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—Robert L Bray

Robert L. Bray

Robert L. Bray
Ph.D, LCSW, CTS, TFT-Adv

TFTCSD
5959 Mission Gorge Road, Ste. 106
San Diego, CA 92120

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Professional Experience
Family Therapy Private Practice. Emphasis of practice has been adolescents and their families, family of origin, sexual abuse, substance abuse, traumatic Stress Recovery using Thought Field Therapy. January 1986- Present
School of Social Work, San Diego State University. Adjunct Associate professor. September 1996 - May 2008
National Medical Disaster System, US Department of Health and Human Service: CA-3 Mental Health Response Team, April 2003- Present.  Deployed to hurricane Katrina- 2005 and hurricane Ivan 2004
June 1992 - October 1996
Group Facilitator for Navy Family Advocacy Program. Co-facilitating weekly spousal abuse group for men.
February 1987 - April 1988
Group Facilitator for Parents United El Cajon Chapter. Co-therapist for 20 weeks of Women's Partners group, and 20 weeks of Perpetrator Men's group.
July 1984 - December 1986
Social Worker with Southwood Psychiatric Residential Treatment Center/Hillcrest.
October 1980 - March 1982
Director of Project Oz-San Diego, a family crisis resolution program for adolescents.

Formal Education
Ph.D. in Psychology with emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy, United States International University, San Diego. June 1993
Masters of Social Work, Aging Concentration, School of Social Work, San Diego State University. May 1979
A.B. in Social Welfare, San Diego State University. May 1975

Professional Licenses and Memberships
• California Licensed Clinical Social Worker.  License number 10054. April 1983.
• Certified Trauma Specialist by Association of Traumatic Stress Specialist.   Certification number 0292-1022, February 1992
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)   Level II completed 1994
• Thought Field Therapy:  Causal Diagnosis Training Oct. 1996.   Registered Certified Trainer Oct. 2008.
• One-eye Integration Trauma Therapy, Levels I & II Oct. 2008
• International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Trained Instructor CISM 1998
• Member, National Association of Social Worker
• Associate Member, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist
• Member, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Community Service
Member Board of Directors of the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialist Feb. 1996 -2006: Vice President 1999-2000
President 2000-2004
San Diego County Critical Incident Stress Management Team: Team member- 1998- current.  Member Board of Directors 2001- 2007
American Red Cross- San Diego and Imperial County Chapter: Disaster Mental Specialist 1996

Past service
San Diego Victim Assistance Coordinating Counsel: Member, Board of Directors
San Diego State University Extended Studies Certificate Program in Trauma and Trauma Recovery Services. Member Advisory Board and instructor
Trauma Intervention Program (Tip)
Active volunteer responding to requests by police and fire units:  March 1995 - March 1997.
Founding member of Mental Health Disaster Service Coalition 1998 and participant through 2004.

R.L. Bray ~ Research and Publications
“What’s this Tapping Stuff? Thought Field Therapy and Energy Psychology in the Big Picture” in Selected Abstracts From the 9th World Congress on Stress, Trauma and Coping. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health Volume 9 No. 1 P.67
“Thought Field Therapy: Working Through Traumatic Stress Without the Overwhelming Responses” in Trauma Treatment Techniques Innovative Trends Edited by Garrick, J. and Williams, MB, Haworth Press, NY.
Review of Clinical Approaches to Sex Offenders and Their Victims. Edited by Clive R. Hollin and Kevin Howells. Journal of Traumatic Stress. Volume 7, Number 3, 499.
"The Concepts of Justice in the Family as Reflected in the Relational Ethics Scale, The Family of Origin Scale, and the Just World Scale." Ph.D. dissertation, United States International University, San Diego CA.
"The Effects of Federal Grants Upon Organizational Decision Making". Master's Research Essay, School of Social Work, San Diego State University. Bray, R.L., and Yockim, J.C. 1979

 





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