Vitae

Current

• Licensed Psychotherapist:  Private practice 25 years Beverly Hills, California
  

• Facilitator: Court Ordered Domestic Violence
  

Batterers and Anger Management Groups

• Adjunct Faculty, Mount St. Mary's College,
  

Sociology Dept, Brentwood, CA

• On-Line Counselor - Life Coach
  

• Cultural Awareness Trainer:  Los Angeles
  

County Sheriff's Academy and

West Hollywood L.A.S.D. Station Volunteer

Foot Patrol

• Actor, Exec. Producer, "Zombie Bankers, the Movie", in production
  

Recent

Staff

Colorado River Hospital, Needles, CA - Stroke Rehabilitation Unit

Facilitator: Anger Management Groups - PROMISES & Wonderland Treatment Centers

Author/Scriptwriter 

"Dr. G's Anger Management Workbook"

"Understanding Domestic Violence, A Guide for Law Enforcement and Hospital Personnel"

"I Was Never A Little Boy," 2006

"Beverly Hills Shrink," a TV series, in development

BHAM, animated series

Media Technical Advisor/Consultant

Television: Stand-up comic/Steve Moore/HBO Comedy Special "Drop Dead Gorgeous"

Film :"My Name is Steven" ;"One Nation Under God"; "Jinx' Little Mystery"

Theatre: Kaiser AIDS Play "Secrets"

"Voice of Goodwill Industries":  Interactive information system and voice-overs

Community Service and Avocation:

Media

1985-Present:  CNN Special Segment - "Domestic Violence - Post O.J."; Montel Williams Show; KABC Talk Radio; Tom Hull Show/Barbara Estenson Reports; KVEN Radio Talk Show; KNJO Radio Interviews; Century Cable Channel  Interviews; "Sally Jesse Raphael"; "Leeza," KCOP-TV Nightly News

Lectures

California State University Northridge, UCLA, California State University Dominguez Hills, Scripps, USC, Cal  Poly Pomona, Antioch, California Lutheran University; Human Sexuality Seminar, Cal State Bakersfield;  California Association of Family Therapists, L.A. Capter; Orange County Drug Abuse Counselors; Fairfax and  Palos Verde High Schools; Rotary Clubs, Altadena, Simi Valley; Los Robles Hospital Staff; HeadStart  Program San Fernando Valley, South Central L.A., Olivet Lutheran

Community Service

1990-Present:  Member of the West Hollywood

Sheriff's Conference Committee/Public Safety Committee;                                                                                             LA County Sheriff Dept's Volunteer Foot Patrol

1985-1991:  Founding Counselor, AIDS/HIV Test Site, State of California; trainer for State Test Sites; co- author State                  HIV Test Site Manual "Training the Trainer"

1975-1983:  Chairman, Westlake Ecumenical Council, Interfaith Council of Churches

Educational Background:

Ph.D:  1988, Sierra University,

Counseling Psychology

Master's Degree:  1975, Azusa Pacific College,

Sociology/Counseling

Bachelor's Degree: 1968,

California Lutheran University,

Bus. Adm./Economics

Please note that Dr. Gordon is available for Lectures and In-Services.  Please write, call, or e-mail him:

c/o Beverly Hills Family Counseling International

204 So. Beverly Drive, #116

Beverly Hills, CA  90212

Phone: 310-271-3784

Fax:  310-271-3785

E-mail:   BHCounseling@gmail.com

Beverly Hills

Counseling

Jim Gordon, Ph.D.

Psychotherapy

MFT License 12651

Dr. Jim at ELLEN with Rod McK and friends

Dr. Jim, LA Sheriff Volunteer

Dr. Jim at Mt. St. Mary's College