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regarding christian wolff

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christian@christianwolff.com

Experience in Mental Health

Private Psychotherapy Practice, Portland, Oregon & Fort Wayne, Indiana, February 2003 – March 2017

Independent Private Psychotherapy Practice, Tele-psychotherapy with standing Oregon Clients. Physical location, Fort Wayne, Indiana, still Oregon licensed, October 2015 – March 2017
Independent Private Psychotherapy Practice, Portland, Oregon, June 2004 – October 2015
Private Psychotherapy Practice, Portland, Oregon under standard supervision, February 2003 – June 2004

Mental Health Recreational Facilitator, with psychiatrically impaired group home residents, Clackamas County Mental Health, Oregon City, Oregon, Mid 2003 – Mid 2005 (2 years, concurrent with private practice)

Tualatin Valley Centers (Presently called LifeWorks NW), Portland, Oregon, January 1997 – February 14, 2003

Psychotherapist, Licensed under standard supervision, Tualatin Valley Mental Health, May 20, 2000 – February 14, 2003
Service Coordinator & Psychotherapist, Tualatin Valley Mental Health (Residency), January 1997 – May 19, 2000
Psychologist Associate Resident, 1997 – 2000
Licensed Psychologist Associate & Resident Part II Toward Independent Licensure, 2000 – 2003

Adolescent Group Psychotherapist, Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford, Oregon, November 1996 – January 1997

Psychotherapist, Jackson County Mental Health, Medford, Oregon, December 1995 – October 1997

Family Reunification Counselor, CommunityWorks, Medford, Oregon, September 1995 – September 1996

Registered Masters Level Psychologist, Inpatient & Outpatient Psychotherapist, Pawnee Mental Health & St. Mary Hospital, Manhattan, Kansas, March 1994 – March 1995

Graduate Clinical Intern, Inpatient & Outpatient Psychotherapist, Pawnee Mental Health & St. Mary Hospital, Manhattan, Kansas (Registered Masters Level Psychologist), March 1994 – March 1995

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Psychotherapy Techniques, Washburn University Psychology Department, Topeka, Kansas, August 1991 – May 1992

Inpatient Psychiatric Aide, Topeka State Hospital, Topeka, Kansas, February 1988 – March 1995/ Kansas Neurological Institute (KNI)

Group Home Supervisor, Psychiatrically Impaired Residents, Junction City, Kansas, June 1983 – October, 1983

The Fone Suicide Crisis Line & Walk-In Center, Volunteer, and then, Assistant Coordinator, August 1979 – May 1983

Education

Washburn University: Master of Arts, Clinical Psychology, 1993

Academic Honor Societies: Phi Kappa Phi & Psi Chi (Graduate V.P.)
Dean’s & President’s (Academic) Lists
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Psychotherapy)

Kansas State University: Bachelor of Arts, Psychology; Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 1985

Publications

Published Master’s Thesis: Pekarik, Gene, and Christian B. Wolff. “Relationship of satisfaction to symptom change, follow-up adjustment, and clinical significance.” Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 27.2 (1996): 202.

Certifications

Certified Life Coach – July 2021-Present (Current)

Certification to provide supervision to residents pursuing masters and doctoral level licensure in Psychology & Counseling (Oregon)

Licenses & Registrations

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A Narrative

I first gained professional experience in the field of psychology as a volunteer at a suicide crisis line in 1979. I later took on the position of Coordinator of Services with the same organization. Since that time, I have worked in a variety of settings with a variety of people. I worked for 6 years at Topeka State Hospital with persons described as severely & persistently mentally ill. I have worked with adults and adolescents, elderly and medically needy persons, victims and perpetrators of abuse and neglect, people in the criminal justice system, and with intellectually impaired people. I lived in Oregon from 1995 to 2015, and from 1997 to 2003 was employed in Portland as an outpatient therapist with Tualatin Valley Centers Mental Health and Addiction Services (now called LifeWorks NW). I have provided clinical supervision to graduate students and other mental health professionals, taught Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and am presently interested in the pursuit of legal and ethical matters related to the increasingly complex place where they intersect with clients’ rights, and the ability of skilled clinicians to engage best practices. Toward these legal and ethical matters, I have been active in the development of new Oregon statutes and rules which govern the practice of psychology.