Professional Qualifications

 Education

• Masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy (M.S.), Seattle Pacific University
• Bachelors degree in Psychology, with distinction (B.S.), University of Washington (Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa).

Professional Affiliations

• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
• Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (WAMFT)
  • Board Member – Elections Committee and Membership Coordinator 2003-2005
• National Association for Poetry Therapy  
• Seattle Counselors Association www.seattlecounselors.org
  • President 2002-2003, Secretary 2003-2004, Membership Chair 2004-2005
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Washington.

Professional Training

• Interpersonal Neurobiology Conference – The Promise of Attachment Theory, Daniel Siegal
• Intensive Training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples
• The Courage to Love: Self-Relations Therapy with Couples, Stephen Gilligan
• The Crucible Approach – The Integration of Sex and Marital Therapy, David Schnarch
• Emotionally Focused Therapy with Couples, Sue Johnson
•  The Fee in Therapy, Judy Roberts
• Sleep, Stress, and Anti-Anxiety Drugs
• Death…The End?  Big Medicine Lifestyle, Drs. Amy and Arne Mindell
• Women’s Spirituality and Social Transformation Conference
• Advanced Training Seminar in Couples’ Therapy - The Gottman Institute
• A Scientifically-Based Marital Therapy - The Gottman Institute
• DISC Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children - Columbia University
• Honoring Community - Rock the Boat: Ventures in the Art of Collaborative Performance
• PREPARE/ENRICH
• Lives Richly Described - A Review of the Ideas and Practices of Narrative Therapy, Micheal White
• Playful Approaches to Serious Problems:  Narrative Therapy with Children, Families, and Their Communities, David Epston
• Invitations to Responsibility - Practical Approaches to Working with Boys and Men Who Have Abused, Alan Jenkins
• Domestic Violence Training with New Beginnings Shelter for Abused Women

Professional Presentations and Publications

• Naden, M., Callison, K., and Haynes, C.  (2002).  “Treasured Awakenings: Reciprocity and the Reflecting Team Process.”  Journal of Systemic Therapies, Volume 21, 1.
• “Treasured Awakenings: Reciprocity and the Reflecting Team Process.”  Round Table Discussion, Learning Love and Compassion in the Teaching and Healing Arts, University of British Columbia, May 4-6, 2000, with Michelle Naden, and Kristen Callison.
• “Expanding the Possibilities of Case Consultation: Using Reflecting Teams to Effect Change with Multi-Problem Families.” 2000 WAMFT Annual Conference, Edmonds, Washington, March 24-25, 2000, with Michelle Naden, and Kristen Callison

Teaching, Supervisory, and Clinical Experience

• Supervision of students in Practicum, SPU’s Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy Program
• Assistant in therapy groups at Lutheran Counseling Network
• Leader of parent support groups at Seattle elementary, middle, and high schools.

Research and Clinical Work

• Research Coordinator for the Family and Friends Project at the University of Washington, a five-year longitudinal study examining the relationship between marital interaction patterns and behaviors in preschool-aged conduct-problem children.  Mediators of the link between marital hostility, antisocial behavior and poor peer relations are also sought, including the role of social cognitive deficits and biases, and psycho physiological processes. 
• I have also held positions at the University of Washington on John Gottman’s Marital Discord Study, and Marsha Linehan’s Parasuicide Study.

How do you expect to arrive at the end of your own journey
if you take the road to another man’s city?
Thomas Merton