Brownbag Lunch Series With: Steven Tierney, Ed.D. LPPC.

ODI's brownbag lunch series have served as a wonderful opportunity to bring our community together in an open, informal way, to begin to see the people behind the names and the roles they perform at our school. Also, we have invited former students who have moved on to do great work in the community. We have heard our guests stories and wisdom, and have been enriched by their words. Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, Denise Boston, holds a kind and attentive space in which she asks questions aimed at really seeing the guest, and allowing their life's work to shine through the anecdotes, stories and impressions they bring with them. It is our hope that we can represent a wide variety of perspectives in our future brownbag lunches, and that we continue to get to know each other more through these dialogues.

About Steven Tierney:

Steven Tierney, Ed.D. LPPC is Professor of Community Mental Health at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He holds an MA in Counseling and Social Psychology from Wayne State University, an Ed.D from Northeastern University and an advanced certificate in Child and Adolescent Therapy from Boston University. He is a licensed psychotherapist in California (LPCC) and Massachusetts (LMHC) and is a nationally certified counselor (NCC). Steven is a certified addiction specialist (CAS) has been awarded Diplomat and Clinical Mental Health Specialist Certification by the American Mental Health Counselors Association; the highest level of professional achievement in his profession.

Steven's public mental health work has taken him to Zambia, Chile and across the United States. He is a certified trainer for the ASIST suicide prevention training program and has provided that training across California and right here at CIIS.