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Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology ("MAC")

Leticia Nieto, Psy.D.
Vita - January 1999

Formal Education

• Psy.D., Clinical Psychology
  Ryokan College, Los Angeles, California, September 1987
  Doctoral Case Presentation: "Depression and the Loss of the Inner Child"

• M.A., Student Affairs/Human Development
  Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California, May 1983
  Directed Study: "Creativity in Higher Education"

• B.A., Psychology
  George Fox College, Newberg, Oregon, June 1981
  Senior Project: "Este Lado: A One Woman Show about Cross-Cultural Issues"

Special Interests

• Bi-Cultural/Bi-lingual (Spanish & English)
• Expressive arts therapist with focus on therapeutic enactment
• Consultant on motivation and creativity
• Trainer on diversity issues and cross-cultural communication
• Psychologist in private practice

Work History

Core Faculty — Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology Program, Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, Washington -- Sept 1993 - Present

• Teach master’s level courses in subjects including: expressive arts therapies, human development, gender and ethnicity issues in psychotherapy, treatment of substance abuse, orientation to counseling psychology, counseling ethics and advanced clinical internship.

Acting Director—Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology Program, Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, Washington -- Jan 1995 - Aug 1995

• Provide leadership and advising for master’s students.
• Supervise MAC program staff.
• Coordinate admissions and registration process.
• Develop and implement policies.

Career Counselor— The Evergreen State College , Olympia, Washington -- Sept 1988 - Aug 1994

• Provide counseling (individual/group).
• Teach upper division courses, Cultural Identity, Integrity, and Work, Career and Lifework Planning.
• Sponsor students in advanced individual study in Psychology.
• Develop and Teach Career Workshops.
• Conduct drop-in counseling.
• Supervise and recruit graduate and undergraduate interns.
• Hire, Train, and Supervise Student Staff.
• Develop career programs in collaboration with other student services (including the First People's Mentoring Program).
• Create career groups such as Lifedesign and Vanguard.
• Proctor practice graduate admissions exams.

Adjunct Faculty— Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology Program, Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, Washington -- Sept 1990 - Sept 1993

• Teach courses in the Masters in Counseling Psychology Program (Developmental Issues in Mental Health Counseling, Innovative and Expressive Therapies, Field Practicum, Group Therapy, Gender and Ethnicity Issues in Counseling, Substance Abuse Prevention and Recovery)
• Provide academic advising to MAC students
• Facilitate students’ selection of Internships and Practicum sites
• Act as Supervisor to MAC student interns
• Screen and interview MAC program applicants
• Participate in planning, scheduling, and curriculum development

Adjunct Faculty— Union Graduate School, May 1991 - May 1992

• Work individually with doctoral students of psychology in designing and pursuing individualized curriculum.

Counselor—Citrus and Pasadena City Colleges, Glendora, California/Pasadena, California -- Oct 1986 - Sept 1988

• Provide academic, career and personal counseling for students, including and educationally disadvantaged populations and students of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
• Lead Success Teams--goal setting support groups for students.
• Teach workshops and courses regarding career development, women’s issues, and cultural diversity.
• Provide motivation counseling and training.
• Devise community outreach and recruitment programs.
• Coordinate counseling programs and services for Community Skills Center.
• Create and implement a career assessment program for foster youth.

Psychotherapist— Angelus Counseling Center, Arcadia, California -- August 1987 - Sept 1988

• Counsel couples, families and individuals using Gestalt techniques, brief therapy strategies and psychodrama.
• Approach therapy from a theoretical framework integrating developmental theory, Jungian concepts and Transactional Analysis.
• Guide adults in substance abuse and addiction recovery.

Internships Director, Counselor— Grandview Foundation, Pasadena, California -- August 1985 - Sept 1986

• Assist clients in setting career goals.
• Design program for interning therapists.
• Conduct psychodrama and expressive arts therapy sessions.
• Maintain contact with and provide support for clients’ families.
• Provide individual and group substance abuse counseling.

Director of Student Development— Marymount Palos Verdes College, Palos Verdes, California -- Dec 1983 - May 1985

• Provide personal and career counseling for students.
• Design and implement workshops for student leaders.
• Advise the Associated Student Body officers.
• Teach a Leadership Seminar.
• Initiate the "Last Lecture" Series featuring faculty members.
• Train and supervise tutors in the Learning Center.
• Counsel students on motivation issues.
• Teach and tutor in learning skills and academic areas.

Resident Director— Marymount Palos Verdes College, Palos Verdes, California -- August 1983 - July 1985

• Provide personal and career counseling for students.
• Train and supervise peer counseling staff.
• Plan and carry out residence activities and programs.
• Confront discipline problems and crises situations.
• Design a learning skills weekly workshop program.
• Create a program of monthly wellness workshops.

Program Coordinator/Instructor — Learning Enrichment Center, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California -- Aug 1981 - May 1983

• Coordinate tutoring program.
• Train and mentor student staff.
• Implement personal and professional growth contracting.
• Guide students in learning about study skills and learning styles.
• Organize staff development.
• Consult with faculty on cognitive mapping and styles.
• Teach a course on Psychology of Personal Growth.
• Create and Urban Plunge experience.
• Pioneer a course integrating senior project, presentation, and portfolio.
• Plan and host an arts festival.
• Direct an improvisational theatre group.

Teaching Experience

• Developmental Issues in Counseling -- Saint Martin’s University, Fall & Spring 1990-present

• Innovative and Expressive Therapies -- Saint Martin’s University, Spring & Summer 1992-present

• Gender and Ethnicity Issues in Counseling -- Saint Martin’s University, Summer and Fall 1991- present

• Substance Abuse Prevention and Recovery -- Saint Martin’s University, Summer 1993- present

• Individual Therapy -- Saint Martin’s University, Spring 1997

• Group Therapy -- Saint Martin’s University, Summer 1993

• Special Problems: Independent Study -- Saint Martin’s University, 1993 - present

• Orientation to Counseling Psychology -- Saint Martin’s University, Fall and Spring 1993 -1996

• Counseling for Career Development -- Saint Martin’s University, Fall and Spring 1996-present

• Advanced Internship and Ethics -- Saint Martin’s University, Each semester 1995-present

• Advanced Marriage & Family Therapy Techniques - Lecture -- Saint Martin’s University, Fall 1993

• Cultural Identity, Integrity, and Work -- The Evergreen State College, Fall 1989–Spring 1994

• Career and Life Planning -- The Evergreen State College, Spring 1991, Spring 1992

• Mass Media & Popular Culture - Lecture -- The Evergreen State College, October 1988, September 1989

• Management in the Public Interest - Lecture -- The Evergreen State College, Spring 1989

• Postmodernism & Human Services - Lecture -- The Evergreen State College, February 1992

• The Awakening Mind-Spirit - Lecture -- The Evergreen State College, September 1991

• Clinical Psychology -- Union Graduate School, May 1991—May 1992

• Discovery: Career Assessment for Foster Youth -- Pasadena City College, June 1988–September 1988

• Success Teams -- Citrus Community College, September 1987–September 1988

• Career and Life Planning -- Pasadena City College, October 1986–September 1988

• Group Process and Leadership -- Sierra University/University Without Walls, June –Sept. 1986

• Human Growth and Development -- Sierra University/University Without Walls, June –Sept. 1986

• Nutrition and Substance Abuse -- Grandview Foundation, August 1985–August 1986

• Student Body Leadership -- Marymount Palos Verdes College, December 1983–May 1985

• Wellness Workshops -- Marymount Palos Verdes College August 1983–July 1985

• Celebration: The Senior Project -- Azusa Pacific University, September 1982–June 1983

• Psychology of Personal Development -- Azusa Pacific University, September 1982-June 1983

• Azusa Pacific University, September 1983–November 1986

• Phenomenology of Teaching & Learning - Lecture -- Azusa Pacific University, September 1983–November 1986

• Leadership Seminar -- Azusa Pacific University, September 1981–June 1983

• Reading and Study Skills -- Azusa Pacific University, September 1981–June 1983

PRESENTATIONS

For Professional, Community & Other Groups

• Nosotras: An empowerment group for Latinas; I developed, began, and have continued to help coordinate a series of events which now take place with support from the Cielo Project, a Thurston County-based community center for Latinos; April 1996 to present.
• Sharing our Vital Stories of Loss; Co-presenter of a session for World Gathering on Bereavement, international conference; Seattle, Washington; August, 1996.
• Therapeutic Personal Story (Three-day training intensive, also covering issues of physical expression of emotion and addressing diversity issues); for the Firestorm Players; Wenatchee, Washington, March 1996.
• Diversity Training Part I, day-long intensive; for staff of Comprehensive Mental Health; Tacoma Washington; November 1995.
• Diversity Training Part II, day-long intensive; for staff of Comprehensive Mental Health; Tacoma Washington; April 1996.
• Diversity Training Part III, day-long intensive; for staff of Comprehensive Mental Health; Tacoma Washington; May 1996.
• Personal Story and Therapeutic Enactment; Three-day intensives; Olympia, Washington; January 1996, March 1996.
• Presentation for CMH staff focusing on coping with suicide of clients; Community Mental Health; Olympia, Washington; February, 1996.
• Fifth International Playback Theatre Conference, One World, Ten Thousand Stories, Coordinating member of planning team and primary host. Conference held for the first time in the United States, Olympia June 1995.
• Remembering the Soul of Our Work; Presentation for the emergency room medical staff at Saint Peter Hospital, April 1995
• Remembering the Soul of Our Work; Presentation for the surgical staff at Saint Peter Hospital, April 1995
• Dream Stories: Presentation/Performance for the Olympia C.G. Jung Society, March 1995
• An Ethic of Kindness; Saint Martin’s University, March 1995
• Safeplace violence prevention and rape relief center, presentation for center staff; Olympia, Washington; Dec 1995.
• True Story Theatre: Monthly Performances -- Company Director/Performer—Improvisational Enactment of Personal Story; Monthly, December 1993 - December 1995 Olympia, WA
• Relaxation and Movement through Image-work; Holistic Nursing Association Conference, May 1995, Seabeck, WA.
• Recovering Soul in Our Work: Washington Association of Agencies for Women, Infants, and Children Conference, September 1994, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA.
• An Ethic of Kindness: Exploring Issues of Diversity — Day-long workshop for mental health professionals, Nov 1995, Tacoma, WA.
  Facilitated Role-playing workshop for elementary school teachers, Olympia, WA, May 1994
• Playback Theatre Training: Forms and Exercises, Olympia, WA, March 1994
• Diversity Training for Community Action Council, Olympia, WA, June 1994
• Playback Theatre Training: Tools and Techniques, Olympia, WA., August 1994
• In the Master’s House: Multicultural Training for Mental Health Professionals; January 1994, Olympia, WA.
• Healing Stories, Washington College Placement Association Conference January 1994, Seattle, WA.
• A Celebration of Difference, Pluralism Institute for Higher Education Professionals, February 1994, Rainier, WA.
• An Ethic of Kindness, Girl Scouts Totem Council, a presentation for youth workers, December 1993, Everett, WA.
  An Ethic of Kindness for Higher Education — National Assn. of Student Personnel Administrators Regional Conference, January 1993, Portland, OR.
• Stories of Community — Conference Presenter for the International Celebration of Community, Olympia, WA, August 1993
• Drug and Alcohol Recovery — a presentation for counseling professionals; September 1992
• Understanding Cultural Diversity — June 1992, Olympia Group Health Mental Health Staff
• Self Esteem — May 1992, Tacoma Community College "Staff Breakaway Day"
• Multicultural Sensitivity Development: Diversity in the Workplace — April 27, 1992, South Puget Sound Community College
• Drama Tools Workshop — for The Capitol Players, a group of mental health consumers who use theatre to educate and expand public understanding and break down stereotypes about mental illness; Olympia, WA 1992
• Diversity in the Workplace: A Developmental Model — April 1991, Western College Placement Association & WANG Laboratories
• Uncovering Your Motivational Style — May 18, 1991, South Puget Sound Community College Management Series Class
• Motivation Through Team Building — Nov 19, 1990, South Puget Sound Community College Management Series Class
• A Mentoring Relationship — October 27, 1989, Conference of American Association of Women in Community and Junior Colleges, Seattle
• Developing Your Career Pathway — May 30, 1989, Governor’s Interagency Committee on the Status of Women, Olympia
  Psychodrama — April 1989, 1990, 1991, Women’s Therapy Network, Olympia
• Career Planning — Spring 1989, Hispanic Network, Olympia
  Career Development — October 17, 1989, Women’s Economic Summit, Olympia

Student Workshops & Staff Training Conducted at The Evergreen State College

• The Artist’s Portfolio — January 3, 1992

• The Myers-Briggs Temperament Inventory — Masters in Public Administration Program, Fall 1991

• Writing a Personal Statement for Graduate School (4 session series)—Co-facilitator—Fall 1991

• Model Seminar (orientation for new and transfer students)—Seminar Leader—September 1991

• Creating Academic and Career Pathways, TESC/First People’s Advising’s orientation for transfer students, March 20, 1990, May 16, 1990

• Playback Theatre: Multicultural Issues — Facilitator/Director—Student Leaders Group, September 1990

• Career Crisis Clinic — April 4, 1990

• The Meaning of Community — Organizer—April 9, 1990

• International Career Opportunities Workshop — Coordinator/Facilitator—January 30, 1990

• Tending the Journey: Portfolio Development and Academic Integration — Developer, Leader—Fall 1990 - 1994

• International Staff Exchange — Creator—April 7-17, 1992: student affairs professionals from the Universidad de Las Americas (UDLA), Puebla, Mexico came to TESC/August 7-23, 1992; I provided program planning at the UDLA

• Join the Conspiracy: a Staff Development Curriculum—Co-founder, Fall 1990 to 1993

• Mentoring Program — Co-director, 1989-1990, First People’s Advising

Examples of Continuing Education & Professional Development

• Women’s Empowerment and Community Development, Los Angeles, California, June 1996.

• Multicultural Issues in Human Sexuality, California Institute of Integral Studies, May 1996.

• Human Sexuality (week-long), Santa Helena, California, February, 1996.

• Psychodrama Training Workshops (2 days), Seattle, WA., October 1994; (2 days), Seattle, WA., November 1994; Training Intensive (5 days), Newport, Or., November/December 1994; (3 days), May 1994; (2 days), July 1994; (1 day), May 1992

• Playback Theatre Training, Jonathan Fox, September 1993

• Spoken Word Workshop, Alice Lovelace, four day workshop, February 1994

• National Coalition Building Institute, Advanced Prejudice Reduction Workshop: Training of Trainers, Olympia, Wa., April 1994.; Prejudice Reduction Workshop: Training of Trainers November 16-18, 1992

• Counseling The Culturally Different, Intensive two-day Workshop

• Initiation Rituals: Bridges From Old to New Frontiers, Wash. State Psychological Assn., November 1992

Performance

• Playback Theatre (Improvisational enactment of audience-members personal stories)

• True Story Theatre (formerly Theatre of Difference), founder, trainer, and conductor

• Stories of Birth and Rebirth, May 1995

• Untrue Stories, April 1995

• Stories of the Secret Place, March 1995

• Stories of Pursuit, February 1995

• Stories from the Soul’s Night , January 1995

• Stories of the Secret Place, March 1995

• Stories of Pursuit, February 1995

• Stories from the Soul’s Night , January 1995

• Stories of Trouble and Comfort, December 1994

• Stories of the Sea , November 1994

• Stories of Omens and Signs, October 1994

• Accidental Stories, August 1994

• Stories of the Road, July 1994

• Stories of Family History, June 1994

• Dreamstories, May 1994

• Stories of Animals and Other Wild Friends, April 1994

• The Human Family: Stories of Hope and Perspective, March 1994

• Of Love and Shadows, February 1994

• The Hero’s Journey, January 1994  

• Stories of Angels, December 1993

• Stories of Personal Magic, November 1993

• Ghost Stories, October 1993

• Stories in Remembrance of the Holocaust; 1993

• Tales of Commitment; 1993

• Stories of Difference; 1993

The Heartsparkle Players educational theater ensemble; performing as an actor or conductor with the following: 

• Centralia Community College; focusing on gender issues; Centralia, WA.; June 1996.

• Tumwater High School; for community youth; Tumwater, WA.; June 1996.

• Community Action Council; on parenting issues; Olympia, WA.; May 1996.

• Safeplace violence prevention and rape relief center, for volunteers; Olympia, WA.; April 1996.

• Artwalk community performance event; on children’s issues; Olympia, WA.; April 1996.

• Community Youth Services; for at-risk-young men in residential care; Olympia, WA.; April 1996.

• Komachin Middle School; at request of school Psychologist; Olympia, WA.; April 1996

• Community Youth Services; for at-risk-youth in residential care; Olympia, WA.; April 1996.

• Community Mental Health; for mental health consumers; Olympia, WA.; April 1996.

• Maple Lane Correctional Facility; training workshop to develop creative potentials for a group of inmates of Latino and Native American heritage; Rochester, WA.; March 1996

• Community Youth Services; for co-educational group of at-risk youth; Olympia, WA.; April 1996.

• Maple Lane Correctional Facility; for inmates of Latino and Native American heritage; Rochester, WA.; March 1996

• Teen Parenting Conference; for youth who are teen-parents; Silverdale, WA.; March, 1996.

• Performance broadcast on TCTV Community Television; Olympia, WA.; February, 1996.

• Meadows Elementary School; Olympia, WA., February 1996.

• WA He Lut School; for students of indigenous origin; Nisqually, WA.; February 1996.

• Centralia Community College; on relationship issues; Centralia, WA.; January 1996.

• I also participated in planning and preparation for a day-long workshop for Saint Placid’s Priory; Olympia, WA; March 1996.

• Butoh (A Japanese modern dance form)

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