My theory or frame of reference involves Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, cognitive behavioral and developmental constructs. I use this training as an adjunctive application in the treatment of depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, executive function issues, and for pain management.
In 2007 I became certified as proficient in the application of Microcurrent Electrical Therapy and Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation. This certification is now called the Natural Certification Commission for Addiction Professionals.
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In 1996 I received a proficiency certification in the Treatment of Alcohol and other Psychoactive Substance Use disorders from the American Psychological Association’s College of Professional Psychology. This has now become an important part of my therapy approach when working with individuals who want relief from their exposure to traumatic incidents.
This procedure seems to utilize the facilitation of rapid eye movement to metabolize or eliminate emotional trauma from both historical and present day traumatic experiences. In 1991 I received levels I and II training (four days) in the application of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). I also have training and expertise in the treatment of minority populations. I have been a presenter at a number of workshops and television programs in Missouri, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington that have dealt with topics such as communication systems, bereavement, adoption, attachment, alcoholism, and the treatment of the mentally ill offender. I have expertise in planning and management of mental health delivery systems, diagnostic evaluations, and expert witness testimony. I now have over forty years of experience in a number of areas of counseling and psychology. This practice involves psychotherapy with adolescents to adults and psychological evaluations and forensic psychology. Four years later I came to the Pacific Northwest and began work as a psychologist at an inpatient addiction treatment center while joining a group psychology practice. I continued this internship as a staff psychologist at the Penitentiary of New Mexico where I eventually became Chief of Mental Health Services. While in the doctoral program, I also taught several masters’ degree courses.Īfter I received the doctorate, I began my post-doctoral internship working with a noted forensic psychiatrist in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I also worked at a large urban community college for nine years where I counseled students and taught general psychology. After obtaining my Masters degree in counseling, I worked as a counselor in the Jackson County, Missouri Juvenile Justice Center in Kansas City before becoming a psychiatric medic with the US Army. Before that, I unknowingly started my “on the job training” by working with youngsters in the Kansas City Parks and Recreation program for six summers, from the time I was a high school senior through college where I received a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Physiology. I received my doctorate from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1979.