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Educational Foundation of CAMFT has long been involved in providing
education, training and research for the purpose of enhancing the marriage
and family therapy profession.
This scholarship is
designed for members of CAMFT who are pursuing advanced degrees, planning
to conduct or are conducting research projects that will advance the profession
of marriage and family therapy, or participating in advanced training,
education or an unpaid internship within the field of marriage and family
therapy. This year the Educational Foundation awarded two scholarships
in the name of the CAMFT Educational Foundation. |
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Educational Foundation Award |
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Ronald
D. Lunceford
Griselda Quintanilla, Recipient |
Clinton
E. Phillips
Jeannine M. Beaumont, Recipient |
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Dr.
Ronald D. Lunceford, an MFT and clinical hypnotherapist, was actively
involved in advancing the marriage and family therapy profession. He had
special interests in gerontology, human relations, death and dying, minority
concerns and political action. His efforts in these areas resulted in
his becoming actively involved with CAMFT where he served as Co-Chair
of the Minority Concerns Committee, participated in the Human Rights Network,
was elected to the Board of Directors of CAMFT, became President and served
as Chair of the Nominating Committee. His clinical practice was highlighted
by his founding of the People's Clinic in Santa Ana and the Irvine Counseling
Center. His publications include: Living and Dying - Expression of Life
in Transition through Art and Poetry and Attitudes in Death and Dying:
A Cross-Cultural View.
This scholarship honors the memory of Ronald D. Lunceford by providing financial assistance to a person from an under-represented ethnic population for admission into an M.A., M.S., or Ph.D. program which will qualify for licensure as a marriage and family therapist.
"This is a way for me to unite two of my passions, psychotherapy and education." Griselda has worked as a volunteer in a variety of settings and outreach programs such as Venice Boys and Girls Club, government housing, and as a Bruin/High School Advisor. She is developing the necessary communication skills to interact effectively with people of varying socio-economic, cultural and educational backgrounds. In June of 2001, Griselda was awarded with Achievement as a CBOP Fellow, a UCLA Career Based Outreach Program and an Award of Excellence as Bruin Advisor, UCLA Early Academic Outreach Program. |
Dr.
Clinton E. Phillips was one of the pioneers of the MFT profession in California.
He was totally committed to educating and training marriage and family therapists
in a variety of settings including the University of Southern California,
American Institute of Family Relations, Fielding Institute and, of course,
the California Family Study Center for which he was co founder. Clint was
not only an educator but also a practitioner and theorist. The Educational
Foundation Scholarship commemorating Clinton E. Phillips honors his memory
by providing assistance to students of marriage and family therapy in completing
advanced degrees.
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The
first scholarship was awarded to Kent Campbell and will be used
for completion of his Master of Arts degree, majoring in Counseling Psychology,
at Santa Clara University. Kent's desire is to become licensed as a marriage
and family therapist. He envisions a society where every family has their
counselor, just like a doctor. To him, being a counselor is an act of
service, but also a tremendous honor and an opportunity to live one's
life fully. He also looks forward to serving as a leader in the field
through CAMFT and other organizations. He is currently serving as co-chair
of the Counseling Psychology Graduate Student Organization at Santa Clara
University. In addition, he is working with the local president of the
Santa Clara Valley Chapter of CAMFT to increase ties between the student
organizations, the university, and CAMFT. The achievements received by
Kent have been the Pedro Arrupe award for community service upon graduation
from high school, and the equivalent award at Williamette University for
his leadership in the community service program and with service learning.
Giving to others and striving to make the world a more just place became
important parts of his life at an early age.
The
second Educational Foundation scholarship was awarded to Ewa Iwona Skoczylas
and will be used for the completion of her Master of Arts degree in August
2002, majoring in Counseling Psychology, at California Institute of Integral
Studies, San Francisco, CA. She is also in the process of applying for
advanced standing in the Ph.D., Doctorate of Humanities program, in East-West
Psychology at the same school for the 2002-2003 academic year. Her goal
is to one day open a private practice and also hopes to publish original
works, conduct research, and teach in the field. An ambitious dream is
to have the opportunity to work and teach internationally, in the United
States and Poland. Ewa immigrated to the United State in 1981, shortly
before Martial Law was imposed in Poland. She grew up living at the intercrossing
of two cultures and across two continents, traveling not only to Poland
but throughout Europe as well. Her experience of life from a diverse and
multicultural perspective led to a fascination with psychotherapy and
the inestimable potential and incredible depth of the human mind and spirit.
She has worked as a therapist, a counselor, and a teacher, in a wide variety
of settings and with a wide variety of ages. Her belief is that the effort
she continues to put into her own psychological and emotional growth,
through education, therapy, and experience, will cultivate and enrich
her abilities and skills as she works with clients. She realizes that
this process is life long, and that it is imperative in the development
of a competent therapist. Her hope is that, in the future, a significant
part of her professional life will be involved in sharing and exchanging
knowledge, experiences, research, expertise, and new ideas in the field
of psychotherapy with the local and international community.
Griselda
Quintanilla is currently enrolled in a master of sciences in counseling
program with option in MFT at California State University, Los Angeles.
After emigrating from El Salvador nineteen years ago to come to the
United States, she gives credit to her family for being instrumental
in her success, since they were always emphasizing the importance of
education. She aspires to receive her license to practice as a Marriage
and Family Therapist and have her own private practice to be able to
work with minority families that are having problems. Being raised in
such a strong family structure, she feels that it is such an important
part of a person's growth and development. Because she is a minority,
she wants to be seen as a role model and as proof that minorities can
achieve their goals. She would like to work with the Los Angeles School
District as a counselor, mainly dealing with students who are not performing
well. Currently, she is working as a substitute teacher for the Los
Angeles Unified School District. She has experience with minorities
and "at-risk" youths and wants to continue to work with them.
Griselda thinks education and the school environment are very important.
Jeannine
Beaumont's goal is to become the best art therapist that she can be.
She will use this scholarship towards the enrollment for her Masters of
Arts degree in Clinical Art Therapy at Loyola Marymount University, Los
Angeles, CA. Having the opportunity to spend six months living in Japan
allowed her to explore the culture, the people and herself. She returned
to the U.S. with a new appreciation for our American culture and refreshed
for the challenging road ahead. She experienced her first semester of
the program at Loyola and is more certain than ever that she has found
her calling in life. The study of the subject fascinates her and now that
she is actually working with clients, she is challenged and rewarded every
day. Her specific areas of interest are with adolescents and children
and she is currently receiving practicum experience focusing on gay and
lesbian adolescents. These experiences have been educationally rich for
her and therapeutically progressive for the clients. Jeannine is dedicated
to learning all that she can while she is in the program and will continue
to develop her skills and awareness within the field of art therapy and
other therapeutic fields as she moves forward in her career. Jeannine
has participated in a number of California AIDS Rides raising over $13,000
to fund assistance to AIDS patients and AIDS awareness. She is a member
of a number of associations and a contributing writer in the monthly MAP
newsletter-Mother's of AIDS Patients.