Michelle Franklin Ph.D.

Credentials

1981 – to date

Clinician in private practice in Felton, CA providing individual, couples and family therapy.

1995 – to date

Couples & relationship counseling, substance abuse, codependency, work addition, and compulsive overeating.

1983 – to date

Enneagram training. Dr. Franklin utilizes the Enneagram in Individual, Couples and Group therapies and teaches the Enneagram in these settings as well as in seminars.

2009 – to date

Collaboration and divorce mediation. Santa Cruz Divorce Solutions Psychologist coach, case coordinator for couples divorcing and co-parenting reducing conflict and maintaining focus upon the common good and an approach to the marriage dissolution that is fair and equitable to both parties.

2004 – 2009

Collaborative Practice of Santa Cruz. Psychologist Coach and Case Coordinator

1981

Center for Early Education: Taught courses in counseling to psychology teacher faculty.

1980

Associate Professor at UCLA. Taught courses in Object Relations, Working with Exceptional Children, Abnormal Psychology, Social Psychology and Psychology 101.

Pepperdine University. Taught courses in Working with the Special Needs Families and Developmental Psychology.

UCLA Wellness Center: provided individual and group therapy for compulsive over eaters. Treatment modalities included Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, exercise and nutrition education.

1978 – 1979

Los Angeles Children’s Hospital: Post-Doctoral Fellowship as a clinician in the Psycho-Social department. Job responsibilities included individual therapy, hypno-therapy, and family therapy with children diagnosed with cancer.

1974 – 1978
1973 – 1974

Mediation Training

Intensive Mediation Training Program, 2004

Co-parenting and Child Coordination

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 2009

Collaborative Divorce Training

Collaborative Practice in Divorce, 2005; Skills for Effective Communication and Collaboration, 2007

Gottman Method Marital Trainer Certification

Gottman Institute in Seattle, WA 2000, 2002

Moral Development Training

Harvard University Psychology Department; participated in cognitive Behavioral Therapy groups and developed curriculum