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EmpowerCE Presenters |
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Phone: 805 550-9201 E-mail: empowerce@sbcglobal.net |
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Dr. Barbara J. Gilbert |
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In the years since, Barbara has expanded to treatment of other forms of trauma, but remains most passionate about working with recovery from complex childhood trauma. Although most interested in working individually with trauma survivors, Barbara developed and implemented a manualized group intervention for trauma recovery with women incarcerated with multiple substance abuse offenses.
During those years at UIUC, Barbara also began to work in her second specialization—training. She served as individual and group supervisor for interns and practicum students, serving on the committee that coordinated the training program as well. In addition, she was assigned as the continuing education coordinator for the permanent staff as a part of her job as Assistant Director. Barbara has gone on to serve as the coordinator of training programs for doctoral interns and licensed staff in three settings, currently at the Cal Poly Counseling Services.
Alongside her interest in helping traumatized people recover and thrive, Barbara developed a desire to stop the trauma at its source. She completed her doctoral dissertation on “Changing Sexual Aggression-Supportive Attitudes and Beliefs in College Men,” in which she designed and implemented an intervention which produced significant positive effects, linked to behavioral intention, which were still present on follow-up. At UIUC, Barbara was assigned as the part-time coordinator of the Campus Acquaintance Rape Education program in which men were provided interventions to reduce sexual aggression-supportive attitudes and beliefs and women were provided interventions supporting their entitlement to and skill in boundary-setting and help-seeking if targeted or victimized. Barbara moved to California in 1993 and soon became involved in a program for court-mandated violence offenders. There she developed 52-week programming for men, women and teens who had been convicted of acts of violence against partners or family members. She served as Executive Director for about 9 years, as well as training all new clinic staff and staff in other agencies for nonviolence intervention work. She has since adapted the intervention for college students referred for conduct violations. The combined work with victims of violence and those who commit such violence led Barbara to an awareness of the pervasiveness of dysfunctions of power. Any behavior or condition so common must be normative even if dysfunctional. Barbara has written a book addressing the foundations of dysfunctions of power and the practices that foster true empowerment, offering remedies for dominance and oppression at the personal and community levels. At Cal Poly, Barbara works on community psychology interventions to address privilege-based power dysfunctions in the institution and community, including programs to improve intercultural competency and work on restorative justice practices. Gilbert, B.J. (1994). Treatment of adult victims of rape. In J. Briere (Ed.), Assessing and Treating Victims of Violence. Jossey-Bass.
Gilbert, B. & Cunningham, J. (1986). Women’s post-rape sexual functioning: Review and implications for counseling. Journal of Counseling and Development, 65, 71-73.
Gilbert, B.J. (1999). Empowered Recovery from Trauma. A 16-session curriculum designed to teach women about trauma and the recovery process and to enhance self-skills that are often damaged by trauma and yet needed for recovery to proceed as well as possible. Self-skills include: flexible boundary-setting, self-care, emotional modulation, assertive communication, self-compassion, and others.
Gilbert, B.J. (1999). Trauma Recovery for Men. A 16-session psychoeducational and experiential curriculum designed for use with groups of men in a jail program for substance abuse recovery.
Gilbert, B. J. (1999). Trauma Recovery for Women. A 16-session psychoeducational and experiential curriculum designed for use with groups of women in a jail program for substance abuse recovery.
Gilbert, B.J., Heesacker, M. & Gannon, L. (1991). Changing the sexual aggression-supportive attitudes of men: A psychoeducational intervention. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 38, (2), 197-203.
Gilbert, B.J. (in progress). Nonviolence through Living RAR=E. A 52-session curriculum for women convicted of violence against a domestic partner.
Gilbert, B.J. (2001). Living RAR=E for Teen Women. A 26-session curriculum for teen women convicted of a violent crime. Certified by Santa Clara County.
Gilbert, B.J. (1997). A Nonviolence Intervention for Men. A 52-week program for men convicted of violence against a domestic partner. Certified by Santa Clara County.
Gilbert, B. J. (2003). Living RAR=E for College Students. A 5-session curriculum for college students; used particularly with students who have committed student conduct violations.
Gilbert, B.J. (in submission). Living RAR=E: A new paradigm for personal and community empowerment. A book written for the general population.
Gilbert, B. J. (in progress). The Problem with Being Human. A book applying the RAR=E paradigm to understanding a wide range of human problems and how to address these problems through psychotherapy and psychoeducational intervention.
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Barbara received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology in 1988. She had begun her first specialization, in trauma recovery treatment, during graduate school. Following doctoral internship, Barbara was hired in 1987 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and soon was assigned as chair of the Sexual Abuse and Assault Treatment Team, serving clients and training staff in this area. She continued with this heavy emphasis on recovery from sexual trauma throughout her six years at UIUC. |
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Continuing Education for Psychologists and Psychotherapists |
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· EmpowerCE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. · EmpowerCE is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as a continuing education provider for MFTs and LCSWs. Provider #4874 · EmpowerCE maintains responsibility for these programs and their content. |
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Dr. Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti |
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Dr. Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti received her bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of California at Davis and masters and doctoral degrees in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kansas. She is currently Associate Professor in the Psychology and Child Development Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where she teaches courses in Multicultural Psychology, Positive Psychology, Clinical and Counseling Psychology, and Research Methods. Dr. Teramoto Pedrotti’s interests focus on the intersection of multicultural issues and positive psychology constructs. Her current research investigates such topics as well-being in biracial and multiracial individuals, and the development of empathy toward a variety of cultural groups as a result of multicultural education. She resides on the Central Coast in California with her husband and their three children. |
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Dr. Steve Kane |
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Dr. Steve Kane is an Associate Professor in the Counseling and Guidance graduate program at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. A UCLA-trained and licensed psychologist, Dr. Kane is a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities and ADHD. Formerly Assistant Director and Learning Disabilities Specialist with the Cal Poly Disability Resource Center, Dr. Kane has worked with individuals with learning disabilities for over 20 years.
Dr. Kane has held staff, faculty and research positions at UCLA, Colorado State University, and California State University, Long Beach. He has published research articles in the Journal of Learning Disabilities, the Journal of Counseling and Development, The ADHD Report, and the Journal of Employment Counseling. Most recently, Dr. Kane co-authored the Learning Difficulties Assessment (www.ldacv.com), a no-cost, web-based assessment tool designed to identify college students at-risk for learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders. |
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Dr. Kristyn Fowkes-Muto |
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Kristyn Fowkes-Muto is a licensed psychologist who works part-time at Counseling Services at University of California, Santa Barbara, and is also an adjunct professor in the Psychology and Child Development Department at Cal Poly State University, SLO. She has a master's degree from Cal Poly SLO, and a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon. She has been providing therapy for children, families, couples, and individual adults for over 12 years. She also has experience providing ADHD and Learning Disability assessments for university and community college populations. Kristyn lives on the beautiful CA central coast, and is currently starting a small private practice serving adolescents, adults, and couples. |
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Dr. Liz May |
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Liz May is a licensed psychologist who has worked in Counseling Services at the University of California, Santa Barbara for the past 3 years. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Developmental Psychology from Bryn Mawr College outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she received training in multiple university counseling centers, local school districts, and private practice doing comprehensive assessments and therapy. At UCSB, Liz works with a broad range of presenting issues, but specializes in the assessment and treatment of students with ADHD. Liz is also currently beginning her own private practice providing individual, couples, and group therapy to adolescents and adults in the Santa Barbara area. |