Professional History

Education

Master of Science, Marriage and Family Therapy, Magna Cum Laude, Department of Family and Health Psychology, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA.

~        Thesis – Narrative Family-Group Therapy for Bipolar Disorder.

~        Ph.D. research – I completed three years of doctoral study in Developmental & Clinical Psychology. Focus of research: The function of infant/child vagal tone in the development of emotion regulation and social-competence.

Master of Arts, Theology, Magna Cum Laude, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA (Seattle Extension).

Bachelor of Science & Advanced Certificate of Interdisciplinary Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

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Clinical Experience

Private Practice – I left Group Health in November 2002 and opened a private practice in downtown Seattle in January of 2003.

Staff Psychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor – Group Health Cooperative, Central Behavioral Health Clinic, Seattle.

~        Served on the Family-Child Team and the Acute Care Team.

Psychiatric Assessment Team – Fairfax Hospital, Kirkland, WA. Emergency psychiatric assessments in hospital emergency rooms with patients in acute distress.

Graduate Extern – SPU’s Family Therapy Clinic. Reflecting Team Therapy with families, couples, and individuals.

Intern – Group Health’s Central Behavioral Clinic. Individual, couple’s, family, and multiple family-group therapy in a full-service mental health clinic.

Intern – Family Therapy Clinic, SPU. Therapy and co-therapy with individuals, couple’s, and families.

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Teaching, Supervisory, & Research Experience

Adjunct Faculty – Antioch University Seattle, Graduate School of Psychology – Child, Couples, and Family Therapy Program, Seattle. I taught two classes at Antioch:

~        Human Development in Family Systems

~        Systems Perspectives in Family Therapy

Clinical Supervisor – I supervised Master’s interns from several universities while at Group Health’s Central Behavioral Health Clinic in Seattle.

 Classes & Groups – I taught / led the following at Group Health:

~        Bipolar Disorder & Your Relationships – An 8-week class for patients and their significant others.

~        Bipolar Disorder & Your Relationships – A biweekly support group for patients and family members.

~        Bipolar Disorder: Psychosocial Support and Therapeutic Outcome – A class for clinicians and interns.

~        Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Major Depression – An 8-week group for individuals.

~        Couples Communication – An 8-week class for couples in conflict.

~        Graduate Research Assistant – Family Therapy Clinic, SPU. Coordinating and conducting research about Narrative Therapy for individuals, couples, and families

Professional Trainings

~        A Scientifically-Based Marital Therapy, The Gottman Institute, Seattle, WA, John M. Gottman, Ph.D.

~        Challenges of Working with Difficult Clients, Department of Family & Health Psychology, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, Gerald Corey, Ed.D.

~        Collaboration Between Primary Care & Mental Health: Serving the Needs of the Patient, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, Collaborative Family Healthcare Coalition, New York, NY.

~        De-Escalation, Seclusion, and Restraint Certification, Crisis Prevention Institute, Bloomfield, WI.

~        Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Level II, Seattle, Robin Shapiro, L.I.C.S.W.

~        Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, Level I, EMDR Institute, Pacific Grove, CA, Barbara Parrett, R.N., M.S.

~        From Systems to Stories: A Dialogical Approach, Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Bellingham, WA, Lynn Hoffman, L.I.C.S.W.

~        Lives Richly Described, Department of Family & Health Psychology, Marriage and Family Program, SPU, Michael White.

~        Making It Work: Successfully Balancing Family and Career, Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Bellingham, Tina Schermer-Sellers, M.S., MFT, L.M.F.T.

~        The Moral Crucible of Psychotherapy, Oregon Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, Portland, OR, William J. Doherty, Ph.D.

~        Prepare / Enrich Couples Therapy, Department of Family & Health Psychology, Marriage and Family Program, SPU, Michael Rogers, L.M.F.T.

Professional Affiliations – Research, Clinical, & Social Policy

~        American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, Washington, D.C.

·        Washington Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, Bellingham, WA, Board Member & Seattle Representative – 2005-2006.

~        American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., Divisional memberships: Developmental Psychology and Family Psychology.

~        Attention Deficit Disorder Resources (ADD Resources), Tacoma, WA.

~        Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation, California.

~        Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, New York, NY.

~        The Dana Foundation, New York, NY.

~        Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance, St. Luke’s Rush Medical Center, Chicago, IL (formerly the National Depression and Manic-Depression Association / NDMDA).

~        The EMDR International Association, Austin, TX.

~        National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Arlington, VA.

~        Seattle Counselors Association, Seattle, WA.

~        The Society for Research in Child Development, University of Michigan, MI.

 Research & Writing

~        “Developmental Pathways to Prepubertal Onset of Bipolar Disorder”

~        “John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory”

~        “The Language of Being: A Review and Synthesis of Heidegger and May”

~        “Perceptuocognition and Neurobehavioral Organization: Possible Antecedents of Social-Information Processing”

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