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00400 CURRICULUM VITAE
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00700 Merle Ellyn Lenat
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00900 142 Anita Ave.
01000 Pittsburgh, Pa. 15217
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01200 Telephone: 412-521-4617
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01400 June, 1978
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01900 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
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02200 High School: Philadelphia High School for Girls; June, 1968.
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02400 B.A. in Psychology: Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.; May, 1972.
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02600 M.A. in Psychology: San Francisco State University, S.F., Ca.;
02700 December, 1974.
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02900 "Transactional Analysis 101" course; May, 1975. (Entitled me to join
03000 the ITAA)
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03200 M.A. in Family and Marriage Counseling: U. of Santa Clara, Santa
03300 Clara, Ca.; March, 1976.
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00300 WORK EXPERIENCE:
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00600 1971: Worked with mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed
00700 children and adults, teaching them such living skills as
00800 socialization and educational skills. I counselled several of
00900 these people on a one-to-one basis and found it very rewarding.
01000 The relationships I formed with them were intense, and I will
01100 always remember the experience.
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01300 1972: Worked as an employment counselor at an employment agency. I
01400 interviewed clients, found out what they wanted and what skills
01500 they had, and I then tried to match them up with interested
01600 employers. I did not enjoy this, due to pressures to place the
01700 client with anyone, just so the agency could get its fee.
01800 Therefore, I left.
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02000 1973-1974: Worked as a research assistant with two psychiatrists, Dr.
02100 Ken Colby and Dr. Frank Hilf, at Stanford University. Part of
02200 my duties involved working with psychiatric inpatients at the
02300 Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital, on ward 4B3. I
02400 attended community meetings run by the patients, staff
02500 meetings, intakes done by the staff, and small group therapy
02600 meetings. Through one way mirrors, I observed family groups
02700 and some individual therapy. I interviewed the patients on a
02800 one-to-one basis about their feelings and "illness", and worked
02900 with them on the interviewing via the computer.
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03100 During the summer of 1974 I also became an observer in the
03200 hospital's Family Study Unit. I gave feedback to the
03300 therapists doing couple and sex therapy and family therapy.
03400 These experiences inspired me to become a marriage and family
03500 counselor myself.
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03700 1974 - July, 1976: Working as a volunteer therapist and student
03800 intern at Central Mental Health Agency of Santa Clara County.
03900 My experience has been broad there, including seeing
04000 individuals, couples, and families as clients. On the
04100 immediate treatment service (ITS), I diagnosed and referred
04200 patients to appropriate counselors or settings, as well as
04300 doing actual crisis counseling. I have done both conjoint
04400 therapy (with a male therapist) and therapy I conduct myself.
04500 Groups are also a part of my experience at the clinic. During
04600 this past year I co-led a "parent" group once a week. The
04700 group consisted of parents of hard to control children (age 4-
04800 7) who needed support and help for themselves. We dealt with
04900 many individual problems such as low self esteem, guilt
05000 feelings, relationship problems, and of course "parental"
05100 problems. This year I co-led a "family" group consisting of
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00300 parents of adolescents and, once a month, the children as well.
00400 In this group we dealt with couple problems, so a great deal of
00500 time was spent on working out hassles with the spouses. I also
00600 observed a T.A. group in which I sat among the clients. After
00700 the group there would be a seminar where the observers give
00800 feedback to the therapists and discuss T.A. concepts. As part
00900 of my service to the clinic I received supervision from a
01000 Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Mr. James O'keefe. We would
01100 discuss therapeutic stratagies as well as my personal feelings
01200 about the people involved (e.g., how to keep my own hang-ups
01300 and values from getting in the way of therapy). Also, I
01400 attended a weekly student seminar where staff and students
01500 present cases they are working on, for suggestions and self-
01600 clarification. Last year I presented two case studies to my
01700 colleagues and their suggestions helped me a great deal.
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01900 March, 1975 - June, 1975: Co-led a sensitivity group at University of
02000 Santa Clara. The members of the group were students and
02100 teachers in the counselling department. My co-leader and I
02200 used many techniques to gain group cohesiveness: using "I"
02300 messages, talking in the "here and now", group hugs, and no
02400 gossiping about group members. We also promoted individual
02500 growth by using techniques such as confrontation, assertiveness
02600 training, doubling, and giving loads of support. I found this
02700 experience very challenging, for I led the group completely on
02800 my own a few times when my co-leader was sick. I learned much
02900 about myself those times, and found the experience invaluable.
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03100 January, 1977 - present: I am currently a psychiatric social worker
03200 at the inpatient unit at St. John's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa.
03300 As such, I coordinate overall patient care. When a patient is
03400 admitted, I first do an initial assessment. This consists of
03500 collecting clinical and social data from the patient, his
03600 family, staff members, and other agencies having knowledge of
03700 the patient or his situation. Examples of the clinical
03800 information I seek include checking the patient's affect to see
03900 whether it is flat, suspicious, manic, etc., as well as his
04000 mental status. I also check the patient for data concerning
04100 his physical condition including whether there has been weight
04200 loss, sleep disturbance, or any somatic complaints.
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04400 I then provide individual, family, and group therapy for each
04500 patient around crisis areas that exist that might have
04600 precipitated the psychotic break. For individual therapy, my
04700 therapeutic techniques include both the verbal reality therapy
04800 and the nonverbal approach which sometimes include just sitting
04900 there and being with the person. In the groups that I have
05000 led, especially with the more psychotic patients, there has
05100 been an emphasis on art therapy techniques: group paintings,
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00300 individual clay work, painting what one feels at the moment.
00400 When the art phase is over, each member of the group shares
00500 what he created and what the creation means to him. Other
00600 therapeutic approaches I have tried individually and in our
00700 groups include listening to songs and reading the words to the
00800 songs that might have meaning to their lives. [E.G. "I've Got
00900 A Friend", "Sitting Alone In Your Room", "I Am A Rock".] In
01000 some of my more verbal sessions with the group we deal with
01100 important topics such as "what is depression and how can we
01200 prevent it from taking control", "assertiveness or how to get
01300 what you want and need effectively", "the stigma of mental
01400 illness and how to deal with that", "the importance of
01500 following through with after-care medications and outpatient
01600 therapy", and "how to deal with your anger without getting into
01700 trouble". In family counseling sessions which I emphasize in
01800 therapy, I work with them on their feelings about the
01900 "patient", the acceptance of the situation, expectations about
02000 the hospitalization that are real and point out those that are
02100 not attainable. I support them as well as being the patient
02200 advocate. I try to answer any questions they might have about
02300 the patient and the process of recovery. As well as this, I am
02400 modeling for them appropriate handling of the patient, and at
02500 the same time, I am trying to deal with the crisis areas in the
02600 family. Communication skills are stressed here. Since this is
02700 a very short term hospitalization experience of two to three
02800 weeks I can not do intense family psychotherapy. However, I do
02900 stress the continuation of family, as well as individual,
03000 therapy after discharge from the hospital.
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03200 As this is a team approach, I go to frequent staff meetings
03300 (three times a week) where we discuss patient treatment goals,
03400 and patient status. Upon imminent discharge of the patient I
03500 do discharge planning. This includes setting up living
03600 arrangements, setting up outpatient follow-up appointments, as
03700 well as giving treatment reccomendations for follow-up. Along
03800 with each patient I write up and send with the chart a social
03900 history. This includes all relevant information regarding
04000 patient's life course and recent problem areas. Also in this
04100 social history is included what was accomplished by the present
04200 hospitalization and how the patient related to his family,
04300 staff, friends and other patients while he was in the hospital.
04400 Finally, I put down reccomendations for further treatment.
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00200 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
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00500 Psi Chi (Psychology Honorary Organization)
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00700 I.T.A.A. (International Transactional Analysis Association)
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00900 C.A.M.F.C. (California Association of Marriage and Family Counselors)
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01100 A.A.M.F.C. (American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors)
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01300 W.P.G.P. (Western Pennsylvania Group Psychotherapy Association)
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01600 REFERENCES:
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01900 1. Mr. Rod Coffman, MH/MR Emergency and Inpatient Service
02000 Coordinator, St. John's Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., 412-766-8300
02100 x388.
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02300 2. Dr. Harry J. Ross, Psychiatrist on MH/MR inpatient unit, St.
02400 John's hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., 412-766-8300 x208.
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02600 3. Mr. James O'keefe, L.C.S.W. Central Mental Health Agency of Santa
02700 Clara Valley, Bascom and Moorpark Aves., San Jose, Ca. 408-
02800 286-5442.
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03000 4. Professor Charles Swenson, University of Santa Clara, Department
03100 of Graduate Humanities, Santa Clara, Ca. 408-984-4434
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03300 5. Ms. Eileen Bobrow, M.A. San Andreas Health Council, Palo Alto,
03400 Ca., 415-326-8655
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03600 6. Dr. Franklin D. Hilf, M.D. 20 W. 64th Street, Apt. #41K, New
03700 York, New York 10023. 212-352-1619.
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03900 7. Professor Mary Ann Smith, University of Santa Clara, Department of
04000 Graduate Humanities, Santa Clara, Ca. 408-984-4434
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04200 8. Professor Kenneth Blaker, University of Santa Clara, Department of
04300 Graduate Humanities, Santa Clara, Ca. 408-984-4434
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04500 9. Professor Edward Feigenbaum, Chairman, Computer Science Department,
04600 Stanford University, Stanford, Ca., 415-497-4878
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04800 10. Dr. Robert Balzer, Information Sciences Institute, Admiralty Way,
04900 Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles, Ca.
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05100 11. Dr. Daniel Bobrow, Xerox PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto,
05200 Ca., 415-494-4000.