MEET THE TRAINERS
Overview
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After more than a decade as a professional musician, Raymond decided to return to college and pursue another of his passions: Human Behavior. Raymond earned his B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California, San Diego, and his M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of San Diego. Raymond has worked for Episcopal Community Services Counseling and Shelter Care Centers, Phoenix House Adolescent Outpatient and Residential Treatment Programs, San Diego County Children's Services Bureau (CPS) in the Family Violence Unit (a collaborative project between Children Services Bureau & The San Diego County Department of Adult Probation), San Diego and Riverside Counties Departments of Mental Health, Oak Grove Institute and he is currently in private practice with Novell & Novell Counseling Services, Inc. in Temecula, California. |
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Raymond has been specializing in the field of Family Violence since 1995 including designing and implementing outcome research on shelter effectiveness, working with victims and families experiencing family violence, as well as treating perpetrators in Family Violence Perpetrator Rehabilitation Programs. Raymond has facilitated lectures and trainings on Assessment & Treatment Issues in Family Violence, Family Violence & Case Management, Family Violence & Child Abuse, Family Violence & Elder Abuse, and Lethality Assessment and Safety Planning in Family Violence for various institutions including the University of San Diego, Public Child Welfare Training Academies, and local chapters of CAMFT. Raymond is a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy as well as the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
Raymond's Areas of Clinical Emphasis & Interest Include:
- Helping adolescents and their families regarding growth and development issues, depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, stress, trauma, conflict, communication problems, drugs and alcohol problems, self-injurious behaviors, and aggression.
- Helping individuals, couples, and families (victims and perpetrators) experiencing family violence.
- Helping individuals, couples, and families experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol.
- Helping individuals, couples, and families experiencing affective disorders such as depression, anxiety, Bi-Polar disorder, stress, trauma, and adjusting to life changes and unexpected crisis.
- Helping couples with communication problems, conflict, intimacy issues, parenting techniques, and divorce decisions.
- Men's Growth & Development Issues including changing expectations of men in society, men as husbands in the 21 st century, the role of fathers in families, men and their own fathers, as well as the various issues listed above.