Therapist

• Jan 2023 - Present

Senior Adjunct Professor

• 2018 - Present

Prepare coursework for and teach: Child Therapy’s, Family Therapy, Counseling Skills, Psychological Testing, & Diagnostic Interviewing coursework for California Lutheran University’s Masters in Counseling Psychology Program, with a Marriage and Family Therapy Focus

AAMFT Approved Clinical Supervisor

• Aug 2011 - Aug 2019

Provide weekly clinical supervision and for student trainees in California Lutheran University’s Community Counseling Center

Lecturer

• Jan 2015 - 2017

Prepare coursework for and teach: Child Therapy’s, Family Therapy, Counseling Skills, Psychological Testing, & Diagnostic Interviewing coursework for California Lutheran University’s Masters in Counseling Psychology Program, with a Marriage and Family Therapy FocusProvide weekly clinical supervision and lead case conference for student trainees in California Lutheran University’s Community Counseling and Parent Child Study Center Family Therapy FocusProvide weekly clinical supervision and lead case conference for student trainees in California Lutheran University’s Community Counseling and Parent Child Study Center Show less

Adjunct Professor

• Jul 2011 - Dec 2014

Prepare coursework for and teach: Child Therapy’s, Family Therapy, Counseling Skills, Psychological Testing, & Diagnostic Interviewing coursework for California Lutheran University’s Masters in Counseling Psychology Program, with a Marriage and Family Therapy Focus

Licensed Marriage And Family Therapist

• Jan 2020 - Mar 2022

Clinic Services Supervisor

• Feb 2012 - Oct 2014

Managed and supervised day to day operations of FSA’s outpatient clinic training program across three clinic sites throughout Santa Barbara County; including the recruiting and hiring of staff, provision of clinical supervision, and program development Managed and supervised day to day operations of FSA’s outpatient clinic training program across three clinic sites throughout Santa Barbara County; including the recruiting and hiring of staff, provision of clinical supervision, and program development

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

• Nov 2011 - May 2014

Provide individual, family, and couples therapy with focus on: relationship issues and concerns from childhood through adulthood, depression, anxiety, childhood and adolescent social/ emotional/ behavioral issues, and social and emotional barriers in children and adults with Aspergers Syndrome Treatment orientation and approaches include systems theory, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic theory, mindfulness-based interventions, interpersonal approaches, and play and art interventions with children an teens Show less

Child & Adolescent Program Supervisor

• Sep 2008 - May 2011

Clinically supervised and managed staff across four different Child and Adolescent programs at 2 agency locations including school based, center based, intensive home based, and early intervention programs. Responsibilities included collaborating with program director to directly recruit/ interview/ hire new staff, tracking and managing program outcomes, providing individual/ family/ couples therapy to clients of all ages with a wide variety of presenting problems, providing suicide prevention/ intervention trainings to community agencies and colleagues, and teaching Helping Healthy Families Succeed After Divorce class to all parents obtaining divorce through Warren County Courts Show less

Targeted Assessment Specialist

• Sep 2007 - Sep 2008

Served as an Assessment Specialist and a Human Subjects Researcher by: conducting holistic assessments and writing assessment findings reports and recommendations for treatment of clients engaged in welfare and child protective services, providing pre-treatment and ongoing intensive case management services to clients, collecting data to assist with University research project within school of Social Work, and providing trainings/consultation to community agencies and other professionals on topics of mental health, interpersonal partner violence, and addictions issues in order to promote community awareness and advocate for client resources Show less