Curriculum Vitae - Louis Griffith

Licensed Psychologist / Therapist
Private Practice in Burnsville, MN

• Experience working with individuals, couples, and families with issues involving:
  • Life transitions
  • Integrating business and personal growth
  • Effective communication skills
  • Improving business performance
  • Loss and grief
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
• Client base includes business and community leaders
• Employee Assistance Program contracts with many companies; individual assistance for a variety of business clients and issues
• Co-creator and co-facilitator of "The Encouragement Center for Family Education"
• Guest speaker on radio and TV
• Written articles on parenting skills, finding balance within our lives, classroom management and self-worth
• Experience in co-facilitating group therapy sessions
• Cognitive/behavioral goal-orientation brief therapy model utilized in therapy
• Presenter at NASAP National Convention (North American Society of Adlerian Psychology)

Leadership/Coaching

• Founder of One Shining Light, a company committed to igniting passion and potential within people
• Co-founder of Resources for Growth, a training and development company
• Member of the logistics committee for the CALL retreat (Co-Active Leader's Link), a worldwide affiliation of men and women intent on making a significant contribution to the world
• Member of year-long leadership program with coaches through Co-Active Space in California, focusing on physical, emotional, mental and spiritual development
• Completed comprehensive coaching training through Coaches Training Institute
• Experience with coaching teams to work together more effectively
• Utilization of coaching skills with clients in private practice

Related Experience

• Contributing author to Cooperative Discipline by Linda Albert
• Former adjunct professor at Hamline University and the University of St.Thomas
• Experience as classroom teacher
• Area director and instructor for an aerobic fitness program for women

Professional Memberships

National Speaker's Association
National Speaker's Association, MN Chapter
Minnesota Coaches Association, chapter of the International Coaching Federation

Education

Alfred Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL
MA Counseling Psychology

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
BS Elementary Education