CA
Research and Training Assistant, Counseling Department : 8/1979 to 4/1980

• Teaching, research design, data processing and analysis for research on
the effectiveness of teaching approaches in counseling.


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley, CA
Research Assistant, Institute of Human Development : 9/1978 to 2/1980

• Clinical interviewing, data processing and analysis for research on moral
development.


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley, CA
Research Assistant, School of Education : 9/1977 to 7/1978

• Administering psychological, developmental and achievement tests to
hyperactive and normal children in grades K-12.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley, CA
Research Assistant, Department of Philosophy : 3/1976 to 6/1976

• Developing and researching topics, and recruiting panel members for
radio series Moral Problems of Our Times.



SELECTED CONSULTATIONS, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS

Domestic Violence, guest speaker, KPFA radio program, Berkeley, CA: 10/2018

Sharecare, Family violence and relationship abuse content partner on Sharecare web site (by Jeff Arnold and Dr. Mehmet Oz in partnership with Harpo Studios), 10/2011 to 10/2012

The Psychology of the Abused Woman, workshop, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, East Bay Chapter, Berkeley, CA : 6/2004.

Assessing Domestic Abuse, presentation, The Center for Transpersonal and Holistic Counseling, John F. Kennedy University, Oakland, CA : 6/1998.

Working with Abusive Couples, presentation, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, East Bay Chapter, Oakland, CA : 2/1998.

Getting Your Feet Wet: A Five Week Series in Self-Hypnosis, seminar, The Milton H. Erickson Institute of the Bay Area, Berkeley, CA : 10/1997 and 3/1999.

Healing the Heart: Self-Hypnosis for Sexual Pleasure and Relaxation, workshop, The Milton H. Erickson Institute of the Bay Area, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands : 4/1997.

Imagery and Self-Hypnosis for Personal Growth and Healing, continuing education course, Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, CA : 8/1996.

Self-Hypnosis: Creative Problem Solving, seminar, The Milton H. Erickson Institute of the Bay Area, Berkeley, CA : 9/1995.

Help Yourself to Self-Hypnosis, workshop, The Tenth Annual Conference of the East Bay Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT): Nurturing the Hand that Feeds, Pleasant Hill, CA : 9/1995.

The Psychology of Battered Women, graduate lecture, John F. Kennedy University, Moraga, CA : 5/1995.

Anger, Abuse and Domestic Violence: A Team Approach, workshop, The Ninth Annual Conference of the East Bay Chapter of the CAMFT: Love, Sex and Intimacy, Pleasant Hill, CA : 9/1994.

Developing Intimacy, seminar, The Skyros Center, Skyros, Greece, 5/93.
Training Group Leaders, staff workshop, Temenos Associates, San Francisco : 11/1991.

Training Group Leaders, staff workshop, Temenos Associates, San Francisco : 11/1991

Sociological and Psychological Dimensions of Wife Battering, guest speaker, Berkeley Soroptimist Club, Berkeley, CA : 1/1988.

Group Psychotherapy, consultation, The Family Violence Law Center, Berkeley, CA : 12/1987.

Domestic Violence, staff training, The United Communities for Human Rights, Oakland, CA : 7/1986.

Sex Roles, Sexism and Violence, workshop, The Psychological Services Center Conference: Love without Violence: A Community Response to Counseling Men Who Batter Women, Berkeley, CA : 11/1984.

Violence in Relationships, guest speaker, KQED radio program, San Francisco, CA : 8/1984.

Counseling Skills, workshop, The UC Berkeley Contraception and Women’s Health Program, Berkeley, CA, 8/1983 and 8/1984.

Counseling and Domestic Violence, workshop, Merritt Hospital Pastoral Counseling Service, Berkeley, CA : 1/1983.

Self-Esteem in Abused Women, guest speaker, KPFA radio program, Berkeley, CA : 10/1983.



PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Founding Board Member, The Milton H. Erickson Institute of the Bay Area, Berkeley, CA : 2/1994 to present

Member, The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, San Diego, CA : 9/1991 to present

Member, The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists,
East Bay Chapter, Oakland, CA : 9/1991 to present

Co-founder, The Center for Non-Abusive Relationships, Berkeley/Oakland, CA : 1993 to 2013


HONORS

Special Recognition for Excellence in Human Growth and Development
Services, The Women’s Refuge Incorporated, 1990

Member, Honors Student Society of University of California, Berkeley

Member, Phi Delta Kappa, National Education Honor Society, University
of California, Berkeley



EDUCATION

Ph.D. Education, specialization in Counseling Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA : 1988

M.A. Education, specialization in Counseling Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA : 1980

B.A. Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA : 1975