To Whom It May Concern:

My previous back ground is in Sales as well as Development and assistance

for implementation of sales presentations with employees. In sales I sold

both, tangible and intangible products in a business to business manner.

The location of my sales territory was Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Santa

Monica, Pacific Palisades, Westwood, and West Hollywood region. I ranked in

the top 1 to 5 % depending on the specific product sold, over 14 to 15

years. I have good people skills, am a team player, able to develop

creative approaches to sales. I actively learn and am a highly motivated,

energetic, and enthusiastic individual that strives to serve the client.

I was able to establish long term business relationships within a highly

challenging and competitive market (aka new products/services appearing on

a monthly basis which were competitive with my products/services). I am

generally, not a braggart but rather, a producer.

Simply stated, I wish to marry my people skills, education, and educational

training (neuroanatomy, neurocognitive, assessment skills, psychodiagnosis,

pharmaceutical) as well as my experience with diversity of people,

cultures, and etc with a growth oriented sales/marketing position. My

preference would be with a strong pharmaceutical company and/or medical

corporation which is centered towards helping human beings with real world

problems. My history of sales, marketing, and managerial skills, as well

as my clinical education and clinical experiences with nurse practitioners,

physicians, and psychiatrists, suggest that I would be an excellent

candidate within a medical/pharmaceutical corporation environment.

Thank you in advance for your consideration,

Karen Spoor, Ph.D.

*Enclosed below, please find my Curricula Vita.

CURRICULA VITA

Karen Spoor, Ph.D.

Address: 223 Virginia Street, Unit A

El Segundo, California 90245

Cell: 310-***-****

Fax: 310-***-****

Email: abhpiu@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Ph.D. (2004) California School of Professional Psychology-Los Angeles

M.A. (2002) California School of Professional Psychology-Los Angeles

B.A. (1998) California State University, Northridge

CERTIFICATES/LICENSES:

Licensed Psychologist: State of California, Certificate No. 22879

BUSINESS WORK EXPERIENCE:

1985 - 1999 Sebastian International, Woodland Hills, California.

Marketing/Sales consultant.

Direct business to business sales, responsible for commission

only sales, territory development, growth, and evaluation. Ranking

placement 1 through 3 for over 13 years. Additional responsibilities;

business plans, marketing promotions, charity events, customer

relations, and long term business growth strategizing. Sales and

marketing items included product, computers, software,

business/marketing plans and seminars, advertising, sales/educational

training programs, client staff trainings, and promotional marketing

of charity events.

1983 - 1985 Sebastian International, Woodland Hills, California.

Training

management coordinator.

Training coordinator. Responsible for direct marketing/sales

training, and program establishment for external/internal staff, and

clientele. Trainer of outside sales and marketing consultants.

Including managerial responsibilities for written evaluative

performance measures and facilitation of training programs with

clients. Public speaking and preparation classes for oral

presentations foroutside sales and marketing consultant team.

1979 - 1982 Warner Brothers Studios. Administrative and clerical record

keeping assistant for Chief of Security, Jack Egger.

1975 - 1979 Nebraska Bookstore. Sales, customer service in both trade and

text book

divisions. Assisted in the establishment and development of a

children's literature department store, A Wrinkle in Time.

1975-1979 Waitress/Hostess. Misty's Steak house. Lincoln, Nebraska.

CLINICAL INTERNSHIP TRAINING:

May, 2003 - July, 2009 Pacific Psychological Associates. El Segundo,

California

August, 2003 - August, 2004 Children's Hospital-High Risk Youth Program.

August, 2002 - August, 2003 Family Services of Long Beach.

August 2001 - August, 2002 Airport Marina Counseling Center, Los

Angeles, California.

August, 2000 - August, 2001 Los Angeles Valley College, North Hollywood,

California.

CLINICAL - EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

August 2009 - Present: Karen Spoor, Ph.D., Private practice.

Providing individual psychotherapy, and psychodiagnostic testing in a

private practice setting. Age range: 20 - 72. Diverse population

treated; Axis I, Axis II, Axis III history, Axis IV.

May, 2003 - July 31, 2009: Registered Psychological Assistant, pre and post-

doctorate.

Supervised by Dr. Megan Sullaway, at Pacific

Psychological

Associates.

Providing individual psychotherapy in a private practice setting.

Age range: 21 - 72. Diverse population treated; Axis I, Axis II, Axis

III history, Axis IV.

August, 2003 - August, 2004 Children's Hospital - High Risk Youth

Program. Supervised Internship, pre-doctorial.

Responsibilities included psychotherapy at three medical clinics; Los

Angeles Free Clinic, Covenant House Medical Clinic, Los Angeles Youth

Network, and street outreach to homeless youth individuals. Age range:

13 - 24. Duties: Clinical intake interviewing, and individual - group

psychotherapy sessions within a dual diagnosis and medical model.

Responsibilities also weighed heavily upon collaboration with

Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Psychiatrists.

Additional responsibilities involved triage for psychiatric

medications and medical care, and follow up. Additionally, this

internship required clinical presentations conducted for weekly

medical and psychiatric case conference evaluations with physicians,

psychiatrists, and etc. Internship was completed with outstanding

ratings.

August, 2002 - August, 2003 Family Services of Long Beach. Supervised

Internship, pre-doctoral.

Responsibilities included Clinical intake interviewing and

psychotherapy at three facilities: Family Services of Long Beach, Long

Beach City College, and Flossie Lewis Recovery Center (substance

abuse/trauma). Additional work included presentations, and writing an

outcome research report for Long Beach City College administration.

The outcome was focused on the results of student intern counselor's

services provided at LAC and PCC campuses. Internship completed with

outstanding ratings.

August 2001 - August, 2002 Airport Marina Counseling Center. Supervised

Practica, pre-doctoral.

Responsibilities included Clinical intake interviewing, and

psychotherapy sessions, Medication referral, and collaboration with

psychiatrists, physicians.

August, 2000 - August, 2001 Los Angeles Valley College, Disabled Student

Programs and Services. Supervised Psychological Clerkship, pre-doctoral.

Intakes in combined educational and clinical interviewing formats,

assessment testing, test scoring, clerical/data entry for scoring for

Learning Disabled student files. Age range: 16 - 58. Diverse

population treated; Axis I, Axis II, Axis III history, Axis IV.

Clerkship Internship completed with outstanding ratings.

CLINICAL TRAINING EXPERIENCE:

2001 - 2004 Los Angeles Valley College, Disabled Student Programs and

Services. Supervised by Dr. Kathleen Sullivan and Dr. Ali Ghassemi.

Supervised position of psychodiagnostic testing, evaluations, clinical

interviewing, and training new interns and pre-clinical diagnostic

evaluation, educational history evaluation, scoring, test

interpretation, record keeping, and psychosocial/psychodiagnostic

written reports of tested student profiles.

1999 - 2004 Pacific Psychological Associates, El Segundo, California.

Supervise testing technician and Office manager. Supervised by Dr.

Edward Dunbar, and Dr. Megan Sullaway.

Duties included supervised; mental status evaluations,

psychodiagnostic testing, psychosocial reports, interview and intake

material, test scoring, data entry for research projects, insurance

billing, and research data base entry of client demographic and

research statistics.

1998 University Of California, Los Angeles, California supervised by Dr.

Edward Dunbar, Jeanine Cogan and sponsored by Society for the

Psychological Study of Social Issues.

Hate Crime Conference Assistant. Preparation of conference materials,

CEU applications and materials, assisted with administration and

organization set-up of conference speakers and attendants.

1997 - 1998 California State University, Northridge, California,

Department of Psychology, Research Assistant.

Assisted in research on prejudice reduction program implemented in

middle and high schools within the Los Angeles vicinity. Primary

Investigator, Michelle Wittig, Ph.D.

1997 - 1998 California State University, Northridge, California,

Department of Psychology, Research Assistant.

Assisted in research on prejudice reduction program, STAR.

Implementation of STAR program for middle and high schools within the

Los Angeles vicinity. Focus on teacher/facilitator effectiveness.

Primary Investigators, Michelle Witting, Ph.D. and Sheila K. Grant-

Thompson, Ph.D.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2004 Emperor's College. Introduction to Statistical research reading

and evaluation.

1999. Teaching Assistant. Developmental Psychology, Michele Wittig,

Ph.D., California State University Northridge.

1999. Teaching Assistant. Abnormal Psychology, Sheila K. Grant -

Thompson Ph.D., California State University, Northridge.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

1997 - 1998 "Students Talk About Race- (STAR)." Group facilitator/Trainer.

Group leader for facilitation of discussions regarding race,

ethnicity, culture, and psychological difficulties with middle and

high school students. Project was conducted at Van Nuys High School,

Van Nuys, California and Reseda Middle School, Reseda, California.

1997 - 1998 California State University Northridge, CSUN Helpline.

Crisis and intervention hotline management. Also assisted in planning

meetings, speaker coordination, and presentations for team members.

ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Big Sister Program, Junior Achievement, TA for grade school, ages 5 -

9, Candy striper, and hospital aide.

ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CEU list available upon request. Prior educational training included;

Marketing/Sales Seminars, Dale Carnegie Public Speaking courses.

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Combined research on clinical and forensic perspectives on what drives hate-

crime perpetrators.

Profiling and examining such factors as motivation, childhood histories,

and levels of pathology. Supervised by Edward Dunbar, Ph.D., Michelle

Wittig, Ph.D., and Tom King, LAPD.

Research on Hate Crime statistics from reported hate crime victimization in

the Los Angeles vicinity. Los Angeles Human Relations Commission. Ron

Wakaybashi and Edward Dunbar, Ed.D.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

"Analysis of Socio-Cultural Factors in Hate Crime Victimization in Los

Angeles County." Presented at the Sixth Annual Psychology Undergraduate

Research Conference at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"Predictors of Teachers' Rating of Facilitator Effectiveness in Changing

Student Racial Attitudes." Presented at the Seventh Annual Psychology

Undergraduate Research Conference at the University of California, Los

Angeles.

"Teacher Ratings of Facilitator Effectiveness in Leading School-Based

Racial Diaglogues." Presented at American Psychological Association's

106th Annual Convention.

"Factors Influencing Stakeholder Attitudes about Hate Crime Laws."

Presented at the SPSSI Sponsored Conference, "Hate Crimes: Research,

Policy, and Action."

"Community and Individual Characteristics of Violent Hate Crime Activity."

Presented at American Psychological Association's 108th Annual Convention.

Publications:

2004. Relationship of Authoritarianism, Prejudice, and Narcissism to

Knowledge

of and Attitudes towards Hate Crime Laws.

HONORS/ACHIEVEMENTS/ORGANIZATIONS:

2002. American Psychological Association

2009. California Psychological Association (CPA)

2009 Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA)

Research Assistant for Publications and Acknowledgement by Authors:

Wittig, M.A., & Grant-Thompson, S.K. (1998). "The Utility of Allport's

Conditions of Intergroup Contact for Predicting Perceptions of Improved

Racial Attitudes and Beliefs." Journal of Social Issues, 54, 795-809.

Fidell, L. & Tabachnick, B. (2000). Using Multivariate Statistics (4th

ed.). Allyn & Bacon: New York.

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