Catherine Boyce MA, MFT

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Catherine Boyce Quick Facts

Main Areas: Marriage and Family Therapy
Career Focus: Psychotherapist, Speaker
Affiliation: CAMFT
CURRICULUM VITAE

PURPOSE STATEMENT

To promote personal growth and facilitate improvement in the quality of life for individuals and their families through professional and compassionate psychotherapy services. EDUCATION

Santa Clara University. Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy, June 2000.
San Jose State University. Bachelor of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Sociology minor, June 1997. Summa cum Laude.
Gavilan College. Undergraduate General Education Certification, December 1993.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

3/2006 - Present. Private Practice Marriage and Family Therapist. Expertise in provision of psychotherapy to families, couples, children, adolescents and individuals for a variety of concerns including: Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Dysthymia, ADHD, Adjustment Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Anger Management, and Marital Therapy. Developed expertise in DSM-IV assessment and diagnosis, development and execution of client care plans, and documentation. Developed skills in provision of brief therapy, child play therapy, and sand tray. EMDR Part I Training completed. Advanced training and demonstrated skills in addressing multi-cultural needs. Theoretical orientation is interpersonal process therapy incorporating psychodynamic, behavioral, relational, and family systems work.
2/2004 - 3/2006. Greg Whittaker, LMFT, 8371 Church St. Gilroy, CA 95020. Marriage and Family Therapist internship.
1/2004 - 5/2006. Gavilan College, 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. Gilroy, CA, 95020. Psychology Instructor. Introduction to Psychology, Biopsychology.
9/2001 - 12/2003. Kings View Tuolumne County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, 197 Mono Way, Sonora, California 95370. Intern: Children's Outpatient Clinician. Work in a collaborative team setting to provide counseling and related services for children and their families. Developed curriculum and taught psychoeducational groups for bipolar children and adolescents.
1/2001 - 9/2001. Center for Human Services, 1700 McHenry Village Way, Modesto, California 95350. MFT Internship. Provide counseling for children, adolescents, and their families.
7/2000 - 9/2000. Community Solutions, 6980 Chestnut Street. Gilroy, CA 95020. Marriage and Family Therapy Internship. Trained and experienced working with at-risk teens and their families.
6/1999 - 8/2000. Los Gatos Teen and Family Counseling Center, 208 E. Main, Los Gatos, CA 95030. Practicum training in Marriage and Family Therapy.
3/1998 - 9/2000. Community Solutions, 6980 Chestnut Street. Gilroy, CA 95020. Group facilitator for Drinking and Driving program. Advanced training and developed competency in group process, working with highly resistant, court-mandated clients. Successfully educated and encouraged clients to explore life issues around alcohol and substance abuse and recovery. Developed skills in performing level of care substance abuse assessment for Santa Clara County Gateway Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment. Trained in anger management techniques through U.C. Berkeley. Developed and facilitated anger management group program.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE Publication Projects

?Boyce, Catherine A. Drinking and Driving: Is it Worth the Risk? TFCC Newsletter. Fall 1999.
?Boyce, Catherine A. Happily Ever After... TFCC Newsletter, 8/2000.
?Boyce, Catherine A. Childhood Depression... Union Press Democrat, 1/2003.
?Boyce, Catherine A. Teen Suicide... Union Press Democrat, 8/2003.
?Boyce, Catherine A. Childhood Depression... Union Press Democrat, 12/2003.

Presentations

?Healing from the Past. Singles Conference. So. Valley Church, Gilroy, CA. 10/2006.
?Coming Alongside: Helping Others Through Grief. Gilroy Pres. Church, Mt. Herman, CA. 9/2006.
?Mental Health Issues for Families, Statutory Rape Ed. Program, Victim Witness, Sonora, CA. 12/2002.
?PTSD. San Jose State University, San Jose, California. 5/1996.

Related Work and Volunteer Experience

?9/2006 - 11/2006. Parenting with Dignity-parenting classes. Volunteer instructor. GPC. Gilroy, CA.
?9/2002 - 6/2003. SBC. Volunteer facilitator for grief groups.
?1/1996 - 3/1999. Peer counselor/facilitator for women in abusive relationships, volunteer.

HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

?Member of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
?Member American Association of Christian Counselors
?CP&E Department Scholarships, Santa Clara University
?Summa Cum Laude, San Jose State
?President's Scholar, San Jose State
?Candidate for Outstanding Senior, San Jose State
?Psi Chi Honor Society
?Golden Key National Honor Society

SPECIALIZED COURSE WORK

?Current Issues: Child Abuse and Neglect
?Anger Management & Substance Abuse
?Domestic Violence
?Adolescent Suicide
?Human Development
?Substance Abuse and Treatment
?Child Therapy
?Family Therapy
?Play Therapy
?Brief Therapy
?Therapy with Adolescents
?Advanced Group Counseling
?Small Group & Family Processes
?Psychopharmacology
?Human Sexuality
?Human Diversity
?Alcohol & Drug Case Management
?EMDR Trauma
?PTSD

WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, AND SYMPOSIUMS ATTENDED

?Why Stress Management Doesn't Work. 5/2007, San Jose, CA. Gregory W. Lester, PhD.
?Treating Children: Difficult Legal Issues in Confidentiality. 5/2007, San Jose, CA. Richard J. Leslie, J.D.
?To Leave or Not to Leave: Couples on the Brink. 5/2007, San Jose, CA. Wm. J. Doherty, PhD.
?The Repair Process: Helping Couples Get Back on Track, 5/2007, San Jose, CA. Terry Real, LCSW.
?Getting to the Heart of It: How to Change Couples, 5/2007, San Jose, CA. Terry Real, LCSW.
?The New Rules of Marriage, 5/2007, San Jose, CA. Terry Real, LCSW.
?HIV and Aids, 2/2007, AATBS.
?Law and Ethics, 2/2007, AATBS
?EMDR Part I Training, 1/2007, So. San Francisco, CA. Barbara Parrett, RN, CNS.
?Aging and Long Term Care, 11/2006, AATBS.
?SoulCollage Facilitator's Training, 9/2006, Scotts Valley, CA. Seena Frost, LMFT.
?Healing ADD and Other Disorders, 10/2003. Sonora, CA. Daniel Amen, M.D.
?Current Drug & Alcohol Issues & Impact on Youth, 8/2003 Sonora, CA. Juvenile Justice.
?NASW Conference, 6/2003. San Francisco, CA.
?Helping Families in Distress, 5/2003. Sonora, CA. CA Department of Social Services.
?Spirituality and Healing, 1/2003, Danville, CA. James Finley, PhD.
?DBT Training, 9/2002, So. San Francisco, CA. Marsha Linehan, PhD.
?Resiliency & Strengths Based Psychotherapy, 4/2002. Asilomar, CA. Dave Neilsen.
?Healing the Hardware of the Soul, 3/2002, Sacramento, CA. Daniel Amen, M.D.
?Cognitive Therapy with Difficult Clients, 3/2002, Concord, CA. Julie Beck
?Medi-Cal Documentation Training, 4/2001, Stanislaus County Behavioral Health Care.
?Marital Therapy: A Research Based Approach, 6/2000, San Francisco, CA. John Gottman, PhD.
?Family Coaching, 10/1999, Los Gatos, CA. Susan Dunn, M.A. and Nicole Bitter,M.A.
?Bowen Family Seminar, 6/1999. Santa Rosa, CA. Michael Kerr, Ph.D.
?Anger Management for Substance Abuse, 2 & 3/1999. U.C. Berkeley
?Targeted, Focused Brief Group Therapy for Substance Abuse, 3/1998, Santa Clara Co. David Mee-Lee, M.D..
?Domestic Violence Training (certified, 40 hours, satisfies state requirements), 01-02/1996, Gilroy, CA. Ann Leininger, LMFT.