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Education
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
M.S.W. Masters of
Social Work - Clinical Family Track, Dept of Social Work,
(May/95)
Post-Masters Certificate
- Home School Visitor/School Social Worker in PA,
NJ & MA,
Dept of Social Work (May/95)
Post-Masters Certificate - Marriage Counseling & Sex Therapy, Dept of
Psychiatry,
(July/1999)
C.A.S. Certificate in Advanced Studies - Human Sexuality, Dept of Education,
(Dec,02)
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
BA - Bachelor of Arts - Major in English; minor in Gender Studies, (Jun/93)
SCHOLARSHIPS
Penn
Council for Relationships, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Penn Council for
Relationships Scholarship, (Fall/97-Spring/99)
PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Life Counseling,
Philadelphia PA (Feb/02-Present)
Therapist – currently providing individual, couple and family therapy.
Specialization is in sexual health and pain management. Supervisor for
two MSW interns.
Human
Sexuality Education Inc, Philadelphia, PA (Sept/97-Present)
CEO - Human
Sexuality Education Inc is primarily a web based organization dedicated to
teaching human sexuality education. Currently
there are eleven sexperts who field sex related questions. Responsible for
developing the curriculum from which to teach the human sexuality teleconference
and chat courses. Design and
produce the weekly sex tips. Currently the weekly sex tips are distributed to
32,000+ people and the web site receives 8000+ unique hits a day.
Best
Nest Inc, Philadelphia, PA (Jul/00–Feb/02)
Home Finder Social Worker & Lead Internet Specialist –
Best Nest is an adoption and foster care agency for medically fragile children.
Responsibilities included designing and maintaining the website, recruitment,
providing training to adoptive and foster parents (pre-service and on an ongoing
basis), comprehensive home study of prospective adoptive and foster parents,
assisting in child placement decisions and providing sexuality education to both
the staff and clients at the agency.
University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Jan/99-May/99 & Jan/00-May/00)
Teaching Assistant
– to the course ‘Basic Concepts in Human Sexuality’. Responsible for designing and implementing lesson plans,
grading and running my own section of the course.
Penn
Council For Relationships, Philadelphia, PA (Sept/96-Jul/99)
Therapist
– provided individual, couple and family therapy. Specialization is in sex
therapy.
Protocall
Services/Metro Crisis Line, Portland, OR (Oct/95-Jul/96)
Clinical Specialist 2 - trained, supervised and acted as a resource to Metro
Crisis Line volunteers. Conducted
telephone intakes / assessments, crisis response, and dispatched the
local law and/or medical personnel as necessary, triaged services for companies
nationwide. Protocall provided
direct services to over 50 million people, including persons with a chronic
mental illness, substance abuse problem and those with current homicidal and
suicidal ideations.
CARES
NW (Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Services) Program, Portland, OR (May/95-Oct/95)
Child Abuse Intake Specialist - evaluated and determined eligibility of incoming callers
wishing to schedule a CARES appointment and/or provided the client(s) with
appropriate referrals to community services.
INTERNSHIPS &
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
School
Social Worker Intern - Collingswood
Board of Education, (Sept/94-May/95)
Drug & Alcohol Counselor Intern - Eagleville
Hospital, (May/95-Aug/95)
Emergency Shelter Social Worker Intern - Child
Inc., (Sept/93-Jun/94)
Rape Crisis Intervention Counselor -
Portland Women's Crisis Line (PWCL), (Sept/92-Aug/95)
Volunteer Facilitator of a Support Group for Survivors of Rape - PWCL,
(Jan/93-Apr/93)
Founded a Women's Consciousness
Raising Support Group - Lewis & Clark
College, (Sept/92-Jun/93)
Revitalized the Group Student’s
United for Sexual Awareness - Lewis &
Clark College, (Jan/93-Jun/93)
Researcher on the abuse of prostitutes - Council For Prostitution
Alternatives, (Jun/92-Aug/92)
SCHOLARLY
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Human
Sexuality Education, Philadelphia PA (Jan/99 – present)
*Monthly 3 hour workshops on intimacy and communication issues.
*Bachelorette parties: How to be the best lover your partner ever had, and
receive the pleasure you’ve only dreamed about (as requested).
New
Hampshire Nursing Association Fall Conference, Concord, NH (Oct 6, 04).
*Cosmetic Surgeries,
Enhancements, Diets, Herbal Concoctions, Vanity . . . Is it Healthy? Presented
with Dr. Peter Gearhart
*Some of the questions & most of the answers that your patients won't ask.
Presented with Dr. Peter Gearhart
*Closing Plenary Session: Sex & Sexuality in Nursing Practice, How to use
the knowledge in your practice. Presented with Dr. Peter Gearhart
Early
Morning with Trevar Chappell on ABC Local Radio, Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, Australia
(Sept 9/04).
*A live radio interview: Pornography, is it healthy?
Alice
Copper on CNN, Philadelphia, PA
*A live television
interview: Sex & Swinging
Your Morning on CN8, New Castle, DE
(Jun-Mar/04)
* A live television interview: Tips for safer sex
(Sept/03).
* A live television interview: Discussed the importance of sex and how bachelorette workshops can help individuals
(Jun/03).
* A live television interview: 12 ways to rev up your sex life (Jan/04).
* Taped television interviews: Sex and pregnancy, sex and menopause, and sex and
STD’s (March 29, 04)
Pennsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (Feb/03)
1 hour grand rounds lecture for OB/GYN physicians, midwives and nurses on sexual
function / dysfunction.
Best Nest, Philadelphia, PA (Dec/00-02)
Yearly in-service trainings for foster care social workers to learn how to
talk to foster care families, biological parents and foster children about
sexuality issues.
New
York University Medical School, New York, New York (Jan/02)
1 hour workshop for
NYU medical students on sexually transmitted infections.
Philadelphia
Family Pride, Philadelphia, PA (Nov/00)
2 hour training
geared for gay and lesbian parents on how to talk to their children about
sexuality.
Robboy, Alex (2002). Lost in translation? The hazards of applying social constructionism to quantitative research on sexual orientation development. The Journal of Homosexuality. v42, #3, p89–102.
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES
American
Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (Sept/98-Aug/00)
Member of the Online Committee, which is responsible for the maintenance and
continued development of the AASECT web site.
University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Sept/93-May/94)
Delegate to the Graduate and Professional School Assembly,
(Sept/93-May/94)Member of the Student Council, (Sept/93-May/94)
Council
for Prostitution Alternatives, Portland, OR (Jun/92-Jun/93)
Member of the Board
of Directors
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & LICENSURES
American
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Member (96-Present)
American Association of Sex Educators,
Counselors and Therapists Member (1996-Present)
AASECT - Certified Sex Therapist (96-Present)
American Board Certified Sexologist
(2004-Present)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (97-Present)
National Association of Social Workers
(94-Present)
