Guest: Robert Geffner

Angelica is excited to welcome Robert Geffner, Ph.D to the show today. Dr. Geffner is Founding President of the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute in San Diego, CA; Founding President of Alliant International University’s (AIU) Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT); Clinical Research Professor of Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, AIU, San Diego; Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in California and Texas; Editor of three internationally disseminated journals (Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma; Journal of Child Sexual Abuse; Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma), and former clinical director of a large private practice mental health clinic in East Texas for over 15 years. He has a Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology and in Family Psychology. Dr. Geffner is a Past President of the Trauma Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, and is Co-Chair of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV). He has been a researcher, trainer, practitioner, and consultant for more than 30 years. Publications include treatment manuals, co-edited books concerning family violence and child maltreatment, and numerous book chapters, journal articles and research papers concerning family violence, trauma, sexual assault, child abuse, family and child psychology, custody issues, forensic psychology, neuropsychology, and diagnostic assessment. He has also served on several national and state committees dealing with various aspects of family psychology, family violence, child abuse, and family law. He has presented over 450 keynote addresses, plenaries, workshops, and seminars at international, national, regional, and state conferences or meetings. For more information about Alliant International University’s (AIU) Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT): http://www.ivatcenters.org/