CREDENTIALS:
Ph.D. Psychology
M.A. Psychology
T.E.A.M. - Certified Domestic Violence Program
SPECIALTIES:
Individual Psychotherapy
Group Therapy
Couples Counseling
Anger Management
Parenting Issues
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Domestic Violence
Child Abuse
Child Custody
EXPERIENCE:
Private Practice: 16 years
Therapy and Support Groups: 18 years
Anger Management Groups: 14 years
Expert Witness: 9 years
UCLA Extension Instructor: 5 years
Director of T.E.A.M: State-Certified Domestic Violence program
Co-Developed 40-hour probation-certified curriculum for Batterers' Group
Facilitation for State of California
Developed Certificate Program at California Graduate Institute:
"Treatment of Victims and Perpetrators of Domestic Violence"
SEMINARS, TRAININGS, AND PRESENTATIONS:
- UCLA Extension
- International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma
- Loyola Marymount University
- Los Angeles Superior Court - Child Custody Evaluators
- U.S. Marines
- California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
- California Graduate Institute
- Los Angeles Chapter of CAMFT
- San Gabriel Chapter of CAMFT
- Long Beach Women's Shelter
- Jewish Family Services
- The Maple Counseling Center
- Statewide Curriculum: Domestic Violence Facilitation
MEDIA CONSULTATIONS:
- "Tyra Banks Show" (FOX/UPN/Oxygen-TV)
- "Montel Williams" (AirAmerica Radio)
- "Politico.com" (Website on Politics - TownHall Meetings)
- "Bad Girls" (Oxygen Network-TV)
- "Starting Over" (NBC-TV)
- "Hot 102 FM" (Radio Jamaica)
- "Falling Down" (Film: DVD Commemorative Release)
- L.A. Times
- N.Y. Times
- N.Y. Post
- USA Today Weekend Magazine
- L.A. Times Magazine
- Dallas Times
- Orlando Sentinel
- Riverside Press
- Golf Magazine
- Inside Edition
- In-Touch Magazine
- "Dating, Mating, and Relating Show" (Cable TV)
- Carole Hemmingway Show (Radio)
EXPERT WITNESS SPECIALTIES:
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(Personal Injury/Accident/Flood Victims)
- Domestic Violence
- Child Abuse
- Child Custody
- Parenting Issues
- School Violence
- Anger Management
VOLUNTEER WORK
- Foundation for the Junior Blind
- Pacific Center for AIDS Patients
FEELINGS ABOUT MY WORK
* CONTACT DR. MICHAEL * (Click on upper left panel)
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