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As a narratively informed, culturally sensitive, psychologist, I work collaboratively with clients to find solutions to the problems that are negatively impacting their lives and relationships. My approach to therapy is interactive and solution-focused. |
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I integrate complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized experience that is tailored to each client or family's needs. With compassion and understanding, I work with individuals, couples, and families to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth and interpersonal relationships they are committed to achieving.
I primarily work with couples and families dealing with a wide range of problems including family conflict, parenting, couple relationship issues, sexual and gender identity issues, anxiety, trauma, eating disorders, addictions, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and child/adolescent behavioral problems.
Futhermore, I am an active member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and specialize in the treatment of gender identity issues in children, adolescents and adults, as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender couple and family issues.
In addition to my clinical expertise, I have presented at national conferences and to general audiences speaking on the topics of emotional intelligence, lesbian and gay parenting, psychotherapy with transgender clients, and working with trangender youth and their families.
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Certifications | Education | Professional Activities | Affiliations | Experience | Training | Awards | Publications & Presentations
License, Specializiations, & Certifications
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Licensed Clinical Psychologist, |
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| Gender Specialist, WPATH
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| Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) | ||
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1993
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Associate of Arts: Fresno City College |
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1997
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Bachelor of Arts: University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA: Psychology Major/ Performing arts minor: with honors in Psychology, Summa Cum Laude |
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2007
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Doctorate of Philosophy/Clinical Psychology:
California School of Professional Psychology San Francisco, CA: Clinical Psychology PhD Program |
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Professional/Clinical Activities
6/09 - Adjunct Faculty, Alliant International University,
San Francisco & Fresno Campuses, CA. Teaching graduate
level courses in Family Systems: Theory and Technique,
Psychotherapy with LGBT Clients, LGBT Couples & Families,
Chemical Dependency, and Transgender Issues in Psychology
5/09 - Adjunct Faculty, Argosy University – SF Bay, Alameda CA.
Teaching courses to Clinical Psychology graduate students in
treatment issues with the LGBT population, Supervision, and
live one-way mirror reflecting teams.
9/09 - Clinical Supervisor, The Family Insitute of Pinole/Richmond, CA
7/09 - Clinical Supervisor, The Pacific Center, Oakland, CA
9/08 - Coordinator of Training, The Rockway Institute: A National
Center for LGBT Psychology Research, Education, & Public
Policy, Alliant International University, San Francisco, CA.
5/06 - Associate Researcher, Rockway Institute: San Francisco,
CA. Research on the mental health and welfare of LGBT
individuals and their families
5/98 - Information Technology Director & Database Project
Manager: San Francisco Suicide Prevention,
San Francisco, CA.
2010 -Present SF Bay DBT Collaborative
2007 -Present Collaborative Consultations Group
2006- Present World Professional Association for Transgender Health
(WPATH)
2006- Present American Family Therapy Academy
Early Career Council Member
2003- Present Association of Family Therapists of Northern California
Co-chair of AFTNC 2005/2006 Annual Conference
Treasurer 2006 to 2009
President Elect 2009 to 2011
President 2011 to Present
2003 – 2009 Journal of GLBT Family Studies (Haworth Press)
Member, Editorial Advisory Board
2002- Present California Psychological Association
2001- Present Gay and Lesbian Therapists Association (GAYLESTA)
2000- Present American Psychological Association (APA)
Memeber of Division 43, 44, and 51
1995- 2006 Western Psychological Association
1995- Present Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology
1990 -Present Phi Theta Kappa, National Honors Fraternity
Additional Training
2008 Interpersonal problems, interpersonal solutions:
Understanding and treating women’s depression
with Valerie I. Whiffen, Ph.D.
2007 Family Play Therapy: Engaging young families in
creative and metaphoric therapeutic play,
with Eliana Gil, Ph.D.
2006/07 Dialectical Behavior Therapy/ Kaiser Permanente, SRO
2006 Transforming Conflict and Building Love: Integrative
Problem-Centered Couples Therapy
with Bill Pinsof, Ph.D.
2006 Brief Structural/Strategic Family therapy
with Daniel Kusnir, Ph.D
2005 Training in Narrative Therapy: Masters Level Class.
with David Epston
2005 The Treatment of African American Clients and Families:
Nancy Boyd Franklin and Anderson J. Franklin
2005 Transforming Trauma Through Family Narratives:
Multicultural Family Institute, NJ
2004 Building Solutions with Complex and Difficult Families:
with Insoo Kim Berg.
2004 Transforming Lives through EMDR Levels I, II, & III:
with Laurel Parnell, PhD
2004 Narrative Maps and Outsider Witness Practices:
with Michael White
1998 Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley
Professional/Clinical Experience
9/08 – 11/08 Psychological Assistant, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa
Psychiatry Department. Provided family therapy
for the Adult/Adolescent Eating Disorder Program and the
Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program.
2/08 – 9/08 Associate Professor, Santa Rosa Family Medicine
Residency Program, Univeristy of California,
San Francisco, Psychological precepting with medical
residents and their patients seen in the clinic.
9/06 – 09/08 Psychologist Resident, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa,
Psychiatry Department, Provide direct counseling and
assessment services to adult, child and family Kaiser
members.
• Psychiatric Preceptor for
UCSF Family Medicine Clinic
• Cognitive Behavioral Group Treatment
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• EMDR
• Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program
• Teen Eating Disorder Program.
• Group Treatment:
Teen Eating Disorders Parent group
Children's Anxiety Group
High School Group
Adult OCD Group
Social-Skills Group for boys.
8/04 - 8/06 Psychologist Intern, Family Institute of Pinole, Pinole, CA,
Direct counseling and assessment services to primarily low
SES, multi-stressed individuals, families, and couples in
West Contra Costa County, utilizing a trauma-based,
multi-systemic model with an integrative emphasis.
9/05 – 5/06 Clinical Supervisor, Bay Area Community Resources:
Gateway Project, Richmond, CA
6/03 – 5/06 Teaching Assistant, Argosy Graduate School, Richmond,
CA, Training clinical psychology graduate students to
work with LGBT clients, suicidal clients, and the use of
Narrative techniques, Observer/Outsider Witness interviews,
and One-way mirror reflecting teams during live supervision.
9/02 – 6/03 Psychologist Intern, Bay Area Community Resources:
Gateway Project, Richmond, CA. School based counseling
services to adolescents and their families in the West Contra
Costa County School district.
Groups:
Boys Anger Management Grief Group
9/00 – 8/02 Psychologist Trainee/Extern, Alternative Family Institute,
San Francisco and Oakland, CA. Direct counseling services
to LGBT individuals, couples, and families
Groups:
LGBT considering parenthood group
Lebian Moms & Gay Dads parenting group
6/98 – 1/01 Research Assistant: Paul Ekman, PhD-Human Interaction
Lab, University of California, San Francisco, CA, Facial
Action Coding System coder. The study of emotions.
Production of Facial Action Coding System Manual and
stimulus film.
8/96 – 5/97 Teaching/Research Assistant: University of San Francisco,
General Psychology and Brain and Behavior
Jan. 1997 Research Assistant: The Brief Psychotherapy Conference,
Maureen O’Sullivan and Paul Ekman. Assisted in the
collection and preparation of data on 1200 psychotherapists
for the deception research project
2008 Graduation Speaker for graduating class,
California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant
International University, San Francisco Bay Campus.
2006 Connell Persico Scholarship for Outstanding Scholarship
& Leadership in the LGBT Community, Alliant International
University, San Francisco, CA.
2004 Fahs-Beck Scholar: recipient of the doctoral dissertation
research grant, Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation,
the New York Community Trust, New York.
1997 Fred Minnegerode Memorial Award for Outstanding
Student, College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology Department,
University of San Francisco.
1995/96 Fr. William Dunne Scholarship, Awarded annually for
academic excellence and community service, University of San
Francisco.
1995 Psi Chi Chapter Award. Poster presented at Psi Chi Chapter
Exchange at WPA, San Jose.
Publications and Presentations
Giammattei, S. V. (2010, November 13). Working with gender-variant/
transgender children, adolescents, and their families in family therapy.
Association of Family Therapists of Northern California Workshop.
[Audio Podcast]. Retrieved from iTunes store/podcasts/Education/
Higher Education/Association of Family Therapists of Northern California
Giammattei, S. V. & Green, R-J (in press). GLBTQ Couple and Family Therapy:
History & Future Directions. In J.J. Bigner & J. L. Wetchler (Eds.),
Handbook of LGBT-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy. New York,
NY US: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Hudak, J. & Giammattei, S. V. (2010). Doing Family: Decentering
Heteronormativity in ‘Marriage’ and ‘Family’ Therapy. AFTA Monograph
Series: Expanding Our Social Justice Practices: Advances in Theory
and Training, (Winter). American Family Therapy Academy,
Washington, DC
Giammattei, S. V. & Green, R-J (2008, June). Family relations and
emotional intelligence of children raised by lesbian or heterosexual
parents. Presented at the American Family Therapy Academy,
Philadelphia, PA.
Giammattei, S. V., (2007). Family relations and emotional intelligence
of children raised by lesbian or heterosexual parents. Doctoral
Dissertation. California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant
International University, San Francisco Bay Campus.
Giammattei, S. V., Heidenreich, S. (1998, April). Music effects on
judgments of emotional states for filmed sequences. Presented
at the Western Psychological Association, Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association Joint Convention, Albuquerque, NM.
Giammattei, S. V., Carney, D., Balahadia, D., Johnson, A. (1997,April).
Personality, social skill, and sex role orientation. Presented at the
26th annual Western Psychology Conference for Undergraduate
Research, Santa Clara, CA.
Carney, D., Giammattei, S. V., Johnson, A., Balahadia, D. (1997,April).
Relation of sex role orientation to social and emotional skill. Presented
at the 26th annual Western Psychology Conference for Undergraduate
Research, Santa Clara, CA.
Giammattei, S. V., Stephenson, T., Sethi, S. (1996, Dec) Computer related
stress and a report of somatic complaints. Presented at the University
of San Francisco Psychology Department Biannual Student Research
Poster Session, San Francisco, CA.
Giammattei, S. V., DeGere, D., Veal, M., Biagini, R., Pan, G. (1996,April).
Development of a chapter newsletter: realizing the Psi Chi purpose
Presented at the Psi Chi poster session (Chapter exchange) at the 76th
annual convention of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.
Giammattei, S. V., Schmidt, S., Van de Kamp, B. (1995,April). The effect
of timbre on the perception of loudness. Poster. Presented at the Psi
Chi poster session at the 75th annual convention of the Western
Psychological Association, San Jose, CA.
Varadi, S. Giammattei, S. V., Gorski, W. (1995,April). The effectiveness of
advertising on increasing membership. Presented at the Psi Chi poster
session (Chapter exchange) at the 76th annual convention of the Western
Psychological Association, San Jose, CA.