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Looking to leverage my knowledge and experience into a role combining therapeutic and tech skills.

https://github.com/msrita

CAREER EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Marriage and Family Therapist, CA License MY#23367

6/1987 to Retirement, 9/2016

On-staff MFT and Clinical Director, The Viscott Center, Beverly Hills, CA, until November 1996 when Center closed upon Dr. David Viscott’s passing.

1980 to 1986 — Psychology Intern

Santa Monica Counseling Center

Santa Monica, CA

1979 to 1980 — Psychology Intern

Southern California Gender Identity Group

Palms, CA

1978 to 1979 — Psychology Intern

Chabad Drug Rehabilitation Center

Westwood, CA

9/1973 to 6/1977 — Full Time Art Teacher

Charles R. Drew Junior High School

Watts, CA

9/1972 to 6/1973 — Long Term Substitute, Senior Music Class

John C. Fremont High School

South Central Los Angeles, CA

Languages

Bi-lingual, French/English

ADDITIONAL --RETIREMENT SKILLS

Volunteering for my church charity,

St. Matthews Parish,

Pacific Palisades, CA. 2001 to present

Active Member of USCF and

LACC chess tournaments,

"house player" 2008 to 2016

Social/ Economic/Environment Justice

Activist / Organizer (retired)

KPFK FM Radio,

LA Green Party,

Occupy LA & Occupy Venice,

LASkyWatch,

911 Truth Movement.

Education

JUNIOR DEVELOPER

Fall 2016 Code Talk, St. Joseph’s Center — Venice, CA

Co-developed a dynamic, secure Web site from scratch. Used SEO best practices.
Novice Web developer able to build a Web presence from the ground up — from concept, navigation, layout and programming to UX and SEO.
Hard worker and team player, with an extensive academic background, who is proficient in an array of scripting languages, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery, Xcode/Swift; and multimedia Web tools, such as Sketch, Word Press, FileZilla, GitHub, Pixelmatr.

UCLA — Los Angeles, CA;

BA, Fine Arts: Painting and Drawing 6/1971;

Lifetime Secondary Teaching Credential, Art and Music
CSUN — Northridge, CA;

MA, Educational Psychology 6/1978

USC — Los Angeles, CA;

MS, Clinical Sociology 6/1984

PhD, ABD, Clinical Family Sociology 6/1987