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2006 - Present: PSYCHOTHERAPY PRIVATE PRACTICE, Keene, NH. Individual, couples and group work with adolescents and adults around school and developmental issues, trauma, substance abuse, relationships, gender and sexuality. 2006 - Present: COUNSELOR, Keene State College Counseling Center, Keene,NH. Individual and group long and short-term solution focused psychotherapy, assessment, and supervision of MVP men’s violence prevention program.. 2005 - 2006: SCHOOL-BASED CLINICIAN, Healthcare and Rehabilitation Services, Brattleboro, VT Individual and family therapy with low-income high school students in the school and community, assessment and case management in community mental health setting. 2001 - 2005: COUNSELOR, Franklin Pierce College Counseling Center, Rindge, NH Individual and group long and short-term psychotherapy; substance abuse prevention, assessment and mandated treatment; outreach and prevention around men’s violence. 2001 - Present: CO-DIRECTOR, Monadnock Men’s Resource Center, Keene, NH Co-founder of all volunteer community based organization focused on preventing men’s violence. Program development and implementation, volunteer and board recruitment, training and management, group facilitation. 2000-2001: COUNSELOR INTERN, Cheshire Academy/Phoenix House Out-Patient Services, Keene, NH Individual and group work in substance abuse treatment setting primarily with mandated felon and dual-diagnosis population in alternative sentencing program. 1999 - 2000: INTERN, S.W. Community Services Men’s Shelter, Keene, NH Internship developing and leading weekly life-skills group for adult male shelter residents. 1997 - 1998: COUNSELOR INTERN, Keene State College Counseling Center, Keene, NH Individual and group psychotherapy with college age population, particularly young-adult males; time limited setting; interpersonal and cognitive-behavioral approaches. 1997: INTERN, Monadnock Family Services Adult Sex Offender Program, Keene, NH Co-leading weekly mandated male sex offender group. WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED “Teach Your Children Well,” at Mothers Uniting’s Waging Peace Conference, Keene State College, October 2004 “Sexual Violence: Men and Women in Conversation,” Burlington, VT, with Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, May 2004 “Masculinity In America,” Landmark College, February, 2004 “Daddy’s World,” Monadnock Talks Conference, Keene, NH, October 2003 “Wrestling With Manhood,” Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH, Spring 2003 “Gender: Does It Matter?’ Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH, Fall 2002 POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION Recovery & Resiliency, Strength Through Connections, NH Substance Abuse Conference, October 2006, Bartlett, NH. Critical Incident Stress Management: Group Crisis Intervention, August 2006, Keene State College. Economic Empowerment and Helping Others, with Mazella Hall, July 2006, Smith College. DOT Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) Training, National Association for Addiction Professionals, July 2006. Gender, Culture & Addiction: Prevention & Intervention for Females, NH Task Force on Women & Addiction, April 2006, Keene State College Introduction to Narrative Therapy, with Michael While of the Dulwich Centre, Adelaide, Australia. March 2006, Family Institute of Cambridge. Suicide Risk Detection, Risk Assessment and Risk Management, with the QPR Institute, December, 2005, Keene State College, NH. Motivational Interviewing, with Dee-Dee Stout, June, 2005. PESI Healthcare, Manchester, NH. Jonesboro, Columbine, Vietnam: How We’re Teaching Our Kids to Kill and Like It, with Dave Grossman, June 2005, Retreat Healthcare. Addiction, Recovery and Education, May 2005, Dartmouth Center. Bringing Theory to Practice, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Depression, April 2005, Bethesda MD. Passages: A Developmental Process Designed to Assist Yough People to Become Wiser Adults, with Thomas Balistrieri, October, 2004, NH Substance Abuse Conference. Pot Luck, College Cannabis Intervention Program, with Jet Goldberg, October 2004, NH Substance Abuse Conference. Self-Revelation in the Therapeutic Relationship, with Nancy A. Bridges, LICSW, July, 2004, Smith College School of Social, MA. Ophelia Revisited, with Mary Pipher, Ph.D., October 2003. Sponsored by Monadnock Talks Conference, Keene, NH. Relational Recovery Therapy, with Dr. Terry Real, June 2003. Sponsored by the Family Institute of Cambridge, MA. Mindfulness Meditation, with Lily Myers, MA, Spring 2003. Antioch New England Graduate School. Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, with Peter Baldwin PhD, Spring 2002. Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, NH. Preventing Men’s Violence, with Jackson Katz, Spring 2002, sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. Listening To Boys’ Voices: Understanding and Responding to the Crisis of Boyhood, with Dr. William Pollack, January, 2002, at the Monadnock Talks Conference, Keene, NH. EDUCATION 1996-2001: UNIVERSITY OF NH GRADUATE SCHOOL, Durham, NH Masters of Social Work clinical program. 1988 - 1990: KEENE STATE COLLEGE, Keene, NH Bachelor of Arts in English with Teaching Certification. (NH Secondary English Certification, expired.) 1985 - 1988: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, College of Liberal Arts, Minneapolis, MN Fiction & Poetry Writing Program. 1979 - 1983: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Institute of Technology, Minneapolis, MN Environmental Engineering Program. 1977 - 1979: MACALESTER COLLEGE, Saint Paul, MN Studies in Psychology, Child Development, Learning, and Behavior Modification. SUPPLEMENTAL WORKSHOPS Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training, with Cindy Sanderson, Ph.D., and Anne Hamel, Psy.D., January, 2001, Retreat Healthcare. Group Dynamics and Psychodynamics of Therapy Groups, June, 2000, Smith College School for Social Work. Where the Boys Are, with Dr. William Pollack, December, 2000, sponsored by Planned Parenthood of New England . Narcissists, Therapist and the Forbidden Affects, An Object Relations Seminar, with Steve Zeldow, MSW, February, 2000, sponsored by the Clinical Social Work Federation-NH. Good Grief, with David Treadway, Ph.D. September, 1999, sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers-NH. Writing One's Life, with Kathy Weingarten, PhD, May, 1998. Sponsored by the Family Institute of Cambridge. Sand Trays, with Wendy Elliot, MSW, November, 1997, sponsored by the Keene State College Counseling Center. Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders, November, 1997, sponsored by Retreat Healthcare, Brattleboro, VT. CREDENTIALS Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, NH #1318 Department of Transportation Qualified Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) MEMBERSHIPS National Association of Social Workers NAADAC – The Association For Addiction Professionals WEB SITES Psychotherapy Practice – http://www.talkingcure.net A Father's Journal - http://www.fathersjournal.com |
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Forrest Seymour LICSW
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