JOSHUA SARAZIN, PHD (CA LICENSE PSY26364) PO Box 81686, Bakersfield CA 93380 (661) 431-5026 joshua@drsarazin.com Professional licensure: May, 2014 Clinical Psychologist Educational Background: 2011 PhD Clinical Psychology Rosemead School of Psychology Biola University, La Mirada, CA Full APA accreditation 2003 MA Clinical Psychology Rosemead School of Psychology Biola University, La Mirada, CA Full APA accreditation 2001 BA Psychology CSU, Sacramento Sacramento, CA Employment 9/14 Present Private Practice Clinical Psychologist Providing psychotherapy and psychological testing to adults, adolescents, families, and couples from the community. Contracts with R. Bruce Walker, Ed.D. to collaborate on performing court-ordered evaluations for competency to stand trial, reunification services, and NGRI. 2/15 Present Aegis Institute, Inc. Regional Clinical Director Contracting to provide clinical supervision as the primary supervisor for a psychological assistant employed at a chemical dependency treatment program. 7/07 9/15 Kern County Mental Health Therapist PO Box 1000, Bakersfield, CA 93302-1000 6/13 9/15: Juvenile Probation Psychiatric Services, providing individual and group therapy as part of the mental health team inside juvenile hall. Risk assessment for special cases (e.g., suicide watch), risk screening for commitment programs, reports to DJJ regarding mental health history/services. 7/07 6/13 Specialty Services team, provided individual and group therapy services to court-ordered juvenile sex offenders, therapy with youth having a history of trauma and/ or abuse (often foster children), and psychological testing within the children s system of care. Supervisor Heather Hornibrook, LMFT Pre-Doctoral Internship 7/06 7/07 Kern County Mental Health Forensic Emphasis Comprised of two rotations with an emphasis on forensic services in different settings. One rotation was with the Forensic Services Team at KCMH, providing court-ordered individual and group outpatient therapy to sex offenders and performing evaluations and
court reports concerning competency to stand trial. In April, 2007, this rotation was transferred to the Specialty Service Team in the children s division. Duties with Specialty Services included individual and group therapy services to court-ordered juvenile sex offenders, therapy with youth having a history of trauma and/or abuse (often foster children), psychological testing, and special cases evaluation at juvenile hall. The other rotation was at Kern Psychological Services, a private practice in the community. At KPS, duties consisted of individual and group therapy with a variety of clientele, including developmentally disabled Kern Regional Center clients, private pay clients from the community, and didactic training regarding court testimony and other types of forensic/contract evaluation (e.g., NGRI, SDI). Prior Employment 6/05 6/06 Biola Counseling Center 12625 La Mirada Blvd. Ste. 202, La Mirada, CA 90638 Staff therapist to university students, faculty, and staff, as well as community clients. Workload consisted of psychodynamically oriented individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, intakes, and assessment. Individual and group supervision using audio recording. Other responsibilities included providing clinical crisis management on a rotating on-call basis. Supervisor: Christina Lee-Kim, PhD 7/04 9/05 Olive Crest Treatment Centers Wraparound Facilitator 2130 E. 4 th St. Ste. 200 Santa Ana, CA 92705 Responsible for providing Wraparound services to children and their families or caregivers in a variety of environments. Implemented coordination of services for each assigned client ensuring that each child s needs are met by providing linkage services. Facilitated family team meetings using a strength-based planning process to help provide instruction, counseling, training and support to parents in dealing with the child s special needs and problems. 9/01 7/04 Olive Crest Treatment Centers Child Care Worker Responsible for supervision of adolescents, almost exclusively 15 to 18-year-old boys in six-bed emancipation program. Provided care, supervision, independent living skills development, and relationship-building with clients. Supervised Clinical Practica: 9/05 6/06 Sepulveda VA Ambulatory Care Center 16111 Plummer St., North Hill, CA 91343 Assigned to outpatient treatment rotation as a member of an interprofessional team performing assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Therapeutic modalities to be employed include dynamic insight-oriented therapy, cognitive-behavioral, group/family, crisis intervention, and time-limited approaches. Rotation includes participation in a Psychodiagnostic Clinic with weekly assessment, diagnostic, and didactic components, as well as experience gained in screening new patients with an emphasis on diagnostic interviewing skills. Supervisor: Steven Ganzell, PhD
9/03 3/04 Biola Counseling Center 8/04 5/05 12625 La Mirada Blvd. Ste. 202, La Mirada, CA 90638 Student therapist to university students, faculty, and staff, as well as community clients. Consisted of psychodynamically oriented individual psychotherapy, pre-marital couples therapy, intakes, and assessment. Individual and group supervision using audio recording. Areas of focus in treatment included depression, dysthymia, anxiety, trauma, grief, sexuality, and obsessive-compulsive symptomatology. Worked with a diverse ethnic population including Hispanics, Korean-Americans, Japanese-Americans, a Japanese citizen, a Bahamian citizen, Pilipino-Americans, and Chinese-Americans. Supervisor: Christina Lee-Kim, PhD 8/02 7/03 Intercommunity Child Guidance Center 10155 Colima Rd. Whittier, CA 90603 Individual, family, and group psychotherapy utilizing a variety of modalities including play therapy, Brief Strategic Family Therapy, and psychodynamic. Co-founder and therapist of a court-approved parenting group for fathers. Performed intakes, as well as administered, scored, and interpreted several assessment batteries using ability, achievement, personality, and projective measures. Individual and group supervision, weekly professional and applied clinical training meetings. The population seen at this clinic was primarily Hispanic, with a minority of clients having been Caucasian, Asian- American, and African-American. Supervisor: Daniel Puls, PsyD, Kristin McPherson, PsyD (In-House Supervisor) 2/02 5/03 Biola Counseling Center 12625 La Mirada Blvd. Ste. 202, La Mirada, CA Student therapist to university undergraduates for one semester in a Rogerian type modality. Received individual and peer observation and supervision through the use of live audio and video recording, as well as weekly group supervision. Supervisor: Melissa Hopper, PsyD Teaching Experience Instruction, Undergraduate Fall 2002, Discussion lab leader for an undergraduate Introductory Psychology course. Taught a six-week Spring 2003 lab consisting of a small group from the class for the purpose of in-depth discussion of a class text on the integration of psychology and Christian faith. Graded weekly papers on the book material, prepared and led in-class discussion, and graded more comprehensive papers on the material the entire had been assigned. Teaching Assistantships Fall 2002 to Teaching Assistant to Peter Hill, PhD (Psychology Department Chair) at Rosemead School of Fall 2003, Psychology, Biola University. Graded class assignments and exams for undergraduate classes in Fall 2004 Statistics, Social Psychology, and Psychology and Christian Thought. Held office hours for individual or group student assistance, taught classes in Dr. Hill s absence, performed blind review of articles submitted for publication in the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, and reviewed/edited works by Dr. Hill and others to be submitted for publication. Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Teaching Assistant to Steven Porter, PhD at Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University. Graded exams and papers for graduate theology courses integrating psychology and theology, as
Spring 2005 Fall 2005 well as an undergraduate Psychology and Christian Thought class. Gave individual and group assistance outside of class as scheduled by students. Teaching Assistant to Beth Brokaw, PhD at Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University for a graduate-level psychology elective course Current Topics in Integration. Responsibilities included grading assignments and exams, preparing course reading materials, and conducting library research to assist in class session preparation. Supervised Clinical Labs Spring, 2006 Brief Psychodynamic Therapy In addition to coursework, received small group and individual supervision through audio recording of the application of brief psychodynamic principles and techniques. Supervisor: William Worden, PhD Spring, 2003 Fall, 2003 Fall, 2003 Psychotherapy with Children In addition to coursework, received small group and individual supervision for a child client seen in an elementary school. Initially provided individual therapy primarily using play therapy, supplemented by a group in the latter part of treatment, for children in the client s peer group with similar behaviors. Supervisor: Dave Cimbora, PhD Psychodynamic Therapy In addition to coursework, received small group and individual supervision for a longterm client seen twice weekly to address anxiety and depression related to the sequelae of chronic sexual abuse. Supervisor: Nancy Duvall, PhD Gestalt Therapy In addition to coursework, received small group, peer, and individual supervision under live observation of application of gestalt principles and techniques with peers. Supervisor: William Worden, PhD Dissertation (2011) The Spiritual Transformation Inventory (STI): Theoretical and Psychometric Foundations for a Measure of Relational Spirituality. Publications Hill, P.C., Sarazin, J.J., Atkinson, P.J., Cousineau, A.E., & Hsu, S.S. The changing face of religion and spirituality: Implications for conceptualization and measurement. In T.W. Hall & M.R. McMinn (Eds.) (2003), Spiritual formation, counseling and psychotherapy, New York: Nova Science Press Awards and Honors Community Outreach Scholarship from the Biola Counseling Center: (2004 2005) Rosemead Faculty Discretionary Scholarship (2003 2004) Rosemead Faculty Discretionary Scholarship (2004 2005)
Professional Affiliations 2014 Current Member, American Psychological Association (APA) 2004 Member, Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS)