About Suzanne

suzyMy approach is to encourage the growth & maintenance of healthy connections with self, others and your environment to provide integrated emotional, mental and physical well-being.

Experience

  • Private Practice Serving Santa Clarita Valley
  • Anger Management Facilitator
    Santa Clarita
  • Wilshire Valley Therapy Center
    Group Practice
  • Chiron Crisis Response Team
    http://www.thecrt.org/index.html
  • Marriage and Family Therapist Intern at West Valley Counseling
  • Marriage and Family Therapist Intern at Ivy Academia
    Entrepreneurial Charter School – Providing Designated Individual
    Service (DIS) Counseling for student’s – Individualized Education
    Plan (IEP) for Social, Emotional and Behavior Issues
  • Marriage and Family Therapist Intern at Tarzana Treatment Center
    Providing Therapy for Substance Addiction Issues
    http://www.tarzanatc.org/ – Addiction Treatment Services
  • Counseling Intern at La Mesa Junior High School
  • MFT Trainee, Staff Counselor at Friends of the Family.
    Community Mental Health and Family Support Center
  • Associate Producer at DisneyToon Studios
  • Assistant Production Manager, Walt Disney Animation

License

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist MFC#53064

Education

  • M.A., Counseling Psychology with Emphasis in Depth Psychology,
  • Pacifica Graduate Institute (http://www.pacifica.edu)
  • B..A., Radio, Television & Film, California State University, Northridge

Professional Memberships

  • National Anger Management Association
  • CAMFT -California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
  • SFV-CAMFT – San Fernando Valley Chapter, Clinical Member
  • SFV-CAMFT, CO-VP Membership Board Member 2011, 2012

Certifications

  • NAMA Certified Anger Management Specialist-I

Honors and Awards

  • SFV-CAMFT, Outstanding Contribution Award to the Chapter 2011
  • Hart School District “Harts of Gold” Outstanding Volunteer Partner 2012
  • SFV-CAMFT, Chapter Member of the Year 2013