
President IFTA, President Linking Human Systems, training/consultation/Intervention for addiction/chronic illness/trauma
Greater Denver Area

President IFTA, President Linking Human Systems, training/consultation/Intervention for addiction/chronic illness/trauma
Greater Denver Area
*President, International Family Therapy Association (IFTA)
*Senior Fulbright Scholar. Who's Who in the World. Taught in over 90 countries.
*Board Member, American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA)
*Trainer/Consultant/Researcher; consultant to governments in health/mental health & addiction.
*Child, family, community psychiatrist. Former Prof Psychiatry & Family Medicine, Univ. of Rochester, NY & Visiting Professor, National Jewish Medical & Research Center, Denver, CO. Currently, Pres., Linking Human Systems, LLC (LinkingHumanSystems.com) & LINC Foundation, Inc. Senior Advisor, International Trauma Studies Program, Columbia Univ., NY. Trained as traditional healer in Africa, approach is harmony & balance in mind-body-spirit to apply inherent resilience for maximum performance, balance, harmony, to match challenge.
*Recovery Resource Centers, Boulder, Denver, Albany for wholistic mind-body-spirit approach:
**Family life ed., and psychotherapy to deal with life's challenges;
**Couple/family relationships--all ages; GLBT issues; Premarital counseling;
**Therapy/consultation to schools, agencies, commmunities, organizations;
**Addiction Intervention & Treatment;
**Chronic/life-threatening pain & illness, healing from personal trauma & head injury; Med Family Therapy consultation/collaboration
**Relocation/cultural transition, refugees/uprooted families;
**Healing from natural & human-made disasters;
**Past Life Regression Hypnosis;
**Enhancing performance & achievement in Sports, Business, Drama, Academics;
**Consultation to business: mergers, family business, e.g., succession.
**Reducing/resolving stress;
**Death & dying.
Intervention: Co-Developer, Invitational Intervention, the ARISE Model to get loved ones into treatment for addiction, chronic & life-threatening illness long-term recovery. Healing from individual trauma, e.g., head injury, & mass natural & human-made disasters; Accessing resilience to enhance relationships--home, work, play to achieve mind-body-spirit balance & harmony.
Consultation/training/research for individuals, agencies, communities & governmental non&-governmental organizations
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Mental Health Care industry)
July 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
The cornerstone of every society is the family. With the support of its members, the International Family Therapy Association (IFTA) provides international conferences to promote, strengthen and improve the quality of family therapy, the quality of relationships within families and to promote well-being and peace within our world.
IFTA, working in a collaborative spirit with other professionals and organizations around the world who share its mission, also promotes continuing education for family therapy professaionals in the development of international quality standards for marriage and family therapists in order that they may better assist families in the communities in which they serve.
(Mental Health Care industry)
2007 — Present (1 year)
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Mental Health Care industry)
1998 — Present (10 years)
*International non-profit focused on improving health and reducing self-destructive behavior,
*Consultation to governments, agencies and organizations
*working with prevention, early recognition, and treatment of addiction, *traumatic head injury
*chronic or life-threatening conditions
*accessing resilience to overcome major disaster and trauma in individuals, families and communities
(Mental Health Care industry)
1998 — 2008 (10 years)
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Medical Practice industry)
January 1983 — March 1998 (15 years 3 months)
We are interested in training individuals, agencies and rehabilitation facilities in Invitational Intervention: the ARISE Model. For more information please see www.LinkingHumanSystems.com for details, publications and information about training dates, contracts, etc. Or email info@LinkingHumanSystems.com
International Family Therapy Association, American Family Therapy Academy, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Association of ARISE Interventionists, Network of Independent Interventionists, Association of Intervention Specialists, One Voice Alliance for Women, National Council on Family Relationships
Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Marriage and Family Therapy Award, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Senior Visiting Scholar, Fulbright Commission and the United States Information Agency
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Who’s Who in the World
Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who of American Women
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
Charter Fellow, National Council on Family Relations
Honorary Member, Asociacion Sistemica de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fellow, American Board of Medical Psychotherapists & Psychodiagnosticians
Fellow, American Orthopsychiatric Association
Fellow, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Guest of Honor, International Conference of Marital and Family Therapy, South African Institute of Marital and Family Therapy
Honorary Life Membership, South African Institute of Marital and Family Therapy
Soroptimists International
Emma Smith Scholarship
Bolus Herbarium Award
Mauberger Scholarship