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barbara feinberg

Barbara Feinberg, LISW-S, IMFT, LCSW

 
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(216)321-8108

By phone or in person.

In Cleveland OH, Colorado and elsewhere.

Email: barbfein@sbcglobal.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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My Approach to Life Coaching and Psychotheraphy

What’s different about me?  The combination of corporate & counseling experience and training

What I Have to Offer

  • Creative thinking
  • Irreverent sense of humor
  • High level of collaboration and support
  • Direct and forthright style
  • Patience while you're getting unstuck
  • Meaningful connection
  • High ethical standards & values
  • Acceptance of who you are
  • Expectations of changes that work
  • Focus on what's really important to you
  • Curiosity, not judgment

Some Personal Information

  • Raised on a farm in a family business
  • Addicted to reading
  • Balanced work & family responsibilities
  • Made midlife career change to pursue my current profession
  • Lived through & learned from difficult transitions & losses
  • Traveled widely
  • Love photography  (me at left in Yellowstone)

What I Believe about our Work Together

  • Getting what you want and need is a legitimate goal in life.
  • You are the expert in your own life.
  • Challenging the "should's" and "must not's" helps us get unstuck
  • Reexamining values is central to making change.
  • Trying out new behaviors and managing risk supports moving forward.
  • You may have choices you haven't identified.

Professional Background

Executive at Three Publicly-traded Companies

  • Manager - Compensation and Benefits (Progressive Insurance)
  • Senior human resources consultant (Watson-Wyatt)
  • Principal and head of Cleveland employee communications consulting practice  (William M. Mercer, Inc.)

Consulting clients have included banks, hospitals, county government, industrial companies, professional service firms and many others.

Other Managerial Experience

  • Various public sector employers
  • Client populations included those who were drug dependent,recently released from prison, and/or in supportive work & on-the-job training programs.

Clinical Experience

Life Coach & Psychotherapist - Private Practice

  • Integrates my business and clinical training and experience as a psychotherapist
  • Coach and provide workforce management consultation to executives and other professionals

The Cleveland Clinic

  • Psychotherapist working with individuals, couples and groups
  • Therapy training supervisor, psychiatric residents

Free Clinic of Cleveland

  • Volunteer counselor
  • Supervisor, psychotherapy trainees
  • Workshop Presenter, Couples Therapy                                    
  • Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator

NCJW/Montefiore Hospice Program

  • Bereavement Group Facilitator

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University, MSSA
  • Yeshiva University, MS
  • Boston University, BA

Licenses and Professional Designation

  • Licensed Independent Social Worker-Supervisor (LISW-S) State of Ohio
  • Independent Marriage & Family Therapist (IMFT) State of Ohio
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) State of Colorado
  • Clinical Member, American Association of Marriage & Family Therapists

Professional Development

  • Various management training workshops including time management, client management skills, Introduction to Myers-Briggs and others
  • Mediation Training and Consultation Institute, Basic Divorce Mediation
  • Cleveland Center for Cognitive Therapy, Advanced Training Program
  • Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Postgraduate Training Programs: Individuals; Couples and Families
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Training programs in solution-focused therapy, couples therapy, substance abuse treatment, treating anxiety and panic disorders, ethics, end-of-life issues, bereavement, loss & healing, and other clinical issues

Speaking Engagements

I have spoken to many different audiences on a wide range of topics including:

  • Money and Intimacy, Cleveland Clinic Brown Bag Series
  • Family and Money, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Women’s Division
  • Panelist, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Annual Charitable Giving Conference
  • Grand Rounds, The Cleveland Clinic Department of Psychiatry & Psychology
  • The Family and Chemical Dependency: Couple Therapy, John Carroll University Counseling Program
  • Gestalt and Cognitive Therapy in Treating Addiction, SUMMA Annual Addiction Conference
  • Lectures to psychiatric residents, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.  Topics include couple therapy, group therapy, weight management, and managing patient diversity in therapy.
  • Adolescent Group Therapy in Treating Addiction, Ohio State Annual Addiction Conference
  • Extensive “train the trainer” workshops for corporate clients

In the Media

  • Contributing writer to McVayMedia.com, a media resource site offering coaching to talent  and those who coach talent.
  • Interviewed on the nationally-broadcasted radio shows of Sally Jessie Raphael, Rolanda Watts and Lisa Osborne on personal and work-related issues.
  • Abstract Reviewer, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Chosen by Cleveland Magazine as one of "80 for the 80s"
  • Featured in JStyle article on coaching (a Cleveland Jewish News publication)

 

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