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Vita
Louis R. Levin, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Address:
2078 Calle Contento, Santa Fe, NM, 87505 Telephone: (505) 473-3719
Certification:
Clinical Psychology License: NM #598
School Psychologist NM# 245951
Psychological Counselor, Guidance Counselor K-12: NM #24595
Professional Memberships:
American Psychological Association
Santa Fe Collaborative Practice Group
New Mexico Collaborative Practice Group
Education:
May, 1975Ph.D., University of Maryland, College of Education: Psychological Services in the Schools
June, 1972M.A., University of Maryland, College of Education: School Psychology
June, 1963 B.A., University of Maryland, College of Arts and Sciences: English Literature, Philosophy
Personal Information:
Marital Status: Single
Children: Two sons, 27 and 21
Completed personal analysis (Jungian) in Boston, MA.
Avocation: Jazz keyboardist.
Languages Spoken: Conversational in Spanish
Current Positions:
Santa Fe, NM College of Santa Fe: Adjunct Instructor, Psychology
Santa Fe, NM Private Practice in Psychotherapy and Consulting
Santa Fe, NM Georgia O'Keefe Museum Consultation, training,
and direct service to Boys Art and Leadership Program.
Community Service:
2003-present: Advisory Board Member, Fine Arts for Children and Teens
2005-present: Board of Directors, De Colores, A Parent-Child Center
2006: Board of Directors, New Mexico Collaborative Practice Group (Divorce)
Positions Held:
1/95- Present, Santa Fe, NM, Private Practice.
Psychotherapy, divorce services, and evaluation services for children, adolescents, and adults.
Spring, '04-Present
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, Adjunct Instructor. Psychology 322, Child and Adolescent Development, and Psychology 302, Tests and Measurements in Psychology.
7/04-7/05
Santa Fe, NM, Rubin Educational Associates, Provided psychological assessments for children and adolescents.
1976-1994
Arlington, MA. Private practice in Psychotherapy and evaluation services for children, adolescents, adults; individual therapy, play therapy, psychological testing.
School Positions
9/2003-6/06
Santa Fe Public Schools, Elementary School Counselor.
Provide individual, group counseling, prevention services, staff and parent consultation, and classroom mental health services in English and Spanish at Sweeney Elementary, with a high Mexican immigrant population, and Atalaya Elementary.
1/2001- 9/2003
Santa Fe Public Schools, School Psychologist.
Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Project. (USDE Grant) Provide psychological services in English and Spanish in three schools with high Mexican immigrant population.
1/00 - 1/01
Santa Fe Public schools, Coordinator, Student Wellness Services. Coordination of K-12 prevention, intervention, and crisis programs, curricula, and mental health services. Supervision of Counselors, Prevention staff. Design, implementation, and coordination of district Wellness curriculum. Integration of counseling and wellness activities into school programs. Consultation with principals at school sites concerning wellness and counseling.
8/94- 12/99
Santa Fe Public Schools, Counselor. Provide counseling services in three elementary (k-6) schools.
4/91 - 6/94
Cambridge, MA, Cambridge Friends School, Psychologist/Counselor.
Provided teacher consultation, parent counseling, classroom intervention, individual and group counseling, leadership of programs in child and adolescent assault prevention; provided weekly consultation to Head of School.
8/76-10/79
Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, MA 8/76- 10/79, School Psychologist.
Provided therapeutic, diagnostic, consulatation, suoervisory services and leadership of collaborative learning team in high school and elementary schools.
8/71- 6/7
Annapolis High School, Annaspolis, MD, Coordinator, Annapolis High School Model Guidance Project. Developed, implemented, and evaluated systems model for delivery of guidance services in senior and junior high schools.
9/69-8/71
Baltimore Public Schools, Baltimore, Md., School Psychologist.
Provided evaluation, consultation with teachers, individual and group treatment in city public schools. Group leader in city-wide project aimed at easing staff tensions after racial disturbances of Spring, 1970.
9/65- 6/67
Baltimore County Public Schools, Teacher. Full teaching responsibility for all subjects of sixth grade and fifth grade classes.
Community Mental Health Positions
10/79- 9/88
Eliot Community Mental Health Center, Concord, MA, Supervising Psychologist. Provided clinical services, school consultation, supervision of staff and interns. Developed and implemented training program in family therapy for staff and community therapists. Directed child unit.
9/75- 8/76
Post-Doctoral Intern, Adolescent Unit, Greater Lawrence Mental Health Center, Lawrence, MA. Provided clinical services to adolescents and children, school consultation, outreach to Spanish-speaking clients.
9/74- 8/75
Doctoral intern, St. Anne's Home for Children, Methuen, MA.
Provided clinical services to latency-aged children and their families, consultation to staff.
3/70- 8/71
Baltimore, MD, Counselor, People's Free Medical Clinic.
Participated in planning and implementation of counseling services clinic. Provided evaluation and treatment of children and adults.
1/69-8/69
Prince George's County Mental Health Center, Bladensburg, MD, Psychology intern. Provided evaluation, treatment in child and adolescent units.
Peace Corps Volunteer
9/63- 3/65
Manizales, Colombia, South America, Peace Corps Volunteer.
Worked in community development project in barrio on outskirts of large city.
University Graduate, and Post-graduate Teaching Experience:
Summer, '05
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM Psychology 208, Introductory Psychology
Spring, '05-Present
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM Psychology322, Child and Adolescent Development
Fall, '04-Present
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM Psychology 302, Tests and Measurements in Psychology
Spring, '04
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM Co-taught Career and Vocational Theory
Summer, '01- Fall, 2002
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM Ethics and Professional Issues
Winter, '99- Winter, 2004
Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM School Counseling Internship Seminar
Fall, '97, '98
Applied Theories of Human Development, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
Spring, '97, '98
Southwestern College, Santa Fe NM Being with Children: The Use of the Self in Child Counseling
Spring, '97
Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM Counseling Internship Seminar
Winter, '96-'99
Southwestern College Santa Fe NM Theory and Practice of Family Counseling
1980-1989
Eliot Mental Health Clinic, Concord, MA. Child and Family Therapies, annual seminar for Clinic and Therapeutic Pre-School staffs, provided training and supervision for staff and interns in family systems theory and practice.
1974-1975
Southern Illinois University, Dover Air Force Base, Dover, DEL.
Empathy training (Carkhuff Model) (2 cycles)
1972-1974
University of Maryland Counseling and Personnel Services Department, College Park, MD.
Introduction to Counseling, Group Dynamics and Leadership, Practicum in Counseling
Consultation and Workshop Leadership Experience:
March, 2002
Santa Fe, NM Organized and chaired workshop for school and community providers, Understanding the Effects of Pervasive Violence in the Lives of Children with Steven Marans, Ph.D., Director, National Center for Children Exposed to Violence, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine,
December 5-6, 1994
Albuquerque, NM. Co-presented workshop, The Use of the Learning Team in Anti-Racism Education, at National Association of Independent Schools People of Color Conference,
June, 1994
Acton, MA Public Sschools.Presented workshop, Anti-Racism Education, to High School and Middle School Counselors.
1974- 1994
Maryland and Massachusetts, various locations Presented numerous workshops in aspects of child and family therapy at mental health facilities and school systems.
1972-1974
University of Maryland Counseling and Personnel Services Department, College Park, MD; National Drug Abuse Training Center, Washington, D.C.; and Hagerstown Correctional Institute, Hagerstown, MD Led and co-led variety of ongoing communications skills workshops and therapy groups for college, community providers, and local school systems in Baltimore-Washington area.
Continuing Education:
Most Recent Intensive Training: The Adult Attachment Interview. Los Angeles, CA, led by Mary Main, Ph.D., and Erick Hesse, Ph.D. A two week training in the theory, research and use of the Adult Attachment Interview procedure.
Previous Workshops and training programs I have attended include Hypnosis; Jungian Analytic Psychology; Child Therapy; Sandplay Therapy; Infant Study (Brazelton Scales); Grief Therapy; Diversity Training; Psychoneurology; Theory and Treatment of Trauma; Narrative Therapies, Conflict Mediation, Peer Mediation Training, Attachment Theory and Neuropsychology; Differentiating ADD and Pediatric Bipolar Disorder.
I have had three years of mentorship supervision with sandplay analyst Edith Sullwold in child analysis and sandplay, in Northampton, MA, 1989-1992, and have completed Level III of Sandplay training at the Sandplay Institute of New Mexico.
Professional Interests:
My recent activities have focused on the integration of attachment theory and neurobiology, particularly in the effects of varying levels of neglect and trauma on the developing child. In general, I have been studying the role of brain development, particularly right-brain function, in activities such as psychotherapy and conflict mediation.
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