1) My Professional Vita
CURTIS J. OHL M.DIV.
P.O. BOX 1955 Chula Vista CA 91912
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Curriculum Vita
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR
A motivated, high-energy, adaptable motivator, team leader with robust relational skills, who thrives at serving people's emotional needs in both clinical and school settings. A compassionate, seasoned, insightful professional eager to serve and accept responsibility. Exceptional skills in: counseling, crisis intervention, team building, public speaking and teaching. A bright energetic counselor who is driven to make a positive difference in people's lives resolving conflicts in any situation.
SKILLS TRANSFERRABLE TO MULTIPLE PROGRAMS
EDUCATION
CANDIDATE FOR MASTER OF COUNSELING IN PSYCHOLOGY,
American Commonwealth University, San Diego, California-1992 to present
Magna cum laude. Thesis Director Academic Dean Dr. Terry Sereno.
Thesis topic: An empirical study of the need to improve psychological services among students
with SED.
CANDIDATE FOR CREDENTIAL IN PPSP SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM,
UCSD, San Diego, California-1996 to present
Magna cum laude.
MASTER OF DIVINITY IN THEOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, (Which emphasizes a juxtaposition of theology and psychology). Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California- June 1987
Master's Report: Power of authority in socioeconomic and racially diverse communities.
Supervised by Seminary President and Professor David Allen Hubbard.
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
University of California, San Diego - December 1983
Honor's Thesis: An ethnographic analysis of apartheid and the impact upon
cultural diversity within the classroom.
Supervised by Department Chair Professor Dr. Bennetta Jules-Rosette.
ASSOCIATE DEGREE, HONORS PROGRAM IN ARTS AND LETTERS.
Southwestern College, Chula Vista - June 1980
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
As a therapist having my own private practice, I am currently an MA candidate working on
finishing my degrees in counseling and psychology. I also want to obtain the PPSP School
Psychology credential. Using a systematic eclecticism of behavioral modification and intervention
techniques, I get excellent results. My desire is to continue working full time in the counseling
field helping SED students and organize treatment systems to help students..
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
*COMPASSION COUNSELING---1987 to present
Private Practice Counselor. What started as a part time counseling service is now a successful
practice. The clients are mostly referred to me from colleagues, and psychologists. I am in
current need of an opportunity to continue to intern as a school counselor. with a full range of
students with SED and who are disadvantaged. This practice would not interfere with the current
program applied for.
*ADVOCATE SCHOOLS---1995 to 1996
Senior Counselor with adolescence. This was a private high school where I was directly
responsible for all students inside the classroom. This was a multi cultural and ethnic diverse
school. I worked on keeping the students in school and working through any problems that might
keep them from being on task. I also helped to teach students within the classroom. I have had
much success implementing several behavior modification programs that created results for the
students. I used positive reinforcement exclusively to gain the best performance from each
student. I also published the campus newsletter, and proposed, purchased, set up program and
teach computers to all students. Provide support and instruction to students and faculty and their
teaching
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assistants on how to improve school education through the use of new media technologies, such
as creating multimedia lecture presentations, publishing materials on cd-rom, and improving
distance learning.
*NEW ALTERNATIVES INC.---1994 to 1995
Social Worker Child Counselor. My responsibilities included implementing positive behavioral
modification programs to help achieve target goals for children with SED. I worked with a
collective treatment team of social workers, nurses, and psychiatrists to help achieve the best
results for each individual child. I directly supervised abused, neglected or abandoned children. I
am committed to helping the disadvantaged, disenfranchised, and the underprivileged members of
our society.
*FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT---1993 to 1994
Support Specialist. Working with a diverse population of clients with developmental disabilities
of emotional and physical limitations. I directly supervised and implemented lifestyle changes to
help develop better living skills by teaching and acclimating them to society. Thus allowing this
group to be productive working citizens of the community.
*VISTA HILL COMMUNITY TREATMENT SYSTEMS---1993
Residential Treatment Counselor. Coordinating all group activities of Veterans, acclimating
them into socialization from chemical dependency and addictive borderline personalities. I am
very knowledgeable and skilled in utilizing an eclectic clinical style of: Psychoanalytic, Adlerian,
Existential, Person-centered, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Behavioral, Rational-emotive,
Cognitive-behavioral and Reality therapies.
INVITED LECTURES
(Upcoming) "Assessing Student Learning through the WWW." Conference on
School Composition and Communication. American Commonwealth University, March 14,
1997.
(Upcoming) Teachers and parents Colloquium of the impact of the need for ethnically diverse
trained personnel in public schools to help teach kids to get on the Internet. San Diego,
February 8, 1997.
"Highway Signs and Road Maps": The Role of Internet for classroom teaching.
Conference for Computers and Writing, On Line Desk Top Publishing,
Advocate Schools, May 31, 1996.
"The need for SED students to use the computer in producing a school journal." These
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include: selection and editing of manuscripts and typesetting, printing and
distribution of the journal.
"Portfolio Assessment in the Computer-Assisted Learning Environment."
University of ACU. CWRL (Computer Writing and Research Lab)
Spring Colloquium, April 13, 1996.
"Publishing A Student Newspaper Text Conference, San Diego, September 23, 1995.
"Design and the World Wide Web." Panel on the World Wide Web in the
Computer Classroom, Conference for Computers and Writing, Advocate Schools, May 19,
1995.
"Aesthetics of Design in Computer-Assisted Publishing." University of ASU
CWRL (Computer Writing and Research Lab) Spring Colloquium, April 8,
1995.
"Filling the Gaps Between The Image of Technology in Literature, the Media and Society."
Society for Interdisciplinary Study of Social and Racial Harmony. University of ACU
Springs, March 11, 1994.
PUBLIC SERVICE PERSONALLY FUNDED
Taught consecutive 400 hour courses in crisis counseling to chaplains in training
using individual and group dynamics to facilitate growth in patient and staff interface.
Presented "How to Deal with Stress" Training.
Organized and led seminars for staff and community nurses.
Taught multiple sessions of peer counseling to local high school students.
Developed hospital visitation program recruiting and training volunteer lay people
from area churches that expanded outreach support by 25%.
Delivered over many community presentation on the topic of "Youth In Crises."
Lectured on subjects, "Grief" and "Bioethics" to groups of new hospice volunteers
in programs conducted several times each year.
*Spring Valley Church of the Nazarene---1991 to 1992
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Ordained Minister. Pastor Associate. Pastor of Youth. Pastor of Counseling.
Developed a comprehensive, wide range youth ministry comprised of four distinct, progressive, individually designed programs tailored to the specific needs of youth ranging from ages 12 - 25.
Trained student leaders to do crisis intervention counseling. Encourage and support people by
providing pre-marital counseling, marital counseling, family crisis intervention, grief recovery, and
hospital visitation. Prime objectives were spiritual, and social growth and healing, reinforced in an
atmosphere of compassion and caring. Provide an effective, far reaching, total impact counseling
program through integration of teaching, and counseling skills.
*CAMPUS LIFE---1976-1980 and 1989-1991
Student leader. Associate staff. Director in City Beach. Advisory Board Chairman. Sharing
with ethnically diverse students on five public school campuses with emphasis on small group
interaction. The five high school campuses that comprised the City Beach area were among the
best with several student leaders trained to come on staff. Coordinated a leadership training
program for associate staff members. Developed a quality program throughout the school year
and summer months. Focus was on continued growth with expansion to more campuses, small
group interaction, crisis counseling, staff training, and a whole lot of fun.
*USC MEDICAL CENTER- 1986-1987
Hospital Chaplain. Director of the Department of Pastoral Care. Provided liaison between the
hospital and the local clergy handling any procedural problems that occurred during pastoral visits
to the hospital units. Large Los Angeles County hospital, working with ill and terminal patients.
A unique place which showed people at the height and depth of their human condition. A
stressful environment which allowed compassion to help people from many different types of
religious and ethnic backgrounds.
*OCCIDENTAL UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - 1985-1986
Youth Pastor. A small, well established church in Eagle Rock. Ministered and offered
counseling to all ages of students to encourage spiritual and social development. Coordinated all
ski, beach and river activities. Preaching, counseling and coordinating church programs were
also prime responsibilities.
*ZAMAR UNLIMITED - 1985-present
Founding member of the Board of Directors. A California nonprofit outreach corporation.
Planned, directed and implemented programs in monthly publications, music concerts, community
food bank and created high impact public events.
JUVENILE HALL SAN DIEGO - 1983-1984
Counselor to maximum security inmates. Brought a message of hope out of a mess of despair.
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Impacted the lives of troubled youth that society had forgotten. Made a difference in the lives of
those who chose to believe in hope.
*UCSD - 1980-1983
Gospel Choir Member.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles published in:
Good News Etc, Journal
The Advocate, Journal
Athapascan, Journal
Quoted in the San DiegoUnion-Tribune.
Journal of American Commonwealth University.
COMPUTER TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM
Operating Systems
DOS, Windows 3.x & Window 95, UNIX, OS/2, Novell Netware
Word Processors
WordPerfect for DOS & Windows 5.1, 6.0 & 6.1
MS Word 2.0, Word 6.0, Word 7.0
AmiPro for Windows
Spread Sheets
Lotus 1 2 3 Release 2.x, 3.x, 4.0, 5.0
MS Excel Ver. 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
Presentation Graphics
Freelance Graphics for Windows
PowerPoint for Windows
Personal Information Manager
Organizer
Schedule Plus
Graphics Designing
CorelDRAW for Windows ver 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
MS Publisher for Windows
Internet
On-line Services (AT&T, Microsoft)
FTP
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World Wide Web using Netscape & Winweb (WWW)
HTML Language, Publishing on the World Wide Web
Business On The Internet
BBS and Communications, remote control & remote access
WinFax lite & Pro for Windows
Multimedia
Hardware Installation CR-ROM and Sound Cards
Software Configuration
Troubleshooting
Programming Projects
The Advocate
REFERENCES
Donald Burger, Ph.D., 3555 Fifth Ave., Suite 304, San Diego, CA 92108-3801
Amanda Thurman, R.N., 13133 Le Park Blvd. #708, Chino Hills, CA 91709
Terry Sereno, Ph.D., 2801 Camino Del Rio S., San Diego, CA 92108-3801
Robert Fierro, Ph.D., 3235 Fourth Ave., San Diego, CA 92103