FAMILY THERAPIST, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

(661) 257-1020

Clinical and Forensic Psychology

Office Address: 

520 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 201, West Los Angeles, California 90049

28416 Constellation Road, Valencia, California 91355

Employment History:

Radio Personality

KPFK Radio, 97.0 FM

          Educate and take calls from listeners on the "True Parenting with Dr. Faye" show.

Part-time Staff State University at Northridge (CSUN) 

September 2006 to present

           Professor of Developmental Psychology 313 and Pathological Behavior

Child Custody Evaluator, same address as above

January 2003 to present

Assessing parenting skills, parent veracity, and the best interest of the child in custody disputes for formal reports to the court. Includes home visits, fact finding, interviews, testing and recommendations to the court.

Private Practice, same address as above

June, 1992 to present

Assessing and treating parents, families, couples, children, and individuals in private, conjoint and group settings. Specializing in assessing and treating the origins of behavior and effects of all types of childhood trauma. Also specializing in attachment and abandonment issues in the child and adult and resulting Adifficult child@ issues. Further, providing counseling in "Surviving Children's Services," custody arrangements in Athe best interest in the child," parental alienation, domestic violence, and relationship-skills training.

Founder TIPP and Clinical Director, The Institute for Professional Parenting

1988-present

Teacher and coach of parents. Parenting innovator, author of THE MANUAL on Parenting and the Causal Theory and The Miracle Child Parenting Series. Founder of The Causal Theory on the origins in early childhood of predominantly known behaviors. Parenting instructor and coach. Forensic consultant on the childhoods of criminals. Also supervise home visits and teach bonding.

Children's Social Worker, LA County Department of Children and Family Services

Lancaster, California 93535

April, 1995 to January, 1996

Case Manager. Assessed abuse and neglect, wrote reports, made recommendations to the court, proposed resource referrals to parents and children and oversaw their progress to termination.

Any of the above subjects. See "Seminar Instructor for State Certified CEU"

Education:

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (2003-2005)

Ryokan College of Psychology

11965 Venice Boulevard, Third Floor

Los Angeles, California 90066-3993

California Graduate Institute

1100 Glendon Avenue

Westwood, California 90021

Master of Arts in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling (1983-1988)

California Graduate Institute

Westwood, California 90021

New York University

Graduate School of Sociology (1977-78)

Washington Square

New York, New York 10003

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (1971-1972)

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Stony Brook, New York

Associate of Arts Degree in pre-law (1965-1969)

Brevard Community College

Cocoa, Florida

Continuing Education within Specialty - Parenting and Long Range Effects of Childhood Trauma:

Domestic Violence:  New Perspectives on Assessment and Treatment (14 CEU’s) Donald Dutton, Ph.D.  Specialized Training Services.  Crowne Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles . December 6-7, 2005.

Conducting Child Custody Evaluations (20 CEU’s) Marc Ackerman, Ph.D.  Specialized Training Services.  Crowne Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles .  December 8-10, 2005.

12-Hour Child Custody Update Training for California Court Rules 5.225 & 5.230 (12 CEU’s, including 4 CEU’s in Assessing Domestic Violence). Joan B. Kelly, Ph.D. Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc.  Marina del Rey.  October 28 and 29, 2005.

Attachment Therapy Training and Empowerment Retreat (not for CEU’s).  Bryan Post, PhD.  The Post Institute for Family-Centered Therapy.  San Diego.  September 29-October 1, 2005.

Adoptive Parenting.  (3 CEU’s)  Ellen Glazer, LCSW.  GSC Home Study Courses.  October 13, 2005.

Exploring the MacDonald Triad & Other Early Signs and Symptoms of Serial Killers, (3 CEU’s).  Christine Randle, LCSW. GSC Home Study Courses.  September 14, 2005.

Attachment Theory:  Implications for Psychological Development  (3 CEU’s).  Diana Lynn Barnes, PsyD, LMFT. GSC Home Study Courses.  September 14, 2005.

12-Hour Child Custody Update Training for California Court Rules 5.225 & 5.230 (12 c.e.u.’s) Stephen E. Doyne Ph.D. Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. Sherman Oaks, California April 17 and 18^th, 2004.

20-Hour Custody Training on Testing, Testifying, Mediation, Parental Alienation, Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse AssessmentBPart II (20 c.e.u.) Gerald Klein, JD; Stephen Doyne, PhD, and Ira R. Gorman, PhD, ABPP. Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. Hilton, Pasadena. January 24-26, 2003.

New Developments in Attachment Theory (16 c.e.u’s) Drs. Allan Shore, Daniel Siegel, Beatrice Beebe, Daniel Stern, and Sir Richard Bowlby. Ackerman Student Union, UCLA. March 8-9, 2003.

             Siminars. Skirball Cultural Center. Summer, 2002.

Intersubjectivity and Relational Theory: How the New Paradigm Transforms the Way We Work (4 c.e.u.=s) David Wallin, PhD. R. Cassedy Siminars. Skirball Cultural Center. Summer, 2002.

Re-Examining the Medical Model of Mental Illness (6 c.e.u.=s) Ty Colbert, Ph.D. Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. Holiday Inn, Bel Air. May 30, 2002.

Client Anger: Prevalent and Treatable (4 c.e.u.=s) Arlen Ring, PhD. California State University at Northridge. April 27, 2002.

Domestic Violence Counseling Strategies: From Resistance to Real Change (7 c.e.u.=s) Scott Barella, MS, MFT. California State University at Northridge. April 21, 2002.

Lessons from Littleton: Youth Suicide and Violence Prevention (6 c.e.u.=s) Brian Brody, PhD. American Continuing Education. Radisson, Sherman Oaks. April 25, 2002.

Evaluating and Treating Sex Offenders (6 c.e.u.=s) Psycho-Legal Associates. Mission Valley Hilton Hotel. May 5, 2000.

Symposium of Sexual and Other Addictions (8 c.e.u.=s) Patrick Carnes, PhD and Claudia Black, PhD. Meadows Institute. Newport Beach, April 6 and7, 2000.

The Legal Issues of Treating Children (1 c.e.u.) Richard S. Leslie, JD. April, 2000.

Annual Conference on Attachment and Bonding (16 c.e.u.=s) Keynote Speaker: Foster Cline, MD. Heal the Hearts Foundation. Riverside. January 10 and 11, 2000.

Stabilization Techniques for Borderline Behavior (3 c.e.u.=s) Teri M. Pokrajac, PsyD. Masters and Johnson Trauma Based Disorders Program at Del Amo Hospital, Torrance. April, 1997.

Treating Borderline Personality Disorder (8 hours) Marsha M. Linehan, PhD. Ramada Inn, Sherman Oaks. Summer, 1997.

Non-Violent Crisis InterventionBWorker Safety (14 hours) DCFS Crisis Prevention Institute, Los Angeles. September 13-14, 1995.

Mock Court (8 hours) USC Tyler Building. DCFS required training. June 28, 1995.

California Risk Assessment (8 hours) DCFS Training Center, Santa Fe Springs. June, 14, 1995.

CSW Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting (320 hours) Training for Department of Children and Family Services Social Work. Long Beach. April 21 to June 19, 1995.

Broken Hearts and Wounded Spirits: Inside the Inner World of the Abused Child (5 hours) Impact Seminars, Professional Development and Training Services. Ramada Inn, LAX. March 17, 1994.

Saturday Film Series on Infant Neglect and Trauma (8 hours) Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies. Los Angeles campus. March, 1994.

Interviewing the Child Witness: Implications for Investigating Child Sexual Abuse (16 hours) California Legal Educational Services. Hyatt Regency, Irvine. Feb. 23-26, 1994.

Understanding the DSM-IV Personality Disorders: A Renaissance in Clinical Theory, Assessment and Therapy Workshop (8 hours) Dr. Theodore Millan, one of the authors. Sherman Oaks Ramada Inn. November 12, 1993.

Conference on Shame (16 hours) John Bradshaw, MA, et. al. Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. April, 1991.

Deep Healing Techniques (8 hours) Kip Flock, MS, LCSW. John Bradshaw Training. Ingleside Hospital. August 12, 1991.

Required and Related Workshops:

Invoking the Sage (7 c.e.u.’s) Dr. Jonathan Young, The Story Project. Holiday Inn, Woodland Hills. April 23, 2005.

Self-Care Tools for Women in Transition (1 c.e.u.) Pine Mountain Institute. February 14, 2002.

Malpractice: A Problem to be Avoided (7c.e.u.) Richard Leslie, Esq. Home Study. February 15, 2002.

The Evolution of Psychotherapy (31.5 c.e.u.) Bandura, Black, Huxley, Corsini, Gottman, Haley, Masterson, Ellis, Glasser, Rossi, Hillman, Zeig, Beck, Kernbert, Meichenbaum, Lazarus, Minuchin, Watzlawick, Yalom, Madanes, et. al. The Milton Erickson Foundation, Inc. Anaheim. May 25-29, 2000.

Buddhist Psychology and Psychoanalysis (7 c.e.u=s) Concertta Alfano, MSW, PhD and John Buksbazen, MA, MFT. Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute at the Santa Monica Zen Center. May 14, 2000.

HIV (7 c.e.u.=s) Marriott Hotel, Manhattan Beach. April 14, 2000.

Chemical Dependency (7 c.e.u.=s) Marriott Hotel, Manhattan Beach. April. 15, 2000.

Success Motivation Coaching (8 c.e.u.) Lynn Kelley-Jones, MFT. Home Study.

Advanced Workshop in Effective Clinical Supervision (15 c.e.u.) Dana Weinstein, LCSW, MFT and Shirl Kelemer, PhD, MFT, presenters. Psychotherapy Training Institute. LAX Airport Hotel. February 4 and 5, 2000.

Therapists at Risk Conference for Professionals (8 hours) Listening Perspectives Study Center. Orange. April 16, 1994.

Orientation to Crisis Intervention and Debriefing (8 hours) Gary Ross, PhD, MFCC. American Red Cross Mental Health Services Coordinator. Los Angeles. February 5, 1994

Seminar Instructor for State Certified Continuing Education:

The Miracle Child Parenting Series (16 c.e.u.=s)

Bonding and Attachment (4 c.e.u.=s)

Healing Your Own Child (3 ceu=s)

Assessing and Treating Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) (8 c.e.u.=s),

ADHD: A Diagnosis in Denial (8 c.e.u.=s)

Everything You Want to Know About Sibling Rivalry (2 c.e.u.=s),

Parental Alienation (2 c.e.u=s)

Experiential Origins in Childhood of Intelligence, (3 c.e.u.=s)

Potty Training and Tantrums (2 c.e.u.=s)

Preventive Diagnosis: How to Make Personality Disorders (4 c.e.u.=s),

Assessing and Responding to Children=s Sex Play (2 c.e.u.=s)

Discipline (2 c.e.u.=s)

Origins of Evil (3 c.e.u.=s)

Relationship Skills and Ethics of Interaction (16 c.e.u.=s)

Intelligence (4 c.e.u.=s)

Memberships:

The Institute for Professional Parenting (TIPP), Board Member

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)

Val Verde Community Benefits Funding Committee, vice president

Child Custody Evaluation Consultation Group led by clinical and forensic psychologist Ira Gorman, PhD. Santa Ana.

Unpublished Materials (seeking publication following doctorate):

THE MANUAL On Parenting and The Causal Theory.

Notebook to The Miracle Child Parenting Series (c) 2002.

Killers Are Made, Not Born.

ADHD: A Diagnosis in Denial.