Supervisor:  Dale Pollard, M.Div.

SOCIAL WORKER/CASE MANAGER                         May 1996-June 1998

Tustin Rehabilitation Hospital, Tustin, California.  Provided Psychosocial/Case Management, Assessment and Counseling to adults in inpatient rehabilitation.  Coordinated financial authorizations, discharge plans and community referrals.

Supervisors:  June Orler, LCSW and Pamela Johnson  

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER – ASSOCIATE                Jan 1996-June 1998

Anaheim Family YMCA, Anaheim, California.

Provided individual, child, couple and family therapy to voluntary clients.

Supervisor:  Mary Collier, LCSW

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER – ASSOCIATE                Oct 1994-Jan 1996

United Family Service Association, Fullerton, California.

Provided individual, child, couple, and family therapy to voluntary clients.

Supervisor:  Mary Collier, LCSW

SOCIAL WORK CONSULTANT                                Oct 1994-May 1996

Western Medical Center/Bartlett, Santa Ana, California.

Provided consultation to Social Services staff related to case management, treatment interventions and discharge planning.

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER                                   May 1994-May 1996

Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Provided Psychosocial Assessments and Counseling for children/adults in outpatient settings, specializing in Pediatric Nephrology and Endocrinology.  Member of the Renal Transplant Team to coordinate pre-transplant psychosocial assessments.

Supervisor: Sharon Mass, Ph.D., LCSW

ASSISTANT SOCIAL WORKER                                July 1990-May 1994

Western Medical Center/Bartlett, Santa Ana, California. 

Provided Case Management and Counseling to individuals and families in inpatient rehabilitation, sub-acute and long term care units.  Provided discharge planning, financial management and coordinated services for patients with Health Maintenance Organizations, Public Guardian’s Office, Probate Conservators and the State Ombudsman’s Office.
Supervisor: Sharon Mass, Ph.D., LCSW and Ruth Wetherby, LCSW

CRISIS HOME STAFF COUNSELOR                          June 1984-Aug 1985

          Centrum Crisis Intervention Center, Hollywood, California. 

Coordinated intakes with teenage runaways.  Staffed twenty-four hour crisis telephone calls.  Coordinated food distribution programs with grocery stores and local churches to benefit the homeless.

          Supervisor: Joseph Appler

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

INSTRUCTOR                                                     April 2008-Current
Trinity Western University-Bellingham Campus, Bellingham, Washington.
Provide instruction for Cognitive Processes course. 
Supervisor and Director: Dan Sanford, Ph.D.   

TEACHING ASSISTANT                                        Feb 2003-Mar 2003
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington.  Provided teaching support for
Methods of Psychological Assessment II:  Children and Adolescents course.  Graded psychological evaluations, tests, and prepared final grades.
Supervisor: Beverly J. Wilson, Ph.D.

EDUCATION SPECIALIST                                     Sept 1988-July 1990

Child Abuse Prevention Program, Orange, California.  Presented Child Abuse Prevention Programs to all grade levels in schools, to parents and educators.

Supervisor: Nancy Dickerson

TUTOR                                                            Jan 1986-June 1986
Orange County Department of Education, Costa Mesa, California.  Tutored young women residing in Group Home placement.
Supervisor: Ann Chamberlain

GRADUATE PRACTICUM AND INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE:

PSYCHOLOGY INTERN                                         Sept 2006-August 2007

Wasatch Mental Health, Provo, Utah.  Provided neuropsychological and psychological evaluations for children and adults with severe and persistent mental illness in the community mental health care setting.  Provided psychological evaluations for the Department of Workforce Services and Department of Health.  Coordinated feedback with therapists, clients, family and community agency providers based on the results of the psychological evaluation.  Provided evidenced based psychoeducation and psychotherapeutic interventions to adults, children and families. Provided in-service education.
Supervisors: Geri Alldredge, Ph.D. and Randal Pennington, Psy.D.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY TRAINEE                          July 2002-Aug 2003

Sehome Behavioral Health, Bellingham, Washington.  Provided psychometric 

services and behavioral observation for adults/children using the Woodcock Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities, the Woodcock Johnson III Tests of   Achievement, the Wechsler Memory Scale III, the Test of Memory and Learning, the Delis Kaplan Executive Function System, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A.  Provided biofeedback and relaxation training to referred clients.

Supervisor:  Elizabeth Nyblade, Ph.D.

SOCIAL WORK INTERN                                        Sept 1993-May 1994
Kaiser Permanente, Outpatient Department of Psychiatry, Santa Ana, California.  Provided Psychosocial Assessments for individuals and couples using DSM III-R criteria.  Use of Short Term Treatment Models with an emphasis in Cognitive/Behavioral Techniques, co-facilitated Co-Dependency Group, a closed twelve week process group.
Supervisor: Jean Mitsuhata, LCSW

SOCIAL WORK INTERN                                        Sept 1992-May 1993
Child Guidance Clinic, Santa Ana, California.  Provided individual, child and family therapy for mandated clients.  Provided therapeutic play interventions with abused children, co-facilitated and taught mandated parent education classes.
Supervisor: Lori Pack, LCSW

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Supervisor: Mitch McConkey                                    

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

Saxman, J., Lawrence, S., Kelley, T., & Fergoda, J. (2004).  Healing the damage of divorce:  forgiveness as a factor on the road to resiliency. Poster presented at the 2004 112^th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in Honolulu, Hawaii. 

       
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