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Counsellor ProfileMichelle Matoff LCSW, BCDOswestry, Shropshire Telephone 07947 671451 Email mindmechanic@tiscali.co.uk Website mind-mechanic.co.uk Counsellor Profile I am a compassionate person, with 19 years of psychotherapy experience. Having received my training in California, I have a University Degree from University California Los Angeles (UCLA) and an advanced degree from California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). I am highly trained to assess, diagnose, and treat mental and emotional conditions. My training involves considering the situation in which a person lives and works and to pay close attention to the ways in which cultural influences affect individuals and families. My dedication and focus is in the treatment of eating disorders, grief and loss, and spiritual development including finding meaning in the second-half of life My spirituality training includes the philosophies of Salzberg, Goldstein, Chodron, Borysenko, Remen, Whyte, and others. I work on mindful awareness which helps me to live in the moment, honour my intuitive process, and note gratitude on a daily basis. What I offer Psychotherapy I provide psycho-therapeutic guidance in a supportive and caring environment to individuals, couples, groups, and families. Case consultation I provide case consultation to colleagues whose clients suffer from eating disorders. Guest Speaker/Staff Trainings I can speak and address questions regarding eating disorder topics such as early intervention, how to recognise eating disorder symptoms, and how to approach adolescents and their parents with potential eating disorder concerns. I may also be of service by being a visiting speaker in students health classes on the topics of eating disorders, grief and loss, and transitions for students such as death or divorce in families. Retreats I offer four retreats a year. Each retreat is held at Plas Uchaf, a Country Guest Home on the Shropshire/Powys border. The workshop retreats teach techniques to incorporate and further develop relationships with others and self while deepening your own sense of holiness in your life. Spring Retreat Connection and Disconnection with Self and Others Workshop Description This retreat will focus on skill training for the purpose of enhancing your relationships with self and others. Close attention is paid to the heart being part of the skill training. Journal writing helps you to follow your inner guidance. It provides ways to regularly take inventory of your life, your interests, your values, and the quality of the health of your relationships. Journaling can be a mirror for your soul. Topics addressed at this retreat include, how to listen for understanding, views of adaptation to change, techniques for making changes, making decisions from a constricted heart or an open heart, as well as identifying personal needs in relation with others. The workshop will provide participants with some creative journal writing questions. Opportunity to plant a new seed (metaphorically) representing conscious new growth is also included in one of the workshops. In addition to providing new insights, an important goal of this workshop is to provide a space for healing and transformation. Summer Retreat Honouring the Body Workshop Description The body depends on you to take care of it. Many of us have been shamed and continue to feel shame about our body. The shame we feel leaks into aspects of our life such as self esteem, the ability to trust oneself, the permission or lack of permission we give ourselves to play and act in a spontaneous manner. Stifling yourself is like putting a shunt on your soul’s freedom to experience life fully. This retreat is designed to not only provide new insights, but also to provide a space for healing and transforming negative self and body beliefs. Autumn Retreat Meaning in the Second Half of Life Workshop Description As we approach the afternoon, dusk, and sunset of our life, we are often faced with the call to live with more candour…a calling to live in a more conscious way that involves self-examination to reflect on choices we made and choices we are going to make; some of which are life altering. In the second half of life, there is opportunity to enhance personal possibility, take risks, and stop self-sabotaging choices. Winter Retreat To Thine Own Self be True Workshop Description The dark becomes frightening and destructive only when we deny and disown it. The healing that occurs in the dark precedes renewal, and we do emerge back in the light with the wisdom that change has brought. The seasonal rhythm beckons us to hibernate and be still, gather our energies inward, withdraw, rest, and reflect. This workshop is designed for participants to review, reflect and renew what matters in their life. Sometimes what we say matters is incongruent with what we pay attention to in our life. Walls conscious and/or unconscious can become obstacles to fulfilling purpose and meaning in your life. Understanding what your wall(s) might be, why they are there, and do they still need to be there is part of this retreat’s workshops. When what you think, what you say, and what you do is one of the same; you live. Other Services A unique service available at The Wynnstay Health, Fitness and Beauty Club in Oswestry Understand body-mind-food connection •Identify your personal obstacles that make it hard for you to take care of your body. •Develop healthy body image •Work towards increasing possible desired well-being outcomes Services offered Assessment Complete assessment to identify current food triggers that cause unconscious eating behaviour. Identify exercise beliefs that may inhibit consistency. Individual Counselling Individual counselling offers privacy and the option of guidance in identifying personal obstacles that inhibit consistent self care. Once awareness is raised, a personal plan can be created that might improve chances of better success in body-mind care. Workshops Monthly group discussions, training, and practice addressing various topics including, intuitive eating, better body image, visualization of personal well-being and fighting food frenzies over the holidays. Training, Qualifications & Experience (more info)Qualifications, License, and CertificationsLicensed Clinical Social Worker, LCS#15900 since February 1991 Board Certified Diplomat, BCD#27451 since May 1998 LCSW Qualifications a psychology degree plus a masters degree (advanced degree) including two year clinical supervision of 1000 hours, two years post-masters supervision in clinical practice, and a two year clinical internship of 3,200 hours. I have successfully passed both a written and oral examination and must take a minimum of 20 continuing education hours yearly to keep my skills current and fresh. For more information on my licensing board, contact www.bbs.ca.gov Board Certified Diplomat Qualifications awarded for distinguished recognition in the field of social work and for length of time licensed. More information regarding this certification can be found at www.abecsw.org I abide by the ethical framework and professional conduct designated for by NASW (National Associates of Social Workers). More information regarding the ethical framework I follow can be found at www.socialworkers.org Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCS#15900 since February 1991 Board Certified Diplomat, BCD#27451 since May 1998 Professional Development National Association of Social Workers American Board of Examiners for Clinical Social Work Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center Society for Clinical Social Work B-eat (Beat Eating Disorders) Work Experience Private Practice Specializing in eating disorders, grief and loss, spirituality development, and relationship dynamics for individual, couples, and families. Psychiatric Hospital Experience Worked in an inpatient adolescent and adult program. Duties included coordination of treatment planning with multi-disciplinary team, primary case management for adolescents and adults, and interfacing with community resources Group work Led a women’s spirituality group that was designed to deepen insights, explore stages of life, develop personal discoveries, and create inner harmony. Facilitated long-term psychodynamic eating disorder groups to help people heal from Anorexia, Bulimia and Compulsive Overeating. Clinical Director Entrepreneur of an intensive outpatient program in Sacramento, California for those who suffer from Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. Provided clinical guidance, direction, and supervision to the program and to employees. Supervisor Provided supervision for associates caseload; taught treatment techniques, modalities, and assessments; and prepared associate for written and oral Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) exam. Consultations Provide consultations to other clinicians addressing treatment of eating disorder cases. Provide initial assessment and pre and post counselling for Bariatric surgery patients. Media Exposure Interviewed for the September 1999 issue of the Sacramento Magazine on the topic of women and eating disorders. Interviewed on the topic of Anorexia Nervosa and appeared on KCRA Channel 3, 11:00 P.M. news (2002) Academia Instructor at Chapman University College, Santa Maria, California Taught in-depth study of theories of health psychology, illness behaviour, and behavioural Medicine. Addressed the mind-body relationship, cultural concerns, and current and future health treatment models. Instructor for Stress Management Education Course, Sutter Center for Psychiatry, Sacramento Addressed biological, psychological, occupational, and developmental origins and responses to stress. Taught techniques to handle stress including deep breathing, exercise, nutrition, progressive relaxation, imagery, assertive training, refuting irrational ideas, and time management. Speaking Engagements Concord College in Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England Topic: Eating Disorders and Self-Harming Behaviour Vista Del Mar Hospital’s Lunch and Learn Program for health care professionals Topic: Meeting and Embracing your Sacred Core: Spirituality in Psychotherapy. Advanced Degree Students Nutrition Class at Cal Poly University Topic: The Psychotherapist and the Nutritionist: Collaborating Efforts in the Recovery of the Eating Disorder Patient Cal Poly University Dormitories Topic: Eating Disorder Recognition, Medical Complications, Identifying Healthy Eating. Sacramento Eating Disorder Outreach Program’s Third Annual Conference: The Art of Healing Topic: Embracing Your Sacred Core: Relationship between Spirituality and Eating Disorder Recovery. Sierra City College Human Development Class Topic: Etiology, Treatment, and Outcome for Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder. Sutter second year family practice residence. Topic: Addressed Medical Management of Eating Disorders from a Clinician’s Perspective. The California Women’s Mental Health Policy Council: Building Gender Sensitive Services: Women and Trauma Topic: Eating Disorder Recovery: Encouraging the Healing Strength of Human Connection and Verbal Expression. Lead presenter at Penn State College Eighth Annual Eating Disorders on Campus Conference Topic: Lectured on Eating Disorder Treatment, Intervention, and Prevention on College Campuses Lead presenter at Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration (SAMSHA) Conference, Third National Conference on Women Topic: Presented published article, Eating Disorder Recovery: A Case Study of Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating, Purging Subtype. Bereavement Network Resources, Sacramento Topic: Phases of grief in lecture entitled: The Grieving Process Teen Wellness Program - Sunrise Jewish Congregation Topic: Eating disorders and body image amongst teenagers. How to identify and help adolescents with eating disorders. Seminar for California Society for Clinical Social Work Topic: Diagnosis, Etiology, and Treatment of Eating Disorders with Special Emphasis on Group Therapy. Compassionate Friends Topic: Finishing the grief process and moving on. Bereavement Network Resources, Sacramento Topic: Choosing life after loss: Getting beyond suicidal feelings. Mercy General Hospital Topic: Psycho-social aspects of weight management. Women’s Health Resources, Sacramento Topic: Intimacy. Rotary Club of Rancho Cordova and Kendall Construction Company, Sacramento Topic: Stress management Mental Health Association, Sacramento Topic: Dispelling Mental Health Myths (Videotaped) Publications “Eating Disorder Recovery: A Case Study of Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating, Purging Subtype”, Journal of Women and Therapy, December 2001, Volume IV “All in Her Head”, interview addressing eating disorders for Sacramento Magazine, September 1999, page 51 “Expecting Santa Claus”, article on holiday expectations for Gold River News, December 1997, pages 6 – 7 “Group Therapy for Treatment of Eating Disorders”, Wins News, Sept 1997, page 9 “Group Therapy as a Treatment Modality for Eating Disorders”, California Society for Clinical Social Work, January 1997, pages 2 - 4 Areas of counselling I deal withOther areas of counselling I deal withMid-life crisisSpiritual development FeesFees:£40.00 per 50 minute individual hour session £25 for monthly workshops offered at Wynnstay Health, Fitness and Beauty Club. Please call or email for workshop topic of the month and times offered. Retreat prices vary. Please call or email for specifics Extra InformationExtra Info: Healing from pain often happens when there is a sense that feelings and experiences are understood by a non-judgmental person who bears witness to pain. Therapy is a place where listening transforms pain into wisdom. The wisdom acquired helps you see and feel things from different perspectives and thus, becomes a gift to take with you in your present and future life.Log In to update your profile |
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