Counseling Group

 

ALLEN HOLMQUIST, M.S., M. A., Ph.D., MFT

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EDUCATION
TEACHING - TRAINING
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SUPERVISION
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
AWARDS and HONORS
COUNSELING and
PSYCHOTHERAPY
CONSULTING CLIENTS
PUBLICATIONS
AFFILIATIONS

OFFICE: 

248 East Foothill Boulevard, Suite 100
Monrovia, California 91016
U.S.A.
(626) 358-0155 Office
(626) 357-4117 Fax

 

EDUCATION:

  • B.A., Psychology, USC, 1967, Cum Laude

  • M.S., Education, USC, 1971

  • M.A., Psychology, Pepperdine, 1975, Salutatorian

  • Ph.D., Hypnotherapy and Human Consciousness, American Pacific University, 2000

    • Highest Honors Award
       

  • Certificate in Marriage and Family Counseling, American Institute of Family Relations, 1975

  • Certification, Psychosynthesis Counseling and Education, Psychosynthesis Training Center, Pasadena, 1979

  • Four Years Training, Integral Psychology, Dr. Robert Gerard, Los Angeles, 1982

  • Certification, Clinical Hypnosis, American Institution of Hypnotherapy, 1996

  • Advanced Training, Shamanistic Healing Practices, various indigenous and western teachers from the Americas and Africa, 1995-2001.

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LICENSES:

  • California Teaching Credential

  • Marriage, Family and Child Therapist, CA, #MFCC - 7718

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COUNSELING and PSYCHOTHERAPY:

  • Co-founder and Owner, L.I.F.E. Counseling Group, Monrovia, California, 1977-Present

  • Private practice, full time, 1976-Present

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TEACHING - TRAINING:

  • " Guided Imagery as Therapeutic Tool" , training program for psychotherapists, Monrovia, 1993-1996.

  • Individual, Marriage and Family therapy training for interns and trainees, Angeles Community Counseling Center, Monrovia, California, 1989-1997.

  • Transpersonal Psychology, Ministerial Program, Church of Truth, Pasadena, California, 1986-1987.

  • Psychosynthesis, weekly professional training program, Psychosynthesis Training Center, Pasadena, California, 1979-1982.

  • Elementary School, Glendale and Pasadena School Districts, 1969-1974.

  • Basketball Coach, junior varsity and assistant varsity, Crescenta Valley High School, 1970-1973.

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SUPERVISION:

  • Marriage, Family and Child Therapist interns and trainees, individual and group, Angeles Community Counseling Center, 1989-1997.

  • Marriage, Family and Child Therapist interns, individual, and group, L.I.F.E. Counseling Group, 1980-Present.

  • Psychosynthesis counseling, multi-disciplinary health and education professionals, Psychosynthesis Training Center, 1979-1982.

  • Pasadena Free Clinic, group, 1979.

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CONSULTING CLIENTS:

  • Alhambra Unified School District

  • All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena

  • Boy's Republic, Inc.

  • Career Transitions, Inc.

  • Chevron Oil of California

  • City of Monrovia

  • End World Hunger Televent

  • Hospital Home Health Care, Hospice Div.

  • Impact Training Associates

  • Intersource

  • Meditation Group for the New Age

  • Monrovia Chamber of Commerce

  • Monrovia Unified School District

  • Physicians for Social Responsibility

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SPEAKING TOPICS:

  • Shamanism and Meditation as Models for Psychotherapist Training
     --A Balanced, Holistic Program

  • Alternative States of Consciousness

  • Relationship, Communication and Cancer

  • Stress Reduction

  • Creativity

  • Sex and Aging

  • Psychosynthesis

  • Integral Psychology - Esoteric, Scientific, and Practical

  • Joy and Meaning

  • Peacemaking: Meditative, Spiritual, Practical, 2nd Track Diplomacy

  • Russian and Her Spiritual Destiny

  • USA and USSR in This and the Next Century

  • Leadership in the Aquarian Age

  • Guided Imagery as Therapeutic Tool

  • Meditation and other Esoteric Techniques in Counseling and Psychotherapy

  • Group Selfishness/Self-Centeredness

  • Impact of Spirit

  • Cycles: A Time to Reap and a Time to Sow

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

  • International Psychosynthesis Conference, Florence, Italy, 1980

  • First and Second International Conference, International Foundation for Integral Psychology, Grand Tetons, Wyoming, 1980 and 1987.

  • Institute for Psychology, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Leningrad, and Tblisi, the former USSR, 1983.

  • UCLA Extension.

  • IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War), Basel, Switzerland, 1985.

  • Three Linked Festival meetings, Los Angeles and San Diego Intergroup Committees, 1984-1987.

  • Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, 1984-1987.

  • MGNA, Ojai, California, 1983-1987.

  • The Wellness Community-Foothills, Pasadena, CA 1993-1998.

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PUBLICATIONS:

  • Meditation for Life Without Cigarettes, CD and cassette, CMH Records, 1999.

  • Meditation for Prosperity, CD and cassette, CMH Records, 1999.

  • Meditation for Loving Relationships, CD and cassette, CMH Records, 1999.

  • Meditation for Weight Loss, CD and cassette, CMH Records, 1998.

  • Meditation - A Survival Kit for the 90's, CD and cassette, CMH Records, 1994.

  • A Simple, Little Meditation Book, self-published, 1983.

  • Developing Your Creative Imagination, cassette tape, 1981.

  • The Legend of Wesak Meditation and Discussion, cassette tape, 1981.

  • The New Group Meditation, cassette tape, 1981.

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BOARDS and OFFICERSHIPS:

  • Riverstones, Homes for Boys, Vice President, Board of Trustees, 1999-Present.

  • Angeles Community Counseling Center, Clinical Board, 1989-1997.

  • International Foundation for Integral Psychology, Secretary, Board of Trustees, 1986-87.

  • Intergroup Committee of Los Angeles County, Chairperson, 1986-87.

  • Psychosynthesis Training Center of Pasadena, President, Board of Trustees, 1981-85.

  • Monrovia Chamber of Commerce, Board Member, 1977-79.

  • Pepperdine University, Student Body President and Administration-Faculty-Student Liaison, Hollywood Campus, 1974-75.

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AWARDS and HONORS:

  • Creator and producer of eight albums which have sold over 50,000 and are used successfully on four continents.

  • Diplomate, American Psychotherapy Association, 1998.

  • Delegate Association of Humanistic Psychology's 1983 meetings with the Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Leningrad, and Tblisi, the former USSR.

  • Cum Laude graduate, University of Southern California, 1967.

  • Full 4 year basketball scholarship, USC, 1963-67.

  • Outstanding Young Man of America.

  • Who's Who in California.

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AFFILIATIONS:

  • American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

  • California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

  • American Psychotherapy Association

  • Association for Transpersonal Psychology

  • International Foundation for Integral Psychology

  • Foundation for Shamanic Studies

  • Monrovia Chamber of Commerce

  • The Wellness Community-Foothills

  • National Organization for Women

  • National Breast Cancer Coalition

  • Amnesty International

  • The Sierra Club

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