- M.S. Counseling, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 1991; Recipient of Virginia Block Scholarship for academic achievement and Distinguished Student Award
- Chemical Dependency Training Program, Total Health Medical Center, Oakland, CA, 1980
- B.A. Psychology, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, 1973
Examples of Other Training
Movie and Dialogue Night, with Corky Becker, PhD (Completed June 2, 2016)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Everyday Clinical Practice, with John Ludgate, PhD
(Completed December 17, 2015)
From Ancient Wisdom to Contemporary Practice: Integrating Mindfulness and Yoga
and the Internal Family Systems Model, with Liz Brenner, LICSW
(Completed December 4, 2015)
In-Home Family Therapy Symposium, with Howard Wolfe, LMFT
(Completed October 23, 2015)
Contemporary Directions in Couple and Family Therapy, with Dr. Diane Gehart
(Completed March 27, 2015)
Healing Community Trauma: A Relational Approach, with Dr. Kenneth Hardy
(Completed April 11, 2014)
Movie and Dialogue Night, with Corky Becker, PhD (Completed December 10, 2014)
How to Use Crisis Debriefing When Responding to Crisis and Trauma, with James A. Fogarty, Ed. D. (Completed: May 16, 2007)
Disability, Ethics, and Psychotherapy, with Stephen Duclos, CRC, LMFT (Completed: April 6, 2007)
Internal Family Systems: A Transparent Approach to Psychotherapy, with Richard Schwartz, Ph. D. (Completed: March 9, 2007)
Ethical Issues Concerning Vicarious Trauma and its Impact on Clinical Abilities, with Katherine Manners, M. Ed., LMFT, Scott Cohen, LMFT, LICSW (Completed: February 2, 2007)
When the Music Stopped, with Thomas Cottle, Ph. D. (Completed: November 5, 2006)
Ethical Considerations in the Practice of Alternative/Complementary Therapies, with Ruth Moulin, Ph. D., LMFT, LMHC, J. Patrica Thatcher, MSW, LICSW (Completed: February 3, 2006)
Grief and Trauma After Sudden & Violent Death, with Bette Spear, LMFT, LMHC, (Completed: January 20, 2006)
