1235 Bath Street
Santa Barbara, California  93101

 Education

        Ph.D. Counselor Education, Ohio University, 1994.
        M.Ed. Rehabilitation/Community Counseling, Ohio University, 1987.
        B.A.   Psychology, California State University, Sacramento, 1970.

 Licenses and Certifications

• Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor - # 35820 (California - 1999)
• Diplomate and Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress (National - 1999)
• Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - #E1598 (Ohio - 1992)
• Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (C.R.C.) - #32344 (National - 1994)
• Lifetime Credentialed Teacher, K-9 - #STC13191 (California - 1973)

 Private Practice Counseling

• Counselor for adults and couples.
  Specialization in EMDR for anxiety and mood disorders, physical disability, HIV/AIDS, death and dying, peak performance at work and school, gender issues, emotional/physical/sexual trauma, stress management. Also specializations in meditation, visualization, and Reiki energy balancing.
  Santa Barbara, California, 1999 to present.

• Counselor for families, couples, groups, and individuals.
  Areas of specialization include anxiety and mood disorders, physical and developmental disability, chronic mental illness, HIV/AIDS, death and dying, peak performance in work and school, women's issues, child/adult trauma, stress management. EMDR advance trained.
  Valley Counseling and Educational Center
  3262 Thousand Oaks Blvd., #204
  Westlake Village, CA 91362, 1998-1999.

 Community Agency Counseling [back to top]

• Licensed Counselor.
  Counseling for adults with anger management concerns.
  Anger Management Counseling Services, Santa Barbara, California 2001 to present.

• Care Coordinator/Licensed Counselor.
  Counseling and case management for adults with chronic mental illness.
  Santa Barbara County Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Department, Santa Barbara, California, 1999-2000.

• Outpatient Counselor. (Contract work.)
  Counseled individuals, couples, and families.
  Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling Services, McArthur, Ohio, Summer,1996.

• Outpatient Counselor/ Prevention and Intervention Specialist.
  Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling Services, McArthur, Ohio, 1994-95.
  Counseled outpatients: individuals, groups, and families.
  Taught self-designed units on social skills, grades K-12 and provided consultation services to teachers in schools in Vinton County, Ohio for children at risk.

• Outpatient Counselor.
  Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling Services, Athens, Ohio, 1992 to 1994.
  Counseled outpatients: individuals, groups, and families.
  Specialized work in counseling clients with developmental disabilities.

• Outpatient Counselor.
  North Central Mental Health and Counseling, Columbus, Ohio, 1989-1992.
  Counseled outpatients: individuals, groups, and families. Specialized work in counseling adult clients with chronic mental illness.

• Outpatient Counselor. (Doctoral internship.)
  North Central Mental Health and Counseling, Columbus, Ohio, and Columbus AIDS Task Force, Columbus, Ohio, 1989.
  Counseled general outpatients: individuals, groups, and families, at agency.
  Included specialized work in counseling people with AIDS, including individuals, families, and groups at the Columbus AIDS Task Force.
  Counseled patients at HIV test site, Columbus Health Department, and group counseling at home for people with AIDS.

• Bereavement Counselor (Volunteer).
  Athens Area Hospice, Athens, Ohio, 1988-1989.
  Counseled hospice patients and their families, individually and in groups.

• Outpatient Counselor. (Master's Internship).
  Horizons Counseling Center, Marietta, Ohio, 1987.
  Counseled outpatients: individuals, groups, and families.

 Counseling Supervisory Experience [back to top]

• Clinical supervisor of Master's Interns and Practicum students. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1996-1997.
• Clinical supervisor of Counselor Trainees at Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling Services, Logan, Ohio, 1995.
• Supervisor of Master's Interns. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1995.
• Clinical supervisor of Counselor Trainees, Victims Assistance Program, County Prosecutor's Office, Athens, Ohio, 1993-1995.
• Supervisor of Master's Students. Doctoral education training, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1988-1989.
  

 Counseling Related Experience [back to top]

• Rehabilitation Counseling Research Assistantship, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1987.
• Home Healthcare Assistant, Athens Area Visiting Nurses Association and Athens Area Hospice, 1983-1985.
• Volunteer, Senior Citizens Center, Athens, Ohio, 1983.
• Organizer, Women's Health Festival, Athens, Ohio, 1981.
• Independent Businesswoman, Athens, Ohio, 1980-1983. Small scale organic farming.

 College Teaching Experience [back to top]

Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1995-1997.
Taught classes, advised students, supervised undergraduate programs,
published research.

 Graduate Courses [back to top]

• Master's Level Individual Practicum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1996 and 1997 (Spring).
  Visiting Assistant Professor. Application of counseling skills, treatment planning, ethical issues, and current research in using efficacious treatments in individual counseling.

• Multicultural Counseling, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1997 (Spring).
  Visiting Assistant Professor. Application of counseling skills, ethical principles, and current research in multicultural issues in counselor education.

• Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1996 and 1997.
  Visiting Assistant Professor. Legal and ethical principles of counseling with guidelines for responsible professional behavior analyzed and applied.

• Group Counseling Skills and Techniques, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio,1997.
  Visiting Assistant Professor. Application of counseling skills, ethical issues and current research in group counseling.

• Master's Level Internship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1996.
  Visiting Assistant Professor. Weekly seminar provied opportunity to discuss cases, treatment planning, and ethical issues in individual, group, and family counseling.

• Master's Level Practicum in Group Counseling, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1996.
  Visiting Assistant Professor. Application of group counseling skills, ethical principles, and current research in obtaining optimal outcomes in group counseling.

• Introduction to Counseling Theories, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1995 and 1996.
  Visiting Assistant Professor. History, theory and research of major counseling theories, theorists, and techniques.

• Counseling and the Behavior Change Process, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1995.
  Adjunct faculty. Application and evaluation of effective communication skills used in counseling.

• Masters Level Internship, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1995.
  Adjunct faculty. Weekly seminar provided opportunity to discuss cases, treatment planning and ethical issues in individual, group, and family counseling.Visited site supervisors and students in placement settings.

• Counseling Theories and Techniques, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1989.
  Teaching Assistantship. Facilitated use of communication skills needed for counseling. Study of theory, research, ethical issues and techniques in individual counseling in addition to weekly videotaping and critiquing of students' progress.

• Guidance and Counseling in Groups, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1989.
  Teaching Assistantship. History, theory, techniques, ethical issues, and research of group counseling in educational and community settings. Used lectures, demonstrations,
  and group lab experience.

 Undergraduate Courses [back to top]

Career and Life Planning, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1988. Teaching Assistantship.
Focused on exploration of attitudes, values, skills, preferences, leading to career choice.

 Student Advising

• Advisor of Master's Level Students, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1996.
  
• Committee Member, Master's Student Thesis Committee, Ohio State University,
  Columbus, Ohio, 1995-96.

 College Administrative/Supervisory Experience [back to top]

• First Early Experience Program (FEEP): Introductory Experience in A School System,
  The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1995-97.
  Supervised field coordinators from local school districts who directed undergraduate students in field exploration of a teaching career in grades K-12.
  

• Seminar in Exploring Helping Relationships, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1995-97.
  Supervised graduate students leading weekly seminar classes that assisted undergraduates in exploring the career of teaching in grades K-12. Seminar was a part of the FEEP program.
  

• Career Development Exploration, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1995-97.
  Supervised graduate students teaching general career exploration class.
  

• Study Skills Development, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1995-97.
  Supervised graduate students teaching basic study skills to undergraduates.

 Other Teaching Experience [back to top]

• Teacher, Social Skills Training for Children At-Risk, Grades K-12, Vinton County, Ohio, 1994-95.
  Self-designed curriculum for students in Vinton County Schools. Primary responsibility of agency counseling position at Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling, McArthur, Ohio.

• Teacher, Latchkey Afterschool Program, West Elementary School, Athens, Ohio, 1985-1986.
  Self-designed curriculum in conjunction with pilot program.

• Tutor, Students with Learning Disabilities, West Elementary School, Athens, Ohio, 1985-1986.

• Teacher, Elementary School, Carmichael, CA, 1973-1980.
  Taught traditional students three years, gifted students four years.

 Research [back to top]

• Ybarra, S. (1996). AIDS prevention in college women. College Student Journal, 30, 223-231.
  
• Ybarra, S. (1994). Effects of Assertiveness Training and HIV Education on Safer Sexual Behavior for Women at Risk for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Unpublished dissertation, Ohio University.
  
• Ybarra, S. (1991). Women and AIDS: Implications for counseling. Journal of Counseling and Development, 69, 285-287.

 Presentations [back to top]

• "EMDR and the behavioral change process."
  Santa Barbara Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Agency, Santa Barbara California, July 2000.

• "EMDR, current research, efficacy of treatment, training and education for practitioners."
  Santa Barbara Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Agency, Santa Barbara, California, May 2000.

• "Agency counseling in the schools: Important counseling partners." American Counseling Association World Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April, 1996.
  "Teaching prosocial skills to elementary age students at risk.

• " All Ohio Counselors Conference." Columbus, Ohio, November, 1995.

• "Counseling the client with mental retardation. What is the same? What is different?"
  American Counseling Association, World Conference, Denver, Colorado,
  April, 1995.

• "Whose fault was it?"
  Conflict resolution presentation to students at Vinton County Junior High School, Allensville, Ohio, January, 1995.

• "Holiday blues."
  Depressive symptoms in children and adults. Presented to the staff of
  Allensville Elementary School, Allensville, Ohio, December, 1994.

• "Counseling the client with borderline personality disorder."
  Presented to the clinical staff of Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling Services, McArthur, Ohio,
  September, 1994.

• "Eustress or distress?"
  Stress management workshop presented to volunteer employees of O'Blenness Memorial Hospital, Athens, Ohio, June, 1994.

• "Superwoman, where are you?"
  Awareness of blocks to personal integration and appropriate counseling interventions to remove them. Spring Conference,
  Women's Health Retreat, Carpenter, Ohio, May, 1994.

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• "Gender differences in communication."
  Presented to couples in relationship enhancement workshop, Athens, Ohio, February, 1994.

• "Adult children of alcoholics - diseased or developmentally disabled?"
  Presented at workshop "Talking to your child about alcohol," Athens, Ohio, October, 1993.

• "Saving your life by speaking up."
  Assertiveness training in negotiating safer sex with sexual partners, presented to first year female students at Voigt Hall, Ohio
  University, September, 1993.

• "In the shadows."
  Sexual addiction in women. Presented to the clinical staff of Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling Services, Athens, Ohio, May, 1993.

• "Assertiveness Training."
  Presented to community members, Athens, Ohio, January, 1993.

• "ACOAs - Never Having to Say You're Sorry."
  Presented to community members, Athens, Ohio, September, 1992.

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• "Treating the Client with Borderline Personality Disorder."
  Presented to the clinical staff of North Central Mental Health and Counseling Services, Columbus, Ohio,
  February, 1992.

• "Counseling Women with HIV Infection."
  Presented to the clinical staff of North Central Mental Health and Counseling Services, Columbus, Ohio, December, 1991.

• "Knowing Your Boss and Co-Workers Through the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator."
  Presented to the Aftercare clinical staff at North Central Mental Health and
  Counseling Services, Columbus, Ohio, June, 1991.

• "Couple Enhancement with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator."
• Presented to community members, Columbus, Ohio, February, 1991.

• "Assertiveness Training for Women."
  Presented to community members, Columbus, Ohio, September, 1990.

• "Counseling Women with HIV Infection."
  Presented to community members at the Columbus AIDS Task Force office, February, 1990.

• "Get Healthy and Get Fit".
  Nutrition, exercise, and stress management workshops. Presented to community members, Athens, Ohio, 1980-1988.

 Professional Committees [back to top]

• Quality Assurance, Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling Services, Athens, Ohio,
  1992-1995.
• Professional Development, North Central Mental Health and Counseling Services, Columbus, Ohio, 1989-1992.

 Professional Organizations Offices [back to top]

• Ohio Mental Health Counselors Association, President, 1997-1998.
• Ohio Mental Health Counselors Association, President-Elect, 1995-1997.
• American Counseling Association, Midwest Leadership Delegate, 1995.
• Ohio Mental Health Counselors Association, Spring Conference Committee, 1995.
• Ohio Counseling Association, Newsletter Chair, 1995-1996.
• Southeast Ohio Counseling Association, President, 1995-1997.
• Southeast Ohio Counseling Association, President-Elect, 1994-1995.

 Professional Organizations [back to top]

• American Counseling Association
• American Counselor Educators and Supervisors
• American Mental Health Counselors Association
• Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
• International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
• California Association for Marriage and Family Therapists

 References and Recommendations [back to top]

• Ms. Patrice Damon, MFT
  815 W. Pedregosa
  Santa Barbara, CA 93101
  (805) 563-4889 (H)
  (805) 681-5372 (O)

• Ms. Gail Topping, MFT
  303 W. Victoria
  Santa Barbara, CA 93101
  (805) 899-2797

• Ms Patricia Langdoc
  307 W. Victoria
  Santa Barbara, CA
  (805) 965-3323

• Ms. Cheryl Stoeber, MFT, RN
  Valley Counseling and Educational Center
  3262 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 204
  Westlake Village, California 91362
  (805) 496-6784 (O)

• Ms. Linda Perosa, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  University of Akron
  Akron, Ohio
  (330) 668-3910 (H)

• Ms. Judy Smith, PhD
  Clinic Director
  Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling Services
  313 1/2 West Main Street
  McArthur, Ohio 45651
  (614) 596-4809 (O)
  (614) 596-2809 (FAX)

• Ms. Judy Ahlbeck
  Family Therapist
  213 W. Selby Blvd.
  Worthington, Ohio 93085
  (614) 885-6354 (H)
  614) 596-2809 (FAX)

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