Beyond education and licensure which all therapist have, I believe that the "person of the therapist" is critically important to the outcomes achieved by the couple in therapy. This is also an important aspect to how I train other therapists.  As you can see below, I take my personal training seriously, developing my "personhood of the therapist". This  training is different than many other other couples therapists who just attend workshops for training. When therapists say they have extensive experience, it is often a vague concept. Below, I outline my significant experience in transformational, experiential, systemic therapy.

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Books Written and Educational Background

• Author of the book "Managing the Aftermath of Infidelity: A Sequential Guide for Couples and Therapists (Due for publication August 2019)

• Author of the book "Creating an Effective Couples Therapy Practice" (2017).

• Obtained a Doctorate and Masters degree in counseling (2009, 2004).

 

 

Professional Training Experience:

• Completed a 6-day intensive training program in the Satir Growth Model of Transformational Systemic Therapy at the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, North Carolina (July 2019).

• Treating Couples Conference, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Nov, 2018).

• Completed a 7-day intensive, residential training program for Satir International Trainers at the Satir Institute of the Pacific, Vancouver, Canada (2018).

• Treating Couples Conference, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dec, 2017).

• Completed a 7-day intensive, residential training program in Use of Self in Family Therapy at the Satir Institute of the Pacific, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Canada (2017).

• Completed an 10-day intensive, residential training program in Transformational Systemic Therapy at the Satir Institute of the Pacific, in Langley, British Columbia, Canada (2017).

• Completed a year-long, post-graduate clinical training in Milan Systemic Marriage and Family Therapy in Cincinnati Ohio (2006).​

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Other Professional Experience:

• Counseling Professor at Xavier University (2010 to present).

• Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Counseling Association for 4 years, President for 1 year and a executive board member for 13 years (2002-2015).

• CEO and owner of Waybridge Counseling (2004-present).

• Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Transformative Systemic Practice (2017-present).

• Appointed by Governor John Kasich to the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board as a board member and committee member of the Professional Standards Committee for counselors (2017-present).

• Chair of the Professional Standards Committee for the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapists Board (2018-present).

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