San Jose Therapist JUDITH NEEDHAM-PENROSE, PH.D, LMFT has been a licensed marriage & family therapist for over 30 years.
PRESENT POSITIONS:
Marriage & Family Therapist (Private Practice)
Supervisor for Therapist Associates and Students, Christian Counseling Center, San Jose
Member of the Board of Directors of the Christian Counseling Center, San Jose
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Psychology (concentration: Organizational Systems Inquiry) from Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
M.A. Marriage, Family & Child Counseling, Phillips Graduate Institute
B.A. Business Management & Psychology, University of Redlands
Diploma in Biofeedback Training, Los Angeles Biofeedback Institute
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Director, Marriage & Family Graduate Program (Western Seminary/SJ) 2003 – 2014
Associate Professor, Western Seminary, Santa Clara, CA: 1998 – 2014
Spiritual Formation; Personal Ministry Evaluation; Integration; Psych Theory; Legal and Ethical Issues; Group Therapy
Private Practitioner, Individual, marital, family and group therapy — Specializations: couples therapy; group therapy; women’s issues; abandonment and loss issues (grief work)
Group Therapist, Department of Graduate Psychology,Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA:
Group Therapist for Clinical Psychology Master’s degree students; three therapy groups per academic year; each meeting weekly for 68 hours
Adjunct Instructor, MFT. Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena,CA:
Clinical Foundations instructor: 2-4 sections for two quarters each academic year in Fuller’s nationally accredited (COAMFTE) Master’s degree program
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Marital & Family Therapy, AzusaPacificUniversity:
Instructor: Introduction to Clinical Practice; Contemporary Theories of Psychotherapy
Adjunct Instructor, Phillips Graduate Institute, Encino, CA:
Instructor: Moral & Spiritual Development in Clinical Practice
Site Administrator, Department of Marital & Family Therapy, Azusa Pacific University, Encino Center
MFCC Internship, Center for Ethics & Integrative Therapy, Encino, CA
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Workshop Leader & Lecturer, Periodic lecturer to church and civic groups on topics such as women’s issues; spirituality; family and marriage; grief
Staff Retreat facilitator, counseling centers
Teaching & Training, Counseling techniques (one week seminar)
Bangkok College & Seminary, Bangkok, Thailand
Teaching & Training, Counseling techniques (one week seminar), Methodist Clergy of Singapore
Instructor, Couples Retreat, Azusa Pacific University – Staff Retreat
Lecturer & Clinical Trainer in Counseling, Psychology faculties, University of Kazakhstan and Kazgo University, Almatay, Kazakhstan
Supervision, Family Therapy Supervision of Psychiatrists and Psychologist, Moscow, Russia
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION:
“Moral Aspects of Identity Construction in the Evangelical Christian Subculture”
This dissertation has been adapted for publication in the internationally disseminated The Humanistic Psychologist and was published in November, 2012.
| Title: | Moral Identity Versus Moral Reasoning in Religious Conservatives: Do Christian Evangelical Leaders Really Lack Moral Maturity? |
| Author: | Judith Needham-Penrose, Harris L. Friedman |
| Publication: | The Humanistic Psychologist |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Date: | Nov 27, 2012 |
| Copyright © 2012 Routledge | |
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURE
American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT) – Clinical Member