Dr. Faye Snyder, Family Therapist

A Professional Corporation

(661) 257-1020

Employment History:

Lead columnist for Master Parenting E-Zine, MasterParenting.com

(an Internet parenting magazine on The Causal Theory).

December’06 to present

Child Custody and Forensic Evaluator, same addresses as above

January, 2003 to present

Assessing parenting skills, veracity, and the best interest of children in custody disputes for the court. Includes home visits, fact finding, interviews, testing, report writing and recommendations to the court. Assess sexual abuse. Forensic evaluations of the childhoods of criminals, risk assessment, and propensities to  violence, pyromania and/or to sexually offend. 

Private Practice, same addresses as above

June, 1992 to present

Assessing and treating parents, families, couples, children, and individuals in private, conjoint and group settings. Specialize in the origins of behavior and effects of all types of childhood trauma and resulting acting out, especially attachment trauma, domestic violence, sexual abuse or relationship and parenting disorders. Specialize in “difficult child” issues and rehabilitation. Counsel in surviving Children's Services, custody evaluations, parental alienation, and domestic violence. Additionally, specialize in relationship skills training.

Valencia address above

1988-present

Parenting teacher and 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.  Supervise interns and parenting coaches, including home visits.

          September, 2006 to present

                    Developmental Psychology 313

Radio talk-show host, KPFK.

October ‘06 to April ‘07

            Public Service shows on “Parenting with Dr. Faye”

April, 1995 to January, 1996

Case Manager.  Assessed abuse and neglect, wrote reports, made recommendations to the court, oversaw parents’ progress to termination.

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (2002-2005)

Ryokan College of Psychology (on campus student)

11965 Venice Boulevard, Third Floor

Los Angeles, California 90066-3993  

Completed required course work for PhD, psychology (1988-1990)

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

12-Hour Child Custody Update Training for California Rules 5.225 & 5.230 (12 CEUs) Leslie M. Drozd, PhD, editor Journal of Child Custody. International University, Costa Mesa. April 25-26, 2008.

12-Hour Child Custody Update Training for California Rules 5.225 & 5.230 (12 CEUs) Janet R. Johnston, Ph. D. Psycho-Legal Associates, Marina del Rey. October, 2007.

12-Hour Child Custody Update Training for California Rules 5.225 & 5.230 (12 CEUs) Matthew J. Sullivan, Ph.D. Psycho-Legal Associates, Marina del Rey. October, 2006.

Clinical Supervision: Best Practices (6 CEUs) Steven Sultanoff, Ph.D. Psycho-Legal Associates, Marina del Rey. October, 2006.

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

Conducting Child Custody Evaluations (20 CEUs) 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 CEUs, including 4 CEUs 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 CEUs).  Bryan Post, PhD.  The Post Institute for Family-Centered Therapy.  San Diego.  September 29-October 1, 2005.

Adoptive Parenting.  (3 CEUs)  Ellen Glazer, LCSW.  GSC Home Study.  October 13, 2005.

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

Attachment Theory:  Implications for Psychological Development  (3 CEUs).  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, Stephen 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 CEUs).   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 hours). Drs. Allan Shore, Daniel Siegel,

Beatrice Beebe, Daniel Stern, and Sir Richard Bowlby. Ackerman Student Union UCLA.

March 8-9, 2003.

20-Hour Child Custody Training Part I for Rule 1257.4 and Report Writing, Part I  (20 CEUs).   A. Steven Frankel, PhD, JD and Ira R. Gorman, PhD, ABPP. Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc.  Hilton, Woodland Hills.  July 19-21, 2002.

Attachment and Intersubjectivity in the Healing Relationship (4 CEUs).   David Wallin, PhD.  R. Cassedy Siminars. Skirball Cultural Center.  Summer, 2002.

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

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

Client Anger:  Prevalent and Treatable  (4 CEUs). Arlen Ring, PhD. California State University at Northridge.  April 27, 2002. 

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

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

Evaluating and Treating Sex Offenders  (6 CEUs).  Psycho-Legal Associates.  Mission Valley Hilton Hotel.  May 5, 2000.

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

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

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

Stabilization Techniques for Borderline Behavior  (3 CEUs).  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. 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, 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.

The Dangerous Patient Revisited (2 CEUs) Richard Leslie, JD. Home Study, CAMFT, July 18, 2008. 

Narcissism and Desire. (6 CEUs) Roberta Lichter, PhD. Psycho-Legal Asso., Woodland Hills. June 20, 2008. 

Child Abuse Reporting (2 CEUs) Richard Leslie, Home Study, CAMFT, October, 5, 2007.   

Family Therapy and Custody Disputes (2 CEUs). Richard Leslie, JD. Home Study, CAMFT. October 5, 2007.

Professional Ethics for MFTs. (2 CEUs). Richard Leslie, JD. Home Study, CAMFT, October 5, 2007.

Confidentiality (2 CEUs) Richard Leslie, JD. Home Study, CAMFT, October 5, 2007. 

Treating Children Legal Issues (2 CEUs) Richard Leslie. Home Study, CAMFT, October 5, 2007.

Dealing with a Subpoena (2 CEUs) Richard Leslie, JD. Home Study, CAMFT, September 11, 2007.

Are All Dual Relationships Unethical (2 CEUs) Richard Leslie, JD. CAMFT, September 11. 2007.

Ethics-Problematic Issues and Decision Making (3 CEUs). GSC Home Study. October 13, 2005.

Ethics and Jurisprudence Part I. (3 CEUs)  A.J. Barnert, MA, LMFT. GSC Home Study Courses.  October 13, 2005.

Ethics and Jurisprudence Part II.   (3 CEUs)   A.J.. Barnert, MA, LMFT. GSC Home Study Courses.  October 13, 2005.

Ethics: Problematic Issues and Decision Making.  (3 CEUs)  Jeffrey Larson, RTP, L/ATC. GSC Home Study Courses.  October 13, 2005.

Invoking the Sage, Jonathan Young, PhD (7 CEU) Holiday Inn, Woodland Hills.  April, 2005. 

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

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

The Evolution of Psychotherapy (31.5 CEUs)   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 CEUs)  Concertta Alfano, MSW, PhD and John Buksbazen, MA, MFT.  Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute at the Santa Monica Zen Center.  May 14, 2000.

HIV (7 CEUs) Marriott Hotel, Manhattan Beach.  April 14, 2000.

Chemical Dependency (7 CEUs)   Marriott Hotel,  Manhattan Beach.  April. 15, 2000. 

Success Motivation Coaching  (8 CEUs)  Lynn Kelley-Jones, MFT.  Home Study.

Advanced Workshop in Effective Clinical Supervision (15 CEUs)   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.

The Miracle Child Parenting Series (16 CEUs)

Bonding and Attachment (4 CEUs)

Healing Your Own Child (3 CEUs)

Assessing and Treating Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) (8 CEUs),

Source of all Evil: Assessing Origins of Criminal Behavior (6 CEUs)

ADHD: A Diagnosis in Denial (8 CEUs)

Everything You Want to Know about Sibling Rivalry (2 CEUs),

Parental Alienation (2 CEUs)

Experiential Origins in Childhood of Intelligence, (3 CEUs)

Potty Training and Tantrums (2 CEUs)

Preventive Diagnosis:  How to Make Personality Disorders (4 CEUs),

Assessing and Responding to Children’s Sex Play (2 CEUs)

Discipline (2 CEUs)

Relationship Skills and Ethics of Interaction (16 CEUs)

Intelligence (4 CEUs) 

The Institute for Professional Parenting (TIPP), founder and board member

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)

Val Verde Community Benefits Funding Committee, vice president (2002)

Child Custody Evaluation Consultation Group led by clinical and forensic psychologist Ira Gorman, PhD.  Santa Ana.  (2002-2004)

Unpublished Materials (seeking agent): 

THE MANUAL On Parenting: A Textbook on the Causal Theory © 2002

The Search for the Unholy Grail: How Researchers Will Do Anything to Prove Genes Cause Behavior

The Tulip Theory: The Popular Assumption that Children Don’t Need Parents

Killers Are Made, Not Born

ADHD: A Diagnosis in Denial 

“How to know what is Healthy or Unhealthy Sex Play in Children”

“The Highest Price of Disputing Custody: Your Child’s Emotional Health”

“Bias: Choosing Your Court Expert”

Facing the Fear of Vulnerability:  Treatment of a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder

The War of the Researchers

“Developmental Best Interests of the Child: At What Age Can a Child Survive Overnights without Injury?”

“What about False Memory?”

“Healing Your Grown Child”

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