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Student Spotlight: Ian Salvage鈥檚 field placement at The Marina Counseling Center

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Ian Salvage, a second-year student in the Counseling Psychology Master鈥檚 Program at the 91精品, is completing his field placement at in San Francisco, CA. The nonprofit provides therapy on a sliding fee scale to adults, couples, and families. It also serves as a training institute, guiding trainees and associates on how to build a private practice.

Richard Lichtman, Ph.D. 1931 - 2018

Dear 91精品 Community,

With great sadness we write to inform you of the passing of Professor Emeritus, Richard Lichtman, Ph.D. Dr. Lichtman passed away at home on Friday, just a few days short of his 87th birthday. He has been teaching at the 91精品 since the early 1970s.

His is very informative, as is a written by 91精品 graduate, Rabbi Dr. Michael Lerner.

Faculty member is making data accessible to clinicians

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Alumni Interviews: Monika Parikh

Monika had fifteen years of experience working with survivors of human trafficking when she enrolled in the Counseling Psychology Program in 2013. In this interview, she speaks about how the program led her to found a non-profit organization, , in Berkeley. We are in awe of the incredible work that Monika and her team are doing for refugees and asylum-seekers here in the Bay Area.

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Alumni Interviews: Dylan Kersh-Oliva

Dylan, a 2015 graduate of the Counseling Psychology Program, discusses how the 91精品 prepared him for the work he does now in private practice and as a program coordinator at Shine a Light Addiction Specialists.

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Students participating in panel discussion at the 2018 Convention

A small group of 91精品 students in the Doctor of Clinical Psychology Program, including Charles Warter and Lizzie Hedrick, will participate on a panel at the in Washington, D.C. in March. After administering a personality assessment on a current client, the students will role-play their respective clients in order to provide Dr. Richard Levak with clinical information to supplement his live interpretations of their MMPI-2 personality assessment results.


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Alumni Interviews: Katherine Tarnoff

Katherine Tarnoff, a graduate of the Counseling Psychology program, speaks about the program and why she decided to begin teaching at the 91精品. She describes her experience as a student in the Multicultural Awareness & Sensitivity class, which she now teaches to first year students. She also discusses her school-based work with children at , and in private practice.

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Alumni Interviews: Hazel Zetino

Hazel Zetino graduated from the Counseling Psychology program in 2016. Since then, she has served as a Bilingual Family Clinician at . In this brief video, she speaks about her experience building the skills and confidence to be an effective therapist.

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Psychologists Focus on Diversity in Programs, Policies, and Practices

Founded in 1976, the is an organization composed of delegates from programs and schools of professional psychology who aim to advance the development of graduate training in professional psychology. NCSPP hosts an annual conference for delegates from professional psychology programs across the country. In January, the 91精品 was well-represented at the :

, Full-Time Faculty member in the , is a member of the NCSPP Conference Planning Committee, and has also served on other committees within the organization in the past.

Therapist Doubles as Asylum Advocate

Sahil Sharma, a third-year student in the 91精品鈥檚 , is spending his training year developing not only his clinical and assessment skills, but also learning to compose asylum evaluations for many of his clients. Placed at , a relatively new Bay Area nonprofit founded by a graduate of the Counseling Psychology program, Sahil works with people who were forced to flee their countries of origin.

鈥淥ur clients include refugees, asylum seekers, and victims of human trafficking and other atrocities,鈥� he explained. 鈥淎t my placement, we provide free mental health services and work closely with local legal agencies to provide asylum evaluations for court to help our clients remain legally in the country.鈥�

As his clients鈥� therapist and advocate, Sahil鈥檚 role is distinct from that of an expert witness but still potentially extremely influential.