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ABOUT DARIA

SPECIALIZED TRAINING &
CERTIFICATIONS*

TRAUMA

  • Certified Complex Trauma Clinician (CCTP/CCTP-II)
  • Certified Mindfulness Informed Professional (CMIP) 
  • Disruptive Attachment & Developmental Traum
  • Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coercion
  • Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Jeffrey Epstein survivor with Gilbert Kliman, MD
  • Advanced Master Program on the Treatment of Trauma 
  • Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses, and Traumatic Memory
  • PTSD Assessment & Treatment  
  • Transforming Trauma with EMDR 
  • Overcoming Trauma Related Shame and Self-Loathing
  • Somatic Interventions for Treating Trauma
  • Meditation as Medicine: MBSR, Chronic Pain & Illness 
  • Vicarious and Secondary Trauma
  • Neurobiology of Complex Trauma
  • Unspoken Legacy: Reverberations of Trauma in the Addictive Family 

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

  • Trauma, Mental Health, and Domestic Violence 
  • Danger Assessment Training Certification for using the Danger Assessment and Weighed Scoring System
  • Trauma, Mental Health, and Domestic Violence Expert Testimony in Civil Cases Involving Domestic Violence
  • Spousal/Partner Abuse
  • Trauma, Mental Health & Domestic Violence 
  • Treating Sexual Trauma  
  • Healing Children's Wounds of Witnessing Domestic Violence  
  • Sustaining Trauma-Informed Family-Centered Services
  • Introducing the Trauma-Informed Practice (TIP) Scales for Domestic Violence Programs
  • Addressing the Health Needs of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in Family Justice Centers
  • Five Day Advanced Course on Strangulation Prevention
  • Human Trafficking and the Impact of COVID-19   
  • Three Day Virtual Masters’ Summit, Alliance for Hope International 
  • Non-Fatal Strangulation: Medical and Forensic Evaluation, California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center with the California District Attorneys Association
  • Imaging Recommendations for the Patient who has been Strangled: Saving the Lives of Survivors
  • Handling Strangulation Cases at the Front Lines  
  • Investigating Strangulation – Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association Training for Officers by Officers
  • The Development and Operation of a Strangulation Multi-Disciplinary Team
  • Trauma-Informed Investigations with Victims of Non-Fatal Strangulation Assaults
  • Investigating Strangulation – Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association
  • Intimate Partner Violence Risk & Lethality Assessment: Implications for Women’s Safety

LOSS & GRIEF

  • Certified Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist (CAGCS)
  • ​Somatic Aspects of Loss & Grief 
  • The Living Legacy of Loss: Befriending Grief
  • Unacknowledged Loss & Hidden Grief 
  • Cross-Cultural Aspects of Loss & Grief 
  • Somatic Aspects of Loss & Grief  
  • Clients Stuck in Pain Evidence-Based Strategies for Moving Forward with Grief
  • ​Bridge Neurobiology and Lifespan Perspectives on Love and Loss. 
  • Navigate Complex, “Stuck,” Disenfranchised, and Anticipatory Grief: Clinical Strategies to Create Resilience
  • Lifespan Perspectives on Love and Loss
  • The Ultimate Grief Treatment Toolbox Over 60 Interventions to Promote Healing & Hope Among Grieving Children, Adolescents & Adults                             

ANTAGONISTIC & NARCISSISTIC ABUSE

  • Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician (NATC)
  • Legal and Ethical Considerations for Working with Narcissism and NA/ARS
  • Dynamics of Narcissistic and Antagonistic Relationships​
  • Working with the Fallout of Narcissistic Abuse
  • Being Culturally and Intersectionally Informed When Working with Clients Experiencing Narcissistc Abuse
  • Trauma and Narcissism: Personality Disorders as Trauma-Related Disorders
  • ​Narcissistic Abuse In-Depth Workshop 

EDUCATION

2024       Dr. Ramani Durvasula, PhD, LCP, Certified Narcissistic Abuse & Recovery Clinician
2018        Janina Fisher, PhD., Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training 
2011-12     University of California, Berkeley, Professional Program in the Study of Loss and Grief
2011-12     University of California, Berkeley, Professional Program in Trauma-Informed Interventions 
2011         Clinical Training Program, National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
2011         Physicians for Human Rights and HealthRight International Human Rights
2001        Dominican University, Elementary Teaching Credential
1980        San Francisco State University, Master of Social Work
1975        San Francisco State University, BA Psychology​

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATION

National Association of Social Workers
National Organization of Forensic Social Workers
Marin County Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence Network
Marin County Coalition to End Human Trafficking 
Delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 2019
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, 2024
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