DC Hamilton, JD, LMFT
Director at Mending Hearts Family Counseling Center, Inc- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Certified PC-CARE Therapist and Trainer
University of California, Davis -
Certified PCIT International Psychotherapist
PCIT International -
Licensed Attorney
State Bar of California -
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California & Oregon
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Experience
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Mending Hearts Family Counseling Center, Inc
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United States
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Individual and Family Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director
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Apr 2018 - Present
Mending Hearts Family Counseling Center, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to creating a parenting enrichment community to support parents of children with special behavioral needs and challenges that do not respond to traditional parenting. We have a special "heart" for adoptive and foster families but all families are welcome. Currently, we offer Parent Support Workshops. We are proud to be official instructors with the cities of Rancho Cucamonga and Redlands and to offer our workshops worldwide via online web conference. Referral Services are also provided free of charge. Our expansion plans include: - Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) & PC-CARE groups - Support groups to further fortify families receiving PCIT/PC-CARE - Research and publication - A therapist training program - Community partnerships to increase recruitment and training of foster and adoptive parents Show less
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Private Practice
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Child and Family Psychotherapist
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Mar 2018 - Present
I am currently providing Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) in California Rancho Cucamonga. PCIT is treatment created for parents and their children ages 1-10 with behavioral challenges that do not respond to traditional parenting. Through PCIT parents learn specialized skills to manage tantrums, screaming, hitting, cursing, throwing objects and biting so that parents can regain a sense of calm and joy in their everyday interactions with their children. Over 30 years of research has shown that in as little as 14 sessions, PCIT can radically transform disruptive behaviors in children. Adoptive and foster families can especially benefit! Show less
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Licensed Marriage And Family Therapist
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Nov 2015 - Nov 2017
Provide psychotherapy to children and families in outpatient community mental health clinic including Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to victims of crime, art psychotherapy to parents seeking reunification with children through dependency court, and behavioral modification support for caregivers of children and teens in foster care. Provide psychotherapy to children and families in outpatient community mental health clinic including Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to victims of crime, art psychotherapy to parents seeking reunification with children through dependency court, and behavioral modification support for caregivers of children and teens in foster care.
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United States District Court, Central District California
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United States
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Administration of Justice
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100 - 200 Employee
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Law Clerk Extern to the Honorable Judge R. Gary Klausner
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Aug 2012 - Dec 2012
Analyzed pleadings and motions and researched relevant law; prepared bench memoranda with proposed rulings; conducted sua sponte review of cases removed from state to federal court. Analyzed pleadings and motions and researched relevant law; prepared bench memoranda with proposed rulings; conducted sua sponte review of cases removed from state to federal court.
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Jindal Global Law School
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India
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Global Research Fellow
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May 2012 - Aug 2012
Interviewed villagers to catalog child and other human rights abuses; drafted fact-finding reports and petitions for Indian government and UN offices; researched Indian civil rights and international human rights law; provided legal literacy trainings and substance abuse education trainings to village leaders; composed research paper on the rights of internationally adopted children. Interviewed villagers to catalog child and other human rights abuses; drafted fact-finding reports and petitions for Indian government and UN offices; researched Indian civil rights and international human rights law; provided legal literacy trainings and substance abuse education trainings to village leaders; composed research paper on the rights of internationally adopted children.
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Congressional Intern
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May 2009 - Aug 2009
Researched child welfare policy and legislation; composed memoranda to brief the Senator; drafted and presented recommendations for legislative reform at Congressional briefing. Researched child welfare policy and legislation; composed memoranda to brief the Senator; drafted and presented recommendations for legislative reform at Congressional briefing.
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Education
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Southwestern Law School
Juris Doctor, Civil & Human Rights -
Loyola Marymount University
Master of Arts - MA, Marriage and Family Therapy and Clinical Art Therapy -
1999 - 2003
Biola University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
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