Dr. Bruce Levinton Licensed Psychologist
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	About Dr. Levinton

Education

	1992 - 1996	The San Francisco School of Psychology, San Francisco, CA Ph.D. (dual emphasis) Clinical Psychology and Industrial/Organizational Psychology Dissertation: Female Inmates in a Predominantly Male-Populated Co-Gender Halfway-House: An Interview Study.
	1990 - 1992	New College of California Graduate School of Psychology, San Francisco, CA M.A. Social - Clinical Psychology
	1989 - 1990	New College of California Weekend College Program, San Francisco, CA B.A. Humanities with an emphasis in Psychology
	1964 - 1968	Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Matriculated in a Bachelor of Architecture Program

Professional Work Experience

	2001 - present	Independent Practitioner, San Francisco, CA Practice specializing in individual, couples and family therapy, and industrial/organizational consultation. Provide individual psychotherapy with adults, adolescents and children coping with loss, bereavement, crisis resolution, substance abuse/dependence, stress/fatigue, anxiety and phobias, parenting, sexual and physical abuse, and creative blocks and spirituality. Consultation with referring medical and mental health providers. Provide couples and family counseling focused on clarifying needs and improving communication and problem solving skills, controlling domestic violence, and improving parenting skills. Provide industrial/organization consultation (see description below).
	1982 - present	Independent Practitioner, San Francisco, CA Industrial/Organizational and Financial Consultant Provide brief problem focused and ongoing consultation with personnel supervisors and managers, and human resource development directors with a specialty in employment related issues including: Career development; stress, anger and time management; financial counseling; crisis intervention; trauma debriefing; psychoactive substance abuse treatment; and social skills building and improving interpersonal relationships.
	1997 - 1998	Postdoctoral Fellow, San Francisco, CA O.M.I. Family Center, an agency of the City and County of San Francisco's Department of Public Health Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Provided individual psychotherapy, family therapy, collateral counseling, and case management brokerage to a large case load of severely and chronically mentally ill adult and child patients, and dual-diagnosed patients. Co-facilitated group therapy for medical- socialization adult groups, a weekly teen boys' group and a weekly adult men's group. Performed telephone crisis counseling and evaluation/assessment intakes for prospective adult and child clients.
	1996 - 1997	Registered Psychological Assistant, San Francisco and Oakland, CA Cornell Corrections, Inc., a transitional program for clients under the supervision of the United States Bureau of Prisons. Provided psychodiagnostic evaluations, individual and group psychotherapy; developed and conducted didactic training programs; and consultation and training to case management staff. The clientele was adult, primarily male, who presented with a range of mental disorders including functional and substance use disorders.
	1994 - 1995	Predoctoral Neuropsychological Intern, San Francisco, California San Francisco Department of Public Health, Health Center #1. Performed clinical interviews and history taking, and test administration and evaluation with medical/mental health providers referring patients for psychological assessment. Patient population was a socially and culturally complex and under served group, with HIV and AIDS, substance abuse and mental health concerns.
	1993 - 1994	Predoctoral Intern, San Francisco, California Eclectic Communications, Inc.,Provided brief problem focused psychotherapy, stress management, group counseling, and psychoactive substance abuse counseling for both male and female inmates in a privately owned residential halfway-house contracted by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
	1991 - 1993	Predoctorate and Masters Level Intern, San Francisco, California The Oakes Children's Center, Inc. Provided play therapy with seriously emotionally disturbed children and individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and family therapy with students' parents.

Publications

	2001 - present	Author and Publisher: The Free Viewpoint Resumption of monthly journal as described above with a more in-depth and educative perspective affecting a wider range of clinical issues and variegated human diversities.
	1986-1989	Author and Publisher: The Independent Viewpoint Wrote a monthly journal to approximately 100 readers featuring articles and essays on education, family issues, communication, counseling techniques, and personal experiences involving the value of psychotherapy in addressing post-traumatic stress disorder.

Presentations

1996

United States Bureau of Prisons San Francisco Community Corrections Contractor's Training Conference Salinas, California Guest Lecturer: "Are Females and Males Different? (Programming Differences Between the Sexes)"

Profesional Affiliations

American Psychological Association California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists The International Association of Counselors and Therapists The Institute of Research in Metapsychology The American Council of Hypnotist Examiners: Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist

References

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