Professional
Credentials and Memberships
License....LCSW: Licensed
Clinical Social Worker
MSW....UC Berkeley, 1980
NASW....National Association
of Social Workers
ICF....International Coach
Federation
IPPA....International Positive
Psychology Association
AFTNC....Association of
Family Therapists of No.
California
For over 30 years, Catherine has been a Family Therapist, Workshop Trainer and Adjunct Professor, working in public agencies, the university setting and her own private practice. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California, having received her MSW from U.C. Berkeley in 1980. She provides Individual, Couples and Family Therapy in offices in Berkeley and Walnut Creek, CA. In 1999, She was excited to add Personal/Professional Coaching to her multi-faceted work repertoire.
Her Work Passions . . . Her reputation for excellence has kept her work alive and flourishing. She has become known for her insightful and Solution-Focused Individual, Couple and Family Therapy, as well as her dynamic Coaching and Teaching on the following subjects:
* Using research-proven Positive Psychology Practices for every-day life
* Living a meaningful life with a Chronic Medical Condition
* Positive Parenting in Modern Day Times
* Designing and Living a Balanced Life
* Meaningful Time Management in a hectic world
* Family Rituals, Daily Living Rituals and Celebrating Passages
* Creating Peace, Passion and Purpose in Midlife
* Consultation and Coaching Groups for Coaches and Therapists
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*The Art and Skill of a Happy Marriage
(Co-leads an annual workshop with her husband, Steven Freemire, MFT)
Training Others . . . She is currently an instructor for the San Francisco State Core-Strengths Coaching Program which she helped design and a Workshop leader for the California Multiple Sclerosis Emotional Wellness Series. Formerly, she was a psychotherapist in the Psychiatry Department of Kaiser Permanente, an adjunct professor of JFK University’s Graduate Psychology Program, a group trainer for Dr. Martin Seligman's International Authentic Happiness Coaching Program (UPENN) and a trainer for Ben Dean's Mentorcoach Program which trains therapists to be coaches.
A Former Dancer . . . A former modern dancer and choral singer, Catherine now keeps her creativity alive with learning and teaching International Folk Dance to children and families through the public school system.
Charitable Organization . . . She is committed to a social action group she co-founded with two other moms, called: "Creek Kids Care" involving children and teens creating art and stationery which is sold to the public to help fund a local Homeless Respite Center and a Preschool in Zimbabwe for children orphaned by AIDS.
Her 15 min. of Fame . . . As a celebrator of passages, she had her own big, wild idea when she initiated the art of belly casting to celebrate the pregnancy of Moms-to-be; she was surprised to get called in 2001 for an interview by The Wall Street Journal about belly casting, never imagining she would land on the front page.
Personally Speaking . . . She found her wonderful soul-mate late in life and has two vibrant teenage daughters who are successful in their own right.
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