THE BIZAR THERAPY PHILOSOPHY

“I believe that all people who come to see me have both positive and negative behaviors. I work effectively with issues related to families. Among these are abuse, relationships, aging, and grief/loss. My practice includes individual and family group therapy. At times individuals need to meet with the family in a safe environment. My purpose is to assist clients to choose the best path for themselves in reaching their chosen goals. They will discover that the issues that confront them have solutions. Each person will come to realize which solution will bring them what they want.

I don't choose to follow any specific therapeutic approach. Each individual is unique; therefore, I am eclectic in my practice. Clients come to see me through private referrals and this directory. As my practice has been predominately in school-based clinics, I work well with children, adolescents, adults, and families.

I have the ability to identify the issues that clients are not able to recognize, while working with them in a safe, comfortable, and nurturing environment. With an easy-going personality, I use humor and self-exploration to challenge each person to come to an understanding about him or herself.”

......................Taking the first step toward getting help is often the most difficult

 

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

  1. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  2. RELATED EXPERIENCE
  3. EDUCATION AND RELATED TRAINING
  4. LICENSES AND CREDENTIALS
  5. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

1976 - present

 

Licensed Marriage, Family Therapist. Currently in private practice counseling clients with marital and other family related issues. Also I work with children and adolescents. I also see clients who need to receive Grief/Bereavement Therapy.

2002 -2005

 

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist. Stirling Behavioral Health Institute. I am a therapist working with adolescents and their families in a School-based Clinic at Canoga Park High School.

2001 - 2006

 

Professional Expert. Los Angeles Unified School District School-Based Clinics District 1. I am a therapist working with adolescents and with their families. I am able to work in most of my areas of expertise in this clinic setting at Canoga Park High School, Mulholland Middle School, and Columbus School-Based Clinic.

1999 -2001

 

Instructor, Phillips Graduate Institute; Encino, CA. 
I taught a practicum for counselor interns.

1983 - 1989

 

Staff Psychotherapist and Instructor. Center for Skill Development. This mental health organization is staffed by a team of psychologists and psychotherapists and serves to teach and facilitate skills for successful interpersonal relationships.

1980 - 1990 and 2000 - 2006

 

Supervisor. Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling License. Trained candidates for State of California MFT licensing examination.

 

1979 - 1980

 

Lecturer in Child Development. California State University, Northridge; Northridge, California. Presented seminars and lectures to graduate students in the Counseling and Guidance program. Topics included: 
"The presence of Fear as an Inappropriate Approach to Discipline: 
and "Alternative Approaches to Discipline.

1977 - 1978

 

Psychotherapist. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mexico City, Mexico. Counseled university students in groups and individually.

1975 - 1976

Lecturer. California State University, Northridge; Northridge, California. Presented seminars and lectures to graduate students in the Department of Educational Psychology. Topics included: "Reality Therapy as a Psychological Model."

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

 

Counselor. Adolescent Counseling and Parenting Workshops. Grief/Bereavement Groups Robert Fulton Middle School, Los Angeles Unified School District, 1993-2000.

 

Educational Opportunity Counselor. Office of Integration/ Traveling Programs, PHBAO Program (Maclay Middle School), Los Angeles Unified School District, 1988-1993

 

Instructor, Contemporary Teenage Problems. Mulholland Middle School, Grades 8 and 9, Los Angeles Unified School District, 1984.

 

Instructor in Mathematics. Mulholland Middle School, Grades 7 through 9, Los Angeles Unified School District, 1982-1988.

 

Instructor, ESL Classes in Mathematics. Mulholland Middle School, Grades 7-9,Los Angeles Unified School District, 1982-1986.

 

Chairperson, Department of Mathematics. Mulholland Middle School, Los Angeles Unified School District, 1982-1984.

 

Mentor Teacher. Los Angeles Unified School District, 1984-1987.

Teacher. Glenwood Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District, K-9,1963-1981.

 

EDUCATION AND RELATED TRAINING

M.A., Educational Psychology. Counseling and Guidance. Department of Educational Psychology, California State University, Northridge; Northridge, California, 1974.

 

B.E., Education. Department of Education, National College of Education; Evanston, Illinois, 1954.

Nutritional & Complementary Treatment for Mental Health Disorders, Non-Pharmaceutical Strategies that Work! PESI, Palm Springs California January 14, 2009.

 

Fighting Fat after Thirty, Institute for Natural Resources, Palm Springs, California June 10, 2008.

 

Hypnosis 101: The Basic for Mental Health Practitioners, Richard S. Sinacola, PhD, Chapman University College, Palm Desert, California, January 25,2008

 

Laws and Ethics, The Soul of Ethics, Center for Story and Symbol, Rancho Mirage, California December 7, 2007.

Supervision, Encouragement, Inspiration, The Vocation of the Mentor,

Center for Story and Symbol, Rancho Mirage, California December 8, 2007.

 

The Women’s Symposium, Ben Franklin Institute, Rancho Mirage,California, November 1, 2007

 

Teen Suicide: The Preventable Tragedy, Zur Institute, Sonoma California, June 29, 2007

 

Invoking the Sage, Aging and Long-Term Care, Center for Story and Symbol,

Palm Springs, California, November 11,2006

 

Supervision, Encouragement, Inspiration: The Voice of the Mentor,

Center for Story and Symbol, Palm Springs California, November 10, 2006

 

Grief Recovery Counseling Skills, The Grief Recovery Institute Educational Foundation, Inc. Sherman Oaks California May 19-22, 2006

Breaking the Patterns of Depression, AAMFT Summer Institute, Santa Rosa California,August 1-4 2005

 

Marriage & Family Therapists Delegation to New Zealand and Australia, People to People Ambassador Program, April-May 2004

 

Child Abuse: Identification, Assessment, Intervention & Treatment. California State University, Northridge, California; November 2003.

 

Domestic Violence Counseling Strategies: From Resistance to Real Change, California State University, Northridge, California; October 2003.

 

Engaging and Treating High Risk Youth and Their Families, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists Summer Institute, August 2003.

 

Leading Youth Resiliency Circles, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. San Jose, California May 2003.

 

Teenagers in Foster Care, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. San Jose, California May 2003.

Adolescents on the Edge, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. San Jose, California May 2003.

Counseling Groups for Adolescents, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. San Jose, California May 2003.

Association and Legislative Update, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. San Jose, California May 2003.

Difficult Supervision: Meeting the Challenge, California State University, Northridge, California; March 2002.

 

Mosten Mediation Training, Los Angeles, CA; 40 hour Basic Divorce Mediation Training. February 2002.

Excelling as a Supervisor, Pepperdine University, Ventura County Center; WestlakeVillage, CA; January 2000.

Experiential Therapeutic Processes, San Fernando Valley Chapter of the California Association of Marriage Family Therapists, Encino, California; April 2000

 

ADHD in Children and Adolescents and Managing Defiant Children, The Institute For Continuing Education. Long Beach, California; February 2000 and March 2000.

 

Children, Adolescents, and Adults with ADD, San Fernando Valley Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Northridge, California. April 2000.

 

HIV and AIDS: Assessment and Treatment, Live and Learn Continuing Education, Woodland Hills, California, May 1998.

 

Chemical Dependency Treatment Issues, Live and Learn Continuing Education, Woodland Hills, California, May 1998.

Bereavement, How to Help Your Client, California State University, Northridge; Northridge, California, October 1998

Ending Violence Against Women Conference, California State University, Northridge; Northridge, California, March 1999.

 

LICENSES AND CREDENTIALS

State of California Marriage, Family and Child Counselor 
License, (Lic. # MFC7551), 1976.

State of California Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential (Supplementary Authorization: Mathematics); K-12, 1986.

 

State of California Clear Specialist Instruction Credential in Bilingual Cross-cultural Education (Target Language:Spanish) K-12, 1985.

State of California Standard Services Credential in Pupil Personnel Services, K-12, 1974.

 

California Community College Counselor Credential, 1974.

California Community College Instructor Credential, 1974.

State of California License to Practice Hypnotherapy, 1979.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

California Association of Marriage, Family and Child Therapist

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

International Association for Marriage and Family Counselors

American Counseling Association

Association for Humanistic Psychology

 

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