Qualifications, Training & Education

 

Contact and Policy Info:

Don Elium, MA MFT, Walnut Creek, CA,

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Phone: 925 256-8282

Email: don@don-elium-psychotherapy.com

Website: www.don-elium-psychotherapy.com

 

Education, Training, and Professional Experiences include:

  • Masters' Degree from JFK University, Pleasant Hill, CA, in Counseling Psychology.

  • Graduate of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, with a B.A. Degree in Psychology and Religion.

  • Individual and Couple Therapist, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist MFC#28381.

  • EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocess. Former Facilitator.

  • Gottman Couple Counseling, The Gottman Institute, Level 3 Training.

  • Developmental Couple Therapy, Ellyn Bader, Ph.D. Year Long Training

  • Couples Institute, Differentiation in Couple Relationships, year-long training.

  • Discernment Counseling, Doherty Institute, year-long training.

  • EFT: Emotional Freedom Techniques Training.

  • TFT: Thought Field Therapy Training.

  • BSFF: Be Set Free Fast, Behavioral and Emotional Symptom Elimination Training for Resolving Excess Emotions: Fear, Anger, Sadness, and Trauma—Trainer and Producer of the DVD Video Training Series.

  • IFS: Inner Family Systems, year-long Level 1 Training.

  • The Grief Recovery Method, trained with the Grief Recovery Institute as a Grief Recovery Specialist.

  • California Institute of Integral Studies, San Franciso, CA, Graduate School Associate Professor, Couple Counseling.

  • JFK University, Pleasant Hill, CA, Adjunct Faculty. Group Therapy Process, Effective Communications

  • Professional Speaker on Relationship, Family, and Couple Relationships

  • Television and Radio Guest Expert on relationships and family life.

  • Co-Author of Internationally Best Seller Published Book in over 15 languages: Raising a Son (Celestial Arts/Random House), Don & Jeanne Elium.

  • Co-Author of Internationally Published Book: Raising a Daughter (Celestial Arts/Random House), Don & Jeanne Elium.

  • Co-Author of Published Book: Raising a Teenager (Celestial Arts/Random House), Don & Jeanne Elium.

  • Co-Author of Published Book: Raising a Family (Celestial Arts/Random House), Don & Jeanne Elium

 

Professional Organization Membership Includes:

•CAMFT: California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist