Freedman & Associates
Mental Health Services for Children & Families
Phone: 360 734 2664
Fax: 360 671 8006
360.734.2664 ext.12
Licensed Mental Health Counselor # LH7502
Therapist/Psychometrician-Private practice and Consultation. March 2002-present. Provide
private therapy to individuals and groups. Primary focus on adolescents and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills groups. Assist local forensic psychologist by providing psychometric services. Administer psychological and intelligence assessments, write reports.
Clinician
Provide mental health therapy and case management outpatient services to a chronically/severely mentally ill adult population. Provide services to individuals and families as well as lead multiple groups weekly on topics of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, depression and anxiety, grief and loss and boundaries.
Mental
Provide community mental health outpatient services to an adult population, diagnose and treat a wide range of presenting problems. Provide therapy for individuals, couples, families and groups. Primary experience in treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, women’s issues, boundaries, smoking cessation and medically ill individuals.
Internship-Sehome Behavioral Health, 1999-2000 Academic year clinical internship.
700 hours with weekly supervision. Provided therapy regarding a wide range of presenting problems for individuals, groups, couples, and families. Counseled groups and individuals coping with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses. Counseled individuals with chemical dependency issues, administered and interpreted psychological assessments, and provided case management.
Created and implemented a rehabilitation program for dialysis patients. Program includes physical, psychological, social, and vocational assessment and problem identification as well as appropriate treatment.
Research Technician-GUR Research Project. June 1997-July 1998.
Conducted focus groups for a committee researching the General University Requirements program efficacy. The qualitative information was used to create changes in the GUR program at
Clinical
Acted as the primary interviewer and data manager for multi-variable, repeated-measure design rehabilitation study with 200 patients who had End-Stage Renal Disease and were on dialysis treatment. Organized and analyzed physiological and psychological data using
EDUCATION and RESEARCH
Teaching Assistant Experience:
· Psychology 307 Statistics courses-Winter and Spring 1999. This is an appointed and paid position that provides a tuition waiver and stipend each quarter. Scott Ottaway, Ph.D.
· Environmental Psychology-Winter 1998. For George Cvetkovich, Ph.D.; This course was a 300 level undergraduate course.
· Social Psychology-Spring 1998. For George Cvetkovich, Ph.D.; 300 level undergraduate course
Research Experience:
· Water quality study-Field data collection for an environmental psychology research project in
· Health self-care study-Conducted focus groups for issues surrounding health self-care in the 55+ population, with George Cvetkovich, Ph.D.
Statistical Experience: Proficient in
Editing Experience: Edited abstracts for the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology XIVth Congress conference, 1998 program.
Awards: Awarded the Dean J. Alan Ross Travel Fund award to travel to
University of Washington-Fall 1995-Spring 1997, G.P.A of 3.57, B.S. Psychology
Research Experience:
· Physiology lab-One year of experience under Doug Fitts, Ph.D. Duties included invasive animal surgery, animal care, data collection, analyzation and entry, histological techniques.
· Stress and Coping Project-One year experience under Dr. Peter Vitaliano. Duties included: analyzing, organizing, coding and statistics for a 500+ variable longitudinal study on Alzheimer Disease caregivers.
Western Washington University-Graduated June 1993, G.P.A. 3.23.
Degree Received: B.A. Business Administration, Human Resource Management
Washington State University-Fall 1989-Fall 1990, G.P.A. 3.43.
PUBLICATIONS
Master’s Thesis-November 17, 2000. “The relationship between physiological health and psychological factors in a hemodialysis patient population”.
Society for Behavioral Medicine Conference-March 2001,
Annals of Behavioral Medicine- Vitaliano, P.P., Scanlan, J. M., Ochs, H. D., Syrjla, K., Siegler, I. C., & Snyder, E. A. (1998). Psychological stress moderates the relationship of cancer history with natural killer cell activity. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 20, 1-11.
RELEVANT VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Kids Konnected Northwest-Therapist. 2002-present. Therapist for youth directed youth support group for children ages 7-18 who have a parent with cancer.
Kids Council Northwest-President of the Board of Directors. 2003-present. Program to provide grief, loss and transitional counseling, group and support services for children and families experiencing a loss related to death, foster care, and divorce.
Grief Support Therapist-Camp Willie. Summer 1999-2004. A summer camp for kids 7-12 who have experienced the death of a loved one.
Horticultural Therapist-Sowing Seeds of Hope. Summer 2001. Program director and therapist working with economically disadvantaged women on a Community Supported Agriculture farm.
Grief Support Therapist-Lisa’s Kids. Fall 1999. A support group for children who have experienced or are anticipating the death of a loved one.
REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS and MEMBERSHIPS
§ Registered Counselor in the State of
§ Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of