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S. Faye Snyder, PsyD · MFT 29816, PSY 24806

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Dr. Faye
S. Faye Snyder, PsyD
MFT 29816, PSY 24806

15545 Devonshire Street, #208
Mission Hills, CA 91345
(818) 891-8477 o. (661-) 496-9499 c.

Employment History

Present Employment

Psychologist at PACC, Pure Autism Counseling Center, 17702 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, CA 91351

December 2022 to present.
I treat many types of difficult cases referred from University of California at Los Angeles.

Private practice: Child custody evaluator, parenting instructor and therapist: Reunification, DV, Anger Management

January 2003 to present
Forensic assessments of court referred clients and child custody evaluations. Pioneering in reunification therapy issues, with court backup. Assess alienation and domestic violence for trauma. Treat individuals, couples, and groups. Provide consultations in the origins and long-term effects of childhood experiences, especially attachment, sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. Teach parenting, co-parenting, anger management and conflict resolution skills. Address "parenting disorders" and co-parenting issues. Specialize in "difficult children" and origins of anti-social behavior. Counsel in surviving Children's Services and custody evaluations. Identify origins of extreme behaviors to facilitate healing.

Founder and Clinical Director, Parenting and Relationship Counseling Foundation (PaRC), formerly The Institute for Professional Parenting (TIPP)

818-891-8477, DBA theparcfoundation.com, address above
1988-present, Sundays, two weekends monthly
As founder and clinical director, I train interns in assessment, client education, intakes, treatment, crisis intervention, report writing, and consultations. We offer co-parenting and relationship skills classes.

Author

2006 to present. Author of seven books on The Causal Theory and origins, prevention, and treatment of behaviors.

Consulting

2012 to present. Teaching DCFS social workers how to assess more accurately.

Previous Co-Employment

Lead Psychologist, Integral Psychological Consulting Services, 5251 Office Park Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309

Aug.2019 to March 2020. Angela Egbikuadje, PsyD (owner deceased, Covid19). Monica Serrato, admin. 661-859-7524
We took referrals for difficult cases.

Part-time Professor, Southern California Institute of Architecture, 960 E 3rd St., LA, CA 90013

January 2019 to present (04/15/19), Undergraduate Department Chair Tom Wiscombe, 213-613-2200
Subject: "Self-Awareness and Growth". Also taught students to assess themselves and others.

Part-time Professor, California State University Northridge, 11811 Nordoff St, Northridge, CA 91330, 818-677-1200

September 2005 to June 2006
Full, large classes, Developmental Psychology 313.

KPFK, Radio talk-show host

October '07 to April '08,
Public Service shows on "Parenting with Dr. Faye"

Children's Social Worker, LA County Department of Children and Family Services, 213-251-5507

April 1995 to January 1996, Lancaster, California 93535,
Case Manager. Assessed abuse and neglect, oversaw parents, wrote reports, made court recommendations.

Education

Ryokan College of Psychology

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, graduated February 15, 2005 (on campus 2002-2005)
11965 Venice Boulevard, Third Floor, Los Angeles, California 90066-3993

California Graduate Institute/Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Master of Arts in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling (September 1983-October 2 1988)
1100 Glendon Avenue, Westwood, California 90021

New York University

Graduate School of Sociology (1977-78)
5 Washington Square, New York, New York 10003

State University of New York at Stony Brook, SUNY

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (1/1971-12/31/1972)
Stony Brook, New York 11794-1901

Brevard Community College/Eastern Florida State College

Associate of Arts Degree in Pre-Law (1965-1969)
Cocoa, Florida 32922

Licenses and Certifications

  • Licensed by the Board of Psychology, PSY 24806 on January 24, 2012, expires March 31, 2027
  • Licensed by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, MFT 29816 on July 1, 1992, expires 5/31/2024.
  • Certified Anger Management Specialist-I, May 12-13, 2015; Aug. 26, 2015
  • SARATSO Stable-2007 and Acute-2007 (Assessing Sex Offenders). 2016-2018
  • Certified Independent Sex Offender Treatment Provider, March 27 to March 2019
  • Batterers Intervention Facilitator, California Cognitive Behavioral Institute, June 11, 2017
  • Interventionist, Gateway Intervention Training (25 CEs), OnSite Strategies. Dr. Jessica Rodriguez, Roseville. CA, April 7-9, 2017.
  • Evidence Based Trauma Treatments and Interventions (25 CEs) by Eric Gentry, PhD, distance learning video course and testing presented by OnSite Strategies, Roseville, CA. May 2, 2017.

Memberships

  • American Psychological Association (APA)
  • California Psychological Association (CPA)
  • Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA)
  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
  • LA-Association of Family Conciliation Courts (LA-AFCC)
  • California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
  • San Fernando Valley CAMFT, CE administrator 2014 to 2015 and board member 2015
  • California Association of Anger Management Professionals (CAAMP), vice president
  • California Coalition on Sex Offending (CCOSO), board member
  • National Anger Management Association (NAMA)
  • International Psychohistory Association (IPA)
  • Parenting and Relationship Counseling Foundation (PaRC), founder and board member
  • President, Val Verde Air Monitoring Program (VVAMP, 2017-2018)
  • Treasurer and board member of the Val Verde Community Advisory Committee 2014 to present
  • Formerly Val Verde Community Benefits Funding Committee (VVCBFC), vice president 2002
  • Child Custody Evaluation Consultation Group led by clinical and forensic psychologist Ira Gorman, PhD, Santa Ana (2002-2004).

Published Materials

Articles

  • "A Synopsis of the Predictor Score Sheet and Scale: Toward a Unified Field Theory of Psychology
  • "Overlooking Mirror Neurons"
  • "The Battleground of Psychology"
  • "Children Are Not What They Used to Be"
  • "I Am Adam Lanza's Therapist" (response to article entitled, "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother")
  • "Parental Alienation and Differential Diagnosis"
  • "Healing Your Grown Child"
  • "Agreeing to a No-Blame Contract"
  • "Origins of Sex Offending"
  • "Confidentiality, Secrecy and Authenticity"
  • "The Tulip Theory"

Books

  • Co-Parenting: Healing in the Courts © 2020.
  • The Search for the Unholy Grail: The Race to Prove that Behaviors and Personality Are Inherent © 2017
  • The Manual: The Definitive Text on Parenting and The Causal Theory © 2001 and 2012
  • The Predictor Scale: Predicting and Understanding Behavior according to Critical Childhood Experiences © 2013, revised for 2017 publication
  • The Politics of Memory: When One Is Instructed to Shut the Eyes © 2014
  • ADHD: A Diagnosis in Denial © 2012
  • Healing Your RAD Child © 2012
  • Facing the Fear of Vulnerability: Treatment of a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder © 2005

See Books for how to get them.

Seminar Instructor for BBS State Certified Continuing Education

  • The Miracle Child Parenting Series (16 CEs), PaRC
  • Coping with Bullying (6 CEs), PaRC Prepared Presentations to local schools
  • Preventive Diagnosis: How to Make Personality Disorders (6 CEs)
  • Relationship Skills and the Ethics of Interaction (16 CEs)
  • Bonding and Attachment (4 CEs)
  • Healing Your Grown Child (3 CEs)
  • Assessing and Treating Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) (8 CEs)
  • ADHD: A Diagnosis in Denial (8 CEs)
  • Everything You Want to Know about Sibling Rivalry (2 CEs)
  • Assessing True and False Allegations (2-4 hours)
  • Experiential Origins in Childhood of Intelligence (3 CEs)
  • Assessing and Responding to Children's Sex Play (6 CEs)
  • Intelligence (6 CEs)
  • Disciplining with Natural Consequences (2 CEs)

Speaking Engagements

  • "Predicting and Understanding Behavior". CAAMP Annual Board Meeting. December 9, 2016.
  • "Jeffrey Dahmer: A Child Who Needed to Be Touched". International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education. October 27, 2016.
  • "Understanding Jeffrey Dahmer and Other Killers" (4 CEs), Psychohistory Association, NYC 2019
  • Predicting Behavior" (2CEs), presented at the 50th CAMFT Conference, 05/04/2014
  • "Identifying True and False Accusations of Child Abuse and Neglect". DCFS, El Monte, 2017
  • "The False Memory Debate Revisited: The Continued Suppression of Childhood Sexual Abuse", International Psychohistory Association (June 2, 2016)
  • "Designing Research to Predict and Understand Behavior according to Critical Childhood Experiences", International Psychohistory Association (June 3, 2016)
  • "Child behavioral outcomes using the predictor scale in high conflict divorces." Divorce, Separation and Reconfigured Families SIG of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association (Jan. 27, 2015)
  • "Predicting and Understanding Behavior", 50th Annual Conference of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (May 4, 2014)
  • "Understanding Jeffrey Dahmer, the Child Who Needed to Be Touched", The International Psychohistory Association founded by Lloyd deMausse, New York, New York. (May, 2013)
  • "The Politics of Memory," The International Psychohistory Association founded by Lloyd deMausse, New York, New York. (May 2013)
  • "Predicting and Understanding Behavior", The Empathic Therapy Conference (founded by psychiatrist Peter Breggin). Syracuse, New York. (April 14, 2012)
  • "Intelligence" with son, Scott Clifton. Parenting and Relationship Counseling Foundation. Granada Hills. (From 2011 to 2014)
  • The Miracle Child Parenting Series. Numerous presentations at The Institute for Professional Parenting (TIPP), Sherman Oaks to Valencia. (From 1988 to 2010)
  • "Predicting and Understanding Behavior" Department of Children and Family Services, Cerritos, CA, June 18, 2018.
  • "Toward a Unified Field Theory of Psychology", International Psychohistory Association, teleconference January 2021.

30 Years of Continuing Education

Within Specialty: Parenting and Long-Range Effects of Childhood Trauma

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  • 2023-2025. Wrote Certifying Forensic Therapists. Editing 90 pages. 2026.
  • 2025. Custody Evaluator's Intimate Partner Violence Update, 2024. Lori A. Love, Ph. D. October 13, 2024. 4 hours.
  • 2025 IPV Update. Lori Love, PhD, Judge Margo Lewis Hoy (retired), Matthew Sullivan, PhD, and Sandra Mayberry, CFLS. Steve Frankle Group. 10 Hours. January2, 2024. 10 hours.
  • 2024 Custody Evaluations 101: Forms, Procedures and Reports. Lori Love, PhD. Steve Frankel Group, 5 CEs. January 2, 2024
  • 2024 Custody Evaluations 101: Allegations and Sensitivities, Lori A. Love, PhD. The Steve Frankel Group. December 31, 2023. 5 hours CE.
  • 2023 Child Custody Evaluating Annual Update: Atty. Sandra Berry, Family Law; Judge Margo Louis Poy, Matthew Sullivan, PhD. December 31, 2022. 10 hours.
  • 2023 CCE Annual Intimate Partner Violence Update: Linda Love, PhD, the Steve Frankle Group. Zoom. Sfranklegroup.com. December 30, 2022. 5 hours.
  • 2022 CCE Annual Update, Philip M. Stahl, PhD. The Steve Frankel Group. Zoom. Sfrankelgroup.com. 8 hours. December 31, 2022.
  • 2022 IPV Annual Update, Lori A. Love, PhD. The Steve Frankel Group, LLC. Zoom. Sfrankelgroup.com. 4 hours. October 22, 2022.
  • So You Want to Be a Child Custody Evaluator. Los Angeles County Bar Association and Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. Zoom. 1.25 hours. September 21, 2022.
  • Specialized Training. A Clinician's Guide to Child Custody Evaluations by Marc J. Ackerman, PhD. Jon Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2006. November 23, 2021. 10 CEs. 14 CEs for 2021 + 4 required & related = 18 CEs 2021.
  • Domestic Violence Course on Violence. certificate@courseforviolence.com. 888-338-8855. Robert A Williams. 4 CEs. 12/05/2021.
  • 14th Symposium on Child Custody, The Future of Child Custody: Stacking the Deck in Favor of Children. Are You Being Conned by a Coercive Controlling Abuser? (6 hrs); Overcoming Alienation Crisis: A Team Model; MultiDirectional and Intergeneration Effects of Gatekeeping; Opening: Stacking the Deck on Behalf of Children: What to Do when the World Goes Haywire; Parenting Paradigms in the Pandemic; Betting on the Voice of the Child in Parenting Disputes; Interviewing Children in Custody Evaluations When There Are Allegations of Abuse or Intimate Partner Violence; Encapsulated Delusion: How Do We Identify It and What Do We Do? Resisting Simplicity to Understand Child Resistance; Alienation Meaning in the Field of Family Law; Affirming LGBTQ Children in Custody Matters; Hearing the Evidence of Children: Rights and Remedies; Deception and Malingering in Child Custody Cases: Research-Based Strategies; A High Conflict Case: Trauma's Impact on Memory, Children, Parents and the Courts; Nov. 9-13, 2020. (20.5 CEs + 3= 23.5 CEs for 2020 + 10 required & related = 33.5 CEs 2020)
  • Iranian American Lawyers Association 8th Annual Seminar on Cultural Competency. Culture and Lockdown: Intimate Partner in a Time of Isolation and Quarantine, Co-Sponsored by the California Chapter of the AFCC and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. July 25, 2020 Online. (3 CEs.)
  • Child Custody and Domestic Violence Update: Determining Truthfulness and Detecting Deception in the Evaluation. Psycho-legal Associates, Inc. June 17-18, 2019. Amy R. Boyd, Alex McLearen, Robert Meyer. Home Study. 12 hours.
  • Oppositional, Defiant and Disruptive Children and Adolescents. Pesi Seminars. November 8, 2018. (8 CEs) Bakersfield Hilton. [76.5 total for 2018]
  • 40-Hour Course on Mediation. Ryokan College, 11965 Venice Boulevard, West Los Angeles. Steven Unruh, MDiv., MFT. June 5-26, 2018. [68.5]
  • 2018 Annual California Coalition on Sex Offending Conference. "MEGA: Assessing Risk Protective Factors in Youth Ages 4-19" by L. Miccio-Fonseca, PhD. (8 CEs); Adolescents Who Have Engaged in Sexually Abusive Behavior: Characteristics and Assessment by Drs. Miccio-Fonseca and Andrew Mendosa (8 CEs). San Diego, CA. May 8-9, 2018 [16]
  • Evolution and Innovation: The Art and Science of Solutions for Families in Conflict video tapes by VWTapes. Notes available. "Practical Issues in Family Violence Cases", Shear, Simon; (4); Deconstructing the Process of Decision-Making in Family Law and Dependency Court, Stahl, Juhas, Kretzmer (4); "Psychoeducation for High Conflict Co-parents", Deutsch (1.5); "I've Just Taken on Another Reunification Case", Slabach, Moran (1.5); "Teens Looking Back at Family Change," Bruno (1.5); "Forgiveness Can Have a Heroic Impact", Gibbs, Silberman, Hernandez (1.5); Assessment and Treatment of Estrangement in Parent/Child Contact Problems, Stahl, Gardinier, McCall, Sullivan (1.5); "Encapsulated Delusion" (1.5), Drozd, Deutsch, Silberman; (1.5) "An Inside-Out Perspective of Children Who Resist Contact with a Parent", Rogers, Drozd, Galindo, Hon. Hurwitz (1.5); Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Los Angeles (AFCC-LA), Park Central Hotel, San Francisco, CA, February 2-4, 2018. VW Tapes, PO Box 1058, Manhattan Beach, CA 90267, (808) 561-8273. [12.5]
  • Batterers Intervention Facilitator Training, 40 hours. Meets California Probation Core Basic Requirements as evidenced in Code 1203.098. CBCI, June 11, 2017. [116 CEs for 2017]
  • Annual California Coalition on Sexual Offending 20th Annual Training Conference (14 CEs) Keynote: "The Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview: Empathy as an informative tool", Dave Markel; "Psychopathy Within" by Eva Maram, PhD; "When evaluating adolescents with sexual behavior problems, compare against 25,000 assessments" by Brett White, PhD; Film: Untouchable, Daniel Glenn; "Major Mental Health Issues in Sexual Offenders" by Rachyl Dempsey, PsyD, Michelle Wyospal, PsyD and Venus Klinger, PsyD. "Supervision Training for Clinicians Working with Sexually Abusive Clients" by Marti Fredericks, LMFT and Miccio-Fonseca, PhD. San Ramon, CA May 10-11, 2017.
  • Evidence Based Trauma Treatments and Interventions (25 CEs) by Eric Gentry, PhD, distance learning video course and testing presented by OnSite Strategies, Roseville, CA. May 2, 2017.
  • Gateway Intervention Training (25 CEs), OnSite Strategies. Intervention techniques for addicts and alcoholics. Dr. Jessica Rodriguez, Roseville. CA, April 7-9, 2017.
  • Psycho-Legal Associates (4 CEs). Domestic Violence Update: Special Populations & Topics Home Study. 3/29/17
  • Psycho-Legal Associates (8 CEs). "Child Custody Update: Interviewing, Assessment and Testimony". Jonathan W. Gould Home Study. March 29, 2017.
  • California Association of Anger Management Professionals and Anger Management Essentials. (12 CEs). Anita Avedian, MFT et al. September 26-27, 2016. [20.5so/47.5 CEs + 14 hours]
  • Psycho-Legal Associations (4 CEs). "Domestic Violence Update: Assessing and Treating Battered Women, Batters and their Children". Michele Harway, PhD, ABPP & Marsali Hansen, PhD, ABPP, May 10, 2016.
  • Psycho-Legal Associates (8 CEs). "Child Custody Update: Interviewing, Assessment and Testimony". Jonathan W. Gould Home Study. July 4, 2016. [27.5so/35.5 CEs + 14 hours]
  • The International Psychohistory Association. (14 hours) "The Worm at the Core: The Role of Death in Life", Sheldon Solomon, PhD; "The Future of Psychohistory: Reflections on How People and Society Change", Paul Elovitz; "Neuro-Psychoanalysis and NeuroHermeneutics: "Integrative Transdisciplinary Methodologies of Meaning Making", Inna Rozentsvit, MD, PhD; "Political Violence: Rage and Its Meaning in an Age of Terrorism, War and Genocide", Charles B. Strozier, PhD and David Lotto, PhD; "The False Memory Debate Revisited; Designing Research to Predict and Understand Behavior according to Critical Childhood Experiences", S. Faye Snyder, PsyD; "Psychological Effects of Boko Haram Activities on Families in North-Eastern Nigeria"; "Punitive Parenting and Christian Fundamentalism", Constance L. Benson, M. Div. "The Intergenerational Trauma of Slavery"; "Scars of War: New Perspectives on Trauma and Healing". New York University, 60 Washington Square. June 1-2, 2016 [27.5so +14 hours]
  • 2016 Annual California Coalition on Sex Offending Conference (20.5 so/20.5 CEs). San Diego, CA. 5/10-13/16 [27.5]
  • Department of Probation Containment Meeting (2 so hours), Van Nuys, March 9, 2016. [7.5]
  • California State University, Sacramento. (4 CEs) Stable-2007/Acute-2007 Training in Predicting Sexual Offending Behavior. January 21, 2016. [5.5so]
  • CCOSO Los Angeles (1.5 hours), John Flentz, polygrapher. The Psychology of Polygraph Administration. Los Angeles Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Jan. 22, 2016. [1.5so/X]
  • SFV CAMFT monthly seminars at 1.5 hours each (6 CEs). Making the Invisible Visible: Therapy with Transgender Youth & Seniors (7/26/2015), Marie Keller, PhD & Susan Landon, MFT; Grief across the Ages, Debi & Mark Frankle (11/8/2015), MFTs; (4/12/15) Relationship Theory and Therapy: A Resolution Revolution; Finding Order in Personality Disorders, The DSM-5 and Beyond, Janet K. Smith, PhD. Woodland Hills, CA. [23/59.5] 59 CEs in 2015.
  • Certification as Anger Management Specialist-I. (14 CEs) National Anger Management Association. Anger Management Training and Certification. August 25-26, 2015. [23/53.5]
  • Annual Collaborative Training Conference presented by the California Commission on Sexual Offending (9 CEs add'l). Trauma Informed Issues, Assessment, and Intervention for Juvenile and Adult Sex Offenders by Robert Geffner, PhD; The Hunting Ground; The Criminogenic Needs of Sex Offenders by Deirdre D'Orazio, PhD; The Containment Model for Field Officers. Sponsored by the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) at Alliant International University and the California Coalition on Sex Offending CCOSO. Monterey Marriott, May 14-15, 2015. [23/39.5]
  • The SARATSO Sponsored TRACK: The Stable 2007/Acute 2007 risk assessment tool with certification, presented by Lea Chankin (14 hours). Monterey Marriott, May 12-13, 2015. [14/30.5]
  • Developmental Trauma: Where Trauma Meets Attachment (7 CEs). Bessel van der Kolk, MD, keynote; Heather Forbes, LCSW, panel; Stephanie Covington, PhD, LCSW, "Breaking Down the Bars"; Ruth Beaglehole, MA, Founder Echo Parenting and Education (7 CEs), Los Angeles, March 5-6, 2015. [16.5]
  • Inventing the Future: Getting Ahead of the Curve for California's Families. (13 v 9.5 CEs) "Sometimes Things Aren't What They Seem: Child Custody Evaluation in the Context of Coercive-Controlling Intimate Partner Violence" (1.5 CEs) by William Austin, PhD; Gabrielle Davis, JD; Robin Deutsch, PhD; Leslie Drozd, PhD; Loretta Frederick, JD; Arnold Shienvold, PhD and Nancy Ver Steegh, JD, MSW. "Gathering of the Gods, Clash of the Titans: A Round Table of California Judges" by Hon. Michael Gassner; Hon. Maureen Hallahan; Hon. Lon Hurwitz; Hon. Mark Juhas; Mary Lund, PhD; Hon. Clay Smith; Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.); "Navigating Complex Legal, Ethical & Practical Issues in Family Law: We're Not Here to Scare You" by Leslie Drozd, PhD; A. Steven Frankel; PhD, JD; Steven Sparta, PhD; "The Other Side of the Child's Voice" by Steven Friedlander, PhD; Robert Kaufman, PhD; Comm. Marjorie Slabach (Ret.). Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Los Angeles (AFCC-LA), Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, CA, Feb.6-8, 2015. [9.5]
  • Developments in Sex Offender Risk Assessment: Practical Application in Community and Institutional Settings, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Office of Sex Offender Management. http://www.static99.org/training.html. (6 hours) Part I: Static 2002 v Static 99 and Recidivism Estimates of Female Sex Offenders, Developmentally Delayed and the Mentally Ill by Karl Hanson (1.25 hours); Part II, Sadists, Psychopaths, Extra-Familial Child Molesters by David Thornton (2 hours); Part III: How Do You Use Dynamic Risk Assessments in Institutional Settings: How Do You Know When an Offender's Risk Assessment Has Changed? How Do Your Rate Someone Who Has Been Incarcerated for 20 Years? by David Thornton (2.75 hours). (Total 6 hours, taken December 31, 2014.) 2014 = 34.5 CEs + 15 CEs unrelated (see below) + 30 hours professional training out of state or country. [18/X]
  • Attachment and Psychopathology 3 hrs. on sex offenders plus 5-hours on Attachment Strategies of Sex Offenders by Patricia Crittenden, PhD. Tavistock Clinic, London England, 11/14-16/2014. [12/27 + 24 hrs.]
  • Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 36th Annual Child Custody Colloquium (6.5 CEs). When a Child Rejects a Parent: Exploring Rejection, Resolution and Reunification. Sept. 20, 2014. [9/27]
  • CAMFT 50th Annual Conference. (16 CEs) Adolescents as Symptom Bearers by Alan Luddington, MFT (2 CEs); Approach to Addressing Addictive Disorders by Claudia Black (2 CEs); From Difficult to Dangerous (2 CEs) by Ronald Mah; The Closer Together, the Further Apart: The Effect of Digital Technology on Sex, Dating and Relationships; Predicting and Understanding Behavior by Faye Snyder, PsyD (2 CEs); May 1-4, 2014, Indian Wells, CA. [6/20.5]
  • SFV-CAMFT Monthly Seminars. "Findings of Neuroscience and Affect Regulation Theory in Psychotherapy Practice", Delphine DeMore, PhD (10/13/13); "Cultivating Sensitivity in Working with Gay Clients" by Steve Isaacman (4/13/14); "When the Body Knows What the Mind Cannot Say," Aline LaPierre, PsyD (9/14/14); SFV CAMFT, Woodland Hills Country Club. [4.5]
  • Riding the Wave of the Future: Global Voices, Expanding Choices in Child Custody Evaluations (14.5 CEs): "Bias" by Robert Kaufman, PhD, Judith R. Forman, Esq., PC, (with white paper "Minding the Court: Enhancing the Decision-Making Process" by Pamela Casey, PhD, Judge Kevin Burke and Judge Steve Leven); "Risk Assessment" by Frank Ezzo, PhD (2 CEs) ; Court Orders; "Sex Abuse Allegations" (2 CEs) by William Austin, PhD, Milfred "Bud" Dale, PhD, JD, Kathryn Kuchnie, PhD; "50 Years of Cognitive Science--Decision Making and Parenting Plans" by Nancy Olsen, PhD, Leslie M. Drozd, PhD, Michael Saini, PhD and the Hon. Marjorie Slabach; "Brief Focused Assessments" by Kenneth B. Perlmutter, PhD and Faren Arkins, PhD, JD; "Assessing Parent-Child Deficiencies and Interactions" by David Weinstock, JD, PhD and John Moran, PhD; "Self-Represented Litigants" by Jacqueline Singer, PhD, Brandon Blevans and JD, Hon. Louise Bayles-Fightmaster. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). JW Marriott, Los Angeles LA LIVE, May 29-June 1, 2013. 2013 = 33.5 CEs.
  • Empathic Therapy Conference (19 CEs). Toxic Psychiatry Today, Peter Breggin, MD; Working with the Deeply Disturbed for Genuine Healing: A Master Class, Bert Karon, PhD; Predicting Behavior by Faye Snyder, PsyD (2 CEs); A Pediatrician Take a Stand on ADHD and Stimulants, Tom Ryan, MD; Pharmaceutical Companies: The Largest Legal Settlements in US History and Illegal Marketing of Antipsychotic Drugs: Stephen Sheller, Esq. An Alternative to Bullying by Howard Glasser; Healing the Invisible Wounds of War by by [sic] Gayle Rozantine, PhD; Psychiatric Drug Tragedies: Personal, Legal and Medical Perspectives: Mathy Downing, Margaret & Tracy Orban and Peter Breggin, MD. RCS Cassidy Seminars. Syracuse, NY. 04/23-25/2013. [19]
  • Empathic Therapy Conference (21.5 CEs). Peter Breggin, MD; Bert Karon, PhD, Robert Whitaker, Faye Snyder, PsyD; et al. RCS Cassidy Seminars. Syracuse, New York. April 13-15, 2012. 2012 = 45 CEs + 6 required/unrelated CEs = 57 CEs for 2012.
  • Child Custody Update Training for California Court Rule 5.25 (8 CEs). Nancy Olesen, PhD. Psycho-Legal Associates, National University, Costa Mesa. February 3, 2012
  • Domestic Violence: Research & Recommendations for Child Custody Evaluators (4 CEs). Nancy Olesen, PhD. Psycho-Legal Associates, National University, LA. January 21, 2012 [4]
  • 12-Hour Domestic Violence for Child Custody Evaluators (12 CEs). Daniel Sonkin, PhD. January 3, 2012. [12]
  • 4-Hour Domestic Violence. Philip M. Stahl, PhD. Domestic Violence: 4-Hour Annual Update for California Court Rule 5.230. Psycho-Legal Associates. December 31, 2011. 2011 = 32 CEs.
  • 14-Hour Assessing Psychopathy with the PCL-R, (14 CEs) Reid Meloy, PhD, Specialized Training Services, Inc. Culver City, December 9-10, 2011. [14]
  • 7-Hour Assessing and Treating Sexual Offenders (7 CEs), Anna Salter, PhD, Specialized Training Services, Inc. Culver City, December 8, 2011.
  • Attachment in Therapy: Mindfully using the Clinically-Derived Adult Attachment Interview in Therapy with Individuals and Couples. (7 CEs) Rebecca Stanton, PhD, Growing Together Alliance. October 1, 2011.
  • 12-Hour Child Custody Update Training for California. (12 CEs) S. Margaret Lee, PhD. Psycholegal Associates. Costa Mesa. September 24-25, 2010. (12 CEs 2010)
  • International Psychohistory Association 33rd Annual Convention, "Psychohistory & Psychobiolgraphy in the Work of Sigmund Feud: The Dilemmas Freud Left for Contemporary Psychohistory, Ken Fuchsman; Dreams as Historical Artifacts, by Abby Stein; My Thirty Years with the Second World War by Psychohistorian David Beisel; The True Story of Jeffrey Dahmer and Other Killers by Faye Snyder, PsyD; Dysfuncitonal Families by Harriet Fraad; Pioneers of Insight: The History of Psychohistory; Sexual Abuse of the Child: A Treatment Model for the Incestuous Family. (18 hours, not for CEs.) Fordham University, NY, NY. 06/09/2010.
  • 12-Hour Child Custody Update Training for California Rules 5.225 & 5.230 (12 CEs) Nancy Williams Olesen, PhD. Psycho-Legal Associates. National University, LA. Nov. 13-14, 2009. (22 CEs 2009)
  • 2009 Domestic Violence Training for Child Custody Evaluators and Mediators 5.215 and 5.230 & Family Code 3110.5(a) (4 CEs) Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN: "Assessing for Danger in Child Custody Evaluation and Mediation." "Equivalence in the Domestic Violence Literature: the Use and Misuse of Research." Family Court Services, Los Angeles Superior Court, Center of the Cathedral Plaza, LA. January 23, 2009.
  • 12-Hour Child Custody Update Training for California Rules 5.225 & 5.230 (12 CEs) Leslie M. Drozd, PhD, editor Journal of Child Custody. International University, Costa Mesa. April 25-26, 2008. 2008 = 12 CEs.
  • 12-Hour Child Custody Update Training for California Rules 5.225 & 5.230 (12 CEs) Lyn R. Greenberg, PhD. Psycho-Legal Associates, Marina del Rey. November 9-10, 2007.
  • 12-Hour Child Custody Update Training for California Rules 5.225 & 5.230 (12 CEs) Matthew J. Sullivan, Ph.D. Psycho-Legal Associates, Marina del Rey. October 2006.
  • Conducting Child Custody Evaluations (20 CEs) Marc Ackerman, Ph.D. Specialized Training Services. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles. December 8-10, 2005. (55 CEs in 2005)
  • Domestic Violence: New Perspectives on Assessment and Treatment (14 CEs) Donald Dutton, Ph.D. Specialized Training Services. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles. December 6-7, 2005.
  • 12-Hour Child Custody Update Training, including 4 CEs in Assessing Domestic Violence. Joan B. Kelly, Ph.D. Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. Marina del Rey, 10/28-29/2005.
  • Adoptive Parenting. (3 CEs) Ellen Glazer, LCSW. GSC Home Study. October 13, 2005.
  • Attachment Therapy Training and Empowerment Retreat (not for CEs). Bryan Post, PhD. The Post Institute for Family-Centered Therapy. San Diego. September 29 - October 1, 2005.
  • Exploring the MacDonald Triad & Other Early Signs and Symptoms of Serial Killers, (3 CEs). Christine Randle, LCSW. GSC Home Study Courses. September 14, 2005.
  • Attachment Theory: Implications for Psychological Development (3 CEs). 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. PsychoLegal Associates, Inc. Sherman Oaks, California. April 17 and 18th, 2004. (12 CEs in 2004)
  • New Developments in Attachment Theory (16 hours). Drs. Allan Shore, Daniel Siegel, Beatrice Beebe, Daniel Stern, and Sir Richard Bowlby. Ackerman Student Union, UCLA. 03/8-9/2003. (36 CEs in 2003)
  • 20-Hour Custody Training on Testing, Testifying, Mediation, Parental Alienation, Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse Assessment Part II (20 CEs). G. Klein, JD; Stephen Doyne, PhD on Domestic Violence and Child Sex Abuse Assessment [7 hrs.] Psychological Testing & Expert Testimony, Ira R. Gorman, PhD, ABPP [7 hrs.]. Divorce Mediation & Parent Alienation, G. Klein [6 hrs.] Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. Hilton, Pasadena. 01/24-26/2013.
  • 20-Hour Child Custody Training Part I for Rule 1257.4 and Report Writing, Part I (20 CEs). A. Steven Frankel, PhD, JD and Ira R. Gorman, PhD, ABPP. Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. Hilton, Woodland Hills. July 19-21, 2002. (45 CEs in 2002)
  • Attachment and Intersubjectivity in the Healing Relationship (4 CEs). 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 CEs). David Wallin, PhD. R. Cassedy Seminars. Skirball Cultural Center. Summer, 2002.
  • Re-Examining the Medical Model of Mental Illness. (6 CEs). Ty Colbert, Ph.D. Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. Holiday Inn, Bel Air. May 30, 2002.
  • Client Anger: Prevalent and Treatable (4 CEs). Arlen Ring, PhD. CSU Northridge, 04/27/2002.
  • Domestic Violence Counseling Strategies: From Resistance to Real Change (7 CEs). Scott Barella, MS, MFT. California State University at Northridge. April 21, 2002.
  • Legal Issues of Treating Children (7 CEs). Richard Leslie, Esq. Self-Study. 2/15/2002.
  • Annual Conference on Attachment and Bonding (16 CEs). Keynote Speaker: Foster Cline, MD. Heal the Hearts Foundation. Riverside. January 10-11, 2000.
  • Evaluation & Treatment of Sex Offenders, Psycholegal Associates, Wesley Maram, PhD (6.5 hours). Huntington Beach, May 5, 2000 (6 CEs). Oct. 15, 1999.
  • Stabilization Techniques for Borderline Behavior (3 CEs). 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 Intervention Worker Safety (14 hours). Lois Miller. DCFS Crisis Prevention Institute, Los Angeles. September 13-14, 1995.
  • Attachment Issues for Abused Children (3.5 hours). DCFS Training. Santa Fe Springs. July 1, 1995.
  • Mock Court (8 hours). USC Tyler Building. DCFS Training. June 28, 1995.
  • California Risk Assessment (16 hours). Lois Miller. DCFS Training. Training Center, Santa Fe Springs. 6/20-21/95
  • 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, 1994.
  • 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 (22 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. 8/12/91.

Required and Related Workshops

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  • Supervision: Principles and Practices. Steven M. Sultanoff, PhD. December 28, 2025. 6 hours.
  • Clinical Supervision. CEs4Less. 02/10/2023. 6 CEs.
  • Aging. Zur Institute. 12/20/2023. 4 CEs.
  • Suicide Assessment and Intervention, Zur Institute, 10/17/2021, 6 more CEs.
  • Clinical Supervision for Mental Health Professionals, Catherine Christie, PhD; Laura More, MSW; Leo Christie, PhD, LMFT. Professional Development Resources (PDR). 12/11/2020, 4 CEs + 6 = 10 more CEs for 2020.
  • SUP401-Supervising via Distance Technology (6 CEs). Zur Institute, Glenn Marks, PhD, Director, Sebastopol, CA 95472. 12/17/2020, 6 CEs.
  • Clinical Supervision: Best Practices. Carol Falender, PhD. Psych Seminars Online. 6 CEs. Oct. 18, 2018.
  • Clinical Supervision: Traditional and Contemporary Issues and Processes (California). Steven Sultanoff. Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences (AATBS). Home study. 6 CEs. July 4, 2016.
  • The New ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes and Other Insurance Essentials Every Therapist Should Know. 6 CEs. Barbara Griswold, LMFT. PaRC, Granada Hills. Sept. 26, 2015.
  • Understanding and Utilizing the DSM-5 and ICD-10 Diagnostic and Statistical Systems, Jennifer De Feo, PhD (6 hrs), Granada Hills. 08/18/2015.
  • SFV-CAMFT monthly lectures for 1.5 hours credit, Woodland Hills Country Club:
    • "From the Top", Jill Epstein, 05/25/2015
    • "A Psychiatrist's View on Psychotherapy" 06/28/2015
    • "Psychotropic Medication and Collaboration between Professions," Lance Steinberg, MD; 11/9/2014
    • "Finding Order in Personality Disorders: The DSM-5 and Beyond", Dr. Janet K Smith, 10/12/2014
    • SFV CAMFT Membership Presentations" (6 CEs, total): (06/28/2015).
    • "Reviving Rhythm: Music Medicine for Mind, Body & Soul" with Christine Stevens, MSW, MT-BC, MA; 01/19/2/2014
    • "Marketing and Social Media: What They Never Taught You in Graduate School—How to Build a Profitable Private Practice", Elana Clark-Faler, LCSW. 02/09/2014.
    • "Cultivating Sensitivity in Working with Gay Clients", Steve Isaacman. 04/13/14
    • "Eating Disorders: Covert to Overt", Alli Spotts-DeLazzer, LMFT. 03/16/2014.
    • "From the Top, Jill Epstein", 07/13/14.
    • "Sex, Chocolate and Other Cravings: Finding Satisfaction", Darlene Basch, LCSW 6/1/14.
    • SFV-CAMFT Membership Presentations (9 CEs). Woodland Hills Country Club. 9/14/2014.
  • ACLS Training in Basic Life Support. Online. Certified from 10/10/13 to 10/10/17
  • CAMFT 50th Annual Conference (3 CEs. See above for more CEs) On Being a Master Therapist by Jeff Kottler, PsyD; Telehealth: Past, Present and Future with Tom Farris, PhD. May 1-4, Indian Wells, CA. May 1-4, 2014. Indian Wells, CA.
  • Integrating the Findings of Neuroscience and Affect Regulation Theory in Psychotherapy Practice by Delphine DeMore, PhD. (October 13, 2013). SFV-CAMFT, Woodland Hills.
  • Affect Regulation Theory in Psychotherapy Practice by Delphine DeMore, PhD. California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, San Fernando Valley Chapter, Woodland Hills Country Club, October 13, 2013. 1.5 CEs (37.5 CEs 2013).
  • Clinical Supervision: A Competency-Based Approach (6 CEs), Carol Falender, PhD and Edward Shafranske, PhD. Psych-Legal Associates, Home Study. April 3, 2012.
  • A Supervisor's Journal I: Clinical Supervision, Law and Ethics Supervising a First-Year Intern (6 CEs), Kate Amatruda, LMFT. psychCE.com. June 10, 2009.
  • CPSE 2-Day Workshop on California Licensing Exam, Michael Kerner. Sheraton Gateway, LAX, 10/3-4/09 Los Angeles. October 3-4, 2009.
  • EPPP 4-Day Workshop on National Licensing Exam, AATBS, Handlery Resort and Hotel. February 5-8, 2009.
  • SFV-CAMFT monthly lectures for 1.5 hours credit, Woodland Hills Country Club:
    • The Dangerous Patient Revisited (2 CEs) Richard Leslie, JD. Home Study, CAMFT, July 18, 2008.
    • Narcissism and Desire. (6 CEs) Roberta Lichter, PhD. Psycho-Legal Associates, Woodland Hills. June 20, 2008.
    • Child Abuse Reporting (2 CEs) Richard Leslie, Home Study, CAMFT, October 5, 2007.
    • Family Therapy and Custody Disputes (2 CEs). Richard Leslie, JD. Home Study, CAMFT. October 5, 2007.
    • Professional Ethics for MFTs. (2 CEs). Richard Leslie, JD. Home Study, CAMFT, October 5, 2007.
    • Confidentiality (2 CEs) Richard Leslie, JD. Home Study, CAMFT, October 5, 2007.
    • Treating Children Legal Issues (2 CEs) Richard Leslie. Home Study, CAMFT, October 5, 2007.
    • Dealing with a Subpoena (2 CEs) Richard Leslie, JD. Home Study, CAMFT, September 11, 2007.
    • Are All Dual Relationships Unethical? (2 CEs) Richard Leslie, JD. CAMFT, September 11. 2007.
  • Clinical Supervision: Best Practices (6 CEs) Steven Sultanoff, Ph.D. Psycho-Legal Assoc, Marina del Rey. 10/2016.
  • Ethics and Jurisprudence Part I. (3 CEs) A.J. Barnert, MA, LMFT. GSC Home Study Courses. Oct. 13, 2005.
  • Ethics and Jurisprudence Part II. (3 CEs) A.J. Barnert, MA, LMFT. GSC Home Study Courses. Oct. 13, 2005.
  • Ethics: Problematic Issues and Decision Making. (3 CEs) Jeff Larson, RTP, L/ATC. GSC Home Study, 10/13/2005
  • Invoking the Sage, Jonathan Young, PhD (7 CE) Woodland Hills. April, 2005.
  • Self-Care Tools for Women in Transition (1 CE) Pine Mountain Institute. Feb. 14, 2002.
  • Malpractice: A Problem to be Avoided (7CEs) Dick Leslie, Home Study. Feb. 15, 2002.
  • The Evolution of Psychotherapy (31.5 CEs) Bandura, Black, Huxley, Corsini, Gottman, Haley, Zeig, Masterson, Ellis, Glasser, Rossi, Hillman, 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 CEs) Concertta Alfano, MSW, PhD and John Buksbazen, MA, MFT. Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute at the Santa Monica Zen Center. May 14, 2000.
  • HIV/AIDS (7 CEs), NASW. Marriott Hotel, Manhattan Beach. April 14, 2000.
  • Chemical Dependency, (7 CEs) NASW. Marriott Hotel, Manhattan Beach. April 15, 2000.
  • Success Motivation Coaching (8 CEs) Lynn Kelley-Jones, MFT. NASW Home Study.
  • Advanced Workshop in Effective Clinical Supervision (15 CEs) Dana Weinstein, LCSW, MFT and Shirl Kelemer, PhD, MFT, presenters. Psychotherapy Training Institute. LAX Airport Hotel. February 4 and 5, 2000.
  • Zen Life Intensive, Bill Yoshin Jordan, Santa Monica Zen Center, (10 hrs.) Nov. 5-6 1999.
  • A Re-Introduction to Your Original Self, Bill Yoshin Jordan, Santa Monica Zen Center, May 29, 1999 (6 hours).
  • Therapists at Risk Conference for Professionals (8 hrs). Listening Perspectives Study Center. Orange. 04/16/94.
  • Film Series 1, Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, (3 hours), February 18, 1994.
  • Orientation to Crisis Intervention and Debriefing (8 hours) Gary Ross, PhD, MFCC. American Red Cross Mental Health Services Coordinator and CAMFT. LA, CA. Feb. 5, 1994.

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