Dr. Susannah Smith

Clinical Psychologist/ Executive Coach

P.O. Box 3258

Telluride, CO 81435

970-***-****; 970-***-**** fax

abpmzj@r.postjobfree.com; www.creativeteamconsulting.com

RESUME

PERSONAL:

Licensing: Mississippi, #263; 9/16/81 (expired); California, #PSY4966, 1/17/77

(inactive status); Colorado, #1830, 4/29/94.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

Bachelor of Arts: Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Major field, Social

Psychology; Minor field, English. Degree received: June, 1970.

GPA 3.4; Dean's list.

Master of Science: California State University, San Jose. Degree received in Clinical

Psychology. January, 1973. GPA 4.0; Honors.

Doctor of California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego. Degree

Philosophy received in Clinical Psychology with a Minor in Organizational

Development: August, 1975. Commendation.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Child Worker Volunteer with Head Start Project. Jackson, Mississippi.

1968

Child Care Worker: Volunteer worker and psychological aid at Zonta's Children Center,

San Jose, CA.

1970-1971

Student and Teach- Assisted students with work and study problems at Freemont Union

ing Assistant: High School, Sunnyvale, California.

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Psychological Duties included one-to-one work in behavior modification with

Assistant and emotionally disturbed and organically impaired young children

Child Care Worker and psychodiagnostic testing. Peninsula Children's Center, Palo

1971-1972 Alto, California.

Genetic and Family Volunteer counseling at Mid-Peninsula Sickle Cell Anemia

Foundation; Counseling: Stanford, California.

1971-1972

Research with Assistant to Doctoral research on modeling effects using audio-

1971-1972 visual techniques: Mentally Retarded; Agnews State Hospital,

San Jose, California.

Psychology Student Counseling Building, California State University,

Internship: San Jose, California. Duties included individual and group

1970- 1972 psychotherapy under intensive supervision.

Play Therapy Included individual and group play therapy with

Internship. disadvantaged children, ages 4 through 15; California

1971-1972 State University, San Jose Child and Family Clinic; San Jose.

Clinical Psycho- Family Service Association, San Diego, California.

logy Internship Individual and group psychotherapy; marriage counseling;

1972-1973. psychodiagnostics

Adolescent Southeast Involvement Program, San Diego, California.

Counselor: Psychological counselor for adolescent and juvenile

1973-1974 runaway children; program evaluation ; administrative

assistant, and psychological evaluation.

Program Director Family Services Association, El Cajon, California.

Drug Diversion Program Director, Coordinator for psychological services

Program: offered to adult male and female divertees. Responsibilities

1974 included program design, implementation, and supervision;

program administration and proposal writing; individual and

group psychological and education counseling

Teaching California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego.

Assistant Helped instructor in teaching Projective Techniques, particularly

1972 - 1973 the Rorschach and the Thematic Apperception Test.

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Teaching California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego. Assisted

Assistant: in the instruction of Statistical Research and Design,

1972 - 1975 includingclassroom teaching, and consultation with

students re. dissertation proposal research and design.

Clinical Psycho- Mercy Hospital, San Diego. Pre- and post-doctoral Internship

logy Internship: Responsibilities of full-time staff, including individual, conjoint,

1974-1976 group psychotherapy; day treatment; supervision; and

psychodiagnostic evaluations

Private Clinical Psychological Assistant at Counseling and Psychology Center, San

Practice: Diego. Responsibilities included play therapy, hypnotherapy; work

1975-1976 weight and smoking problems; individual psychotherapy.

Organizational Mercy Hospital, In-patient Youth Team: Mental Health Unit.

Behavior Research: Work included staff training, needs assessment, and program

1976 evaluation.

Program Chief: San Luis Obispo Community Mental Health Center Adult Day

1977-1978 Treatment and Seniors Programs; functions included administration

of two programs; staff and intern supervision; staff development;

program planning and evaluation; direct psychological

services; prevention; and community outreach.

Clinical San Luis Obispo Community Mental Health Center: Head of

Psychologist Research and Program Evaluation Unit; Supervision of Interns;

1977-1980 Staff Training; some direct patient service.

Private Practice: San Luis Obispo, California.

1977-1980

Teacher: San Luis Obispo: Center for Psychological Services: Courses

1977-1980 offered in Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy.

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Associate Prof University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Park Campus, Long Beach,

1982 MS.; Psychology Courses. Organizational Development.

Director of Sand Hill Hospital, Gulfport, MS. Program development,

Psychology: supervision and coordination of all psychological services for

1983-1984 this adolescent psychiatric hospital.

Organizational Workshops, training, needs assessment, and problem solving

Development for business management; systems theory; strategic planning; action

Consultant plans. Organizational Develoment consultant, with local and national

1973-current companies; partner in Creative Team Consulting; Telluride, CO.

Private Currently in clinical practice with children, families and adults;

Practice: psychodiagnostics; hypno-therapy; therapy for women; play therapy,

1977- current individual and group psychotherapy. Holistic health; stress

management; survivors of trauma.

1991-current Professional Associate of the Grubb Institute, International; a

nonprofit systems consulting and applied research firm in

systems theory, with locations in the U.S.A., U.K., and Australia.

1993- current Co-founder and President of TALAWA, Inc., providing treatment

and research on adult survivors of trauma and dysfunctional families.

1994-current Co-founder of Creative Team Consulting, a team-based management

approach to organizational strategic planning, mediation, coaching, and

systems

1996-current Founder of Genesis: a residential workshop for survivors of trauma

and co-dependency.

Executive coach for individual entrepreneurs; CEO s; owners; and

Ongoing,current

leaders of national and multinational corporations, with for- and

not-for-profit organizations.

2007-ongoing Founder and Owner: of Sustainable Energy Development LLC;

GeoShell Homes and GeoShell Technology: a design and construction

company for sustainable homes, buildings, and infrastructures.

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS:

Member of the National Register of Health Service Providers.

Member of the American Psychological Association, the Colorado Psychological

Association; former member of Mississippi Psychological Association and the California

State Psychological Association.

Member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.

Member of The Boulder Interdisciplinary Committee on Child Custody.

Member Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee

Association for Conflict Resolution

Member Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Diplomate of Clinical Forensic Counseling; American College of Certified Forensic

Counselors

Qualified as expert witness in Family, Chancery, circuit and Federal Court in Harrison

County, MS; Family and Civil Court in San Diego & San Luis Obispo County, CA.; and

County and District Court in Colorado.

Selected a Professional Associate of the Grubb Institute USA, studying and consulting in

behavior in systems, group dynamics, and organizations in society.

Research Committee of CISV: Children's International Summer Villages.

Former Consultant & Board of Directors, for Aesculapius International Medicine in

Washington, D.C.

Who's Who of American Women; Who's Who of the South and Southeast; Who's Who of

Emerging Leaders in America; Who s Who in Executives and Businesses; Who s Who in

Executives and Professionals.

Board Member and Co-Founder of ANRED: Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating

Disorders; San Luis Obispo, California.

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On staff at Gulfport Memorial Hospital; Garden Park Hospital; Sand Hill Hospital; Gulf

Oaks Hospital; Hancock General Hospital while practicing in Mississippi.

Former member San Diego Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

Asked to be in delegation on American Psychotherapists to go to People's Republic of

China for People to People. 1982; to Rwanda for 2008.

Former co-founder, member of Board of Directors and of Education Committee of San

Miguel Resource Center (formerly Tomboy House), a Crisis Center and Hotline for

individuals and families in crisis, Telluride, CO.

Founder and former Director of Coast Psychotherapy Associates, a multi-disciplinary clinic

for psychology and special education needs.

Founder and Co-Director of Institute for Life Enrichment: a Holistic Treatment Team

providing workshops, courses, and research in Stress Management and Holistic Health.

Two year member of Sleep Lab Treatment Planning Committee, Memorial Hospital at

Gulfport, MS.

Founder and President of TALAWA, Inc., & Genesis, workshops designed to provide

treatment and research for victims and survivors of trauma &dysfunctional family systems.

Volunteer clinical consultant, and member of Educational Committee for San Miguel

Resource Center, a shelter for domestic violence in Telluride, CO.

Co-founder of Creative Team Consulting, a team-based management consulting firm in

Telluride, Colorado, working with local, national, and international businesses.

SPECIALTY TRAINING:

Extensive training under William Latta, Ph.D. in San Diego, California, and other Fellows

of the National Training Laboratories (NTL) in Organizational Development (1972-1976):

Consulting skills; management consulting; mediation for systems issues, group dynamics.

Training in play therapy at the Family Therapy Clinic at San Jose State University; San

Jose, CA.

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Extensive specialized training in hypnosis, including its use for sexual dysfunction, pain

control, imagery and healing, stress reduction and habit control.

CE certification in child abuse, sexual dysfunction, sexual addictions, post traumatic stress

disorder, and clinical hypnosis.

Specialized training and certification in forensic counseling and psychology.

Seminary Training: Education for Ministry (EFM) student through Sewanee Seminary -

4 yr. seminary course.

Organizations, groups, mediation, and systems training in theory and consulting with the

Grubb Institute USA and London.

Continuing Education training in sleep disorders through Sleep Lab Training team at

Memorial Hospital, Gulfport, MS.

Training for certification in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Learning through

EAGALA, April 2010.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

President, Spirit Riders Foundation, 501 C (3); promoting educational films on wild horses,

native Americans, and the environment: www.spiritridersfoundation.org.

Founding member of San Miguel Resource Center; Telluride, Colorado, Domestic

Violence hotline and shelter.

Founding member of Gulf Coast Women s Center, a domestic violence shelter, and

member while practicing there of the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Member Telluride Chamber Singers and Telluride Chorale, and former President and Vice

President of the Board of Telluride Choral Society.

Co-founder and member of folk singing group: Just Folking Around.

Secretary of the Telluride Chamber Music Association Board of Directors.

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Former member and consultant for TCAT: Telluride Community Acting Together, a group

of students, parents, and community leaders concerned about the educational health of

children regarding sex, drugs, and related issues.

Former Board member of the Ski Ranches Homeowners Association; Ski Ranches;

Telluride, CO., 1994 and current.

Organizing member of St. Michael s Episcopal Mission; Telluride, Colorado, 1992-1994.

Consultant for formation of Faraway Ranch Foundation; a Holistic Health Retreat;

Faraway Ranch; Wilson Mesa; Telluride, CO.

In the cast and production of HAIR; Telluride, CO 1999 and The Sound of Music, 2009.

Education Committee for San Miguel Resource Center, 1995-2006.

Past member and past Board member of Rotary International of Pass Christian, MS.

Former Den Mother for Cub Scouts of America.

PUBLICATIONS & SHOWS:

"Effects of Combat and Military Experience on Personality and Attitude" in Journal of

Military Science.

Writer for Shrink Rap, for Telluride Inside and Out internet magazine.

Author of a regular newspaper column entitled "Practical Psychology: What's on your

Mind" for Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. 1981-1983.

Several musical compositions, music and lyric copyrighted.

Book How to be a Moral Person in an Immoral World, currently being edited for

publication.

Shrink Rap, a radio show on KOTO; the local Telluride, CO, radio station previously.

Currently writing articles under Shrink Rap for www.tellurideinside.com .

Book: in progress: psychological fiction The Hunt.

Book: in progress: science fiction The Whale Bible

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REFERENCES:

For Susannah Smith, Ph.D.

William Latta, Ph.D. 5563 Lancaster Dr.

O.D. Consultant Psychologist San Diego, CA 92037 619-***-****

William Hopper M.D. 1500 45th Avenue

Orthopedic Surgeon Gulfport, MS 39501 601-***-****

Dr. Marshall Whiting Dr. Marshall Whiting

1501 Captain O Neal Drive

Clinical Psychologist

Daphne, AL 36526

Rev. Barry Evans The Grubb Institute

Director 1047 Conestoga Rd.

The Grubb Institute Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 610-***-****

Susannah Smith, Ph.D.

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Dr. Randall Nichols Doctor of Ministry Program

Director, D.Min. Program Princeton Theological Semin.

Princeton, NJ 08540 609-***-****

Ms. Jane Roach New Freedom Institute

Co-Director, New Freedom Inst. 3400 Division Street

Metarie, LA 70002 504-***-****

Mr. Reid Guice Biloxi, Mississippi

Guice and Guice Advertising 601-***-****

Ms. Pamela Bennett Aldasoro Development Corp.

Chief Executive Officer P.O. Box 1768

Telluride, CO 81435 970-***-****

Mr. Larry Swain P.O. Box 206

Superintendent Norwood, CO 80427

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. 1981-1983.

Several musical compositions, music and lyric copyrighted.

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