February 25, 2012  

Student Event - Careers in Family Therapy                        

with Ann Buscho Ph.D, Rosché Brown, PsyD, Phil Boissiere MFT, and Terrence Patterson Ed.D

AFTNC “Careers in Family Therapy” will involve a panel of AFTNC members discussing their career paths, noting challenges, and describing the diverse contexts that family therapy may flourish.  The talk is aimed at students andearly career professionals, and provides an opportunity for students to think about the future directions in the field.  The panel will consist of Ann Buscho Ph.D, Rosché Brown, PsyD, Phil Boissiere MFT, and Terrence Patterson Ed.D.

Ann Buscho Ph.D. Studied at Stanford University and California Graduate School of Psychology with focus on family therapy.  Licensed as a clinical psychologist in the State of California (PSY 16643). She worked with youth and families in juvenile detention facility, Community Mental Health, and in private practice.  Specializing now in divorce-related work, creating parenting plans, co-parenting counseling,  mediation of parenting issues, and collaborative divorce.  Currently President of Marin's Collaborative Practice groupwww.collaborativepracticemarin.com).

She is also a volunteer clinician with First Responders Support Network, a residential treatment program for emergency responders and their families.  Her interest and work in the area of stress includes her dissertation research (examining the relationship between stress and the onset of an autoimmune disorder). She has volunteered for a number of years as a “Stress Manager” with the Marin County Office of Emergency Services.


Rosché Brown, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist at WestCoast Children’s Clinic in Oakland working with Transitional Aged Foster Youth ages 14-21 helping them to develop independent living skills in order to prepare them for emancipation from the foster care system.  Additionally, she is a professor at Argosy University Undergraduate Program teaching a Writing in Psychology course and Physiological Psychology course.  Dr. Brown obtained her Bachelors of Science in Psychology degree from Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans and her Masters and Doctorate Degree in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University, SFBA.  She has worked in Contra Costa County, Marin County, and Alameda county providing individual, family, and group therapy services since 2006 with clients from diverse racial/ethnic heritage, sexual orientations, religion, and socioeconomic statuses.  Specifically, Dr. Brown’s interests include working with Grandparents raising their grandchildren, at- risk youth with problematic behaviors, and integrating spirituality with mental health.  Her dissertation was entitled Parenting The Second Time Around: African American Custodial Grandmother’s attachment with their Grandchildren. Her goal is to provide quality, accessible psychotherapy and consultation services to diverse clients, schools, teachers and staff, and interns in clinical psychology training programs.


Phil Boissiere MFT has spent many years specializing in the counseling and therapy of adolescents,  adults, and families in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Over recent years he hs served as a Clinical Supervisor and program manager at the historic and esteemed Edgewood Center for Children and Families in San Francisco. Simultaneously he has been a professor and professional trainer specializing in clinical psychology, group psychotherapy, behavioral modification, and parenting throughout the Bay Area.

He believes that all clients deserve to be supported in an empathic caring environment, that emphasizes goals and resolution to presenting issues. His time as a clinician and educator has brought with him a wealth of practical knowledge. He employs this knowledge in the treatment of clinical issues and the impact they can have on academics, families, and relationships.

He is currently a member of the specialized treatment teams at the Bay Area Center for ADHD, the Bay Area Center for Adolescents, which are both part of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. Recently he developed a website dedicated to helping adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder find clear, concise and supportive information.

Below is a full list of settings that Phil Boissiere has served youth, adults and families:
    • Edgewood Center for Children and Families
    • Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital (Stanford)
    • DeAnza College Psychological Services
    • San Mateo County School Based Mental Health
    • San Mateo County Office of Education

 
Terence Patterson, EdD, ABPP is Professor and Interim Director of the PsyD Program in Behavioral Health at the University of San Francisco. He is a licensed psychologist and is Board certified in Family Psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also chairs the USF Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects (Research) and serves on the USF Faculty Association Policy Board, the Ethics Committee of the California Psychological Association (CPA), the American Board of Couple & Family Psychology, and the Mental Health Board of the City of San Francisco.
 
Dr. Patterson is past President of the Association of Family Therapists of Northern California (AFTNC) and the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association. He has been Director of Family Therapy Training at Letterman Hospital, family therapy instructor and consultant at St. Mary s Hospital and assistant clinical professor at UCSF, and Pediatric Mental Health specialist and instructor in Family Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital. He was also clinical director of a mental health refugee program at the National Institute of Mental Health, and has worked in law enforcement, military, corporate, school, and independent practice settings. His previous licensure was as an MFCC and LCSW.

When: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12:30 - 3:00PM 
Where: Alliant International University, San Francisco
Cost: Free
Contact:Rexford Bloxsom Carter,  rexbc86@sbcglobal.net