Summary of Professional and Educational Resume
Robert D. Brehm, M.A.
Education:
M.A. University of Nebraska 1965
Educational Psychology and
Guidance and Counseling
B.A. University of Nebraska 1963
Major German and
Minor in Russian and English
Post Graduate University of Oregon 1967
Family Counseling
University of California 1969
Group Process
University of Oregon 1983
Family Therapy
Credentials:
Washington State Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselor
National Certified Counselor
Certification American Board of Examiners Psychodrama
Tenured Faculty Green River Community College
Employment:
Professional
Consultant
1969- 2012
Green River Community College
1984-88 Adjunct Faculty
Eastern Washington University
Instructor and Practicum Coordinator
McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, WA.
1967-69 Clark College
Assistant Director of Evening Program
Counselor
Instructor of German
1966-67 Oregon State University
Faculty
1964-66 Barstow Junior College
Instructor of German
1964-66 Barstow Union High School
Instructor of English, German, and Russian
I. Areas of Expertise
A. Counseling. Provide counseling for individuals in personal, vocational,
educational, marital, family and relationships. Specialize in group counseling and
psychotherapy, cognitive-learning, behavioral, and social behavioral systems theory with
special training in Client-Centered, Gestalt, Psychodrama, and Adlerian Family Therapy.
B. Teaching. Specialize in Stress Management, Career Exploration, and Interpersonal
Relations. Teaching and Supervision of Graduate Students in Counseling and Education
Program with special skill in Sociometry, Psychodrama, and Group Psychotherapy.
C. Supervision. Supervisory experience for graduate interns in counseling at University of
Washington, University of Puget Sound, Pacific Lutheran University, and Evergreen State
College. Served on graduate committee for graduate students at Antioch University in
Seattle.
D. Consulting. Advisory and committee function to Department of Education in State of
Washington to develop and prepare General Educational Development Testing Guidelines.
Supervising and training psychologists in group psychotherapy at Western State Hospital
specializing in Sociometry and Psychodrama. Training of therapists at St Frances' Homes
for Boys and Girls in Kansas and New York.
E. Coordinating. Coordinator of residence hall counseling and Assistant for Dean of
Students with Faculty rank at Oregon State University, at Corvallis, Oregon.
F. Administration. Administrator of curriculum and instruction in Continuing Education at
Clark Community College, Vancouver Washington. Former President of United Faculty
Coalition at Green River Community College.
G. Other. Co-Founder and Past President of Washington Community College Counselor
Association.
II. Professional Experience
A. Counselor at Green River Community College for twenty two years and past five
years held full time teaching appointment in Behavioral Science specializing in Stress
Management, Career Explorations, and Interpersonal Relations. Developed classes in
Conflict Resolution, Psychodrama, Values and Decision Making, and College Experience.
B. Co-Founder and Co-Director of Human Relations and Wellness Center in Kent, Washington
with special expertise in Biofeedback and Stress Management. Serve as a consultant to
business and government in Time and Stress Management.
C. President of United Faculty Coalition at Green River Community College.(1994-2000)
D. Past faculty member at Oregon State University at Corvallis, Oregon and an adjunct
faculty member at Eastern Washington University at Cheney, Washington and served as
instructor and Practicum coordinator for graduates in counseling.
E. Former instructor at Barstow Junior College and Barstow Union High School District
teaching German, Russian, and English.
III. Formal Education
A. Post-Graduate Study . Family Therapy at the University of Oregon, Eugene
Oregon
B. Post-Graduate Study in Sociometry, Psychodrama, and Group Psychotherapy, from the
International Foundation for Human Relations in Amsterdam, Holland . Received
Certification by the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama.
C. Post-Graduate Study in Sociometry in Group Process at the University of San Diego.
D. Post-Graduate Study in Gestalt Therapy at the University of California .(Summer Session
held at the Free University of Skyum Denmark.
E. Post-Graduate Study in Adlerian Family Counseling at the University of Oregon.
F. Master of Arts, Educational Psychology with major emphasis in Guidance and Counseling
and minor in History and Philosophical of American Education.
G. Bachelor of Arts, with major in German and minor in Russian and English.
IV. Credentials Memberships
A. Certification by American Board of Examiners in Sociometry, Psychodrama, and Group
Psychotherapy.
B. Certification by International Foundation for Human Relations in Psychodrama.
C. Stress Management and Time Management Certification from the Institute for Personality
and Ability Testing.
D. Washington State Certification as Marriage and Family Therapist and as Mental Health
Counselor.
E. National Certification as Counselor.
F. Ministerial Credentials ( ULC ) Universal Life Church
G. Doctor of Metaphysics ( ULC )
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