Professional Development

Certification

  • Why Try? (High Risk Youth Program) Facilitator Certification, 2006 (Present)
  • Prepare-Enrich (Evidence-based couple enrichment inventory/therapy program) Counselor Certification. 2005. (Present)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist: 1999 California (#36186) (Present)
  • Registered Nurse: California (#318036). 1980 (Present)
  • Red Cross Mental Health Disaster Relief Services certification. 2001. (Present)
  • Resolve Through Sharing (perinatal loss grief counselor) certification. 1993. (Present)
  • Exceptional Cancer Patient Group Facilitator certification, 1991. Bernie Siegal. (Present)
  • Public Health Nurse (California: PHN #44001) (1988)

Classes

  • Technology in Family and Social Relations: The Good, the bad, and the Data. Keith Hampton. American Association for Marriage & Family Thereapy, Fort Worth (Present)
  • Responding to Disaster and Trauma: Bridging MFT and Medicine. Tai Mendenhall. American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, Fort Worth Conference. (Present)
  • Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice. Meyer, Danforth, Gauger, Bishop & Oxford. American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy Conference; Fort Worth (Present)
  • Crossing Intersections: A Conversation about Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Identities (Micah 6:8 Series), LLUH. 5/19/22. (05/2022)
  • Arab or Middle Eastern? A Conversation About the Conflation of Identity, Religion, and Culture. (Micah 8:6 series). LLUH, 4/21/22 (04/2022)
  • Gender Justice: A Conversation about Sexism, Racism and Economic Inequality. (Micah 6:8 series), LLUH. 3/17/22. (03/2022)
  • Foundations in Transgender Care, LLUH. 2/4/22. (02/2022)
  • Remembering!: Increasing Empathy & Healing Trauma Through Untold Black Stories. (Micah 6:8 Series). LLUH, 2/17/22 (02/2022)
  • Preventing Sexual Harassment. 1/21/22. LLUH (01/2022)
  • Spotlight on Health Policy: Behavioral Health Integration: Effective National and Local Models. LLUH, 1/26/22 (01/2022)
  •   RENEW. Linda Clever, MD seminar on wellness and life integration. Loma Linda University, Department of Internal Medicine.   (09/2014)

Seminars and Conferences

  • 2007 AAMFT Conference, Long Beach, CA. October 11 - 14 "Supervisory Models and Functions"  "Beyond the One-Way Mirror: Supervision Across Settings" "Consciousness, Context, and Ethics in Supervision" (Present)
  • Strengthening Families in the 21st Century: Health, Wholeness, and Faith. Center for Spiritual Life and Wholeness, Loma Linda, University. April 28, 29, 2008 Speakers: Allan Schore, UCLA; Kathleen Kovner-Kline, University of Colorado; Bradford Wilcox, University of Virginia; Allese Moore-Orbih, FaithTrust Institute; Edwin Hernandez, Notre Dame (Present)
  • Multidimensional Family Therapy. Loma Linda University. Craig Lambdin, MFT., MFI Recovery Center, Inc. October, 2008 (Present)
  • A Christian Worldview on mental health: Adventist Perspectives. August 28 - September 2, 2008. Rancho Palos Verdes, California (Present)
  • Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop. April 9, 2009. LLU. John Fritz, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Present)
  • MHA (Mental Health Act) Faculty Immersion Training The Village, Long Beach, California April 16, 23 Recovery Model of mental health was presented, along with street case management participation. (Present)
  • Simulation Lab Instructor Training, Loma Linda University School of Medicine. December 4, 2009. (Present)
  • NVivo 8 training. Cindy Jacobs, QSR International. Loma Linda University; August 5, 2009. (Present)
  • Spirituality and Worldview in Mental Health Practice. Loma Linda University; April 4, 2009. (Present)
  • Sexting and Our Youth. Nancy V. Gifford, Family Online Safety Institute. California''s Child Abuse Training and Technical Assistance Centers (CATTA). Webinar, June 24, 2010. (Present)
  • When One Session is All You Have: Single Session Therapy. Arnold Slive & Monte Bobele. American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy Conference, Fort Worth. October, 2011 (Present)
  • Building Collaborative Clinicians. Pratt, Lamson, Phelps, & Hodgson. American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, Fort Worth. October, 2011 (Present)
  • 32nd Annual European Summer Residential Gestalt Therapy Training Program. Gestalt Associates Training Los Angeles, Prague, Czechoslovakia. July, 2003. (Present)
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  • Gestalt Therapy Weekend Training Seminar. Gestalt Associates Training Los Angeles: Santa Monica, CA. January - May, 1995 (Present)
  • 25th Annual European Summer Residential Gestalt Therapy Training Program. Gestalt Associates Training Los Angeles: Ardenne, Belgium. July, 1996. (Present)
  • American Balint Society Intensive Leadership Intensive Training. Long Beach Island, New Jersey. October 17 - 20, 2013 (Present)
  • American Balint Society Intensive Leadership Training. Santa Rosa, CA. March 21 - 24, 2013. (Present)
  • Fostering Inclusion with Contemplative Teaching Methods. Steven Thurston Oliver, The Garrison Institute. March 2, 2023 (03/2023)
  •  Leading Well From Within. Chip Souba, MD. Loma Linda University, 4/18-19/19, (04/2019)
  • Religion and Health Research. Harold Koenig, Faculty Colloquium, Loma Linda University. (09/2018)
  • Systemic Family Therapy Supervisor Training. International Family Therapy Association, Aberdeen, UK. (03/2018)
  • Disarming the suicidal mind. VYNE presentation. San Bernardino, California. 6/6/17 (06/2017)
  • Finding Joy in Medicine. AMA/BMA/CMA conference. Boston 9/16-18, 2016 (09/2016)