Psychotherapist and Executive Coach
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Counselor III at Kaiser Permanente
- Past
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- Contract Faculty at La Sierra University
- Anger Management Facilitator at Anderson & Anderson
- Sr. Research Engineer at Geospace Research, Inc
- Psychotherapist at Richstone Family Center
- Member Technical Staff at The Aerospace Corporation
- Computer System Assistant at Loma Linda University, Riverside Campus
- Education
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- Antioch University, Los Angeles
- Loma Linda University
- La Sierra University
- Loma Linda University
- Loma Linda Academy
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John Elder’s Summary
Licensed psychotherapist (CA MFT42730) emphasizing behavioral health care. Specializing in chemical dependency, anger management, stress management, assertive communications, emotional intelligence and mens’ issues. Focus on helping professionals, executives, veterans, and first responders overcome ineffective behaviors that can potentially sabotage careers. Certified executive coach, certified Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Level I, certified anger management facilitator and trainer. Trained in clinical hypnosis and community building. Interest in teaching, philosophy, and social justice.
John Elder’s Specialties:
Executive coaching, stress management, anger management, men's issues, couple counseling, chemical dependency, hypnosis, trauma counseling.
John Elder’s Experience
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Counselor III
Kaiser Permanente
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Mental Health Care industry)
April 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Substance abuse counseling, psycho-educational classes, curriculum review and development, lectures, patient assessment, treatment planning, couple's and family therapy, adolescents at risk.
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Contract Faculty
La Sierra University
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2007 — June 2007 (3 months)
Adjunct faculty member teaching MGMT295A, Videogame Design in the School of Business.
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Anger Management Facilitator
Anderson & Anderson
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Mental Health Care industry)
March 2003 — June 2006 (3 years 4 months)
Facilitated anger management classes, trained anger management facilitators, developed and revised curricula, assisted with marketing, made public appearances as an anger management expert.
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Sr. Research Engineer
Geospace Research, Inc
(Mental Health Care industry)
1991 — 2005 (14 years)
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Psychotherapist
Richstone Family Center
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Mental Health Care industry)
October 2001 — January 2004 (2 years 4 months)
Provided mental health services for abused children and their families, developed anger management curriculum, facilitated anger management classes, wrote reports and maintained current documentation.
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Member Technical Staff
The Aerospace Corporation
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)
June 1985 — April 1991 (5 years 11 months)
Developed real-time software in support of the corporate mission. Wrote reports and papers on single-event upset (SEU). Designed research programs and developed software to test devices for susceptibility to SEU. Developed radar data acquisition processors and analyzed radar data from ionospheric and mesospheric experiments. Developed software to exercise satellite instrumentation packages during preflight testing.
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Computer System Assistant
Loma Linda University, Riverside Campus
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 1985 — June 1985 (6 months)
Provided assistance to student users of campus computer system. Did some maintenance programming and general problem solving.
John Elder’s Education
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Antioch University, Los Angeles
MA, Clinical Psychology, 1996 — 1997
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Loma Linda University
BS, Computer Science, 1984 — 1985
- Activities and Societies:
- Editor student paper The Criterion, Student Body Senate
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La Sierra University
AS, Engineering Physics, 1978 — 1985
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Loma Linda University
BA, Theology, 1978 — 1983
Graduated with Highest Honors
Deans List most quarters
3.9 GPA- Activities and Societies:
- Student Senate
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Loma Linda Academy
High School, College Prep, 1974 — 1978
Additional Information
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John Elder’s Interests:
Teaching, psychotherapy, writing, curriculum development, learning materials development, psychology and biology of addiction, evolutionary psychology, existential psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy.
John Elder’s Groups:
CAMFT, CAMFT Inland Empire Chapter, AAMFT, Linked In
John Elder’s Contact Settings
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- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
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- reference requests
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