Honoring

• The MFT graduating classes of CSUN and Channel Islands.
  
• Members of the MFT A/S Network for Outstanding Service.
  
• Faculty Member of the Year.

Honored Faculty

• The following faculty members were selected by membership to be honored as Faculty Member of the Year:
  • Henry Talifer, JD, Ph.D.
  • Stan Charnofsky, Ed.D., MFT
  • Luis Rublacava, Ph.D.

Awards Presented

• The Ruth Halpert Memorial Scholarship of $1,000 was presented to:
  • 2007 Sandy Killackey
  • 2006 Ryan Burns
  • 2005 Holly Sparks
  • 2004 Jacqueline Cohen
  • 2003 Jo Ann Tennyson
  • 2002 Jodi McIntosh
  • 2001 Jetta Zellner

   

• The Stan Charnofsky $250 Book Award was awarded to:
  • 2007 Michele McCarty
  • 2006 Lucy Gulatyan
  • 2005 Jan Leegard
  • 2004 Sharon Aronson-Rill
  • 2003 Sarah Nicholson
  • 2002 Kelley Morrow
  • 2001 Jodi McIntosh
  • 2000 Carol Dafesh
  • 1999 Gil Sharabie

   

• The recipient of our 2002 Special Service Award of $100 was Sage Dakota.

Presentations

11/2007 JESSICA WILKENS, M.S., Clinical Director, Alcott Center. Title of presentation - “Working with Severely Disturbed Individuals”

11/2006 BERNIE NISENHOLZ, Ed.D. Title of presentation - "Psychology:  There Are No Heroes”

05/2006 JOSE LUIS FLORES, Jose Luis Flores has been core faculty since 1990 and was Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, 2002 – 2005 at Phillips Graduate Institute.  Additionally, he has served as director and supervisor of the Latino Family Therapy Program since 1978.

05/2005 MICHAEL LAURENT, Ph.D.,

05/2004 MARV CHERNOFF, P.h.D. Title of presentation - "The Creative Psychologist”

11/2004 CAROLYN COSTIN, LMFT, MA, M.Ed. Founder and Clinical Director, Monte Nido Treatment Center Originally founded The Eating Disorder Center of California Author of two books and another small manuscript and is on the editorial board of The Eating Disorder Journal of Treatment and Prevention. Title of presentation - "Understanding Eating Disorders".

05/2003 NICKIE GODFREY, M.A., LMFT Clinician at John F. Kennedy High school Based Clinic and A Gestalt Therapist In Private Practice In The Valley. Title of presentation - "Managing the Excitement & Anxiety of Graduating in Troubled Times”

05/2002 Helaine Z. Harris, M.A., M.F.T. Internationally acclaimed Marriage and Family Therapist, author of the award winning book Are you in Love with a Vampire? Healing the Relationship Drain Game. Title of presentation - Combining multi-modalities to enrich yourself as a therapist."

09/2002 HENRY TALIFER, JD, Ph.D., Title of

presentation - "Finding Your Way With Law and Ethics"

05/2001 SCOTT BARRELLA, M.S., M.F.T. Counselor, Consultant and Instructor Director, Supervisor and Group Treatment Specialist at Cornerstone Counseling Center Domestic Violence Counseling Strategies: From Resistance To Real Change. Title of presentation - "Domestic Violence Counseling Strategies."

09/2001 Dr. SHARI TARVER-BEHRING

09/2000 RIE ROGERS MITCHELL, Ph.D., ABPP, RPT-S Chair for the MFCC program at California State University, Northridge. Title of presentation - "Topics in Child Therapy: A Case Presentation"