Regina Perlmutter, MSW, ACSW, LCSW

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Walnut Creek CA 94595

1-925-***-**** (landline, no texts please)

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Education American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, Los Angeles, California, 1987, Certification in Clinical Hypnotherapy

Graduate School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey M.S.W. 1974, Major: Casework

Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Junior Year Abroad, 1971 -1972

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania B.S. 1973, Major: Psychology

Internships New Brunswick Community Focus Team of Rutgers University 9/74 – 12/74 Community Mental Health Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey Individual, family and marital therapy with multi-ethnic, primarily low income clientele. Children's Aid Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1/74 — 9/74 Foster care division. Supervised, selected and arranged placements for children ranging from infants to adolescents.

Employment Private Practice, San Fernando Valley, CA 9/80-- Present Individual, marital, and family therapy, Sexual counseling. Hypnotherapy, addressing smoking cessation, substance abuse, anxiety disorders, PTSD, phobias, as well as numerous other ailments, pain reduction, and management. Trauma resolution using Quantum Field Healing Mastery Trauma Clearing Protocol.

Occuserv, Columbus, Ohio 12/88 – 11/99

Consultant for health care services brokerage business. Manual and grant proposal preparation. Humanistic Mental Health Clinic, Los Angeles, CA 12/88 - 12/93 Individual, family, and group psychotherapy for psychiatric and substance abuse inpatients. Provided hypnotherapy. Led 12-Step study groups.

Taught meditation and relaxation training.

Temple Beth Hillel Crisis Center, North Hollywood, CA 9/88 - 12/89

(Training Director) Designed curriculum and instructed students for paraprofessional counseling program.

All Saints Rehabilitation and Convalescent Hospital, North Hollywood, CA 8/84 — 8/88 Served as social work consultant.

Southern California Health Care Consultants, North Hollywood, CA 5/85--6/89 Supervised and consulted social workers in eight skilled nursing facilities. In-service training. Provided counseling and crisis intervention for residents as needed. Burn-out prevention training. Associated Social Resource, Los Angeles, CA 1/825/85 Supervised and consulted social workers in twelve acute care hospitals. In-service training to medical and nursing staffs.

Burbank Family Counseling Agency, Burbank, CA 6/82 – 9/85 Individual, marital, and family psychotherapy. Sexual counseling

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Employment

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Jewish Federation Council (Assistant Director), San Fernando Valley Region, 9/80 – Present Los Angeles, CA

South Bay Hospital (Director of Social Services), Redondo Beach, CA 12/78 – 8/79 Established and designed new Social Services Department. Administered department providing counseling, referrals, and discharge planning to the hospitalized and outpatients. Supervised one registered nurse. Identified and established liaison with community resources. Compiled resource file. Organized and conducted in-service training program utilizing symposiums, workshops, and groups dealing with psycho-social aspects of illness, personnel management, and staff relations. Established rape-intervention program. Acted as consultant to medical staff. South Amboy Memorial Hospital Community Mental Health Center 8/76 – 12/78

(Director of Partial Hospitalization Unit), South Amboy; NJ Administered program designed to ease transition of discharged patients back into the community. Supervised multi-professional staff of six. Responsibilities included personnel selection, evaluations, and training. Expanded services and patient census. Implemented new programs including one designed for chronically ill patients. Established community rape-prevention program, organized fund-raising campaign. Public Relations. Served on the Executive Committee of Center. Prepared grant proposals and budget requests. Individual and group therapy. Family Counseling Service of Sommerset County, Bound Brook, NJ 12/74 – 8/76 Individual, marital, Family, and group therapy. Crisis intervention. Founded “Women in Transition" group for divorced, separated, and widowed women. Clientele from multi-ethnic, diverse socio- economic population.

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Volunteer Work

Special Honors

Present: National Association of Social Workers, Academy of Certified Social Workers and California Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Professional Associates in Clinical Hypnotherapy. 1987 to Present: Los Angeles Center for Living. Leading support groups and teaching meditation for persons with AIDS. Lectures and workshops conducted for following groups: Chandriss Cruise Lines, The Oaks Resort, Ojai, CA, Bermuda Resorts, Lancaster, CA, Valley Women's Center, Los Angeles, CA, Codependents Anonymous Conference, Encino, CA, Creative Resources Guild, Los Angeles, CA, Association for Marriage and Family Counselors, Encino, CA, Transformational Friends of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA, Occuserv, Columbus, OH. 1989: AIDS Fair, Santa Monica College: Presentation of paper "Introducing Alternative Therapies." 1978 to 1983: NASW, Association of Hospital Social Service Directors. Served on Utilization Review Committee of Visiting Nurses Association of Los Angeles. Advisory Board member. 1736 House Drop-In Center and Shelter. Community Cancer Control Association. Presentation of paper

"Current Trends in Partial Hospitalization" — National Council of Community Mental Health Centers, annual meeting and International Symposium of Mental Health, Toronto, Canada. 2021: Kaiser Hospital, Van Nuys, CA, presented symposium on “Current Trends in Medical Hypnotherapy.”

Special Skills Fluent in German, Yiddish, and Hebrew; elementary level Spanish. Arts, crafts. Dance, tennis, photography and gourmet cooking. Mediation instruction. Health Excellent.

Formulated plans, goals, and structure of United Jewish Welfare Fund Campaign. Recruited, organized and trained volunteer workers and lay leadership. Coordinated and established committees and divisions. Designed and administered educational and fund-raising events. Community organization with the goals to promote personal involvement and contributions to the organization. Interpreted and represented the Jewish Federal Council, its functions, goals, and purposes to the community. Coordinated public relations activities. Supervised clerical personnel.