James A. Erickson, D.Min., MFT
Consultant:
Training: Tolerance;
Cultural Diversity;
Nonviolence
Management Analysis for team efficiency and conflict resolution.
Summary
I have been in the field of human services for over forty years, in ministry (15 years), nonprofit mental-health agencies (23 years), most recent as the organizing clinical supervisor of an agency that has developed into one of the largest providers of mental-health services in the State of California, and now, that I am recently retired, I want to explore areas of interest and expertise that I have not been able to.
Specialties
Cultural Diversity, including bilingual competence in Spanish and English;
Mental-health assessment and treatment planning for adolescents and children;
Particular interest in service to the poor.
Experience
Consultant, Trainer, Advocate for Social Change
Bilingual in Spanish and English with an interest in the Philippine Islands.
Priest and pastor in multiethnic communities in the Diocese of Oakland.
Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist, MFC23915
First Clinical Supervisor in pioneering community based mental-health agencies for children.
I started a small nonprofit, Delta Communities Counseling Services, to provide low-cost services to the Spanish-speaking and marginalized communities. Currently exploring micro loans for the poor.
Clinical Supervisor
Victor Community Support Services
May 1987 – March 2010 (22 years 11 months)
Pioneered community-based mental health with this agency;
Established one of the first in the State collaborative assessment process for Mental Health assessment of foster children.
Education
MA Counseling, University of San Francisco
DMin from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley
MDiv from St. Patrick's Seminary in Theology,
BA from St. Patrick's College in Philosophy,
Additional Information
Interests
Mental health assessments and treatment planning inclusive of relevant cultural and spiritual dimensions, particularly for children and adolescents; working with organizations to improve team/management dynamics; promulgating the mental models of partnership and conviviality to address problems of poverty and conflict, both locally and worldwide.
As a consultant, I can assist individuals and organizations, with a specialty in Cultural Diveristy.
As an advocate for social change, my interest is addressing, through training, poverty (both locally and worldwide) by establishing alternate mental models of partnership and conviviality.
Groups and Associations
CAMFT
Personal Information
Phone: 925-366-3644 (Mobile)
Address:
Cort Tower
323 E. Main Street, Ste 811
Stockton, CA 95202
Birthday:
August 14, 1944
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