Position:
Deputy Director of Clinical Services at Progress Foundation [
Work:
Progress Foundation [
since Oct 2008
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Deputy Director of Clinical Services
San Francisco State University- Counseling & Psychological Services
Jan 2008 - Jun 2008
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Clinical Counseling Faculty
UCSF School of Nursing
Mar 2005 - 2008
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Clinical Member of Expert Advisory Group (EAG) on Trauma
Progress Foundation
2000 - 2008
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Assistant Director of Clinical Services
Institute for the Study of Psycosocial Trauma (ISPT)
1989 - 2004
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Co-founder & Clinical Member
Progresss Foundation
1984 - 1992
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Director of La Posada Acute Crisis Residential Program,
Education:
Center for Psychological Studies
SF School of Professional Psychology
Skills:
Management and team development & coaching, Non-profit, health care, mental health, curriculum development for higher education & mental health internships, designs and best practices for effective shift monitoring, trauma and Critical Incident Debriefing, Coaching people from Latin America & US that want to move & live in Europe, Non-profit accountability work in human rights cases, Right now on sabbatical from any private outpatient work, Consulting on new projects between Latin America & US
Interests:
.The joy of making a difference in the place that I work
.Love travel, music, poetry, dancing & great movies
.Concentrating efforts to support identifying & letting people know about works by Critical Education Movement/Pedagogy Latino writers most of the time unknown in US & Europe
.Mentoring Latino graduate students with an interest on research papers that explore and challenge assumptions about Latinos here & in Latin America, working with only 2 students at a time, or a student and a professor
.Exploration of basic assumptions (thinking out of the box), solution oriented environments
.Demystifying that change has to be difficult and/or painful
.Collecting songs with great humor and joy for life like ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂPor un mani" (For one peanut)
.Exploring & collecting Latin American sayings ("dichos")
.Listening to the clapping of one hand & great percussion