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Experience
Josie Juhasz, MA, LPC has worked for 24 years as a psychotherapist.
She is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and a HAP Facilitator. Previously licensed as a Psychologist-MA in Vermont, a licensed
Professional Counselor in Washington, D.C., she is now a Licensed
Professional Counselor practicing in Bend, OR. In Bend, she has
worked for St. Charles Medical Center's Behavioral Health department
and is currently in full-time private practice.
Due to her interest in community and social needs, Josie initially
worked for a community mental health center in rural Vermont. She
was part of a pilot project to help families maintain custody of
their children by providing intensive psychotherapy and social
services support. This highly successful program has grown and
is now utilized nationally in other community mental health centers.
For 4 years, she was a member of a reflecting team. This Reflecting
Team Model is used as a form of consultation and supervision. The
team developed innovative ways to utilize feminist and narrative
approaches to assist clients and their therapists when facing impasses.
As Director of Counseling Services for Planned Parenthood of Northern
New England, she developed short-term psychotherapy models to work
with couples and women facing unplanned pregnancies. During her
tenure, she supervised clinicians and provided a training program
for post-graduate internships. She trained medical staff on mental
health related issues and on developing counseling skills both
at Planned Parenthood and also at The University of Vermont. As
a
Consultant for a Women’s Health Center, she provided supervision
to medical staff on their client’s mental health issues.
In private practice, she has provided both short and longer term
psychotherapy with individuals, couples and families particularly
on issues of trauma, sexuality, grief and loss, attachment and
intimacy, as well as depression and anxiety. She assisted clients
from Vermont's statewide AIDS organizations by providing mental
health services. She also co-founded and became the first executive
director of OUTRIGHT VERMONT, a statewide agency for lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth. In
addition to managing the statewide organization, she facilitated
trainings, supervised staff, provided crisis counseling, and facilitated
weekly support groups.
She is an EMDRIA Certified and Approved Consultant in Eye Movement
and Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). She is also EMDR/HAP volunteer
and facilitator. She is certified in Trauma and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
and has advanced trainings in body-oriented psychotherapy. She
has advanced training in Critical Incident Stress Management, multi-phased
trauma treatment, hypnosis/hypnotherapy, attachment therapy, Narrative
Therapy, and couples treatment. She taught a basic counseling skills
course for Goddard College’s
Graduate Counseling program. She has facilitated multiple trainings
on sexuality, social issues and counseling skills development.
She has been a consultant for Employee Assistance Programs and
has provided Critical Incident Stress Management Services for
businesses in the Washington, D.C. area, after September 11th
and during the 2002 sniper shootings. She also provided Critical
Incident Stress Debriefings at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend,
OR.
She currently has a varied practice working with adults, couples,
families, and groups. She also supervises clinicians for licensure
and provides consultations for licensed clinician, both general
and for EMDR certification.

Professional
Trainings & Presentations
Josie Juhasz has conducted over 30 trainings and presentations
on a variety of mental health and social concerns to Departments
of Health and Education, universities and colleges, school districts,
medical and mental health professionals and non-profit organizations.
Training Topics include:
- Counseling Skills for Health Care Providers
- Counseling Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals
- Counseling Skills for Crisis Workers
- Lesbian Battering
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- Homophobia
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth Issues
- Basic Counseling Skills
- Giving and Receiving Feedback
- Eldercare Issues for Families
- Stress Management
- Customer Service and Communication
- Coping with Anxiety
- Managing Change in the Workplace
- Introduction to EMDR
Josie is available to provide trainings for non-profit organizations
and businesses throughout the Central Oregon area.

Affiliations
-
EMDRIA – Certified and Consultant
- EMDR/HAP – Volunteer
and Facilitator
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
- International
Critical Incident Stress Foundation
- National Board of Certified
Counselors
- EAP International, Inc.

Consulting
Over the past 20 years, Josie Juhasz, M.A. has provided consultations
for psychotherapists and medical staff on the mental health needs
of clients. She provided supervision to the medical staff of the
Women’s Health Center in Burlington, Vermont for several
years. She provides supervision for state licensure and consultations
for certification in EMDR.

Fees
and Services
Initial Consultation: $175.00
Ongoing Fee Individual: $125.00 per clinical hour (50 minutes).
Limited Sliding Fee.
Supervision/Professional Consultations: Negotiable
Most insurances are accepted; clients are responsible for all copays
and deductibles.

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