James A. Erickson, D.Min., MFT
I have been in the field of human services for over forty years, in ministry (15 years), retired from nonprofit mental-health agencies (27 years); was the organizing clinical supervisor of an agency that developed into one of the largest providers of mental-health services in the State of California.
Specialties
Cultural Diversity, including bilingual competence in Spanish and English;
Culturally Based Mental-health assessment, adults, adolescents and children;
Particular interest in service to the poor.
Experience
Consultant, Trainer, Advocate for Social Change
Bilingual in Spanish and English with an interest in the Philippine Islands.
Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist, MFC23915, 3/15/88.
I started a small nonprofit, Delta Communities Counseling Services, to provide low-cost services to the Spanish-speaking and marginalized communities.
Priest and pastor in multiethnic communities in the Diocese of Oakland.
Clinical Supervisor
Victor Community Support Services
May 1987 – March 2010
First Clinical Supervisor and pioneered community-based mental health with this agency;
Established one of the first in the State collaborative assessment process for Mental Health assessment of foster children.
Education
MA Counseling, University of San Francisco
DMin from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley
MDiv from St. Patrick's Seminary in Theology,
BA from St. Patrick's College in Philosophy,
Additional Information
Interests
Mental health assessments inclusive of relevant cultural and spiritual dimensions, particularly for children and adolescents; promulgating the mental models of partnership and conviviality to address problems of poverty and conflict, both locally and worldwide.
As a consultant, I can assist individuals and organizations, with a specialty in Cultural Diveristy.
As an advocate for social change, my interest is addressing, through training, poverty (both locally and worldwide) by establishing alternate mental models of partnership and conviviality.
Personal Information:
Phone: 925-366-3644
Address:
425 Oak Street, Ste D
Brentwood, CA 94513
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