This is a basic resume to familiarize you with my literal psychological background, degrees, licensure, and experience. This doesn’t include the years of spiritual coursework, training, meditation and experience to develop my spiritual awareness.
Awards:
- 2004 Outstanding Achievement in Poetry – International Society of Poets
- 1990 Woman of Achievement Award from Mayor Tom Bradley
- nominated by the Century City Chamber of Commerce
- for Academic Achievement, Business Excellence and Public Service
Education:
- 1987 Ph.D. Clinical & Organizational Psychology & Development
- William Lyon University, San Diego, California
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Overcoming Resistance to Excellence in Organizations
- 1978 M.A. Counseling Psychology, Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Missouri
- M.A. Thesis: Wholistic Psychotherapy: An Integrated
- Approach – Integrating Mind/Body/Spirit approaches to Healing
- 1967 B.F.A. Art, Music, Drama – Goodman Theater of the Art Institute of Chicago
- 1967-Present -Numerous courses in producing, directing, acting, and writing for films
Licenses:
- 99 Marriage and Family Therapist # MT-1779 – Florida
78 Marriage, Family, & Child Counselor License # M-12583 – CA - 77 Massage Therapist, Los Angeles, California
- CERTIFICATIONS
- 02 Hypnosis
- 1978-2006 Numerous courses in all aspects of healing and spirituality
Experience:
- 1978-2013 Jeri De Vale, Ph.D. – Private Practice
- Psychotherapy, Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling, Business Management Consulting- Organizational Development- 35 yrs
- 2011 Healing Films – film company producing educational and healing films
- 1985-1987 Consultant with Omicron Associates
- Jack Gibb, Ph.D. founder – Developing Trust Theories
- Management Consultants – Change and Effectiveness Experts
- Building: Communication, Co-operation, Trust, Community, Teams in Corporations
- 1983-1985 Santa Monica Health Center -(W)holistic – Multi-Modal
- Dr. Paul Peterson – Head of Center
- Treated Patients as licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor,
- Sport Psychologist, pychotherapist Therapist, Wholistic Orgonomic Bodyworker.-combining acupressure, reiki, breathwork, reichian, polarity therapy. Also Supervised Staff for Chiropractors, Doctors of Oriental Medicine, & Massage Therapists in office billing and appointment setting. I did marketing, wrote brochures, press releases, networked referral sources.
- 1981-1983 Vietnam Vet Center – Westwood
- One of the Counselors treating Vietnam Vets and their Families
- Initiated light and eye exercises to reduce flashbacks for Vets
- 1978-1980 Information and Referral Center, Los Angeles, California
- Managing Director and Supervising Psychotherapist;
- Marriage and Family Counselor
- Managed the clinic for the executive director, Roland Frauchiger, delegated work flow, administered personnel policies and procedure, handled payroll. Trained and supervised interns, conducted intake and assessment interviews of both mental health professionals and patients, and made referrals to the mental health professional whose treatment modalities were best suited to the problems presented, was responsible for follow-up procedures throughout the treatment period. I also counseled individuals with a wide range of presenting problems, and led psychotherapy and support groups. Some representative problems were: addictions of all kinds, court offenders, geriatrics, marriage, family, divorce, depression, anxiety, rape and incest, death and dying.
- 1976-1980 Psychological Assistant to Albert Duvall, MD – Conjoint Psychotherapy,
- Bodywork Therapies – Orgonomic Counseling
- Conjoint (man/woman team) therapy with Dr. Duvall M.D. –Psychiatrist – for all treatment sessions. Character analytic psychotherapy, Orgonomic analysis and bioenergetic bodywork. I also did Personnel Assessment Consultations for Businesses.
- 1976-1978 Growth Art Institute, Woodland Hills, California
- Alex Vilumsons, Ph.D. Director
- Intern duties involved the use of hypnosis, art, music, and psychodrama to counsel individuals, families, and groups under supervision of licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and marriage, family, and child counselors with widely diversified backgrounds.
- 1977-1978 Massage Therapy Practice, Los Angeles, California
- Swedish Massage, Acupressure, Nutrition, Anatomy, Physiology
Additional Teachings:
Seminars, Training, and Workshops
- Spiritual Reframing & Fifth Dimensional Thinking
- New Guidelines for Peaceful Living in the 21st Century
- Kissing Our Way to Enlightenment
- Using Sacred Geometry for Enlightenment
- Letting Go of Defensive Communication
- Spiritually Reframing Your Corporation
- Tools for Balance
- Becoming Your Own Guru
- Co-creating Your Own Spiritual Exercises
- Addictions and Their Secrets
- Moving from Co-dependence to Interdependence
- The Workaholic
- Anger Management
- Stress Management
- Surviving the Loss of a Spouse
- Surviving the Loss of a Child
- Healing Unto Life and Death
- Rebirthing
- The advantages of Wholistic Living
- Sexual Abuse and Its Consequences – From Victim to Victor
- The Art of Passionate Living!
- Staying Flexible for Continual Change – The Use of Creativity
- Learning to Listen
- Communicating Purpose, Goals, and Intentions
- Creating Corporate Instincts for Excellence
- Overcoming Resistance to Excellence
- Effective Leadership
- Creating Community
- Team Building
- Strategic Planning – Gaining Cooperation
- Overcoming Fear of Success
- Career Counseling: Building Skills and Confidence
- Techniques for Stress Reduction and Focus
- Balancing the Needs of Work and Family
- The Art of Collaboration
- Effective Communication: Interpersonal and Interdepartmental
- Motivating Employees – The Art of Passionate Living!
- Enhancing Creativity
- Group Problem Solving
- Building Productive Healthy Teams
- Building Productive Healthy Communities
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Maintaining a Healthy Corporate Culture
- Developing Employee Assistance Programs
- Organizational Designs for Successful – Personal, Family, and Business Relationships
Community Service:
- Volunteer, Vet Center, treated veterans and their families for two years
- Volunteer, Pacific Palisades Community Theater, Worked to change laws for rape
- Chairwoman, Fund-raising, College of Orgonomy, raised $2,000,000
- Volunteer various Churches