Center for Humanistic Development

The big island trip is on mar 10-17,2019. 36hr CEU include legal ethical with Brian Lippincott and process art with Maria Matteoli. more info contact me at [email protected]

CHD May 4 update: We continue to grow south. Our Salinas and Watsonville offices are up and running. Melissa Torres LMFT is our new Administrator. We have a tremendous need for bilingual interns and trainees at these locations. Our next location will be either Seaside/Marina or down south in Greenfield. Harvey

We now have intern and trainee sites available for january 2018

1-20-17 update......we open our watsonville office monday. We are now using the "CHD Counseling Services" as our brand. Josh came up with a great logo and is finishing our new web page CHD Counseling Services. We have openings for two Bilingual interns, and two Monolingual (a word?) plus three trainees. We are approved by JFKU, Ciis and Sophia to take on trainees. The three offices are going well...Brian is looking for space in salinas for our forth office, at that time we'll rest. CHD is always looking for people who want to get involved from marketing and fundraising for our non-profit mission as well as future members of our board. HC

1-4-17 Update: CHD is growing thanks to a diverse intern base. our third office which is in watsonville opens 1-15-17 offering bilingual counseling to a bilingual base. brian is working on opening a salinas office in a few months. interns are welcomed with great compensation working through mediCal. March 25 to April 1 will mark our annual weeklong big island 36 ceu adventure. If you need your hours for relicensure this is the event for you..Stephanie gave birth last month to a beautiful girl. Leah is now licensed. Michelle passed her l & e..."change is the only constant."

Here's another CHD update: our aptos office is full and we've now connected to open a downtown office at 340 soquel near ocean special thanks to Lilli and the HarmonyWithin Counseling Group. We are also looking for an office in Watsonville. Our connection with Community Bridges continues to grow. We're helping them with their counseling programs at the Family Resource Office in Live Oak, Mountain Community in Felton, and their office in Watsonville. We've got a staff now of eight interns with three more bilingual interns starting later this month.

Things are moving fast. We just picked up a couple more counseling contracts. HELP we need interns!!! Bilingual, family, couples, and children!!!

One year since I updated. CHD now has two offices, one in santa cruz near west cliff drive and two in aptos. We are looking for office space in Watsonville. MediCal/Beacon is such a boost for interns!! We are always looking for interns. There is a huge market for bilingual/spanish. We have been accepted by CIIS as a field placement site and are currently in process with JFKU to be a site. We are working with Community Bridges serving in offices in Ben Lomond and Live Oak. We are reaching out for new board members and executive officers.

PS 3-4-15: Congratulations to Shafique who is now licensed and approved to see medical clients, too.

UPDATE 3-3-15: Great news. CHD is now able to provide medical clients with services. Harvey, Rachel, Michelle, Lauren, Stephanie C, Rebecca, Caci, Lance and Valerie all able to take medical. Were also working with Family Resource Network to help them with all of their medical clients...thanks Michelle. We are looking to bring in 5 more interns and are in the final stages of become a field placement agency for JFKU's trainees. Bilingual needs are growing.

MONTHLY UPDATE: 11-14-14: Now that we've spent thousands in the process of becoming a non-profit...we are truly a non-profit. we're planning a few workshops that will help fund our mission. Brian Lippincott and Rachel Horodezky are going to have reflective team workshops utilizing our one-way mirror with real clients. The first workshop will be SATURDAY DECEMBER 6 from 10a-3p. We are asking for a $50 donation. A reflective team involves all in the workshop. Imagine being a client and getting the feedback from 10 clinicians instead of one...very powerful..

INTERN UPDATE 10-21-14....We are in the process of getting medical billing approval. This means $48 per hour for interns!! Let us know if you are interested.