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CURRICULUM VITA
JOSEPH A. WEST, M.S., LMHC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Private Practice
901 S. E. Monterey Commons Blvd, Suite 200
Stuart, Florida 34957. (772) 287-6042
614 Jensen Beach Boulevard
Jensen Beach, Florida, 34957 (772) 225-1224
September, 2005 – Present
Activities: Providing outpatient individual, family and group psychotherapy, biofeedback and neurofeedback to children, adolescents and adults. Specializing in behavioral medicine, divorce issues, attention deficit, behavioral problems, headache, sleep, depression, anxiety, stress, post-traumatic, adjustment and pain syndromes.
Private Practice
15715 South Dixie Highway
Palmetto Bay, Florida 33157 (305) 598-0702
August, 2001 – August 2005
Activities: Providing individual, family and group psychotherapy, biofeedback and neurofeedback to children, adolescents and adults in hospital and outpatient settings. Specializing in divorce issues, attention deficit, behavioral problems, headache, sleep, depression, anxiety, stress, post-traumatic, adjustment and pain syndromes. Consultant to Baptist Hospital Chronic Pain and Sleep disorders clinics. Director of the behavioral division of the Ryan Wheeler Headache Treatment Center. South Florida coordinator for the American Council for Headache Education support groups. Answering reader’s questions on headache in A.C.H.E’s national newsletter “Person to Person” column. Researching pain, headache and behavioral management issues. Developing workshops, preceptorships and training programs for professionals, pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and physicians.
Ceramic League of Miami
www.ceramicleaguemiami.org
8873 S.W.129 Street
Miami, Florida 33176 (305) 233-2404
February 2003 – February 2004
Title: President
Activities: President of a 54-year-old 501-3(c) non-profit community arts organization. Responsibilities include overseeing the 6-member board of directors, various committees , community school, community volunteer service programs, budget and finance of the organization, national workshops, members exhibition, grant seeking, marketing, physical plant, library and archives.
Neurologic Center of South Florida
8940 North Kendall Drive, Suite 802-E
Miami, Florida 33156 (305) 598-0702
May, 1988 – May, 2003
Title: Psychotherapist Director, Behavioral Medicine
Activities: Developing behavioral medicine programs for physicians and hospitals. Providing individual and group psychotherapy, biofeedback and neurofeedback to children, adolescents and adults in hospital and outpatient medical settings. Specializing in headache, sleep, depression, anxiety, attention deficit, stress, post-traumatic, adjustment and pain syndromes.
Pain Management Center at Deering Hospital (Previously Baptist Hospital)
9333 S.W. 152 Street
Miami, Florida 33176 (305) 256-5245
May, 1988 - February 1998
Activities: Biofeedback consultant to C.A.R.F accredited comprehensive multidisciplinary chronic pain management program. Responsible for treatment plans, biofeedback therapy and reporting in rounds.
Miami-Dade Community College
11011 S.W. 104 Street
Miami, Florida 33176
January 1995 - August 1997
Activities: Instructor for court mandated "Children of Divorcing Parents" course. Educating parents of minor children how to minimize the negative effects of divorce. Teaching how children of different developmental stages interpret divorce, warning signs, active listening skills, communication and anger management.
Behavioral Medicine Institute
8700 North Kendall Drive, Suite 212
Miami, Florida 33176 (305) 274-0901
April, 1987 - May, 1988
Activities: Design and implementation of behavioral medicine programs in a large private practice. Worked with physicians treating a variety of medical and psychological disorders using biofeedback and psychotherapy.
HCA Grant Center Hospital
20601 S.W. 157th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33187 (305) 251-0710
May, 1986 - July, 1988
Title: Activity Therapist,
Activities: Art Therapy, activity therapy. Responsible for initial assessment, treatment plans, individual and group counseling, and reporting in rounds.
HCA Grant Center Hospital
November, 1981 - May, 1986
Title: Milieu Therapist III
Activities: Responsible for carrying out treatment plans for team of approximately ten adolescents in an inpatient psychiatric setting. Individual, crisis and group counseling.
Phoenix School
21 Charles Street
Akron, Ohio 44310 (216) 376-0608
December, 1980 - March, 1981
Title: Group Therapist
Activities: Provided coping skills groups for youthful offenders in a program supported by the juvenile justice system.
Montenari Residential Treatment Center
M.M. 88.5
Plantation Key, Florida 33116
June, 1979 - September, 1979
Title: Houseparent
Activities: Residential child-care worker for house of approximately 10 severely emotionally disturbed adolescents.
Family Practice Center at Akron City Hospital
525 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44309 (216) 375-3000
January, 1979, June, 1979
Title: Biofeedback Therapist, Research Assistant
Activities: Assisted in research comparing the relative effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation and biofeedback in the treatment of essential hypertension.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE, INVITED LECTURES, AND INTERVIEWS
1. Baptist Hospital of Miami (Miami, Florida) Comprehensive Pain Management Center, Grand Rounds. Dynamic Surface Electromyography in the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Chronic Pain. 8 August 1991.
2. Baptist Hospital of Miami (Miami, Florida) Comprehensive Pain Management Center, Grand Rounds. Altered Sensorimotor Integration in Myofascial Pain 15 November, 1991
3. Television Interview. WTVJ, Channel 6 (Miami, Florida), Dr. Steve
Greenberg. All I Want is a Good Nights Sleep 9 February, 1992
4. Baptist Hospital of Miami (Miami, Florida), Women's Health Resource Center. Help for Headaches. 10 October, 1993.
5. Baptist Hospital of Miami (Miami, Florida), Women's Health Resource Center. Behavioral Interventions for Fibromyalgia 11 November, 1994
6. Television Interview. WTVJ-NBC (Miami, Florida), Ileana Bravo. New Hope for Headache Sufferers. 27 September, 1995
7. Baptist Hospital of Miami (Miami, Florida), Women's Health Resource Center. Myofascial Pain Syndromes. 17 August, 1996
8. Florida Association of County Social Service Exectutives Annual Meeting. Invited speaker. Caring for the Caregiver 5 – 7 June, 1996
9. Newspaper Interview. El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida). Minuca Villaverde. El Dolor de Cabeza.14 May, 1997.
10. Newspaper Interview. Nationally Syndicated. The Herald (Miami, Florida). Deborah Stout. For Migraine Suffers, New Reasons for Hope. 1 August, 1997.
11. Deering Hospital Comprehensive Pain Management Center, Grand Rounds. New Advances in Applied Psychophysiology. 13 October, 1997
12. Radio Interview. WINS (Miami, Florida). Health Talk. Dr. Norman Gaylis. Migraine. 23 November, 1997.
13. Baptist Hospital of Miami (Miami, Florida). Moderator, The Primary Focus Lecture Series. Advances in Headache Management. 21 January, 1998.
14. Baptist Health Systems of South Florida. (Miami, Florida). Advances in Headache Management. Update on Headache Diagnosis, Treatment and Management 25 May, 1999.
15. Television Feature. Nationally Broadcast. The Fox Health Network. A Healthy Balance. Jennie Sauder. Migraine. 15 December, 1999.
16. American Pain Society Poster Presentation: The Clinical Spectrum of Hemicrania Continua (Atlanta, Georgia). 2 November thru 05, November 2000.
17. Deering Hospital Comprehensive Pain Management Center, Grand Rounds. Behavioral aspects of Migraine Care 13 February, 2001
EDUCATION
M.S. DEGREE Nova University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314
Major: Counseling Psychology
Awarded: June 1986
BA DEGREE Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242
Major: Psychology
Awarded: June 1981
LICENSURE
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, State of Florida. MH 0002106
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Professional Liability Insurance 1,000,000, / 3,000,000
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