Susannah Feder, Psy.D

About

A psychotherapy practice specializing in general psychotherapy, pain and illness management,  addictions, women's issues, and strategies for coping with stress.
Dr. Feder has 20 plus experience in the field of addictions, 10 plus in pain and disease management and 15 years in the experience of treating personality disorders. 

She has performed individual and group therapy with clients with various injuries and disabilities.  She has taught seminars regarding pain management and  family dynamics.

The following are a list of her qualifications:        

 

20+ years psychotherapy experience - substance abuse and trauma treatment.

18 years clinical supervision experience of staff psychologists, counselors, and doctoral interns in government agency, private practice, and community venues.

Excellent program design, implementation, and management experience.

Strong administrative and supervision skills; effectively motivates professional staff.

Expertise in pain management psychotherapy techniques.

Training/experience in dialectical behavioral therapy skills training groups.          

Familiar with organizational systems, structure, documentation, reviews, and audits.

Consistently exceeded Federal audit requirements and guidelines, receiving awards.

for Program Review results.

15 years in private mental health practice, addressed multiple issues, including pain  management, PTSD, women’s issues, adolescent psychotherapy and assessment.

 

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE: 

Assessment specializations: personality assessment and Axis II disorders.

Drug and Alcohol Addiction and Treatment

Employee Assistance Programs

Mental Health Professional Training & Supervision (Doctoral, Master’s, MFT Interns)

Pain Management

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, trauma treatment

Prison Inmates, including male and female offender issues

Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Skills training groups

 

SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

 

Management and Clinical Supervision

Supervised graduate psychology pre/post-doctoral interns and practicum students.

Conducted didactic seminars, group and individual supervision sessions.

Provided insightful evaluation and psychotherapy supervision to 12 professional staff.

Presented pain management seminars to agency, program, and community audiences.

Supervised numerous intern cohorts in prison & correctional settings over twelve years.

Presented didactic seminars on pain management psychotherapy, borderline

  personality disorder, narcissism, Axis II disorders, MCMI-III, psychotherapy with

  addictions and psychotherapy with women.

Trained students and drug treatment counselors to addiction treatment methods.

Monitored borderline personality disorder and eating disorders treatment groups.

 

 

Program Administration

Managed and coordinated drug abuse treatment programs in correctional, inpatient

  hospital, and outpatient clinic settings.

Supervised and evaluated interns, treatment specialists, counselors and contract

  therapists in administration of clinical services.

Developed and monitored departmental budgets up to $60,000.

Monitored perpetual audit system for chart management and performance in annual

  operational and program reviews. 

Scheduled program activities for 500-hour drug treatment program.

Administered treatment programs for substance abuse, trauma treatment, borderline

  personality disorder, eating disorder, and pain management group programs.

Developed treatment protocols for addiction issues, borderline personality and pain

  management populations.

Organized didactic schedules and training programs for interns and practicum students.

Participated in group design of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Drug Abuse Programs.

Collaborated with Central Office Bureau of Prisons direction and management.

Designed addictions programs at Federal prison and camp for female inmates,

  included issues re drug sales, drug abuse, domestic violence, relapse prevention,

  self-harming behaviors, and eating disorders.

Designed and managed outpatient drug treatment programs in multiple states.

Designed pain management psychotherapy programs for federal and local agencies.

Designed and presented pain management series program for patients and families.

Manage pain management practice of three therapists in Pleasanton, California.

 

Clinical Psychology

Provided individual, group and family therapy to a variety of clients with multiple issues   in private and agency settings for over a 20 year period.

Assessed bariatric and chronic pain patients for primary and secondary psychological     diagnoses, ability to cooperate with medical procedures, and stability.

Evaluated adult and adolescent clients for personality profile and treatment readiness.

Tested referred clients for dual diagnoses, cognitive ability, reunification.

Counseled EAP employee referrals in Federal agency settings over twelve years.

Provided psychotherapy for victims of domestic violence.

Advised EAP clients of referral options and compatible services in the community.

Handled threat assessment situations in the workplace; served on Workplace Violence

 committees.

Consulted with corporate organization on employee assistance procedures.

Trained in workplace violence, EEO, threat assessment, organizational crisis

intervention, management consultation, budget management, and intervention teams.

Partipated as provider in community EAP program.