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.