Parent Education w/ Patty Contaxis, MFT

Understanding Adolescent Development

Patty Contaxis, M.A. is a Marriage and Family Therapist with 24 years clinical experience. She is on the faculty of Diablo Valley College and a former adjunct professor of psychology at John F. Kennedy University. Ms. Contaxis consults to Bay Area schools on social, behavioral and community issues. She was a school-based counselor at Walnut Creek Intermediate School and Oakland's Ralph Bunche School, and has been a staff therapist for The Ann Martin Children's Center, La Cheim Residential Treatment Centers, and the Bay Area Youth Development Agency. She is currently the consulting clinical director to Building Futures, an East Bay agency providing emergency shelter, domestic violence programs, and transitional housing to women and children. She maintains a private practice in psychotherapy with middle school and high school age youth, parents, couples, and individual adults.
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