Training Staff

Shirley

Bass

Life Coach Counseling

Shirley

M. Bass

MA,

MFCC

California

Licensed

Marriage, Family and Child Counselor

Family

Mediator

Florida Supreme

Court Certified and County Court

Mediator

Resume

EDUCATION:

International College, M.A.. Counseling Psychology September

1986

Thesis:, "Integrative Body Psychotherapy; As it Relates to Psychogenic

Pain Reduction; A Psychological Evaluation".

Paterson State University, B.A., Psychology May 1981 Magna

Cum Laude., M.A.Psychology - course work completed 1983

South Beach Psychiatric Center, N.Y., CME in Bateson Double Bind theory

1977

International College, CME in Child Abuse, Assessing, Reporting and

Treatment 1986.

A Center for Creative Change, Expressive Arts Therapy

training

1984-1986

A Center for Creative Change, Gestalt training group for

professionals 1984-1986

A Center for Creative Change, Internship 1986-1988

Florida Atlantic University, Family Mediation

Training 2000

CREDENTIALS

AND LICENSES:

Marriage Family and Child

Counselor,

Cal. Lic. # ML24328 1988

Certified Hypnotherapist, California

State

Certification 1989

Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator and

Certification 13181CF

County Court

Mediator

EXPERIENCE:

Private

Practice,-

Life Coach

Counselor – Palm Beach County – Dec 2004 to present

Palm Beach County – Parenting Coordinator, 15th Judicial

Court

– January 2001 to Dec 2003 (Started first Parenting

Program

in Palm Beach County)

Florida Supreme Court – Certified Mediation Specialist, 15th

Judicial Court – October

2001

Private Practice, Psychotherapist – (California) - September

1988 to present

Psychotherapeutic Counseling, Inpatient, outpatient, individual,

group, family and couples. General practice with an emphasis on

ACA and adults abused as children, Post Traumatic

Stress

Instructor: Adult Education Classes in Substance

Abuse

Executive Director, A Center for Allied Therapies, a non-profit

community counseling center June 1988 to June 1990.

Overall responsibility for project development, Intern recruitment and

management of non-profit organization. Lead psychotherapist and intern

instructor.

Talk show host, KWNK radio 970 AM

1987-1990

Hosted a talk show titled The

Family Therapist,

an interview and call-in show which discusses personal growth

and

emotional issues, and substitute host for Dr. Laura Schlessinger, a

three hour call-in talk show.

Group Facilitator, for elderly, group dynamics, tough love teen group,

Women'sProfessional group, For Women only and in-patient survivor

groups. Men’s AIDS group, Post Traumatic Stress groups.

Crisis Counseling, Critical incident debriefing for

Occupational Health

Services.

Consultant, Women's Center for Emotional and Psychological Counseling.

Seminar Presentations, for Rainbow House, a residential

treatment

facility for drugs and alcohol; Simi Adventist and Pine Grove

Hospitals, on dysfunctional family systems; Depression and Women in

Depression; Seminars on various issues for Port Hueneme

Naval Social Services System; Seminar panelist with

Dr.

Rollo May on Spirituality and Psychology.

HOSPITAL

AFFILIATIONS: 1984 to 2000

Pinegrove Hospital - On Staff

Member of Allied Health Professional Staff

Woodview-Calabasas - On Staff

Charter Hospital-Westlake - Staff Privileges

CONTINUING

EDUCATION CERTIFICATION:

Self-destructive behavior in children and

adolescents 1990

Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical

Depression 1992

Substance abuse 1995

Food cravings 1999

HIV –

AIDS 1999

PUBLICATIONS:

Toward a Spirited Psychology, Psychology Today 1981

PROFESSIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS:

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists 1984

- 2004

American Association of Counseling and Development 1984-2004

Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, Inc. 2001-2005

Copyright

2006 Shirley

Bass, All rights reserved.

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