Resume

Professional Experience

President of Collaborative Practice of Silicon Valley, January 2009 to present, Cupertino, California.

Family Therapist, September 1992 to Present, Private Practice, Palo Alto,
San Mateo, and Oakland, California.

Clinical Supervisor and Family and Adolescent Therapist, May 2006 to June 2009
Unity Care, San Jose, California.

Therapist Intern Supervisor, September 2002 to June 2006, New College of California, San Francisco, California.

Group and Individual Therapist, September 2002 to April 2004 Kaiser Adult Psychiatry Department, Santa Clara, California.

Therapist and Supervisor of Case Manager, June 1995 to September 2001, Alliance for Community Care San Jose, California.

Mobile Crisis Therapist, July 1994 to November 1998, Family Service Association of Santa Clara Valley San Jose, California.

Counselor, August 1993 to July 1994, Casa SAY, Mountain View, California.

Adolescent Therapist, November 1991 to August 1993, IOOF Residential Center, Gilroy, California.

Therapist and Case Manager, August 1989 to November 1991, Starhouse Group Home, Sunnyvale, California.

Clinical Hypnotist, August 1983 to August 1989, Palo Alto, California.

Education

Bachelor of Arts June 1974, Special Education Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

Master of Education August 1976, Reading Education Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

Master of Arts December 1989 Counseling, Marital and Family Therapy University of San Francisco, San Francisco California.

Specialized Training

International Association of Collaborative Professionals Conference, October 2011, San Francisco California. Various Presenters.

Collaborative Practice Silicon Valley Retreat: Strategies to Meet Changing Circumstances, February 2011, Cupertino, California. Various Presenters.

Collaborative Practice of San Mateo County Retreat: Building the Collaborative Team, January 2011, San Mateo, California. Catherine Conner Esq.

Collaborative Practice of East Bay Retreat: Collaborative Team Building, January 2011, Oakland, California. Various Presenters.

Keys to Improving Outcomes with Adolescent Drug Abuse and Delinquency: The MDFT Model, October 2010, Palo Alto California. Dr. Howard Liddle.

Celebration IV: California Collaborative Divorce State-Wide Conference April 2010 San Francisco California. Various Presenters.

Mental Research Institute 50TH Anniversary Conference, August 2009, San Francisco California. Various Presenters.

Cultural Complexities in Assessment, Diagnosis, and Engagement May | June 2009, San Jose California. Dr. Matthew Mock.

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist Conference, April | May 2009, San Jose California. Various Presenters.

Celebration III: California Collaborative Divorce State -Wide Conference April 2008 Berkeley Ca. Various Presenters.

Parenting Plans that Work for Children, February 2008, Northern California Mediation Center, Greenebrae, California. Presenter: Joan Kelly Ph.D.

Working with Children in Divorce, July 2005, Northern California Mediation Center Greenebrae, California. Presenter: Joan Kelly Ph.D.

Interdisciplinary Team Dynamics in Collaborative Family Law Practice, March 2005 Ross, California. Presenters: Dr.Susan Gamache, Nancy Cameron LLB, Doreen Gardner Brown CFP.

Divorce Process Seminar: Legal Issues for Mental Health Practitioners, March 2005 Cupertino, California. Presenters: David Weinberg Esq. and Alan Nobler Esq.

Fundamentals of Collaborative Practice, November 2004, Hayes Mansion Conference Center, San Jose, California. Presenters: Training Staff of Silicon Valley Collaborative Practice consisting of numerous Family Law attorneys, LCSWs, MFTs, and Certified Financial Planners.

Treating Co-morbid Depression and Anxiety using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, August 2004, San Francisco, California. Trainer: Dr. Thomas Marra.

Intimate Partner Violence [Online], January 2004, Sunnyvale, California. Presenter: Dr. Offer Zur.

EMDR Consultation Group. January 2003 to January 2004 Kaiser Adult Psychiatry Department Santa Clara California Facilitator: Dr. Steven Marcus.

Brief Therapy Conference, December 2003, San Francisco California. Conference Coordinator: Dr. Jefferey Zieg.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, September 2002, San Francisco, California. Trainer: Dr. Marsha Linehan.

CAMFT Certified Supervisor Program, January 2001 to January 2002, Various San Francisco Bay area sites for the seminars, plus weekly consultations with Bob Lundquist MFT/ Psy.D. candidate.

Transforming Trauma with EMDR, April to May 1999, California Institute of Studies, San Francisco California. Trainer: Dr. Laurel Parnell.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Conference, December 1998, Awareness Foundation, West Valley Community College, Saratoga, California. Conference Coordinator: James Callner M.A.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, October 1996, Institute for Behavioral Healthcare, Sunnyvale, California. Presenter: Dr. Donald Mechenbaum.

Fifth Ericksonian Congress, December 1995, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, San Francisco, California. Congress Coordinator: Dr. Jefferey Zieg.

Lemmon Mediation Institute, February 1994, College of Marin, San Rafael, California. Presenter: Dr. John Lemmon.

Domestic Violence Group Facilitation, September 1993, National Training Systems Institute, San Jose, California. Presenter: JoAnne Harwick MFCC.

Enneagram Studies of Personality, September 1993 to June 1996. Enneagram Studies of Palo Alto, California. Facilitatiors: Pat Burbank MFCC and Michael Kilgroe M.A.

The Adolescent in the Family, February 1990, The Family Therapy Institute of Washington, D.C., Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California. Presenters: Jay Haley M.A. and Dr. Cloe Madanes.

Issues of Sexual Abuse, July 1989., Institute for Community as Extended Family, San Jose, California. Presenters: Dr. Hank Giaretto and Staff.

Fourth Ericksonian Congress, December 1988, Milton H. Ericksion Foundation. SanFrancisco, California. Conference Coordinator: Dr. Jefferey Zeig.

Abuse in the Family, September 1988, The Family Therapy Institute of Washington,D.C, San Francisco, California. Presenters: Jay Haley and Dr. Cloe Madanes.

Strategic Therapy, July 1988, The Family Therapy Institute of Washington, D.C.,
Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey, California. Presenter: Jay Haley M.A.

Ericksonian Hypnosis - Utilizations, March 1989, University of California, Santa Cruz Extension, Santa Clara, California. Presenter: Dr. Jefferey Zeig.

Ericksonian Hypnosis - Accessing Resources, August 1988, University of California, Santa Cruz Extension, Santa Clara, California. Presenter: Dr.Jefferey Zeig.

Neuro-Linguistic Patterning and Ericksonian Hypnosis, September 1982 to August 1983, Institute of Educational Therapy, Berkeley, California. Trainers:Patrick Woods B.A. and Frances Dreher MFCC.

 

 

Neil Penn MFT
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