Position:
Psychotherapist at Keep the Change
Industry:
Health, Wellness and Fitness
Work:
Keep the Change
since Jun 2010
-
Psychotherapist
Lifelong AIDS Alliance
Apr 2009 - Jul 2009
-
HIV/AIDS Medical Case Manager
Lifelong AIDS Alliance
Jul 2007 - Mar 2009
-
Treatment Education Coordinator
Lifelong AIDS Alliance
Mar 2007 - Jul 2007
-
Case Manager
Lifelong AIDS Alliance
Jul 2001 - Mar 2002
-
Client Support Services Supervisor
Pike Market Medical Clinic
Sep 1993 - Sep 1998
-
HIV Services Coordinator
Northwest AIDS Foundation
Jan 1991 - Sep 1998
-
Client Advocate/Case Manager
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Jan 1989 - Dec 1990
-
Study Coordinator: Donor Pain Study
Nurturing Resource Group, NRG
Jan 1985 - Nov 1989
-
Workshop Facilitator
Education:
City University of Seattle 1990 - 1992
MA/ABS, Counseling Track based in Family of Origin/Systems TheoryMy degree is from City University, I went through the Leadership Institute of Seattle. Theory Oral comprised using Harrison Owen for the Consulting component and Arnold Mindell for the Counseling component; comparing them to the four theories of Family Therapy.
City University of New York 1983 - 1986
BA, Creative Writing & Women's StudiesCreative Writing focus on Poetry. Honorable Mention, 1866 Mary M. Fay Award in Poetry at Hunter College.
Skills:
Life Transitions, Personal Growth, Grief & Loss, Death & Dying, Sexuality, Womens Issues, Family Systems, Relationships, Stress Management, Chronic Health Issues, Anxiety
Interests:
Leading groups, writing articles and poetry, complementary medicine, acupuncture, Continuum movement, performance art
Honor & Awards:
First full size poetry book, No Father Can Save Her, will be published Spring 2011., Author of chapbook, Case Walking: An AIDS Case Manager Wails Her Blues, published by Finishing Line Press, 2007., Poetry Third Place Prize, Unfinished Works Competition, AIDS Service Foundation Orange County, Read poem at World AIDS Day, December 1, 2005., Performance Poetry: "The Wailing Wall," The Intimate Stage, 2003 & Continuum Studio, 2008.