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San Luis Obispo, California Area

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San Luis Obispo, California Area
Ron is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist currently practicing on the Central California Coast. He specializes in trauma, attachment and nontraditional families (like divorced, step, and adoptive families). He is the author of the book “Love and Limits: Achieving a Balance in Parenting” and has been in the field of parenting and mental health for 2 decades.
Ron has spoken to parents on the importance of having a Balanced Parenting Styles and Secure Attachment in every conceivable setting, from a Women’s Prison to Parent/Teacher Conferences to Corporate Board Rooms. He has written articles for Disney Family, Child Magazine, Readers Digest, Pregnancy Magazine, the Recovery Journal, Self-Help Online and Woman’s World. He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows including BBC Radio, LA Talk Radio, the Leeza Gibbons Show, Parents Tool Talk Radio and Oprah.com. Currently, he is directing a children’s mental health clinic in California that specializes in attachment and trauma issues for foster care and adoptive families.
Contact Ron for speaking engagement and media interviews!
Ron’s Professional Parenting Experience includes:
> Incredible Years Parenting Certification
> Family Wellness Instructor Training
> S.T.E.P. (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) Trainer
> Love and Logic Parenting Training
> Floor Time /DIR Training for Autistic and Special Needs Children
Ron’s Clinical Expertise includes:
> EMDR (Eye Movement, Desensitization and Reprocessing for Trauma)
> TheraPlay Family Training/ Individual and Group
> Dyadic Experiential Psychotherapy or Attachment-Based Family Therapy
> Adoption Clinical Training Facilitator
> Sensory-Based Expressive Arts Therapy
Contact Ron for a speaking engagement or interview by sending an email to huxleyron@aol.com or calling him directly at 805-540-4063
http://www.twitter.com/ronhuxley
parenting, mental health, art, writing, speaking, consulting
(Individual & Family Services industry)
Currently holds this position
(Individual & Family Services industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
Director of Mental Health Services for Children and Families, Director of Kinship Center Support Services for Relative Caregivers.
(Individual & Family Services industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
(Individual & Family Services industry)
1994 — 2009 (15 years )
(Non-Profit; Individual & Family Services industry)
April 2001 — June 2006 (5 years 3 months)
Director of Community-Based Mental Health Services, Transitional Age Homeless Youth programs.
(Individual & Family Services industry)
1998 — 2003 (5 years )
Masters , Counseling , 1989 — 1993
Art, Poetry, Writing, Reading, Biking, Gardening, Marketing (yes marketing!)
CAMFT, ISSTD, eMarketing Professionals, Affiliatenaire Member, SLO Art/Business Exchange, EMDRia
Child Abuse Prevention Specialist Award
CAMFT Chapter Leader Award
Syndicated Writers Award (Ideamarketers)