Curriculum Vitae Of Marc Sadoff, MSW, BCD Office- 310 444-1951 email-

EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1979-81

Masters in Social Work, Family and Children.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT NORTHRIDGE 1971-77

Bachelor of Arts , Psychology.

LICENSURE: California; Licensed Clinical Social Worker LCS 11725 Nov. 1985

Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work Oct. 25, 1988

American Board of Examiners #14,967

Fellow of the Calif. Society for Clinical Social Work June 1989- Present

Member of the Board of Directors July 1989 to 1996

CLINICAL : Consultant/trainer: USC Medical School, UCLA Health 1985 through

EXPERIENCE Sciences, Brotman Hospital, Program for Torture Victims the present

And, conducting 140 weekend seminars in conflict skills

for couples.

Private Practice caseload; Individual, couples & group treatment. Nov. 1985 through

the present.

Give An Hour; Pro bono therapy services for veterans August 2008- present

Program for Torture Victims: Evaluation , testimony & treatment Sept. 1997 to

for clients who have been tortured. 100 psychological reports sub- June 2001 and in private

mitted to immigration court or offices. Testimony accepted in practice since 2001

immigration court as expert in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

in 45 appearances. Over 120 hours of training in clinical subjects involving

PTSD. Presented a 1/2 day training to Asylum Officers in September ‘00,

with my colleagues from the PTV, on issues of credibility in relation to the

illness of PTSD. Also acknowledged as having contributed to a book edited

by the Physicians for Human Rights called "A Health Professional’s Guide

To Medical And Psychological Evaluations Of Torture" published in 2001.

Domestic Violence; Batterers Group;w/Alyce La Violette Jan.'87 to Group co-leader, Men's Domestic Violence Groups. present

Children's Institute International Sept.'86 to

Volunteer, Group leader, Adolescent Sex Offenders. Dec. '87

Holman Consulting Corp. July 84 to

Employee Assistance Program; Clinical Services July 87

for employees, Management Training/Consultation.

Re-Socialization Skills Inc.; Individual therapy for May'83 to

young adult schizophrenics. July'84

Care-Unit Social Worker; Assessment, Tx planning, Dec.'83 to

clinical & educational work with substance abusers. Mar. '84.

L.A. Unified School District, School social worker, internship

Blind latency age & Continuation high school kids. 1981

Office of Continuing Care; Dept. of Mental Health in internship

Burbank, Psychiatric Social Worker. 1980

Northridge, Calabasas and St. John's; Psychiatric Apr.1976 to

Hospitals, In-patient Psychiatric Technician. Sep. 1980

Post Graduate Certifications & Training

EMDR Certification through EMDRIA.org- 2013- 20 hours supervision applying this type of treatment for PTSD and other anxiety disorders.

EMDR & Pre-Trauma Protocol July 2013- 16 hours training in Complex PTSD treatment with Katie O’Shea, MFT

Domestic Violence 16 hours 2013 Annual Conference for Association of Batterers Intervention Programs.

John Gottman, Ph.D’s Weekend Training in Couples Counseling- 2004

Program for Torture Victims; 6 hours of instruction on the phenomenon of torture; PTSD by Dr. Jose Quiroga 2/1/98; monthly 2 hour education and discussion of cases of torture with other PTV members.

Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy ; 20 hours Newport Beach 6-25-04; DNMS is a mode of therapy that builds upon the EMDR protocols for reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression & PTSD.

L.A. County Domestic Violence Certification 12-12-86- Southern Calif. Coalition of Battered Women, Pasadena. Workshops covering various issues within domestic violence. 28 hours

Divorce Mediation - 40 hours, Divorce Mediation Associates, Monterey; July 1981

Hypnosis Certification - 40 hours, University of Santa Barbara; June 1982

Chemical Dependency Certification - 40 hours, CompCare, St. Louis; December 1982

Sex Offender/Victim issues - Over 80 hours of training, Southern Calif. Training Center

Voice Dialogue Therapy - Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone, 24 hours of training 1987-91

Dependency and Shame - 22 hours of workshop presented by Kip Flock MSW of Life Plus Institute.

Group Psychotherapy- Two day workshop in Oct. 1990 in San Francisco; Stephanie Brown, Tim Cermak

Power and Control; Domestic Violence training L.A. County; Ellen Pence, June 7+8, July 14,1990

Brief Therapy with Bud Simonton; American Psychmanagement; May 1991

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Certification; 30 hours; Treatment of PTSD, San Jose, Francine Shapiro Ph. D. 1991; and 12 hours of International Conference- various topics covering posttraumatic stress and depression treatment and evaluation since 1992

Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP™) Training to deliver the PREP™ workshops for couples to prevent divorce and diminish conflict. Denver -21 hours; November 1996

Other Continuing Education

Supervision in Advanced Dr. Don Dorsey; Senior Training Consultant; Specializing in Complex PTSD

EMDR Methods 2012 Treatment using EMDR

Trauma Resiliency Training in Trauma Resiliency Model in 2012 by Elaine Miller-Karras.

Model- Somatic

Therapy

Domestic Violence: Certification as an L.A. Approved Domestic Violence Group provider mandates

1996-present 16 hours a year in specifically DV related education since 1996 totaling 216 hours.

EMDR International Brief therapy, ADHD, Cognitive Schema /Trauma therapy 1994 Conference

December 1992 Joseph Shorr Ph.D. Use of Imagery in psychotherapy 8 hours

November 1992 Patrick Carnes Ph. D. Sex Addiction 8 hours

American Group 1991 San Francisco; 3 day Conference on Group Treatment.

Therapy Association

Hypnosis- 5-20-89 David Grove's Seminar on hypnosis. 8 hours

Parents United- 5-15-86 15th Annual Conference, Cal State Pomona 12 hours

Sexual abuse- Treatment of victims of sexual abuse, Los Angeles

9-19-86 Children's Institute International Southern Calif. Training Center

Sexual Abuse- David Finkelhors and Diana Russell, Los Angeles 1-14-86 Children's Institute International Southern Calif. Training Center

Exploring Another Tim Smith and Lucy Berliner, Sex offender and victim treatment, Side- 1-30-87 A.L.I.V.E. Coalition, Redondo Beach.

Adolescent Sex Judith Becker and Michael O'Brien,

Offenders- 3-27-87 Children's Institute International Southern Calif. Training Center

Child Abuse Training- AB 141 Requirement for re-licensure

8-22-87 Children's Institute International Southern Calif. Training Center

Alcoholism and Adult - Claudia Black and Dan Sexton, Los Angeles, 9-11-87

Children of Alcoholics Children's Institute International Southern Calif. Training Center

Voice Dialogue Hal Stone Ph.D. and Sidra Winkelman Ph.D.; Theory and Practice in

10-17-87 the use of "Voice Dialogue" technique in psychotherapy

Multiple Person- Richard Lowenstein and Stephen Marmer; Southern California

ality Disorders Training Center. Aspects of PTSD 1-15-88

Treatment of male - Eugene Porter & Sandra Baker; Palm Springs, Southern California Training Center victims;

3-11-88

AFFILIATIONS

- EMDRIA- Certified Practitioner of EMDR, a psychotherapeutic technique for treating patients with Post Traumatic Stress

Disorder. 2013

- Trauma Resiliency Model training for working somatically with patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. 2013

- PROGRAM FOR TORTURE VICTIMS; LOS ANGELES 1997-2001; CONSULTANT

- ASSOCIATION OF BATTERERS INTERVENTION PROGRAMS SINCE 1996

- SANTA MONICA HOTLINE; CLINICAL TRAINING DIRECTOR 1991

- MANAGED CARE PROVIDER FOR THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES: VALUEOPTIONS,, UBH,

ANTHEM BLUE CROSS, BLUE SHIELD, CIGNA, CHAMPUS & MEDICARE

- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR BATTERED WOMEN 1990

- SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK- MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1991-1995

IMPAIRED SOCIAL WORKER , MENTOR, EDUCATION AND CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

- NATIONAL and AMERICAN BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK

QUALIFYING FOR BOARD CERTIFIED DIPLOMATE STATUS

NATIONAL REGISTRY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK # 14,967

Trainings, lectures and presentations I have made to professionals, companies and the public:

Sept. 2000 Training of Immigration Asylum offices on issues of credibility & interview behavior as a result of PTSD.
Veterans Hospital Social Work Staff,
Jewish Educators / Trainings in conflict Management for the FBI, Los Amigos Hospital, National Management Assoc., Defense Contractors Compliance Assoc., Employee Assistance Professionals of L.A., Catholic Church.
Multimedia Presentations of couples seminars from 1996 through the present. / USC School of Social Medicine- Speaker
USC School of Social Work- Speaker
Mt. St. Mary’s- Psychology Dept. Speaker
Santa Monica Hospital Family Practice Residency Program; Speaker / Cal State Northridge Psychology Dept. - Speaker
UCLA School of Nursing- Speaker
L’Chaim Project- Jewish Family Service- Speaker / Otis Parsons Art Institute- Speaker
Beverly Hills School District- Speaker / East Foothill Guidance Clinic
Santa Monica Hospital Pediatric Staff
Maude Booth Center- Speaker / Open Paths Community Counseling- Speaker
Instituto de Alcoholismo Pharmico Dependencia- San Jose, Costa Rica 1990 / Patton State Mental Hospital- 1993- One Day Workshop on Conflict
California Society For Clinical Social Work- Three presentations on conflict and addictions. / El Nido Community Center- Speaker Addictions
UCLA Extension Annual Training Institute on Alcoholism.