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Hello! My name is Robert Fierro. I am grateful for the opportunity to live, work and be of service here, on the traditional and unceded land of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Peoples.
A little about me and my work: I am a masters-level clinical social worker with advanced post-graduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy. I see children, adolescents, and adults who are struggling with personal or interpersonal concerns related to their complex developmental trauma, often involving early attachment relationships. I came to my work as a therapist following an eclectic path that included formal training and practice in subjects ranging from energy healing to applied mathematics and statistics. I would describe myself as intensely curious about the world and all of us in it, and I continue to engage in various forms of consultation and professional development to better understand my craft and my self. Below, in addition to my degrees, I list a few of the more involved training experiences I have completed. If you are curious about any of this, please feel free to ask - I'm happy to talk about it. |
Education:
Master of Social Welfare, Concentration in Individuals, Families, and Groups. University of California at Los Angeles. 2014
Master of Arts in Psychology, Concentration in Organizational Behavior and Evaluation. Claremont Graduate University. 2012
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. Pitzer College 2010
Training:
Post-Graduate Clinical Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the Reiss-Davis Graduate School in Los Angeles. This two-year fellowship involved supervised clinic hours in psychotherapy and assessment with children, adolescents, and families, as well as 800 seminar hours in psychodynamic and neurodevelopment theory and associated practice elements.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level I: Training in Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses, and Traumatic Memory, Los Angeles. (80 hrs). This training covered somatic methodologies for trauma and relevant theory. Day long sessions blended discussion and experiential practice.
Mindful Awareness Practice Classes and Mindful Awareness Practice for Clinicians – Mindful Awareness Research Center at Semel at UCLA (36 hrs). Lecture, discussion, and practice related to mindfulness and mindfulness in clinical contexts.
Understanding Sensory Processing Disorder - Center for Connection, Pasadena, USA (28 hrs). A series of Saturday morning seminars with Dr. Jamie Chaves. Included both theory and case discussion, as well as experiential components.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training and SPC Crisis Training – Suicide Prevention Center at Didi Hirsch, Culver City (80 hrs).
Reiki Level I – initiated by Thea Nathan, Los Angeles.
Shiatsu - Yolanda Asher, Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA. It seems fitting to have studied such an intimate healing modality in a place that has witnessed so much violence
Licenses & Registrations
California State Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Ontario Registered Social Worker
My LinkedIn page has a more traditional CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-fierro-21b64724/
Master of Social Welfare, Concentration in Individuals, Families, and Groups. University of California at Los Angeles. 2014
Master of Arts in Psychology, Concentration in Organizational Behavior and Evaluation. Claremont Graduate University. 2012
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. Pitzer College 2010
Training:
Post-Graduate Clinical Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the Reiss-Davis Graduate School in Los Angeles. This two-year fellowship involved supervised clinic hours in psychotherapy and assessment with children, adolescents, and families, as well as 800 seminar hours in psychodynamic and neurodevelopment theory and associated practice elements.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level I: Training in Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses, and Traumatic Memory, Los Angeles. (80 hrs). This training covered somatic methodologies for trauma and relevant theory. Day long sessions blended discussion and experiential practice.
Mindful Awareness Practice Classes and Mindful Awareness Practice for Clinicians – Mindful Awareness Research Center at Semel at UCLA (36 hrs). Lecture, discussion, and practice related to mindfulness and mindfulness in clinical contexts.
Understanding Sensory Processing Disorder - Center for Connection, Pasadena, USA (28 hrs). A series of Saturday morning seminars with Dr. Jamie Chaves. Included both theory and case discussion, as well as experiential components.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training and SPC Crisis Training – Suicide Prevention Center at Didi Hirsch, Culver City (80 hrs).
Reiki Level I – initiated by Thea Nathan, Los Angeles.
Shiatsu - Yolanda Asher, Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA. It seems fitting to have studied such an intimate healing modality in a place that has witnessed so much violence
Licenses & Registrations
California State Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Ontario Registered Social Worker
My LinkedIn page has a more traditional CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-fierro-21b64724/