Psychologist

• Sharper Future, San Francisco, CA
  Cognitive-Behavioral group therapy for Resistant Clients mandated to treatment for sexual offenses. Predominantly male clientele

Private Practice

• Cupertino, CA
  Integrative individual therapy with adults presenting with trauma, stress management, relationship, and sexuality issues.
  
  Cognitive-behavioral therapy, behavioral management, psychological assessment, and neuropsychological screening to patients in a long-term care facility

Supervisor

• Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA
  Supervision of six second-year doctoral level students using integrative orientation and prescriptive psychotherapy model.

Psychological Assistant

Pre-doctoral Intern

• Aurora Community Mental Health Center, Aurora, CO
  General outpatient clinic serving adults with a variety of disorders, such as Major Depression, PTSD, and Borderline Personality Disorder.
  
  Group and individual therapy and assessment for adults, with a focus on trauma victims and perpetrators.

Student Therapist

• Grenowski Clinic, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA
  Assessment and individual therapy for a general outpatient clinic

Practicum Student

• Palo Alto Veterans Administration, San Jose Clinic
  Individual and group therapy, psychological assessment, and neuropsychological assessment for veterans. Focus on trauma and substance abuse.

Practicum Student

• National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Palo Alto Veterans Administration, Menlo Park, CA
  Psychological assessment and group treatment for veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, often co-morbid with Depressive Disorders, Personality Disorders, and Substance Abuse and Dependence.

California Coalition of Sexual Offending Conference (CCOSO)

• Westin Hotel, Millbrae, CA
  Three day conference on assessment and treatment of sexual offenders, particularly sexually violent predators. Focus on the bridge between community, media, and treatment.

Neuropsychology Seminar

• Colorado Mental Health Institute at Ft. Logan, Denver, CO
  Eight week course in neuropsychological screening and assessment taught by Diane Salerno, Psy.D. Topics included testing developmentally disabled patients, substance use, traumatic brain injury, screening for frontal lobe dysfunction and memory screening.

Aurora Mental Health Center Learning Lunches

• Aurora Mental Health Center, Aurora, CO
  Monthly presentations on subjects such as suicide awareness and prevention, treating sexual addictions, bipolar illness, and working with the couple in therapy.

Aurora Mental Health Center Trauma Conference

• Colorado Mental Health Institute of Ft. Logan, Denver, CO
  One day conference on trauma and the aftermath, including caregiver mental health, trauma assessment with developmentally disabled clients, movement therapy with torture victims and refugees, and a report on the effort following disasters such as the terrorist attack on the twin towers and pentagon.

14th Annual (Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance) COVA Conference

• Keystone, CO
  Four-day conference for a variety of professionals working with victims. Workshops included gender and ethnic differences in victims, probation for high - risk domestic violence offenders, and drug-facilitated sexual assault, spiritual healing following sexual abuse, and verbal judo practices.

Advances in Treating Complex PTSD and Trauma

• Radisson Hotel, Denver, CO
  One-day conference with John Briere, Ph.D. covering theory, etiology, assessment, and treatment of patients with complex trauma histories.

Updates on Dementia: Translating Research Into Practice

• Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
  Fourth Annual Conference covering Brain Health, Treatment, PTSD, Cultural Considerations, Caregiver Health, and Policy

National Center for PTSD monthly training

• National Center for PTSD at Palo Alto Veterans Administration, Menlo Park, CA
  Week-long training and education about the nature of PTSD, treatment of PTSD symptoms, and current research.

Alternative Methods for Treatment of Dysthymia training

• Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  Six hour training in administration, scoring and interpretation of Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-IV) and Hypnotic Induction Profile (HIP), followed by weekly supervision

Depth Psychology Group

• Burlingame, CA
  Monthly professional group: discussion of the intersection of self-development with psychotherapeutic practice. Discussion of topics such as dreams, symbolism, and myth.

• Registered (#3245) in the Province of Alberta

• Licensed (#PSY19990) in the State of California

• Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA
• Ph.D in Clinical Psychology, graduated August 2003 - APA accredited
  Advanced to Candidacy on October 31, 2001
  Master of Science granted October 31, 2001

• San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
• B.A. in Psychology Cum Laude, 1998

• Reed College, Portland, OR

Research Assistant: Spirituality and PTSD

• National Center for PTSD at Palo Alto Veterans Administration, Menlo Park, CA
  Literature searches, analyses on SPSS, cleaned and manipulated data, contributed to writing of paper for publication, submitted spirituality and mental health outcomes poster for presentation at 2001 APA convention. Attended weekly research meetings

Research Assistant: PTSD in Homeless Veterans, and PTSD in Older Veterans

• National Center for PTSD at Palo Alto Veterans Adminstration, Menlo Park, CA
  Data management, data collection, participant feedback about research process, organized literature, entered data

Research Assistant: Domestic Violence and PTSD

• University of California San Francisco, at San Francisco General Hospital
  Research assistant for various domestic violence and posttraumatic stress disorder projects. Duties included: finding relevant literature, data entry, revising assessment tools, assessment interviews, clerical duties, teaching SPSS to other research assistants.

• Sullivan, B. (2002). Dissociative and self-destructive behavioural outcomes of childhood abuse in psychiatric patients. Dissertation.

• Sullivan, B. (2002). Repressed memories: Real events or harmful fantasies? Poster presented at Pacific Research Society Annual Meeting, Palo Alto, CA.

• Sullivan, B. (2002). Repressed memories: Where is the controversy? Poster presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division Annual Meeting, Ashland, OR.

• Hettinger, J., Chuo, P., Sullivan, B., Cook, J., Rosen, C., Drescher, K. (2001). The impact of spirituality / religiosity on mental health in PTSD veterans. Poster presented at American Psychologial Association Annual Convention.

• Carlson, E., Burling, T., Ruzek, J., & Sullivan, B. (2001). Traumatic stressor exposure and posttraumatic symptoms in homeless veterans. Symposium at Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, November 2001, New Orleans.

One With Heart Poekoelan School

• Portland, OR
  Training in self-defense and the martial art called Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen

Studio Naga

• Oakland, CA
  Continued training in Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen. Trained in teaching self-defense courses for adults and children. Black belt in self-defense earned June, 2006.

Poekoelan Canada

• Calgary, AB
  Teaching self-defense classes in Calgary.

Charles Flinton, Ph.D.

Samantha Smithstain, Psy.D.

Robert Reiser, Ph.D.