Psychotherapist - Private Practice
Largo, Florida
1987 – Present
Providing individual, couple and family counseling and consultation. Information and referral. Mental health and substance abuse assessment and evaluation. Specializing in: adult and adolescent psychotherapy; addictions; eating disorders; gifted issues; trauma; dissociative disorders; adjustment difficulties; and mood disorders.
Parenting Coordinator & Family Mediator - Private Practice
Largo, Florida
2009-Present
Florida State Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator and qualified Parent Coordinator. Providing services to families in conflict. Assistance in developing or implementing parenting plans. Divorce mediation.
Social/Parenting Plan Investigations
Largo, Florida
2010 – Present
Qualified Parenting Coordinator, individual and family therapist. Conducts court-ordered social investigations in order to make recommendations to the Court regarding Parenting Plan modifications.
Clinical Director - Spencer Recovery Center of Florida
St Petersburg Beach, Florida
2006 – 2008
Clinical oversight of outpatient addiction treatment program. Intake assessment and treatment planning. Clinical consultation to physician and counseling staff. Direct patient care for dual diagnosis clients. Staff supervision and training.
Psychotherapist/Consultant - Community Diagnostic and Referral Services, Inc.
Clearwater, Florida
1985 – 1987
Individual and family counseling within licensed drug and alcohol treatment agency. Employee assistance and evaluations. Telephone outreach and crisis intervention. Assessments and referrals.
President - Citizens' Council on Women Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland
1982 – 1984
Charter member citizens’ education and advocacy group. Developed organizational structure, operational guidelines and By-Laws. Edited quarterly newsletter. Representative to state and local agencies.
Alcoholism Councilor - Wyman Park Health System, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland
1984
Individual and family-group counseling in outpatient alcoholism treatment program. Developed and implemented DWI and Codependency group programs. Individual psychological and addiction assessment education.
Unit Supervisor - Good Shepherd Center
Baltimore, Maryland
1980 – 1983
Coordinated therapeutic program in residential unit for adolescent girls. Crisis intervention. Individual and group counseling. Assessments, treatment and discharge planning. Supervision and training.
Assistant Director - Mt Vernon Youth Center
Baltimore Maryland
1978 – 1979
Intake, assessment and discharge supervision within a structured shelter-care facility. Staff Training. Administrative and personnel responsibilities.
Instructor and Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences Division of Special Studies - Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York
1974 – 1977
Designed and presented psychology courses. Team-taught interdisiplinary courses. Provided individual counseling and career advisement, psychological consultation and referral and academic advisement. Supervised peer-teachers.
Courses taught:
1. Introduction to Psychology
2. Seminar in Racism
3. Addictive Behavior
4. Nonverbal Interaction
5. Altered States of Consciousness
6. Testing Seminar
Team-taught units on education, contemporary ideologies, contemporary society, utopias, illusion, creativity, self-expression and development.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Clinical Psychology
Union Institute
1995
Post-Masters
21 Semester Hours
Hofstra University
1974 – 1977
Master of Science in Education
Counseling Psychology
Hofstra University
October 1974
Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences
Psychology
New College of Hofstra
June 1973
Continuing Education
2024
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- PRN
“2024 PRN Annual Conference” – 9.5 - FLAFCC
“2024 Education Program” – 12.5 hrs - APA
“Why is Estrangement on the Rise?: Common Pathways to Estrangement”- 2.0 hrs - AAPB
“Trauma-Informed Design for Clinical Offices” 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“2024 The Fundamentals of Conducting Parenting Plan Evaluations Online Training Program” -28 hrs - SMHCA
“Can I Do That? Legal, Ethical, and Clinical Considerations for Counselors and Psychological Testing” – 2.0 hrs - The Florida Bar
“Depositions and Mediations” – 1.0 hrs - AFCC
“Equal Parenting Time in Practice and Policy: A Friendly Debate and Discussion” – 1.0 hrs - The Florida Bar
“Equitable Distribution, Alimony and Child Support” – 1.0 hrs - The Florida Bar
“An Update on the New Family Law Legislation” -1.0 hrs - Clearwater Bar Association
“Judicial Roundtable: Judge Kimberly Todd” – 1.0 hrs
- PRN
2023
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- FSAM
“Interesting and Unusual Addiction Cases” – 1.0 hrs - FSAM
“Adolescence Addiction” – 1.0 hrs - FSAM
“Shades of Gray: Destressing Pain Management in Dealing with SUDs” – 1.5 hrs - FSAM
“Psychiatric Comorbidities” – 1.0 hrs - FSAM
“The Florida DCF Peer Program Funding and Structure State Opioid Response” – 1.0 hrs - FSAM
“Trauma Informed Therapy for Addiction Treatment” – 1.0 hrs - FSAM
“Motivational Interviewing: Becoming a JEDI” – 1.0 hrs - FSAM
“Benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Harm Reduction Based Substance Use Treatment Settings” – 1.0 hrs - FSAM
“Neurobiology of Addiction” – 1.5 hrs - FSAM
“Opioid Treatment: What’s New with Tackling the Opioid Crisis” – 1.0 hrs - FSAM
“Back to the Future” – 1.0 hrs - FLAFCC
“Safeguarding Boundaries, Building Bridges: A Deep Dive into Resist Refuse Dynamics” – 1.0 hrs - FLAFCC
“Family Forgiveness: Application of Forgiveness Interventions to Parent-Child Contact problems” – 1.0 hrs - FLAFCC
“Digital Evidence: Overcoming Challenging Issues in the Age of AI” – 1.5 hrs - FLAFCC
“Leading a Balanced Life, Recognizing Secondary Trauma and Mitigating Its Effects” – 1.0 hrs - FLAFCC
“Too Much Conflict, Not Enough Trust and Respect” – 1.5 hrs - FLAFCC
“Shared Parenting: Is the Devil in the Details?” – 1.0 hrs - FLAFCC
“Parenting Capacity and Mental Illness: Finding an Effective Parenting Balance” – 1.0 hrs - FLAFCC
“The Split Outreach Project” – 1.0 hrs - FLAFCC
“A Primer on Managing Addiction Concerns” – 1.0 hrs - AFCC
“Coercive Control: Understanding the Impact on Survivors as Parents and Their Children” – 1.0 hrs
- The Florida Bar
“Judicial Roundtable” – 1.0 hrs - AAPB
“A Review of SEMG: The Stella
Method” – 1.5 hrs - AAPB
“The 10 Biggest Mistakes I Made
Starting My Biofeedback Practice” – 1.0 hrs - AAPB
“Alpha Neurofeedback: Regaining
Control of the Mind and Body
After Trauma” – 1.0 hrs - AAPB
“Clinical Applications of
Biofeedback-Integrated Exposure
Journey” – 1.5 hrs - AAPB
“How Not To Do Biofeedback” – 1.0 hrs
- AAPB
“Trauma-Informed Biofeedback
and Mindfullness” – 1.5 - AAPB
“BCIA Heart Rate Variability
Biofeedback Didactic Course”- 15 hrs - AFCC
“Gender and Sex in Family Law”- 2.0 hrs - PESI
“Clinical Applications of
the Polyvagal Theory”- 6.0 hrs - Hillsborough County Bar
“ACEs in Family Law”- 8.0 hrs - The Florida Bar
“Judicial Roundtable”- 1.0 hrs - SMHCA
“God Doesn’t Make No Junk but
He Sure made Me: ADHD Journey
Through the Lifespan”- 3.0 hrs
- FSAM
2022
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- AHS
“Addiction Health Summit 2022”- 14.5 hrs - The Florida Bar
“Immigration and Criminal Law”- 4.0 hrs - Global Exchange Conference
“Trauma, Illness & Healing in
a Toxic Culture”- 1.0 hrs - Global Exchange Conference
“The Future of Well Being- 1.0 hrs - Global Exchange Conference
“Manage Stress, Boost Memory
and Protect Your Brain today,
tomorrow and years from now”- 1.0 - Global Exchange Conference
“Why We Sleep”- 1.0 hrs - Global Exchange Conference
“Unspoken Legacy – Reverberations
of Trauma in the Addictive Family”- 1.5 hrs - Global Exchange Conference
“Advanced Brain Imaging Produces
Improved Outcomes for Behavioral- 1.0
and Mental Health Recovery” - Global Exchange Conference
“Exploring Internal Family Systems:
Restoring Wholeness”- 1.5 hrs - Global Exchange Conference
“Clinical Consideration for Working
with the Queer, Gay, Non binary, and
LGBTQIA2+ Population”- 1.5 hrs - Global Exchange Conference
“Spirituality and Mental Health”- 1.0 hrs - Global Exchange Conference
“The Allure of Self-Destruction:
How Acceptance & Commitment
Therapy (ACT) Can Redefine
Addiction Recovery”- 1.0 hrs - The Florida Bar
“Family Law, Tax, and Business Law- 1.0 hrs - FDR Conference
“Substance Use and Co-occurring
Disorders in Women and Girls”- 1.5 hrs - FDR Conference
“Confidentiality Applied”- 1.5 hrs - FDR Conference
“Trauma Informed Meditation”- 1.5 hrs - FDR Conference
“Plenary Session with Judges- 1.5 hrs
Munyon and Orfinger” - FDR Conference
“Ethics of Breaking an Impasse”- 1.5 hrs - FDR Conference
“New PC Laws”- 1.5 hr - The Florida Bar
“Judicial Roundtable”- 1.0 hrs - Building Family Bridges
“Professional Teaching Seminar”-30.0 hrs
- AFCC
“Children’s Voices in Cases Involving
Parent-Child Contact Problems” – 1.0 hrs - AFCC
“Vaccine Hesitancy in Family
Law Matters” – 1.0 hrs - AFCC
“Refuse/Resist Cases: Making the
Case to the Court” – 1.0 hrs - AFCC
“LCSW, ACSW, Focused or Cost-
Effective Evaluations” – 1.0 hrs
- The Florida Bar
“Mental Health in Family Court Part
1: Understanding” – 2.0 hrs
- FLAFCC
“Mediator Ethics Advisory Opinions
& Ethical Quandaries: An Advanced
discussion” – 2.5 hrs
- SMHCA
“Parenting in the Age of Digital Adversity” – 2.0 hrs
- AFCC 59th Annual Conference
“Ready or Not? The Child and Youth
Readiness Tool for Including the Child” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC 59th Annual Conference
“Shifting Your Mindset and PC
Practice Toward Technology” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC 59th Annual Conference
“Coaching with the New Ways for
Families Online Co-Parenting Class” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC 59th Annual Conference
“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:
The Direct and Cross of a Custody
Evaluator” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC 59th Annual Conference
“Mind the Gap: Technology, Access,
Connection, Equity, and Justice” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC 59th Annual Conference
“Substance use and Family Court 1.5
Litigation” – 1.5 hrs
- AFCC 59th Annual Conference
“My Judge Hates Me! What Judges
Want to Hear From Attorneys and
Evaluators” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC 59th Annual Conference
“The Adolescent Brain, Resist-Refuse
Dynamics & Therapeutic Intervention” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC 59th Annual Conference
“An Evidence-Informed Family Systems
Decision Tree for Intervening in Parent-
Child Contact Problems” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC 59th Annual Conference
“Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence:
Promise & Pitfalls in Family Courts”- 1.0 hrs
- The Florida Bar
“A Pair of ACEs Plus one Tools for Taming ACES Through Resiliency in Family Court”- 7.0 hrs - The Florida Bar
“Timesharing”- 1.0 hrs - The Florida Bar
“No Pleading Roughly”- 1.0 hrs - AFCC
“The Bounds of Advocacy: Exceeding Professionalism and Ethical Aspirational Goals in Family Law Cases” – 2.4 hrs - AFCC
“Risk Management and Ethics: The Other Side of Understanding Cultural Competence”- 2.4 hrs
- The Florida Bar
“Impact of Covid on Mental Health”- 3.0 hrs - The Florida Bar
“Parent Coordination and Reunification”- 1.0 hrs - The Florida Bar
“The Attorney’s Toolbox: Parent Coordination, Guard”- 1.0 hrs - AFCC
“Watch Me Thrive! Using Effective Interventions, Strategies, and Judicial Management to Protect Children and Improve Family Outcomes”- 2.4 hrs
- AHS
2021
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- AFCC
“Special Needs Children and Family Law”- 2.4 hrs - AFCC
“Domestic Violence Case Law Update”- 2.4 hrs - AFCC
“It’s All Your Fault! Managing Personality Disorders In and Out of Family Court”- 2.4 hrs - AHS
“Addiction Health Summit 2021”- 7.0 hrs - PRN
“2021 PRN Annual Conference” – 9.0 hrs - The Florida Bar
“Cryptocurrencies: Making it Less Cryptic for Family Law Practitioners”- 1.0 hrs - IDAA
“Addiction as a Neurological Disease: Living in Recovery”- 16 hrs - AFCC
“Interviewing Children About Sexual Abuse: What They Know and How They Tell Us”- 1.0 hrs - APA
“Supercharge Your Presence: Give a TEDx Talk as a Psychologist”- 1.0 hrs - FACP
“Leadership Institute”- 6.0 hrs - AFCC
“Connecting Court Orders with Interventions for the Rejected Parent: Ethics and Efficacy”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Interviewing and Assessing Children in Family Law Matters: Using the Literature”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“How Does “Best Interests of the Child” Honor the “Voice of the Child”?”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Acting Before It’s Too Late: Prudent Early Intervention in Resist-Refuse Cases”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Resist-Refuse and Domestic Violence Allegations”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“How Professionals Contribute to the Problem or the Solution of Child Rejection”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“A Four-Day Single Therapist for Complex Family Matters”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Ten Things Every Family Law Professional Should Know About Sexual Abuse in Child Custody Matters”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“When a Child Rejects a Parent: Becoming Part of the Solution”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Cases Involving Severe Resist-Refuse Dynamics: A Time to Say Goodbye … For Now?”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Zealous Advocacy and Creating the Appropriate Team in Resist-Refuse Cases: Can It Be Done?”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Navigating the Opioid Crisis in Family Court”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Navigating the Minefield: Complaints, Lawsuits, and Other High-Conflict Hazards”- 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“The Nexus of Family Justice Disputes and Seemingly Intractable Community Conflict”- 1.5 hrs - CDC
“Avoiding the 6 Biggest Mistakes in Divorce”- 2.0 hrs - Brainspotting
“Intersectionality & Social Justice”- 1.0 hrs - Brainspotting
“Couple Co-regulating”- 1.0 hrs - Family Access
“Fighting for Children’s Rights”- 19 hrs - FACC
“Claims and counterclaims in Parental Alienation Research”- 1.5 hrs
- AFCC
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2020
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- Pearson Assessments
“An MMPI-3 Overview”- 1.0 hrs - FACP
“Leadership Institute”- 6.0 hrs - IACP
“Forum 2020”- 15 hrs - IACP
“A Virtual Town Hall with Collaborative Pioneers Stu Webb & Ron Ousky”- 1.5 hrs - 8th Annual FACP Conference
“Peacemaking Lessons from the War Room” – 10 hrs - AFCC
“Providing Effective Testimony for Mental Health Professionals” – 1.0 hrs - NGD
“Adam Cordover Presents- Ethical Issues Related to Concluding a Collaborative Matter” – 1.5 hrs - The Florida Bar
“Clearwater Judges Chambers Study Group” – 1.0 hr - AFCC
“Voices or Ghosts? The Place of Children in Parenting Coordination” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Enhancing Efficacious Parenting Coordination” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Parenting Coordination in Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence” – 1.5 hrs - Suncoast MHCA
“How Physcopharmacology and TMS Can Stop the Cycle of Depression in your Patients” – 3.0 hrs - AFCC
“Concepts, Controversies, and Conundrums of Parent-Child Contact Problems” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Responding to Severe Parent-Child Rejection Cases Without a Parentectomy” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Dynamics, Not Diagnoses: Assessing and Responding to the Best Interests of the Polarized Child – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“The blind Men and the Elephant: What We ‘See’ in Professional Literature” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Parental Alienation and Misinformation Proliferation” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Innovative Psychojudicial Responses to Resist-Refusal Cases” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Rhetoric and Reason in Parental Alienation Discourse” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Parental Alienation: False Positives and Myriad Concerns” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Allegations of Child Abuse During Child Custody Disputes” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Trauma-Informed Interventions in Parent-Child Contact Cases” – 1.5 hrs - FACP
“Becoming More Agile in Your Collaborative Practice” – 1 hr - Clearwater Bar
“Judge Patrice Moore’s Roundtable” – 1 hr - Brainspotting Australia Pacific
“Brainspotting & Addiction with Crocodile Set Up” – 12 hrs - St. Pete Bar
“Handling Impaired Parents in Divorce” – 4 hrs - Hillsborough County Bar
“Utilizing Mental Health Specialists In Your Collaborative Divorce” – 2 hrs - Clearwater Bar
“Judicial Roundtable” – 1 hr
- Pearson Assessments
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2019
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- The Florida Bar
“Mental Health” – 1 hr - GAL For Children
“Educational Advocacy Training What You Absolutely Need to Know” – 1.5 hrs - The Florida Bar
“Judicial Roundtable” – 1 hr - Brainspotting
“Brainspotting Phase 2” – 21 hrs - Florida Collaborative Trainers
“Advanced Collaborative Training” – 16 hrs - SMHC
“The Changing Climate of Private Practice
& Professional Requirements & Effective Use of Managed Care” – 3 hrs - AFCC
“Pruett and Drozd-Not Just Alienation: Resistance, Rejection, Reintegration, and
Realities of Troubled Parent-Child Relationships” 1 hr - AFCC
“Milfred Dale, PhD, JD, A Meta-Analysis Of the Adjustment of Children in Different Living Arrangements” 1 hr - 82nd Annual NCJFC Conference
“Dynamic Due: Parenting Coordinator And Guardian ad litem” – 1 hr - 82nd Annual NCJFC Conference
“Changing Family Courts to Help Heal and Build Resilient Families” – 1 hr - 27th Annual ADR Conference
“Ethics Plenary” – 1.5 hrs - 27th Annual ADR Conference
“Mediating the Mind” – 1.5 hrs - 27th Annual ADR Conference
“Leadership Skills for Mediators” – 1.5 hrs - 27th Annual ADR Conference
“The Rules for Certified Court Appointed Mediators” – 1.5 hrs - 27th Annual ADR Conference
“Cybersecurity for Mediators” – 1.5 hrs - AFCC
“Sol Rappaport, PhD, ABPP, Psychological Testing in Family Law Matters” 1 hr - PRN
“2019 PRN Conference and Evaluator/Provider Training” 9 hrs
- FLORIDA PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
“7TH Annual Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals Conference” • 10 hrs - HCADA
“7TH Annual Drug Prevention Summit” • 14 hrs - THE FLORIDA BAR
“Things Other Professionals Do to Make Your Case” • 1.0 hr - THE FLORIDA BAR
“Guardian Ad Litem CLE for Civil Family Law Attorneys” • 3.5 hrs - NAADAC
“Ethical and Professional Issues in Counseling” • 1.0 hr - CE4Less
“Florida Laws and Rules” • 3.0 hrs - MELISSA SULKOWSKI, RN, LPC, TE, AL
“Building and Sustaining Your Peacemaking Practice” • 14 hrs - AFCC
“Pruett and Drozd-Not Just Alienation: Resistance, Rejection, Reintegration, and Realities of Troubled Parent-Child Relationships” • 1.0 hr
- The Florida Bar
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2018
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- THE FLORIDA BAR
“Adverse Critical Experiences” • 1.0 hr - SOCIETY OF ADDICTION PSYCHOLOGY
“2018 Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Meeting Continuing Education Statement of Hours” • 12 hrs - AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MEDICINE
“Appropriate Use of Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine Webinar” • 1.0 hr
- SMHC
“Treating Psychological Conditions with Cannabinoid Medications THC & CDB” • 3.0 hrs - HCADA
“6TH Annual Drug Prevention Summit” • 13 hrs - USF ST. PETERSBURG
“A Pair of ACES Adverse Childhood/Community Experiences” • 6.5 hrs - THE FLORIDA BAR
““How to Break the Logjam with a Certified Financial” • 1.0 hr - NAADAC
“Comprehensive Treatment for Medication Assisted Treatment” • 1.5 hrs - SUNCOAST MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS’ ASSOCIATION
“Unlocking the Power of Collaboration” • 3.0 hrs - THE FLORIDA BAR
“Don’t Quit Your Day Job – Collaborate Instead!” • 3.0 hrs - THE FLORIDA BAR
“Professionalism” • 1.0 hr
- THE FLORIDA BAR
“Dealing with the “Know Nothing” Spouse” • 1.0 hr
- THE FLORIDA BAR
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2017
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- FLORIDA COLLABORATIVE TRAINERS
“Basic Introductory Interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce Training” • 16 hr - USF ST. PETERSBURG
“5th Annual Listening to Babies” • 6.0 hr - HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ANTI-DRUG ALLIANCE
“Prevention Summit” • 13.6 hr - CE4Less
“Ethics & Boundary Issues” • 3.0 hr - CE4Less
“Preventing Medical Errors: Best Practice for Mental Health Professionals” • 3.0 hr - FLORIDA BAR
“ The Importance of the Communication Facilitator” • 1.0 hr
- FLORIDA COLLABORATIVE TRAINERS
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2016
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- FLORIDA BAR
“Family Trivia Night” • 1.0 hr - FLORIDA BAR
“Characteristics of Good Collaborative Teams” • 1.0 hr - AFCC
“12th Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations: Abuse, Alienation, and Gatekeeping” • 17.2 hr - SIERRA TUCSON
“Processes Modalities in Residential Treatment” • 9.25 hr - CANAKARIS
“Marital and Family Law” • 1. hr - PRN & IPN
“Addiction and Mental Health: Strategies for Healing and Recovery” • 7. hr - USF ST. PETERSBURG & 6TH CIRCUIT FAMILY LAW DIVISION
“Adverse Childhood Experiences: Recognized and Addressed in Family Court • 7 . hr - 24TH ANNUAL ADR CONFERENCE
“Keynote with the Honorable Scott Bernstein” • 2.1 hr - 24TH ANNUAL ADR CONFERENCE
“Working with High Conflict Clients” • 1.5 hr - 24TH ANNUAL ADR CONFERENCE
“Supervised Visitation” • 1.5 hr - 24TH ANNUAL ADR CONFERENCE
“Improving Communication Practice” • 1.5 hr - FLAFCC & OSCA 13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
“Exploring New Directions for Family Law Professionals” • 10.hr - CONTINUING EDUCATION IN PSYCHOLOGY (APA)
“Protecting Patient Privacy When the Court Calls” • 1 hr - NEXT GENERATION DIVORCE
“Advanced Collaborative Training” • 12 hr - CANAKARIS
“Alimony-Proposed Amendment” • 1 hr - CANAKARIS
“Role of Guardian ad Litem & Parent Coordinator” • 2 hr
- FLORIDA BAR
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Presentations
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- Chutes & Ladders: A Timesharing
FLAFCC & FSAM • 09/2016 - Plan for Parents with a Substance
FLAFCC & FSAM • 09/2016 - Abuse History
FLAFCC & FSAM • 09/2016 - 12 Steps, the Sequel
Florida School of Addictions Studies • 10/2014 - 12 Steps, the Sequel
Florida Medical Professionals Group • 03/2014 - Tri-annual 2 hour webinar: Children in Divorce
Certified Divorce Coach • 2010-14 - 12 Steps, the Sequel
Florida School of Addictions Studies • 07/2013 - Family Law Panel
Bench and Bar • 11/2013 - 12 Steps, the Sequel workshop
AA Weekend Workshop • 08/2013 - 12 Steps, the Sequel
IDAA • 08/2012 - Parenting Coordination and Parenting Plan
St. Petersburg & Clearwater Bar • 09/2012 - Psychological Terrorism
Delray Recovery Center • 12/2012 - Mental Health Evaluations
Beach and Bar • 05/2011 - 12 Steps, the Sequel
Florida Medical Professionals Group • 06/2011 - Parenting Plan 101
Family Resources Center • 11/2011
- Chutes & Ladders: A Timesharing
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2015
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- NEXT GENERATION DIVORCE
“Building a Satisfying and Profitable Collaborative and/or Mediation Practice” • 16 hr - CANAKARIS
“Overview of Criminal & Family Law” • 1 hr - CANAKARIS
“Judicial Roundtable” • 1 hr - CANAKARIS
“Tax Issues in Divorce” • 1 hr - TBAMFT
“Transgender Families” • 3 hrs - FSCH
“Mind-Body Healing, Pain Management, And the Healer’s Beliefs” • 12 hrs - AFCC & AAML
“How to Try a Family Case without Destroying The Family” - AFCC & AAML
“Advanced Issues in Psychological Testing in Custody Disputes” • 1.5 hr - AFCC & AAML
“The DeFacto Parent in the Modern Family: A Status Report” • 1.5 hr - AFCC & AAML
“Approaches to Interviews with Children” • 1.5 hr - AFCC & AAML
“Alienation: Identification is Not Enough” • 1.5 hr - AFCC & AAML
“Shared Parenting: Legal Changes and New Research Findings” • 1.5 hr - AFCC & AAML
“Same Sex Marriage and Parenting • 1.5 hr - FMA & PRN
“Co-occurring Disorders: Trauma and Addiction” • 9.0 hr - FDRC
“Keynote with Homer LaRue” • 2.1 hr - FDRC
“How Do You Deal With This?” • 1.5 hr - FDRC
“What Do You Do” • 1.5 hr - FDRC
“Mindfulness with Zena Zumenta • 1.5 hr - FDRC
“Divorce Case Study” • 1.5 hr - FDRC
“What Did I Do” • 1.5 hr - FDRC
“Oops, I Meant to Say” • 1.5 hr - FDRC
“Victim Advocacy in Digital Age” • 1.5 hr - FDRC
“Mediator Ethics” • 1.5 hr - FLORIDA BAR
“Mentoring & Mediation Preparation” • 1.0 hr - US JOURNAL TRAINING, INC.
“Behavioral Health & Addictive Disorders” • 6.0 hrs - FLORIDA BAR
“Mental Health for the Family Law Practitioner” • 1 hr - NAADAC
“Comparing alcohol Use in the DSM-IV-TR, DSM-%, and ICD-10” • 1.5 hr - DACC0
“2015 Drug Summit, Impacts of Marijuana” • 6.5 hr - FSAM & FMPG
“Addiction Health Summit” • 12. hrs - DACCO
“2015 Drug Summit, Impacts of Prescription Drugs” • 6.5 hr - CE4LESS.COM
“Ethics and Boundary Issues” • 3.0 hr
- NEXT GENERATION DIVORCE
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2014
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- CANAKARIS
“Domestic Violence” • 1 hr - CANAKARIS
“Judicial Roundtable” • 1 hr - TAMPA DRUG SUMMIT
“Impacts of Marijuana” • 6 hrs - TAMPA DRUG SUMMIT
“Prescription Drugs” • 6 hr - FSAM – FMPG
“FADAA Addiction Health Summit” • 9 hrs - CANAKARIS
“Joint Meeting with Second DCA” • 1 hr - COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE INSTITUTE
“Three Day Collaborative Divorce Institute Streamlined Protocols” • 20 hrs - FLORIDA SOCIETY OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS
“The Affect Regulation Toolbox” • 12 hrs - ADR CONFERENCE
“The Challenge of Change” • 12.6 hrs - CENTER FOR HUMAN POTENTIAL
“Litigating High Conflict Family Law Cases” • 6 hrs - USF
“FL Adult Forensic Examiners Training” • 22.5 hrs - EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE OF PINELLAS COUNTY
“Building Social-Emotional Competence in Young Children” • 12 hrs - NAADAC
“The History of Marijuana Policy in America and Where We are Headed” • 1.5 hrs
- CANAKARIS
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2013
US JOURNAL TRAINING • 21 hrs
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- “Kids in Chaos”
- “Entitlement & Learned Helplessness”
- “Recognition & Prevention of Medical Errors”
- “Drug Use Today – Legal Highs”
- “The Purpose of Worry & How to
- Manage It”
- “The Brain Fix: Using Neuroscience As a Metaphor for Recovery”
- “Believable Hope: Overcoming Addictions”
- “The Healing Process from Addictions”
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FLAFCC • 38.5 hrs
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- Model Family Courts in FL
- Dilemma of Human Trafficking For Our Children and Our Country
- Assessing & Differentiating Parental Gate-keeping & Alienation in Parenting Time Recommendations
- Who Represents the Child
- Visitation: Why It’s Worth All the Effort”
- “Children & Adolescents in Peril: Judicial Interventions & Options”
- “Co-Parenting Interventions for Fragile Families: What Do We Know & When Do We Need to Go”
- “Be the Best You can Be, Part Two: Taking It to the Next Frontier”
- “Visioning the Future”
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONF.• 8 hrs
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- “Office on Violence Against Women & Pinellas
- County Domestic Violence Task Force”
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FSAM – FMPG CONFERENCE • 7 hrs
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- “Understanding Addiction”
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TAMPA BAY PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY • 3 hrs
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- “Duty to Warn-What Would You Do-What If You’re Wrong”
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SUNCOAST MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL • 3 hrs
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- “Changes With DSM IV”
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GAL OFFICE • 8 hrs
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- Guardian ad Litem Training for Mental Health Professionals
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CANAKARIS • 1 hr
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- Dependency Court Overview
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Credentials
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- Licensed Mental Health Counselor, #MH 1919, State of Florida
Licensed: 12/1988 - Qualified Mental Health Counselor Supervisor, Florida Department of Health
Training completed: 5/1999 - Certified Master’s Level Addiction Professional, #600, CBAPF, Florida State
Certified: 3/1988 - Master Addiction Counselor, #501192, NAADAC
Certified: 3/31/1999 - Forensic Evaluation and Juvenile Justice, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
Certified 10/29/2000 - Intervention Project for Nurses/Professionals Recovery Network (IPN/PRN)
Evaluator. Credentialed: 12/2007 - Certified Family Mediator, #2328F, Florida Supreme Court
Certified: 3/27/2009 - Qualified Parent Coordinator 6th, 12th, 13th Judicial Circuits under FS 61.125
Training completed: 8/29/2009 - Certified Trauma Specialist, #1094-1163, American Society Trauma Specialists
Certified: 1/1/2000 - Certified Guardian ad Litem, 2012
- Next Generation Divorce, The Collaborative Solution advanced
Training completed 3/2016 - International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Member 3/2016
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor, #MH 1919, State of Florida
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Professional Associations
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- American Psychological Association, Member
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- Florida Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- National Association of Drug and Alcohol Counselors
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association
- Florida Medical Professionals Group, Inc., President
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- American Society of Addiction Medicine
- Florida Society of Addiction Medicine Board Member
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