Consultants
Douglas Evans, Executive Director
Douglas Evans is responsible for all aspects of business development at The Center for Healthy Sex. Douglas graduated from The Ohio State University in Psychology and Marketing and founded, operated and sold his first business as well as manages a small real estate portfolio. In addition to extensive business experience, Douglas also served as a Volunteer Counselor at the Southern California Counseling Center for two years. He is committed to supporting CHS as a leading edge provider of mental health services to the public and education for professionals.
Eugenia Buerklin
Eugenia Buerklin is the developer of a mind-body approach that creates deep insight and accelerated growth for individuals, relationships and organizations. Ms Buerklin is the founder of Lumin8 and The Inner Walking Institute in Los Angeles and has been facilitating the Inner Walking™ and Diving In™ techniques in private sessions and workshops in Los Angeles, New York, Hawaii and Berlin since 1993. She is currently completing her Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology with a Spiritual and Depth Psychology Specialization at Antioch University Los Angeles.
www.lumin8.us Email: eugenia@lumin8.us
Tracy Zemansky, Ph.D
Dr. Tracy R. Zemansky is a licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY21760), licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC31536), and Clinical Sex Addiction Therapist, with a private practice in Santa Monica, California since 1992. She specializes in treatment of both substance (drugs, alcohol, food) and process addictions (sex, gambling, internet use/gaming, exercise, spending/shopping, shoplifting), as well as trauma, grief and loss, violence, abuse, disfigurement, and cross-cultural issues; she also works with sex offenders. Dr. Zemansky’s work is grounded in both psychodynamic and family systems theories; she works with individuals of all ages, couples, families, and groups. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California, an APA Accredited program. She has Master’s degrees in Clinical Psychology (Fielding Graduate University), Marriage and Family Therapy (Phillips Graduate Institute, Los Angeles, California), and Psychology-Philosophy (Academia Europea CRS-IDEA, Bergamo, Italy).
Dr. Zemansky is also recognized as an expert in working with impaired healthcare professionals, having facilitated groups for the Medical Board of California’s Diversion Program from 1998 through 2008, when that program closed. She is one of the founding members of Pacific Assistance Group (PAG), and its current President; she currently runs Healthcare Professionals Groups in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. Since 2008, PAG has been the largest, most comprehensive program for impaired healthcare providers in California, providing services in 13 cities. Dr. Zemansky frequently presents on addiction, ethics, and group psychotherapy; she consults in the United States and internationally on development and implementation of Interventions, Monitoring, and Short and Long-term Treatment Programs tailored for healthcare providers, other highly trained professionals, and high-profile individuals.
Dr. Zemansky provides psychological testing, assessment, and evaluations for both clinical and forensic purposes, and is known for her insightful, clear, user-friendly psychological reports. She is one of the very few Los Angeles area Psychologists to offer Therapeutic Assessment, which is a collaborative process developed by Dr. Stephen Finn and colleagues, using psychological testing as a brief, focused intervention, to help clients understand and take action to help make changes in areas where they feel stuck.
For more information see www.therapeuticassessment.com
Email: drzemansky@gmail.com
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