About our trainer: Sandy Novak
Sandy Novak brings her thirty years of teaching experience and twenty years of learning and teaching the Satir Model. She holds masters degrees in education and counseling psychology and a certificate in family therapy as well as extensive other training, including the two year Module 1 and 2 of the International Satir Training Institute. She has been in private practice for 18 years, specializing in treating couples and trauma. She is a senior adjunct faculty member at Naropa University and faculty member of Avanta, the International Satir Family Therapy Network. She has taught Satir in Eastern Europe, Hong Kong, and North America, assisting Dr Banmen on numerous occasions.
She presented a professional paper at an Oxford University Round Table in July, 2005. She presented on Couples Relationship Enhancement at the Avanta Annual Meeting in Federal Way, WA in 2006 and at the May, 2007 World Family Congress in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sandy has authored and edited several works on the Satir Model.
More about Sandy:
Curriculum Vitae
Sandy Novak, MS, MA, SEP, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist
Boulder, CO. 80304
Education
Masters in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology at
Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy at
Masters in Education at
BA in English and Education at
Satir Model Family Therapy Trainings through Avanta International Institutes, Crested Butte, CO. 1987, 1990
Certificate in Somatic Experiencing Trauma Resolution Therapy (SEP) through the Foundation for Human Enrichment, Niwot, CO, 1992
Training in BODYnamics Developmental Therapy through BODYnamics Institute,
Trainings in Brief Satir Systemic Therapy through Satir Institute of the Pacific, 1997-2004
Training in EMDR, Boulder, CO. 2001
Experience
Psychotherapist in Private Practice in
Senior Adjunct Faculty, Transpersonal and Contemplative Counseling Departments at
Faculty of Avanta, The Satir International Family Therapy Network, 1994-present
National Disaster Mental Health Team of The American Red Cross, 2001-2002
Faculty, Asian International Satir Therapy Advanced Training Institute,
Advisory Board,
Licensure
State of
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Avanta, The International Satir Family Therapy Network
Satir Institute of the
The Satir Institute of the Pacific
American Red Cross Mental Health National Disaster Team
Collaborative Divorce Professionals of
The Psychotherapy Guild of
Women Caring for Women
Satir Publishing Committee, affiliated with Satir Institute of the Pacific, chair
Satir Couples Training Workshop Development Committee, chairperson
Publications
How V. Satir Affected
On editorial committee of book soon to be printed, name yet to be determined, “Satir Verbatim” to be published by Zweig, & Tucker
Presentations
“Couple Enrichment”, presentation at the 2006 Satir Multi-disciplinary Conference titled
“The Relational Self” presentation at 30th Anniversary Contemplative Psychotherapy Conference, Naropa University, Boulder, CO., May, 2006
“The Effect of Trauma in Early Childhood on the Development of the Self”, a paper presented at the Child Psychology Round Table Symposium,
“Enhancing Couples Communication Using the Satir Model”, a one day training for couples,
“Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy, Level One”, a ten day training in the Satir Model given to therapists and graduate students, 2004-5, 2005-6, Boulder, CO.
“International Satir Advanced Counseling Practicum”, supervisor of trainees in
"Enhancing Your Communication Through Satir's Tools for Change", a four day
workshop at the "Power to Create Change Conference",
"Satir Works! The Satir Model: Applications in Counseling" part of an international series of two day trainings for mental health workers and therapists, Denver, Co. May 1997
"Through Healthy Families to Healthy Individuals", a two week training for students and professionals, Humanitarian Institute, Riga, Latvia, E. Europe, 1998
Courses Taught
Child Development in TCP Dept.,
Family Systems in TCP Dept.,
Child Development in MACP Dept., .,
Human Development in MACP Dept.,
Family Process in MACP Dept.,
Therapeutic Relationships in MACP Dept.,
Dr John Banmen, R Psych. has an international reputation as an author and educator, training thousands of therapists across the globe. He has taught in Canada, the Czech Republic, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Slovakia, Taiwan, Thailand, Venezuela and USA. He has co-authored The Satir Model: Family Therapy and Beyond. He has also co-edited two other books and recently edited Satir Today, a special issue of Contemporary Family Therapy Journal. Dr Banmen is the founding president of the British Columbia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; a former member of the board of Directors of the American Association for Marriage ad Family therapy (AAMFT); a recent member of the Board of Directors of the British Columbia Psychological Association and of Avanta, the International Satir Network; the Director of Training for the Satir Institute of the Pacific; and a retired professor from University of British Columbia and a trainer with Virginia Satir at the Satir International Summer Institute for ten years. He is presently an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong.