Andrew N. Purchin, LCSW

550 Water Street C-2

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

(831) 460-0241

Counseling Experience

3/96 - Present                 PRIVATE PRACTICE

                                        Santa Cruz, CA

                                        Counseling with specialties in depression, anxiety, grief/loss, chronic/terminal illness,  HIV, abuse                    trauma.  Services are for individuals, families and groups of all ages.

7/01- 8/04                        CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

                                          Community Solutions, Morgan Hill, CA

                                          Part time contract position.  Provides individual and group clinical supervision to interns.

8/99-7/01                          INTERN COORDINATOR

                                          Community Solutions, Morgan Hill, CA

                                               Responsible for organizing intern program.  Provides  individual and group clinical supervision to interns.

7/92 - 8/99                        Mental Health Counselor.

                                        Community Solutions/The Bridge Counseling Center, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA

                                        Responsible for conducting individual, group, family therapy for young people and their families at office and school sites.  Provided clinical supervision for MFT interns and MSW interns.

12/94 – 10/03                  Support Group Co-facilitator.

                                        Proud Voices,  Santa Cruz, CA.

                                        Co-facilitator of a weekly drop-in support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and   questioning youth.

1/00 – 6/03                        Peer Counselor Facilitator

                                          Mental Health Client Action Network, Santa Cruz, CA.

                                          Facilitator for mental health clients who provide peer counseling.

9/90 - 6/92                      Substance Abuse Prevention Counselor, Prevention Educator.

                                            Pyramid Alternatives, Pacifica CA.

                                        Responsible for conducting individual, group and family therapy at both clinic and school sites.  Also gave alcohol and drug prevention presentations for grades K-12.

8/89 - 6/90                      Institute for the Arts of Living, San Francisco CA.

                                        A social work internship at an adolescent day treatment center.  Responsible for conducting individual, group and family therapy and case management for emotionally disturbed adolescents.

10/88 - 6/89                     Children's Hospital of San Francisco, Social Services Department.

                                        A social work internship in the hospital's neuromuscular clinic involving counseling and casework with individuals and families.

Related Experience

3/90 - Present                   Workshop producer and facilitator.

Art for the Social Service Practitioner:  An Experiential Retreat into the Right Brain.  This is a workshop where social service practitioners use art as a tool in burnout prevention, problem solving and conflict resolution

1/89 - 8/90                        San Francisco Community College, High Tech Center for the Disabled.  Instructional aide for adults with learning disabilities, acquired brain injury, hearing and/or sight impairments and other physical challenges.  Taught students standard and specialized computer software.

Education

1990                                    Masters Degree in Social Work

                                            San Francisco State University

1985-86                               18 semester units in Early Childhood Education

                                            Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA

1985                                    Bachelor of Arts in individual major, “The Arts and Social Action,” through the Boards of Study in       Fine Arts and Community Studies.

                                            University of California, Santa Cruz.

Extended Education (abridged)

1998EMDR Level 1

5/98 - 9/99Training in Depth Oriented Brief Therapy with Bruce Ecker

1999EMDR Level 2

1/99HIV/AIDS Training

1/00Psychosocial issues with HIV/AIDS

6/00CAMFT Certified Supervision Training  JFK University (24 hours)

1/01EMDR for Treatment of Panic Disorder and OCD

5/01Healing Trauma & Attachment w/Children and Parents

11/01Self Psychology Conference

6/02EMDR International Association Conference

3/15/02Clinical Supervision Training- CA- NASW

9/03EMDR International  Association Conference

2/04Clinical Supervision Training- JFK University

3/05Legal and Ethical Training

11/06Healing The Wounded Heart, NLP Destination Coaching

7/08EMDR and Couples Therapy, Barry Litt

12/08Brief Therapy: Lasting Solutions Ericksonian Hypnotherapy

2/09Duel Relationships: The Ethical Way