DegreEs, Licenses & Certifications

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. - Clinical Psychology
Brigham Young University

M.P.H. - Community Mental Health
University of California, Los Angeles

M.A. - School Psychology
California State University, Humbolt

B.A. - Psychology
Lycoming College

Professional Licenses

Licensed Clinical Psychologist (SC, since 1973)

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (SC, since 1991)

Professional Certification

ASCH (Clinical Hypnosis)
ASSECT-Certified Diplomate of Sex Therapy

Professional Memberships

American Psychological Association

National Register of Psychologists

American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT)

Selected Continuing Professional Education Experiences

It’s Not Just the Cheating…It’s the Lies: A New Framework for Infidelity---March 15, 2024

The Neuroscience of Grief: How We Learn from Love and Loss---July 23, 2025

The Ultimate Grief Treatment Toolbox---Interventions to Promote Healing and Hope Among Grieving Children, Adolescents, and Adults---August 9, 2025

Complex and Complicated Grief—Clinical Tools for Practice—August 10, 2025

Clients Stuck in Pain---August 11, 2025

Disenfranchised Grief---August 12, 2025

Grief on the Job---August 12, 2025

Grief After Suicide---Transition Survivors from “Why?” to “What’s Next?”---August 13, 2025

Grief and Trauma in the Bones: Mindfulness and Indigenous Ways of Healing---August 13, 2025

Cancer in the Couple: Clinical and Ethical Considerations within the Dyad—August 15, 2025

Ethics for Mental Health Professionals—August 15, 2025

Loss, Grief, and Bereavement—August 16, 2025

Release, Reclaim, (Re)build---August 22, 2025

Navigating Tomorrow’s Loss: Anticipatory Grief Training for Mental Health Practitioners—August 24, 2025

Gabor Mate’s Compassionate Inquiry in Action: An Experiential Course for the Healing of Deep Traumatic Wounds—August 25, 2025

The Gathering Storm: Addiction and the Toxic Stresses that Drive Them, August 4, 2023, Patrick Carnes, PESI, Inc.

Transforming Trauma: The Roots of Addiction, August 3, 2023, Peter Levine, PESI, Inc.

Ethics and Risk Management in Behavioral Health: What Every Clinician Needs to Know About Mental Health and the Law, August 1, 2023, (6 hrs.) Robert Landau and Frederic Reamer (self-study), PESI, Inc.

Gaslighting: Help Clients Escape and Rebuild from a Narcissist’s Emotional Abuse, June 16, 2023, (6 hrs.), Stephanie Sarkis, (online course-fully interactive), PESI, Inc.

Sex on the Download: When the Internet Disconnects You From Your Relationship—November 2, 2021, (4 hrs.) Joe Kort, Modern Sex Therapy Institutes.

Helping Make the Unbearable Tolerable: Trauma & the Treatment of Addictions—August 25, 2021, Bessel van der Kolk, PESI, Inc.

Healing Developmental Trauma in Therapy: The Science of Restoring Self-Regulation—July 20, 2021, Jon Caldwell, PESI, Inc.

Techniques for Creatively and Compassionately Addressing the Impulse to Self-Harm and Relapse, May 19, 2021, Lisa Ferentz, PESI, Inc.

Reverberations of Trauma in the Addictive Family: A 7-Step Process of Recovery, May 16, 2021, Claudia Black, PESI, Inc.

Addictive Behaviors as Self-Preservation: Key Insights from the Internal Family Systems Model, May 23, 2021, Richard C. Schwartz, PESI, Inc.

How our Unconscious Biases Toward Racial & Sexual Minorities are Affecting Clients & What to Do., July 18, 2021, Whitney Howzell, PESI, Inc.

The Seven Myths of Addiction, May 18, 2021, Gabor Mate, PESI, Inc.

The Not-So-Hidden Epidemic of Sexually Compulsive Behaviors & Pornography Addiction: The Trauma Connection and Treatment, May 16, 2021, Stefanie Carnes, PESI, Inc.

10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy, July 12, 2021 (14 hrs.), John Gottman, Julie Gottman, PESI, Inc.

The !0 Principles of Effective Couples Therapy, June 4, 2021 (5 hrs.), John Gottman, Julie Gottman, PESI, Inc.

How Neurofeedback & Neuro-therapies Can Heal Trauma & Addictions, August 23, 2021, Deirdre Stewart, PESI, Inc.

Seasons of Sexuality Series-Childhood-Webinar-April 27, 2019.

Anxiety, Worry, and Panic: Effective Strategies to Calm the Anxious Mind—August 21, 2019—Columbia, SC

Anger Management: Effective CBT Strategies for Out of Control Clients-Healthcare Training Institute—August 30, 2019.

Inside the Manipulator’s Mind: The Insider’s Guide to Ending Emotional Exploitation—March 8, 2017—Charleston, SC

Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Trauma-Informed Approach—June 22, 2017—Columbia, SC

Couples Therapy Jump-Start: Connecting Clinical Strategies with Neuroscience to Re-Wire & Re-Fire Love—June 23, 2017—Asheville, NC

The Clinician’s Guide to Dreams, Traumatic Memories, Hallucinations, and Intrusive Images: Making Sense of the Unconscious—July 1, 2017

The Hungry Ghost: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Addiction—July 27, 2017—Charleston, SC

Treating Anxiety in Children: Empowering Anxious Children & Their Parents—July 27, 2017—Charleston, SC

Treatment or Entrapment: Mentally Ill Behind Bars—July 27, 2017—Charleston, SC

The Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder—July 28, 2017—Charleston, SC

Raising Human Beings—July 28, 2017—Charleston, SC

The Power of Storytelling in Therapy and Everyday Life—July 28, 2017—Charleston, SC Mental Health Courts and Being an Expert Witness—August 27, 2017

Love as a Focal Concept in Couple Therapy—June 5-6, 2015--Charleston, SC

Ethics in a Digital Age—June 5, 2015—Charleston, SC

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness—May 22, 2015—Columbia, SC